Learning how Land Speaks
Learning How Land Speaks explore the idea & experience of the world as alive; not just alive, the world is sentient & speaks to us, if only we will attend and listen. Posts are curated from a series of co-operative inquiries with Human and River persons
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From almost nothing, a River: The story of an ecological pilgrimage along an Italian river, from mouth to source (opens the original)
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Letizia got in touch with me to talk through her thoughts when when she was planning this pilgrimage, so I was delighted to hear from her again to tell me of her experience. Of course, I asked her to write something for Learning How Land Speaks, to share her experience more widely [Peter]<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0mtk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffec
Shooting Star (opens the original)
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This post tells the story of the first time I was aware of the cosmos responding to my call – what I would now call an ontopoetic experience – and doing so with amazing drama. The account is taken from my book In Search of Grace,1 in a chapter titled Moments of Grace, when my experience of sailing under the night sky recalls an earlier experience of ceremonially calling a Shooting Star. I post this now because ma
Is the question of Fairies and Elves down by River a Zen koan? (opens the original)
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Are there fairies and elves down by River? (opens the original)
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