Episode 5 I Didn’t Lose Faith. I Lost the Frame.

There’s a common assumption that those who walk away from religion have simply lost their faith. But that’s not always the case.

For many, it’s not faith that disappears—it’s the frame that breaks.

The frame is the structure we inherited: the doctrines, the boundaries, the certainties, the systems. When that frame begins to crack—whether from personal disillusionment, intellectual tension, or moral concern—it can feel like the entire painting is falling apart.

But sometimes, what we’re losing isn’t the art. It’s just the old frame that held it.

This episode explores how faith can survive—and even thrive—beyond the confines of inherited belief. We consider what happens when the need for rigid certainty fades, and how a deeper kind of meaning can emerge through myth, metaphor, and sacred imagination.

You don’t have to throw the canvas away just because the frame no longer fits.

Episode 4 What Sacred Means Now

What does sacred mean—when you’re no longer sure you believe in a sacred book, or a sacred institution, or a sacred place someone else defined for you?

This episode explores how “sacred” might still matter, even after belief has changed.

Sacred isn’t about perfection, or power, or piety.
It’s about presence.

It’s what you feel when a moment stops you. When the breath deepens.
When a tear comes, or a laugh, and you don’t know why.

In Sacred Imagination, sacredness isn’t granted by authority—it’s discovered by attention.
It’s not owned or enforced. It’s encountered.

Let’s explore what sacred means now… and why that still matters.

Special Episode - July 4 The Flame She Still Holds

The Flame She Still Holds

This isn’t a protest.
It’s not a patriotic salute.
It’s not a political stance or a call to arms.
It’s something quieter.
Something older.
A mythic remembering.

The Flame She Still Holds

A weathered figure sits in quiet ruin.

Crowned in ancient rays and robed in cracked stone,
she resembles the one we once called Liberty.
But this is no polished statue of national pride.

She is older than any empire that claimed her,
and more sorrowful than any anthem that sang her name.

Her torch—long fractured—is lowered,
its flame no longer blazing for others to follow.

Yet in her other hand,
resting gently on her lap,
a small flame still burns.

It is not a flame of conquest.
It is not the fire of revolution or defense.

It is the ember of meaning—
the quiet pulse of a symbol we forgot how to read.

She does not demand worship.
She does not offer judgment.

She simply waits.
To be remembered.
To be reimagined.
To be honored—
not as icon or idol—
but as invitation.

This is Liberty as myth.
Not as weapon.
Not as monument.

She is broken, yes—
but still holding fire.

The Flame You Forgot

We once crowned her with light
and called her Liberty.

We built her high,
turned her into a symbol,
a statue,
a promise.

She stood in harbors,
printed on currency,
burned into our national myth.

But somewhere along the way…
we forgot what she was.

We turned her into a monument.
Then into a mascot.

We used her to justify wars.
We raised her as a banner
for freedoms we didn’t fully extend.

We worshiped her.
Then we hollowed her out.

Now, when she appears,
it’s mostly in steel or stone—
cold, untouchable, iconic.

But she was never meant to be made of metal.

She was myth.
She was breath.
She was a fire we were meant to carry.

Look again.

Not to the polished torch
or the slogans etched into pedestals—
but to the broken figure seated in silence.

She wears the crown, yes…
but it’s cracked.

Her torch has fallen,
worn with time.

And yet—
in her hand…

a single ember still burns.

Not for spectacle.
Not for conquest.

But for meaning.
For memory.
For those who still remember how to listen.

This isn’t patriotism.
It isn’t protest.

It’s mythic reckoning.

It’s the quiet rediscovery
of a goddess we turned into a slogan.

It’s the Sacred Imagination whispering:

You forgot the flame.
But it didn’t forget you.

You don’t need to rebuild the statue.
You don’t need to wave her like a flag.

Just sit with her.
Notice the ember.

And remember what liberty was really meant to be:

Not possession.
Not pride.

But presence.
A sacred symbol.
A companion on the path.

A flame that still waits to be carried forward—
not for power…

but for meaning.

Episode 3 Do You Still Believe in Something?

After the unraveling of belief, many are left with a haunting question—do you still believe in anything?

In this episode, we gently trace that question—not as an interrogation, but as an invitation.

What if belief is no longer about subscribing to certainty, but awakening to presence?
What if it’s not about clinging to answers, but becoming more attuned to meaning?

Through story and reflection, we explore the quiet, sacred yes that still lives in the ruins.
The kind that doesn’t demand allegiance or conformity,
but emerges like breath after grief—
a fragile, resilient affirmation that meaning still matters,
and that you still belong.

This isn’t about rebuilding old belief structures.
It’s about learning to listen differently.

Episode 2 When the Stone Became Symbol

Long before doctrine hardened, there was story.

And before story was written in ink… it was carved into stone, carried in breath, traced in memory.

This episode explores how symbols once moved with us—shifting, shimmering, helping us hold what words couldn’t quite contain.

But over time, what was meant to point beyond became locked in place.
The symbol was mistaken for the thing.
The myth became a rule.

What happens when we forget how to read the deeper meaning?

What happens when the stone stops breathing?

Let’s revisit the moment when the stone became symbol… and how Sacred Imagination invites us to listen again.

Episode 1 The Wall and the Breath

In this opening reflection, we explore what it means to feel closed in by doctrinal certainties—
to be held with unquestioning minds, regardless of historical context or literary adaptation—
and how the first breath of sacred imagination begins when we no longer have to hold our breath to belong.

This is where the journey begins:
Not with rejection, but with release.
Not with an answer, but a breath.

Some walls protect.
Others isolate.
Sacred Imagination begins the moment we realize we can walk through them.

Episode 0 Sacred Imagination Promocast Intoduction

This is Sacred Imagination.
A podcast for those
deconstructing religion—
and reconstructing meaning.

Not a doctrine,
but a door.

Not certainty,
but a path…
walked with wonder.

Each episode explores
how myth and metaphor
can breathe new life
into the questions we carry
long after belief has broken down.

I’m P. Glenn — Myth Walker.

And this is an invitation.
Not to believe—
but to belong.
To remember.
To imagine.
To walk free.

You’ll find the podcast
and companion blog
at sacredimagination.net
with new episodes releasing
on scheduled dates—
each one weaving presence, poetry,
and something worth carrying.

Where belief may have burned out—
the ember of meaning
still glows.

Let’s walk from the ashes.
Not alone—
but together.
With sacred imagination
lighting the way.