Sacred - Depth Psychology Alliance2024-03-29T01:12:49Zhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/feed/tag/SacredPermaculture: A design science, 30 young yearshttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/permaculture-a-design-science-30-young-years2012-06-14T14:41:39.000Z2012-06-14T14:41:39.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Permaculture</strong> (permanent agriculture) is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. It is also the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. <br/></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">One consistent struggle in the community is the role of the <strong><a href="http://sacredpermaculture.net/" target="_blank">sacred</a></strong> (i.e. Mother Earth) and myth. Please consider my <strong><a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/1976" target="_blank">recent lament</a></strong>.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-2"><strong><a href="http://permacultureprinciples.com/principles.php">http://permacultureprinciples.com/principles.php</a></strong></span></p></div>Into The Sacred, Building New Global Mythologyhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/into-the-sacred-building-new-global-mythology2012-06-30T17:44:28.000Z2012-06-30T17:44:28.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
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<p></p></div>“Sacred Trees and Refuges” – Interview with Rachel S. McCoppin, Author of The Lessons of Nature in Mythology by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Media (+ PDF)https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/sacred-trees-and-refuges-interview-with-rachel-s-mccoppin-author2015-11-10T18:00:18.000Z2015-11-10T18:00:18.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2315" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868854903?profile=original" width="394" class="align-center" height="393"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5" style="color: #008000;">“Sacred Trees and Refuges”</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Interview with Rachel S. McCoppin, <br/>Author of <strong><em>The Lessons of Nature in Mythology</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Media (+ PDF)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2315" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2315</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142587867?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sacred Trees and Refuges” – Interview with Rachel S. McCoppin, Author of The Lessons of Nature in Mythology by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Media.pdf</a></p></div>“Will Mythology Save Us?” Conversations with Willi Paul and Arthur George. From Planetshifter.com Magazine.https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/will-mythology-save-us-conversations-with-willi-paul-and-arthur2014-07-19T15:32:15.000Z2014-07-19T15:32:15.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2197" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_75.png?width=357" width="357" class="align-center"/></a></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>“Will Mythology Save Us?” Conversations with Willi Paul and Arthur George. From <a rel="nofollow" href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2197" target="”blank”">Planetshifter.com Magazine</a>.</strong></span></p>
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<p>"The next step is to remember where myths come from. Depth psychology teaches us that they come ultimately from our unconscious psyche, principally the collective unconscious. On the one hand, this fact too shows that myths can be global. On the other hand, it means that the new myths can’t and won’t be so 'new.' They will have to be based on archetypes that formed during our long psychic evolution and which generated the old myths. The difference now, as in the past, is that in order to resonate and have life the new myths must wear the dress of contemporary environments and cultures."</p>
<p><em>- from the June 23, 2014, <a href="http://mythologymatters.wordpress.com/" target="blank">blog post</a>: "What Should Be the New Myths? Global Myths?" by Arthur George, mythologist and author of the new book <a href="http://www.mythologymatters.com/book-the-mythology-of-eden.html" target="blank">The Mythology of Eden.</a></em></p>
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<p>“<a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2194" target="”blank”">Permaculture Emerges in Partnership with Nature</a>. Permaculture is a new agri-design movement that promotes healing Nature and sustainability with local - global actions. New archetypes come into public conscious thru <a href="http://www.patternliteracy.com/permaculture-reference/ethics-and-principles/" target="”blank”">permaculture’s three ethics</a>:</p>
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<p><strong>(+)</strong> Care for the Earth<br/> <strong>(+)</strong> Care for People<br/> <strong>(+)</strong> Return the Surplus</p>
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<p><strong>Can you offer a vision of what the present day Eden would look like? Are there actual examples that we could critique?</strong></p>
<p>I don’t consider Eden, even in the original story, as ultimately having a clear concrete geography or detailed physical characteristics. As Joseph Campbell observed, the Eden story “yields its meaning only to a psychological interpretation,” and the Garden of Eden is really a metaphor for our minds (Thou Art That, p. 50). While in the Garden prior to their transgression, Adam and Eve were in what we would call an unconscious or pre-conscious state, where they did not perceive or understand opposites, whether those of good vs. evil or otherwise. In reference to the creation, the post-Jungian psychologist Erich Neumann called this primitive state where all was one unity the “uroboros” (The Origins and History of Consciousness, pp. 5-38). Adam and Eve’s gaining the knowledge of good and evil gave them the faculty of mind to perceive and understand opposites, which today we recognize as ego consciousness. Thus, this step was really the completion of the creation of humans, at which point they could walk out of the garden and live in the real world. In light of this, any attempt to recreate and live in any new “Eden” would be regressive. Rather, human consciousness must move forward and upward, further from Eden (see Question below). It would be best for modern myths to be oriented in this direction, as was the main line of the original Eden myth in my interpretation.</p>
