Original post from June 26, 2021 (and last of the archive posts!) When you were two, you could use any means at your disposal to get what you wanted, even if what you wanted was utterly ridiculous. You could throw a tantrum and hit your parents with all your might, and if your parents …
Original post from June 4, 2021, with a bit of an addition I’m returning to Dion Fortune’s definition of magic, popularized by Starhawk: “Magic is the art of changing consciousness at will.” Of course, they weren’t just talking about magic, but about doing magic on purpose, or in another, less sympathetic word, witchcraft. …
Original post from April 24, 2021 When we intensely love the biosphere and the other beings that share it, and perceive the magnitude and complexity of the threat it’s under, the obvious question is, “So what do we do?!” I’ve already written about this, of course, but it also makes sense that the …
Original post from April 3, 2021 I ended last week’s post in a rather bleak place. In continuation, I wanted to share a post on Facebook that I saw and shared once, but I had no idea if I would be able to find it again. It showed up as a “Facebook memory” …
Original post from 27.2.21 How does change occur on a collective, cultural level? And how can I best contribute? Should I work at a systemic level? Work on myself on a personal level? Last week, I wrote “We live the world into being.” We participate in creating our world by how we live. …
Original post from /december 12, 2020 People generally think an animist vision for our culture is wildly impractical. They want to see a plan of what such a large-scale society would look like and how could we make the transition. This is not actually a reasonable request; collective changes never happen according to plan. …
From Oct 10, 2020 The reaction to Covid proved that we are capable of making huge changes instantaneously. That’s fortunate, because we need to. Huge changes will be made, whether by our own initiative or not. And it is far, far better for us that we (that is, the humans and not, say, the …
This was a reflection on the lessons and gifts of Covid times, from October 3, 2020. At a time like this, when so much is changing, it makes sense to personally and collectively take stock, and re-examine our order of priorities. It seems obvious to me that our standards should be solidarity and care – …
