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Ritual for Autumn Equinox (opens the original)
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Greetings friends, I am republishing Ritual for Autumn Equinox from last year because it is such a juicy ritual and so perfect that I really couldn’t think of a way to improve upon it.What I have been thinking about lately is how we honor thresholds. Autumn is a threshold season between full light and full dark, between burning hot and freezing cold. It is easy to get busy this time of year and not pause at the threshold and make meaning of this liminal space. Yet, liminal spaces are where the m
A Starter Reading List for Confronting Collapse (opens the original)
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The Real Meaning of 9/11, 25 Years on (opens the original)
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There’s lots of retrospectives going around about September 11, 2001, which is 25 years ago today. The events of that day have come to signify something very specific to me, and I hadn’t heard anyone else with quite the same take, so I recorded mine. ShareFor more on 9/11 and the connection to collapse, check out this post from last year:And thereR
To Eat Meat or Not to Eat Meat: That is the Question (opens the original)
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As an environmentalist, animist, and overall lover of animals, the question of whether to eat meat has plagued me my entire life. At 51 years of age, I believe I have finally found an answer to the age-old question. Not everyone is going to like it but hear me out.
The Nepal-China Flood and the Two Kinds of Collapse (opens the original)
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