Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This episode tells a Taiwanese folk story of the Hearth Spirits and the quiet power of forgiveness. The story opens a reflection on repentance, unconditional love, ancestral healing, and what it means to re-enter a world where unseen beings help shape our attention and sense of responsibility. This is an invitation to return to the hearth, where relationship becomes a path back into wholeness with life itself.
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This is a unique podcast. Patsy tells stories in an inimitable, charming style from the Taoist folk canon as well as from her fascinating childhood in old Taiwan. Charles draws out mythic themes from these stories and uses them to illuminate the present condition of humanity. Sometimes he will “decode” them; more often he will speak from their energy and images, because these stories carry profound knowledge that transcends explanation.
Patsy and Charles were married until 2006. They say, “We have completed our karma together, the only thing left is love.” Whether or not that is entirely true, a palpable love and joy animates their conversations, even when they sometimes visit serious themes and tragic events.
charleseisenstein.org/halfmoon
USEFUL LINKS:
👉 Charles’ essays on Substack: charleseisenstein.substack.com
👉 Charles’ author website: charleseisenstein.org
👉 facebook.com/CharlesEisensteinAuthor
👉 Instagram: instagram.com/charles_eisenstein
👉 Twitter: twitter.com/ceisenstein
This episode tells a Taiwanese folk story of the Hearth Spirits and the quiet power of forgiveness. The story opens a reflection on repentance, unconditional love, ancestral healing, and what it means to re-enter a world where unseen beings help shape our attention and sense of responsibility. This is an invitation to return to the hearth, where relationship becomes a path back into wholeness with life itself.
If this podcast has nourished you, we invite you to send us a gift to help sustain this project through a donation via below links:
buy.stripe.com/eVq6oA6xW5S036W4aX24003
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=FVFQMFLEZFWCN
#charleseisenstein
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This is a unique podcast. Patsy tells stories in an inimitable, charming style from the Taoist folk canon as well as from her fascinating childhood in old Taiwan. Charles draws out mythic themes from these stories and uses them to illuminate the present condition of humanity. Sometimes he will “decode” them; more often he will speak from their energy and images, because these stories carry profound knowledge that transcends explanation.
Patsy and Charles were married until 2006. They say, “We have completed our karma together, the only thing left is love.” Whether or not that is entirely true, a palpable love and joy animates their conversations, even when they sometimes visit serious themes and tragic events.
charleseisenstein.org/halfmoon
USEFUL LINKS:
👉 Charles’ essays on Substack: charleseisenstein.substack.com
👉 Charles’ author website: charleseisenstein.org
👉 facebook.com/CharlesEisensteinAuthor
👉 Instagram: instagram.com/charles_eisenstein
👉 Twitter: twitter.com/ceisenstein
