Michael Meade is an accomplished storyteller, drummer, workshop leader and teacher of ritual and mythology. He is the author of Men and The Water Of Life (Harper San Francisco: 1993). His essays have appeared in many collections including To Be a Man, Tending the Fire, Walking Swiftly and The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart, which he edited with James Hillman and Robert Bly. Born and raised in New York City, Meade has appeared at conferences and workshops before thousands of men and women throughout the United States and Europe.