Society & Culture
In this conversation we explore: Deep listening - "the feelings underneath the words" Lessons from the water and the trees The wildness inside us Possibilities in the edges Earth grief & the ecological unraveling Reconnection & Relationships The "mythical, imaginal attunement to the earth" Aesthesis - exchange of soul essence The exiling of beauty Cultural Depression Initiation Trauma, loneliness and the longing for connection Resilient support systems Anchor practices & Beauty Altars Grief & Shame / Grief & Love Protector Energy and Anger as "the beautiful desire to protect something." Grief as the "e-motion of feeling... the energy that moves through us and reshapes us" Grief & Joy Ritual Keeping alive the energy & ability to nurture Shante's Projects: Earth Poet Edge Weaver - https://www.earthpoetedgeweaver.com/ Shante' Sojourn Zenith - http://www.shantesojournzenith.com/ Francis Weller - https://www.francisweller.net/ Simon McBurney's The Encounter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKWv001zJ_Y Malidoma Some - malidoma.com/main/ The Withdrawal Project - https://withdrawal.theinnercompass.org/ Pat McCabe - https://www.patmccabe.net/ Stephen Jenkinson - https://orphanwisdom.com/ Azul Valerie Thome & Grief Composting Circles - https://www.souland.org/