The Ultra Wealthy Dream of Fintech Unicorns
To be at the “Forefront of Financial Inclusion” is to properly remunerate workers, and to provide every citizen with basic health needs and education — not to provide modern ways for poor people to feel broke and inadequate.
Receipt for Distracting Biden to Release Peltier
The egregore of capital knows it needs the native body to dominate the land of which indigenous peoples are an intricate expression. However, the egregore knows its survival is at risk too — it fears the wooden stake of the peasant class.
Black Sun Rising: On Witch Wars and Real Wars
Man has created some terrifying truths, the worst of which is not war itself, but our justifications for war.
The River Mumma
The River Mumma is a fierce protectress and mother, a beautiful woman but also something other, frightening, perhaps to some, even monstrous. We see these aspects of the female in other figures from legend and lore like Medusa, Babalon and more. Like I often say, folk stories always contain hints of truths at their core, like the single speck of grit at the centre of a pearl.
NATO, Russia, War and Empires
“In a war of empire vs empire, there are no “good guys.” Does that mean the people of Ukraine deserve to be invaded and occupied? No.”
What does Justice mean in the case of the lynching of a Congolese man in Brazil?
Is the arrest of the men who tied another man down to beat him to death what Justice looks like?
Recipes For Remembering ~ Food & Culture
Food connects me to my family, to my ancestors, to a land distant but important nonetheless. This is what is meant by soul food, the food we share with those we love. Memories made without even trying. The every day made magic. Spanning cultures and times.
Environmental Protection of Brazil's Atlantic Forest at the Local Level
Of the political strategies to combat deforestation at the local level, we must ask ourselves which is most effective and suitable for us as individuals — voting, lobbying or raising awareness.
Pool yourself together: Sufficiency and interdependence in the wake of a degrowth future
People are able to organize very complex distribution and exchange mechanisms in a very short time without the intervention of state institutions. […] People did not engage in a general war for survival, but gathered in smaller groups around small 'pools' of remaining resources.
Sun, Gull, and Jellyfish
The day always starts
with a specific fauna and flora
which is not up for discussion.
Four Seeds In A Row...
Indeed there is something spiritual about working with the land, of running your fingers through dark, fertile soil, of working in sync with the cycles of the season.
Neither Faith Nor Reason
“By focusing on the unwinnable debate between faith and reason, both Christians and atheists have agreed to ask the same questions – thus missing the potential for a type of religion that asks different questions in the first place.”
Rising Sun, Setting Moon ~ The Beauty in the Mundane
There is still beauty to behold in this world. Not the fake beauty of photo-shopped pictures, whether of people or places, nor the beauty of expensive possessions and luxurious homes, but instead a beauty that inspires a quiet joyousness within the heart, within the very soul, perhaps.
Waco Revisited: A Critique of Violence Against New Religious Movements
From Aidan Simardone
Speaking of Moss
With this lack of names, of tradition, of relationship, how can we speak of moss?
Viruses and Colonization: Humanity’s hate affair with mosquitoes
How did indigenous people handle virus-drenched-mosquitoes?
New Year Musings
Success to me means being able to live the type of life I want. Isn’t that each of us really want? And for most of us, this isn’t given. Just surviving requires a tremendous effort that leaves little time or effort for anything else. We have to push constantly against it.
Course: Being Pagan, with Rhyd Wildermuth
The third offering of Rhyd Wildermuth’s popular course, Being Pagan
Poet, Prophet, Fox: A Review
“A book about a trans man set in ancient pagan Ireland, and dedicated to transgender youth? There couldn’t be a book more perfect for my genderqueer and pagan child. That’s why Salem ended up reading this book before I did, and why this is really two reviews in one: first Salem’s and then mine.”