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Permaculture and The Fifth Sacred Thing

On 16 August 2011 By

Permaculture is a system of ecological design aimed at meeting our human needs while regenerating and healing the environment around us.  The word ‘permaculture’ was coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the 1970’s, from ‘permanent agriculture’.  But it’s not just gardening or ranching — permaculture principles also work for economics, urban [...]

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Starhawk’s Common Sense Permaculture Principles

On 16 August 2011 By

Everything is connected.

Abundance, health and happiness come not from things, but relationships.  Money can’t buy me love!

As designers, we look at connections in space and time.  If we put things in the right place, do things in the right order and at the right time, we save work, money and energy.

“To every [...]

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The Fifth Sacred Thing Green Plan

On 15 August 2011 By

Less than a week to go on our Kickstarter campaign for The Fifth Sacred Thing movie.  We’ve done so well–but still have far to go!  However, it occured to me that it was past time to share with you all the Green Plan I wrote up for our production.  It’s designed to guide [...]

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Kickstarter Update #8: August 1 – Lammas, The Time of the Reaper

On 31 July 2011 By

August 1, Lammas, one of the eight key Celtic Pagan holidays on the Wheel of the Year.  Lammas, traditionally, was the beginning of the harvest, when the early crops are coming in and the summer fruits are ripe.  In Ireland, it was Lughnasad, the festival of the sun-God Lugh.  “Lammas” comes from “Loaf-mass”—the loaf made [...]

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Who is the Goddess in The Fifth Sacred Thing?

On 26 July 2011 By

“Who is the Goddess, Who is the Goddess?  We are!”

We sing these words each year at the big Spiral Dance ritual put on by Reclaiming, the spiritual network of teachers and ritual-makers I work with.

 

In The Fifth Sacred Thing, the Goddess is a character, much as Aywah is in Avatar.  Although the [...]

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Declaration of the Four Sacred Things

On 21 June 2011 By

The Earth is a living, conscious being. In company with cultures of many different times and places, we name these things as sacred: air, fire, water, and earth.

Whether we see them as the breath, energy, blood, and the body of the Mother, or as blessed gifts of a creator, or as symbols of the [...]

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