The Mythology Summit 2026 – Free Event to Journey Through The Stories That Shape Us
Many of the stories guiding modern life are so familiar that they can feel less like stories and more like reality: success at any cost, the lone hero, romantic love as completion, endless growth, and nature as a resource.
The Mythology Summit brings together 15+ mythologists, storytellers, writers, artists, and wisdom keepers to explore humanity’s oldest stories alongside the myths shaping life today. Across two live online afternoons, you’ll encounter creation stories, epics, folklore, ancestral traditions, contemporary mythmaking, and questions of belonging, relationship, transformation, and the living world.
Hosted by Advaya, the gathering includes voices such as Michael Meade, Joshua Michael Schrei, John Bucher, Rebecca Campbell, Adeche Atelier, Maria Souza, Kate Murphy, Raghu Ananthanarayanan, Maria Fernanda Gebara, Ayana Young, and others.
No background in mythology is required. Come with curiosity, choose the sessions that speak to you, and use the summit as an opportunity to notice the stories you have inherited and the stories you want to carry forward.
Why Attend The Mythology Summit
Myth is not limited to ancient gods, heroic quests, or stories preserved in old books. Ideas such as the self-made individual, endless economic growth, romantic love as completion, and humanity’s separation from nature also function as stories that organize expectations, values, and choices. Recognizing them as stories creates room to examine them more consciously.
The Mythology Summit places those contemporary narratives in conversation with creation myths, epics, ancestral tales, African folklore, Indigenous perspectives, European traditions, sacred stories, and living forms of storytelling. The speakers approach myth from different disciplines and cultural perspectives, giving you more than one lens through which to understand what stories do.
The summit also emphasizes participation rather than treating mythology as something to observe from a distance. Sessions connect listening with reflection and practice, inviting you to consider the archetypes you repeat, the histories carried through stories, your relationship with the living world, and how stories can be retold when inherited narratives no longer serve the present.
Who Should Attend The Mythology Summit
This gathering is for people who sense that myths are more than old stories and want to understand how narrative, archetype, culture, ancestry, and imagination influence the way we experience the world. You do not need academic training in mythology to participate.
It may be especially engaging for readers, writers, artists, storytellers, educators, organizers, activists, folklore enthusiasts, and people exploring ecology, ancestral traditions, spirituality, or the stories they inherited about love, success, belonging, and the good life.
- People curious about what mythology is for beyond entertainment
- Readers who want to explore mythic traditions beyond familiar Greek stories
- Writers, artists, and storytellers looking for deeper narrative roots
- People drawn to folklore, witchcraft, folk horror, and living traditions
- Anyone questioning inherited stories about love, success, identity, or belonging
- People interested in Indigenous, ancestral, and ecological perspectives
- Organizers and activists curious about the stories that shape power and culture
- Lifelong learners interested in myth, history, folklore, spirituality, or ecology
What You’ll Learn During The Mythology Summit
The summit begins with stories that reach back through cultural memory: creation myths, epics, ancestral tales, African legends, Indigenous perspectives, European folklore, and traditions that have helped communities understand transformation, belonging, relationship, and the more-than-human world.
It then turns toward contemporary mythology and asks what stories are quietly organizing life now. Themes include the lone hero, romantic love, separation from nature, illness and recovery, self-making, modern spiritual practices, and the ways stories can reinforce or challenge cultural assumptions.
Across the two days, speakers also explore how stories are preserved, forgotten, reclaimed, and rewritten. The emphasis is not only on collecting fascinating myths, but on developing greater awareness of how stories shape perception and how creative, cultural, and personal storytelling can become a conscious practice.
- How ancient myths can illuminate enduring questions about meaning and belonging
- Ways modern culture creates myths of its own
- How the lone-hero story influences ideas about independence and success
- What African legends and folklore can reveal about living storytelling traditions
- How myth can shape our relationship with nature and the animate world
- Why buried histories and overlooked stories matter
- How Indigenous and ancestral perspectives can challenge stories of separation
- What archetypes can reveal about recurring patterns in individual and collective life
- How stories change when different people gain the power to tell and retell them
- Ways reflection and storytelling practices can bring myth into everyday life
From Ancient Stories to the Myths We Live By
The two-day structure creates a deliberate movement from humanity’s inherited stories toward the narratives operating in contemporary life. Day One, The Oldest Stories, asks where our stories begin and explores creation myths, epics, ancestral tales, folklore, and older ways of understanding relationship and belonging.
