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my arcanum

what you have to know in order to be fertile in a creative pursuit, to make discoveries and to prepare for the communication of a spiritual mystery (saul bellows) Note: originally published on October 16, 2025 on a calm presence. You can also listen a narration (with music) of this...

Community, deep adaptation, gratitude, learning, reciprocity, Reflections, Teachers

American Oligarchy: Moving from Denial to Effective Action

In the United States of America, there has been a long tradition of trust—especially among the groups of people who haven’t been systemically marginalized and discriminated against. Trust in this country, this government— trust that through all the tragedies, slavery, wars, economic...

deep adaptation, self-empowerment

July 3, 2025
Katja Po

Deep Live Gathering Reflection: A Journey Through Our Stories

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Community, connections, daily life, earth exchange, Earth Listening, events, experimenting, human-other than human relations, interaction, international, learning/unlearning, local groups

The Persimmon Tree

The tree just stood there. What kind of tree? You’ll find out soon enough. But it just stood there, so I turned my restless eyes and hands to the creek, moving, wet, smellable and populated. The creek cut deeply into the Earth, as if someone had cut out a narrow strip to craft a belt or...

Childhood, comfort, communion, Earth Listening, Essay, other than human, relationships, safety

These Are Patterns That Connect

[A tribute to the Bunya Dreaming Festival — 26th January, 2019] Like spiders’ webs with life-force gone, the old ‘ropes trail’, a test of skill and balance and courage, strings from tree-to-tree across ephemeral waters. Ageing — tenuous — connections Holding fading memories of past...

SAFE in the Global North

I should feel safe here in my comfortable, warm home here in rural Germany. I have routines that give my days structure. The water flows from the tap, the ovens faithfully give warmth (thank you trees!), there’s organic coffee, tobacco and plenty of food (come by, I’ll cook for/with you). I’m on...

November 19, 2024
Claude Schryer

listen and co-create

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November 3, 2024
Kristopher Drummond

Falling

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autumn, collapse, collapse acceptance, collective change, death, dis-illusionment, dying, fall, leaves, life cycles, long dark, mortality

August 18, 2024
Deep Live Gatherers

DEEP LIVE GATHERING 2023 FINAL REPORT

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celebration, ceremonies, collective change, communication, community-building, Deep Live Gathering, deep relating, Earth Listening, events, international, nature immersion, spirituality

Break Your Heart and Plant Some Trees

i’ve been observing the habits of modern human beings and the responses of this living world to our behaviors for years. and i’ve come to the conclusion that we’re basically S.O.L. yes, policy change is critical and must be taken immediately, vigorously and at massive scale. but planting trees...

awakening, collapse acceptance, collective change, deep adaptation, healing, nature immersion, planting trees, resilience, truth-telling