Tag: Consciousness
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Savage Gods: Paul Kingsnorth may at last have found the real enemy of the environment, and they are words themselves.
Cooling off for six hours in a police cell in Esher, Surrey, in 1997, with King Arthur Pendragon taking up residence in the cell next door, I had a moment to reflect on the power of words, language and stories. We had both been arrested at…
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Is the hijack of Christmas by consumerism a bad thing or has this modern religion done more for World Peace than the old ones?
The annual Christmas urban melee for presents is over. Waistlines, expanded to bursting point are now forced into post-indulgence exercise programmes. New presents lie discarded and recycling bins are fit to burst with wrapping paper and packaging. Religious leaders typically bemoan the hijacking of the traditional message of Christmas by commerce in a festival of consumption, but recently I’ve had cause…
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The Eagles are Coming! The Eagles are Coming!
A very dear friend of mine was recently bought a lesson at the Hawk Conservancy for her birthday. She is a big fan of birds of prey, especially the kestrel she sees on her daily walk with the dog, but i think the lesson transformed her. Into what remains to be seen! I could definitely…
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Emergence
I am the organisation of ants I am the shoaling of fish I am the pack instinct of wolves I am the decay on the floor of the rainforest I am predation I am mycorrhizal fungi I am the breaking of mountains I am the north-westerly wind I am soil formation I am more than…