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Suzanne Simard of the Dept. of Forest Sciences at the University of British Columbia has a delightful short video reporting that multi-species forests are connected in complex communicative networks with “mother trees” serving as the nodes in these networks. Her faculty page lists publications for those so interested. More and more the utter bankruptcy, both…

I was delighted to discover a long discussion of the African Orixa Xango (in Spanish, Shango or Chango) in Daily Kos, and want to pass it on. Years ago when I first encountered the African Diasporic traditions I was identified as a “son of Xango.” I worked within first one Umbanda temple for years and then…

I arrived early into Lawrence, Kansas, for Thanksgiving.  As I drove up the turnpike I called my old friends, Nan and Jerry. They weren’t home, and I left a message.  A short while later Nan returned my call and invited me to dinner with them, and to spend the night there.  “After all,” she said,…

One of my favorite blogs has a inspiring example of UC Davis students’ reaction to gratuitous violence by thugs wearing the uniform of the UC Police.  It is inspiring to watch how, after a completely arbitrary attack on peaceful students by a thug with pepper spray (watch) the students surround the cops chanting “Shame on…

I have been almost totally focused on the home stretch of my manuscript tentatively titled Faultlines: The 60s, the Culture War, and the Return of the Divine Feminine.  This is really getting in the way of making frequent blog posts.  But I think some modified snippets make very interesting posts.  In this manuscript I argue…

Joe Walsh has made a name for himself as a “family values” Republican.  He has also made a name for himself as a dead beat dad who owes over $100,000 in child support, ignores court dates, and takes his girl friend on expensive vacations while claiming to be too poor to support his children. He…

This is an important press release, and while I will be far away overseeing an academic conference, I hope any readers in the area will help support this effort. Silver Spring, MD, October 19th, 2011   Priestesses and priests from the Washington, DC Pagan community will hold a Celebration of the Divine Feminine and Religious Freedom…

I received two identical chain mail emails over the past couple of days, emails supposedly inspired by Warren Buffet.  But the Buffet chain email is a hoax that actually, if implemented would make the problem it addresses worse, and for the moment at least distracts us from what the real issues are. Since some of…

How does the current worldwide focus on bringing the ultra-wealthy banksters and corporations under more effective control relate to traditional spiritual concerns, particularly Pagan ones? Quite directly, actually.

The OWS movement has triggered worldwide support, most ll of it peaceful and likely in the hundreds of thousands.  There were 951 demonstrations planned in 81 countries.  Worldwide corporate aristocracy has triggered worldwide solidarity.  A site that gives a sense of the scale of what is happening around the world is Occupy Streams.  Huffingtonpost has…
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