I got excited when I heard about this book, both b/c I think that for people who are interested in creating social change, community is where to do it, and also I knew of the author's most recent work (founding director of MiningWatch Canada, an organization our local Indigenous solidarity group has worked with, and one that has taken on the huge challenge of challenging Canadian mining companies'
Previewing the Women's Worlds conference, I interviewed Eternia ("Canada's dopest female MC" according to Exclaim! mag). We talked about social change, vulnerability and being able to open up and heal ('hurt people hurt people') but also about braggadocio and 'going to war'. And a bit about 'gender characteristics'. See the video below (interview mixed w/ her music).
By chance this week I stumbled upon a video that I adore. It's a conversation over coffee with two of my favorite minds; Terence Kemp Mckenna & Ram Dass.
Though you might know of Buckminster Fuller and his career heading the design revolution for ultimate sustainability with Earth's resources, you might not yet be familiar with his largely accepted philosophical predecessor Barbara Marx-Hubbard.
I guess I should have known that the creators of something as flowing and creative as Evolver.net, social networking site devoted to fostering positive change in the world, would have also been interested in nurturing the conscious feminine.
I recently interviewed author, visionary teacher and healer Sandra Ingerman about how to tackle the difficult yet enormously important challenge of integrating the spiritual issues of our time with the ecological crises we’re facing.
This interview was originally posted on my psychedelic literature blog, http://www.DDubsReads.com. I hope you enjoy it. I have been interested in interviewing authors for a while now, and was able coordinated one with a man I truly admire. Lorenzo Hagerty, host of the Psychedelic Salon podcast and author of the upcoming audio book The Genesis Generation, agreed to answer a few questions for me concerning his book and other psychedelic-related topics.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