Day Two, The Stories We Live By, turns the lens toward modern myths. It asks which stories people may be living without recognizing them as stories, including narratives about romantic love, self-made individuality, illness, recovery, culture, and our relationship with the living world.
Each day moves from listening toward practice. Rather than treating myth only as an intellectual subject, the summit invites participants to notice stories at work, question inherited assumptions, and explore the creative act of telling, retelling, and making stories.
- Listen to myths from multiple cultural and storytelling traditions
- Notice recurring archetypes and assumptions in contemporary life
- Connect ancient narratives with present-day cultural questions
- Use reflection and storytelling practices to engage the material personally
Featured Speakers and What They Cover
The lineup brings together mythologists, authors, storytellers, artists, researchers, ceremonialists, and ecological voices. Their perspectives span ancient traditions, contemporary myth, African folklore, Indigenous knowledge, the heroic journey, transformation, sacred feminine traditions, and humanity’s relationship with the living world.
Michael Meade
Author and founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, Michael Meade presents The Mythic Heart of Transformation, bringing myth into conversation with the human experience of change.
Joshua Michael Schrei
Mythologist, writer, and host of The Emerald, Joshua Michael Schrei presents The Living Myth: Reawakening to an Animate World, exploring myth and our relationship with a world understood as alive.
John Bucher
Executive Director of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, John Bucher presents The Collective Journey: A New Heroic Adventure, revisiting the heroic journey through a collective lens.
Adeche Atelier: Adwoa and Solomon
The creative couple, storytellers, and artists behind Adeche Atelier present Afro Mythos: African Legends & Folklore, bringing African stories and folklore into the gathering.
Maria Fernanda Gebara
An anthropologist, scientist, and Indigenous knowledge researcher, Maria Fernanda Gebara presents The Myth of Separation: Re-membering Our Place in the Universe.
Rebecca Campbell, Kate Murphy and Maria Souza
Rebecca Campbell is an author, mystic, and sacred feminine teacher. Kate Murphy is a priestess, ceremonialist, and founder, while Maria Souza is a comparative mythologist and founder of Women and Mythology.
Raghu Ananthanarayanan and Ayana Young
Raghu Ananthanarayanan is a yogic teacher, author, and leadership facilitator. Ayana Young is an ecologist, storyteller, and founder of For The Wild, bringing ecological storytelling into the wider exploration of myth and relationship.
Additional Voices
The program also includes the International Society of Mythology, a For The Wild curated panel, and an Advaya showcase as part of the two-day gathering.
Two-Day Summit Schedule and Daily Themes
The Mythology Summit takes place on Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19, 2026. Both days run from 8 AM to 1 PM Pacific Time, 11 AM to 4 PM Eastern Time, and 4 PM to 9 PM UK time.
Day One – November 18: The Oldest Stories
Day One explores where our stories begin. Themes include creation myths, epics, ancestral tales, Skywoman, Gilgamesh, West African spirit worlds, and European folk traditions.
- John Bucher: The Collective Journey: A New Heroic Adventure
- Adeche Atelier: Adwoa and Solomon: Afro Mythos: African Legends & Folklore
- Michael Meade: The Mythic Heart of Transformation
- Joshua Michael Schrei: The Living Myth: Reawakening to an Animate World
- Maria Fernanda Gebara: The Myth of Separation: Re-membering Our Place in the Universe
- Featured voices also include: Rebecca Campbell and Kate Murphy
Day Two – November 19: The Stories We Live By
Day Two turns toward modern myths and the narratives operating inside contemporary life. Themes include romantic love, the self-made individual, modern spiritual habits, illness and recovery as interpreted through witchcraft and folk horror, and questions about who gets to rewrite cultural stories.
