The Wild Edge of Sorrow, Episode 8
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This week the source for our conversation was Francis Weller's book "The Wild Edge of Sorrow". We begin with two poems - Denise Levertov's "To Speak of Sorrow" and Robert Bly's "What is Sorrow For?". We talk about the connection between feeling our sorrow, shared rituals and spaces for grieving, and aliveness. Along the way we touch on how restraining sorrow keeps the myth that we are separate going, and how our collective numbing to the losses of our own lives and the world is a way we keep perpetuating the more destructive aspects of our current culture. We end with the hopeful thought that finding ways to grieve together is a way to help us turn more fully and courageously towards life and all that is called for from us.
You can find both poems, which we recommend you read before watching, here.
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