Radical Acts of Re-member-ing
Rite of Passage ceremonies have been held in near infinite forms and shapes for thousands of years, shaping and shifting according to weather, landscape, ancestral lineages and the particular needs of the community which enacted them. What sets modern rite of passages apart, is not so much the forms of ceremony we use today,…
Read MoreLike A River – Earth Converse with Emerald North
Description from Earth Converse Podcast: Ready to flow like a river? Penelope’s first guest conversation is with the wise wonderful Emerald North. “A woman of the earth, artist, poet, a guide and most of all, a human being that is deeply connected and living with, on and through the living earth around her day to…
Read MoreAncestor Preparation: On Becoming a Good Dead Person
Note: This short piece has been submitted to Circles on the Mountain for publication. For better or worse, wilderness rites of passage programs have gained a great deal of popularity over recent years. For better, because many of us have worked hard to see meaningful rites regain their importance within modern culture. We know that…
Read MoreI Lay Down My Burden and Rise – Navy Veteran Steve Fronckowiak
Steve Fronckowiak was a US Navy Surface Warfare Officer who deployed with three different commands from 1998 to 2005. He was led to the Veteran Rites of Return by his ex-wife and friend.
Read MoreLearning to live
It is my third day without food. In the night I awaken now and again, cozy in my warm sleeping bag, and watch the Big Dipper move around the north star. At the early light of dawn over barren rock hills, I bid farewell to a waning moon as it dips behind the ridge far…
Read MoreSong: My Time Is Now
Composed and performed by Sifo Sonwabise, Naomi Mwangi, & Rebecca Hartt
Read MoreElderhood Initiation: A Personal Story
As initiates and creative, energized citizens, we must sever from our home and from what is familiar in the outer world.
Read MoreThe Nature of Intent
“What is my intent?” is asked not to define some ultimate purpose, outcome, or goal, but to allow the question itself to inform and guide.
Read MorePodcast: Nature and The ‘Me’ Problem with Larry Hobbs
Whether you are digging in the soil or digging in your past, pointing a finger at the moon or contemplating your future, we and the universe are inseparable.
Read MoreQueer Quest Tribute
By Alicia Banister: But to sit in sacred space with an entire group that shares that common thread, that common understanding of shame and fear and celebration, that is a gift that I had no idea until I stepped into that space that my soul was craving.
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