Something New Is Being Born
And you’re not alone in sensing it.
At a time of cultural fragmentation, accelerated media cycles, and a growing hunger for depth, beauty, and meaning — we are releasing the second issue of Second Renaissance Magazine.
Its name is MYTHOS.
We are living through an overwhelming abundance of narratives — many of which fuel polarisation, confusion, and fragmentation rather than wisdom and connection. The old stories are losing their hold. Something new is trying to be born. And in that in-between space, most of what culture offers is noise.
MYTHOS is a different kind of offering.
A beautiful, intimate experience of this time between worlds — through art, thought, and ritual. A space where rarely heard voices gather and resonate. A place to slow down, return to the body, and ask: what story am I living by — and is it still true?
Inside this issue, a rich tapestry of essays, visual art, and poetry unfolds — weaving past and future into dialogue, bringing together artists including Ronja Polzin, Vladyslav Chabanenko, Jack Tezam, and Guillaume Pascale alongside thinkers including Jim Palmer, Rupert Read, and Schuyler Brown.
Across its pages you’ll find intimate inquiries into self-authoring and identity, relationships to religion and spirituality, sex and embodiment, ecology and interbeing, failure and transformation, dreams, ritual, and meaning-making.
Together, these works form a living landscape of thought and feeling — rich, surprising, and deeply human.
In moments of acceleration, print becomes a radical gesture. The physical format of MYTHOS is an invitation: slow down. Go back to the body. Reflect deeply. Ask which stories are worthy of guiding what comes next.
Subscribe and order your copy now: secondrenaissance.net/magazine
We are extremely grateful to all of our contributors, for the authenticity, vulnerability, and courage in their contributions to the Magazine and to this moment.
Something new is being born. And you’re not alone in sensing it. People are already living and making it.
You can too.
The artists and thinkers who contributed to this experience include:
* Sylvie Barbier (Curator, Editor, Writer, Artist)
* Ronja Polzin (Artist)
* Vladyslav Chabanenko (Artist)
* Jote Lamar (Artist, Writer)
* Lucila Vairo (Artist)
* Wojciech Węgrzyński (Artist)
* Guillaume Pascale (Artist)
* Oliver Hillenkamp (Artist, Writer)
* Jack Tezam (Artist)
* Naeema Zarif (Artist, Writer)
* Mark Smith (Artist, Writer)
* Jessica Libor (Artist)
* Liu Tianlian (Artist)
* Jim Palmer (Writer)
* Rupert Read (Writer)
* Valerie Duvauchelle (Writer)
* Rufus Pollock (Writer)
* Schuyler Brown (Writer)
* Jonah Wilberg (Writer)
* Layman Pascale (Writer)
* Elegance Block (Writer)
* Sam Hinds (Writer)
* Rosa Lewis (Writer)
* Sophie Charrois (Writer)
* Marlo Candìa (Writer)
* Kevin Bowers (Writer)
* River Kenna (Writer)
* Lauren Wigmore (Writer)
* Cheryl Hsu (Writer)
* Liam Kavanagh (Writer)
* Ganga Devi Braun (Writer)
* Elysian Emanaia (Writer)
* Avi Finegold (Writer)
* Nick Todhunter (Writer)
