37. How To Trust in The Great Mystery with Josh Schrei of The Emerald Podcast

17/10/2025 1h 14min
37. How To Trust in The Great Mystery with Josh Schrei of The Emerald Podcast

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Do you hear the pulse of creation speaking to you? Have you ever wondered how to cultivate a deeper relationship with this vast, omnipresent force?Today we venture into the sacred and animate world of Josh Schrei — a teacher, writer, mythologist, and founder of The Emerald Podcast.If you're yearning to deepen your relationship with source, with the great mystery itself, this conversation is for you. Joshua invites us to remember what our ancestors knew across time and tradition: that we live not in a world of inert objects, but in a living, sentient, singing cosmos. That creation pulses through all things — through water and stone, through breath and blood, through the spaces between heartbeats. And that we are not separate from this pulse. We are woven into it. In this mystical conversation, we explore what it means to move from the mindset of extraction to one of cultivation. We talk about why the ache for originality many of us feel is actually a cellular memory — a longing to return to our role as vessels for something ancient and ever-present. We discover how the seasons of stillness in our creative lives are not failures, but sacred incubations. And we learn why the most radical act of creativity in our fractured world is choosing reciprocity over consumption, reverence over extraction.Joshua speaks to the mysteries of how creation reaches us — through the voice of waters, through the wisdom held in stones, through felt dialogue with the land itself. He reveals why the constant pressure to produce is a wound we carry, and what becomes possible when we finally align with the actual rhythms of the cosmos.In this episode we explore:The difference between summoning inspiration and cultivating a real, living relationship with the creative forces of the cosmosWhy creativity as service, rather than extraction — transforms not just your art, but your entire relationship to being aliveThe burden of believing creativity must come from you alone, and the liberation that comes when you release that weightWhy stillness and incubation are not failures, but sacred architecture woven into the fabric of existenceThe cost of constant production, and what it means to align with the natural rhythms of creationHow to anchor yourself to place and develop a felt dialogue with the living worldThe essential role of dreamers, artists, and visionaries in guiding culture toward healing and wholenessWhy we need communal circles of dreaming in a world that has forgotten how to listenSHOW LINKS:Explore Rachael's 1:1 Creative PartnershipThe Emerald PodcastJosh's Mythic Body CourseFollow The Emerald on InstagramYou can follow The World Needs Creatives on Instagram HERE. Explore working or collaborating with Rachael at [email protected] and learn more about her work HERE. You can join the wider conversation and our community over on Substack via THIS LINK. The original painted work in the show design was hand painted by artist Sarah Darling. The creation of our original musical score was created by Camilla Rose Sullivan.

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