The Pandemic Is A Prism

From Sept to Dec 2021, we hosted a weekly live conversation series with philosophers, poets, artists, and scientists, inviting a mythopoetic bridge between divided worldviews. You can experience the entire series right now.

ABOUT THE THEME

We live in a time of invisible forces. A mythical time where it appears friends become foes and enemies become protectors. Where promises of safety and salvation clash with declarations of freedom and progress. Where we no longer know what is true, and the sources we once trusted are as divided as the people who look to them for guidance. 

With coherency, anything is possible. Without it, nothing is.
— Charles Eisenstein

 In a time when whatever you believe, you can find evidence to support it, how do we make meaning if we’re unable to “true” with each other? This pandemic has offered a prism through which we can explore some of the deepest questions of human motivation, meaning-making and social evolution in a time of deepening crisis.

Join us as we inquire together with a diverse line-up of radical wisdom-weavers who are willing to wonder beyond the veil. Those who can help us hear the storylines humans have walked in the past, and the narratives that release humans from the center. May we learn to choose wisely in the present - with caution and compassion.

Meet Our 12 Guests

 

Excerpts

Watch a few excerpts from the Pandemic Is A Prism series below. You can find many more on the official A Gathering of Stories Youtube Channel.

 

A Solstice Special Event - Dec 22

Join authors Paul Kingsnorth and Charles Eisenstein in conversation with Ian MacKenzie

Paul Kingsnorth is a former journalist and deputy editor of The Ecologist magazine who has won several awards for his poetry and essays. His recent essay series on The Machine and The Vaccine Moment have illuminated this perilous moment of fractured narratives. Charles Eisenstein has chronicled this “space between stories” for a decade, and offers heartfelt challenges to the encroaching regime of control. Join us LIVE as we weave the threads of the possible, with the pandemic as a prism.

Ian and Zamir

Hosted by Ian MacKenzie & Zamir Dhanji

Join a collaborative friendship a decade in the making - this series will be co-hosted by A Gathering of Stories founder and visionary artist Ian MacKenzie, alongside storyteller, yoga educator and founder of The Mystic Yogi - Zamir Dhanji.

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