- Featured teachers include: John Bucher, Raghu Ananthanarayanan, and Maria Souza
- Additional program contributors include: the International Society of Mythology
- Additional program contributors include: a For The Wild curated panel
- Additional program contributors include: an Advaya showcase
Check your email after registration for viewing links and schedule updates.
Dates, Access, Replays and Where to Watch
The Mythology Summit is live and online on November 18 and 19, 2026. Both days begin at 8 AM Pacific Time, 11 AM Eastern Time, and 4 PM UK time, with the live program running for approximately five hours each day.
Free registration covers both live days. The sessions are recorded, but free registration does not include replay access. Recordings are made available within 24 hours for participants with eligible recording access, and an optional £67 Summit Pass offered after registration includes lifetime access to summit recordings and additional bonuses.
Register online and follow the access instructions you receive for joining the Summit Watch Page. Check your email after registration for viewing links and schedule updates.
- Wednesday, November 18, 2026: live online summit day
- Thursday, November 19, 2026: live online summit day
- 8 AM-1 PM Pacific Time each day
- 11 AM-4 PM Eastern Time each day
- 4 PM-9 PM UK time each day
- Free registration includes live access to both days
- The optional Summit Pass includes lifetime recordings
How to Register for The Mythology Summit
Click any Register Here For Free button on this page, enter your contact information, and check your email for access details.
How to Get the Most From The Mythology Summit
A program with 15+ teachers can offer many different pathways into myth. You do not need to absorb everything at once. Review the two daily themes and choose the conversations that most closely connect with the stories, traditions, or questions that already interest you.
Because the free experience is live and does not include free replay access, it helps to decide in advance when you can participate. Keep your access details easy to find and leave a little space after the sessions for reflection rather than moving immediately to the next thing.
Listen for the Story Beneath the Topic
When a speaker discusses folklore, transformation, ecology, love, heroism, or ancestry, notice the larger story about human life that sits underneath the subject.
Keep a Story Journal
- Write down a myth, image, or archetype that stays with you
- Notice where a similar pattern appears in your own culture or experience
- Record one question you want to keep exploring after the summit
Participate Without Trying to Master Everything
The summit moves across many traditions and perspectives. Let unfamiliar stories remain invitations for further learning rather than trying to reduce them to a single universal interpretation.
Make Room for Practice
Speakers are invited to close sessions with something participants can do, not only something to think about. Give those practices space and notice how experience changes your understanding of the stories being discussed.
About Virginia and Advaya
Virginia hosts the two live afternoons and serves as Advaya’s Director of Learning and Experience. Her role in the gathering is to welcome participants into a program designed for close listening, thoughtful inquiry, and engagement with the myths people inherit and carry forward.
Advaya is the organization behind The Mythology Summit. It is a learning community offering courses, live gatherings, study clubs, and ceremony with thinkers and teachers working across ecology, myth, and regenerative culture.
The summit reflects that interdisciplinary approach by bringing mythologists and storytellers into conversation with artists, researchers, ceremonialists, ecological voices, and knowledge holders. Rather than presenting mythology as a closed field, the program explores how stories intersect with culture, land, ancestry, imagination, and contemporary life.
Virginia is the host of the summit itself, while the featured teachers contribute their own sessions, traditions, and areas of expertise across the two-day program.
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Free Gifts and Bonuses
Free registration includes two documented bonuses in addition to live access to both summit days.
A Guide to the Living World
Registrants receive the ebook A Guide to the Living World, a collection of notes on love, ecology, connection, and what it means to be alive. The ebook is normally available to Advaya members.
The Eternal Song
Summit participants also receive 48-hour access to The Eternal Song, a film from Science and Nonduality.
Optional Summit Pass
After free registration, participants may choose an optional £67 Summit Pass. The pass includes lifetime access to summit recordings and additional bonus resources from Advaya and its partners.
- Free live access to both summit afternoons
- A Guide to the Living World ebook
- 48-hour access to The Eternal Song film
- Practices offered within the summit sessions
- Optional lifetime recording access through the paid Summit Pass
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Register for The Mythology Summit to join two live online afternoons with 15+ mythologists, storytellers, writers, artists, and wisdom keepers on November 18 and 19, 2026.
- Nov 18 - 19 2026
- 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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