What do you do in a health crisis when all of the allopathic experts you’ve seen have no clue how to heal you?When faced with extreme health problems and no answers, philosopher, farmer and award-winning author Daniel Firth Griffith took his Mom’s advice — chickens — and became a living example of the many benefits active, holistic approaches provide.Daniel describes how his wellness transformation went hand-in-hand with a love for farming and storytelling and explains why, in its truest form, myth is a silence with legs, this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Daniel’s work as a storyteller and horse-drawn woodwright at his website, Substack and on social media via Instagram. Check out his growing number of books and writings on his writing/books page or on Amazon (link below). Listen to his Unshod podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get them.Timestamps8:15 Could chickens be an effective treatment for degenerative bone disease?12:35 Have you really tasted a potato?20:45 Humans are constantly trying to be rooted not unlike a carrot or potato.31:06 Myth as defined by Daniel.48:33 The concept of Creator extends far beyond Native American cultures.55:13 Myth emerges from our bodies.1:14:20 Sacred harvests with blood and oxygen.1:22:30 “How do we keep that oral living ecotone alive in a bastardized medium known as the written word?”1:29:30 The divine feminine.1:41:21 “Myth provides us a silence with legs.”1:47:34 Are you connected or disconnected from the world?1:55:56 A living myth of foraging.2:05:51 The differences between world sense and world view.2:14:49 An uncomfortable, paradoxical connection.2:23:31 The chemical makeup of an animal that doesn’t give you its consent to eat it changes radically and for the worse.2:27:35 “Mythology presents a paradox of being, because it says be here, but the here is nowhere… it's everywhere.”2:38:31 Are you a non-consensus human?ResourcesThe Plain of Pillars by Daniel Firth GriffithFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes by Brave as BearsAll Rights Reserved MusicFit Records 2024Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.