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DESCRIPTION:"Finding meaning in contemporary life means avoiding the trap of cynicism 
 as well as the prison of simple belief. Amidst mass confusion, the soul 
 winds its ancient, wily way to meaning and purpose." - Michael Meade  As 
 America remains battered between war in the Persian Gulf and massive 
 flooding on the Gulf Coast, meaning drowns in a surge of hypocrisy and 
 hubris. Levees fail, cultural imagination collapses and the 'soul to soul' 
 connections break simultaneously. The increasing sense of chaos, the loss 
 of soulful connection and absence of the sacred feed a mix of cultural 
 anxiety and despair that festers under the surface of life.  People 
 increasingly become bit players in dramas where technology and bureaucracy 
 take center stage. Despite high-speed connections there are more and more 
 disconnects with an increasing separation between the empty center and the 
 excessive surface of modern mass societies.   Experience alone, no matter 
 how tragic cannot produce meaning. Rather, penetrating the surface and 
 reflecting on the depths revealed is required to engage the mythic 
 imagination and human meaning hidden below the storms of reality. In times 
 of crisis, it is still the individual human life through which genuine 
 questions are formed and from which vital answers must be sought.   From 
 Noah and the 'great flood,' to the mythology of storm gods and the Titans 
 ripping at the edges of culture Michael Meade will offer an evening of 
 stories that seek to rescue meaning from the turbulence and chaos of modern 
 times.   ~ Proceeds support 'Voices of Youth' and Intercultural Projects ~  
 Suggested Donation: $12.00- No One turned away\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/10/24/79133.php
SUMMARY:A Poetics of Peace~The Tides of Chaos, The Search for Meaning
LOCATION:Alexander Hall, SF Theological Seminary  105 Seminary Rd, San Anselmo, CA 
 94960  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/10/24/79133.php
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