Immerse yourself in this collection of audio practices engaging the inner and outer senses to reawaken a relationship with the subtle expressions of the seasons.
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VOLUME 7: SEEDS AND STRUCTURES
Bringing together traditional ecological knowledge, esoteric wisdom, and visionary scientific thinking, our latest print edition seeks the kinds of seeds and structures we will need to embody a new ecological consciousness.
We believe it has always been a radical act to share stories during dark times. As we experience the desecration of our lands and waters, the extinguishing of species, and a loss of sacred connection to the Earth, we look to emerging stories. In them we find the timeless connections between ecology, culture, and spirituality.
Selected Stories
A Seasonal Practice of Fermentation
by Sandor Ellix Katz
A Primordial Covenant of Relationship
by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
What Are We? Where Are We?
by Charles Foster
Read:
Begin an annual practice of fermentation with recipes for sour pickles and tepache.
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee sees within our moment of ecological and cultural crisis the invitation to reawaken our ancient bond with the Earth.
Contemplating the age-old question of what it means to be human, Charles Foster contends that we are most fundamentally ourselves at the edges of certainty and comfort.
A Conversation with Stephen Blackmer, Susan Murphy, Bonnie Nadzam, and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
A Glorian Is a Moment of Grace
An Interview with Terry Tempest Williams
The Scaffolding of Life
An Interview with Suzanne Simard
Listen:
Four practitioners from Sufi, Christian, and Buddhist traditions come together to explore the necessity of allowing faith practices to evolve to meet the ecological needs of our moment.
What does it mean to encounter a Glorian?
What are Mother Trees—the oldest trees in the forest—telling us about how to build generational resilience into our forestry practices?
Following four storytellers who are each responding to the darkness of our time, our new Shifting Landscapes documentary film series explores the alchemical power of art and story to bring us back into connection with the living Earth.
In the trickling, creaking, and gurgling heard through hydrophones and contact microphones, sound artist and composer Ludwig Berger listens for the voice of Switzerland’s dying Morteratsch Glacier.
An immersive experience of shared breath with the Amazon rainforest.
Filmmaker adam amir takes his young son Rumi out to meet each season with practices welcoming the return of snow, migrating animals, blossoms, and berries.
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