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<p><strong>Is chaos central to our modern mythic resource pool?</strong></p>
<p>Ultimately it has to remain central, though “chaos” is no longer the best term for this. In the ancient creation myths, the pre-creation state was described as one of primordial waters, which were chaotic in the sense of lacking form or order. Creation was visualized as establishing an ordered cosmos from earlier chaos, featuring things like time, multiplicity, opposites, and cause and effect. As psychology shows, water is a prime symbol for the unconscious, which is reflected in the primordial waters in this creation motif. In her book Creation Myths (pp. 2-4), the post-Jungian psychologist Marie Louise von Franz wrote that the creation motif of order being created out of chaos is rooted in our own experience of coming into consciousness; in psychic terms, our becoming aware of the ordered world and the world coming into existence are equated. We experience this when waking in the morning as the outside world of space, time, order, and cause and effect fall into place. Similarly, developmental psychology shows that infants don’t initially perceive such an orderly outside world, but that within a few years it falls into place as a sense of self emerges.</p>
<p>Since “chaos” is nothing other than our own unconscious, this is not something that will disappear. And since our unconscious is the source of myths, of course it will remain central to our mythic resource pool. We can stop calling it chaos, however, as that suggests that had/has an external metaphysical existence.</p>
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<p><strong>Do you subscribe to my thesis that there are old, time-worn and almost forgotten myths and new myths emerging based on many ideas including permaculture, Nature in peril and corporate evil?</strong></p>
<p>Certainly we see that most of the old myths no longer resonate with our psyches and are dying. Any new myths are in their infancy and so are hard to assess at this point. In order to be successful, they must “move” us, which is to say they will need to come from and resonate with the same inner parts of the psyche that gave the old myths wings. I’m not so sure how successful we can be in consciously thinking up “ideas” and trying to build myths around them, because historically the mythmaking process has worked the other way around, from the unconscious to ego consciousness. But as discussed in the context of two questions below, this process could evolve as our psyche itself develops so as to reintegrate suppressed and repressed unconscious content into our conscious selves.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, since so many of the old myths were based on our awe of and essential connection with nature, there is reason to believe that the new ones can too; we just need to dress them up in ways that we can better understand and accept using elements from our own culture. I agree with you that permaculture can have a role here, as can sustainability in general.</p>
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<p><strong>What is the meaning and value of the serpent in today’s mythic conversation?</strong></p>
<p>Serpent symbolism is probably the most complex and varied around, encompassing even various opposites (e.g., life vs. death, wisdom vs. evil, chaos vs. creation, causing and curing illness). This is because the various physical characteristics and behavior of serpents resonate with various parts of our psyche. Serpent symbolism is very much alive (it continues to be prominent in our dreams), so it has mythic value and should remain a component of myths. Given the multivalent nature of serpent symbolism and the fact that it is a product of our unconscious, however, it is hard to predict what myths may emerge containing serpent symbolism.</p>
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<p><strong>Where is the center of the world? Who owns it?!</strong></p>
<p>In the ancient world, a Center (sometimes actually “called the center of the world”) was a sacred spot where the divine, in the heavens and the underworld, connected with the earthly, including with us humans; it is where the 3 planes of the cosmos meet and thus lies at the heart of reality. Archetypically, it was also thought of as the place of creation. As such, a Center was a sacred place, where a temple or other sanctuary (including sacred trees) was situated and people could interact with their deities and experience transcendence. Thus, the Garden of Eden, sanctuary where humans interacted with God and gained the godlike knowledge of good and evil, also can be considered a Center. In reality, various peoples and communities each had at least one Center of their own. Such multiplicity of Centers was not considered a contradiction and nobody fought over the matter, because people were thinking mythologically: What was being experienced was sacred space, not earthly geographical space.</p>
<p>Such ancient way of viewing the matter provides the key for us too. Sacred space is existential for humans, and can exist anywhere on earth. The lesson to draw is that the Center really lies within ourselves, so it can be anywhere we are, when we are attuned to it. So each of us owns it (our personal Center), and we can own one collectively. The key to it for each of us is finding an approach to spirituality that works to make us, as Campbell said, transparent to transcendence (see question below).</p>
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<p><strong>Can you point-out a modern day Mother Nature myth?</strong></p>
<p>Cameron’s film Avatar brought these mythological themes out pretty well, albeit in Hollywoodized fashion. There the Na’vi lived close with nature and their spirituality reflected that: They had a mother earth goddess Eywa and connected with her at the sacred Tree of Souls, which was a means of transformation. In contrast, the humans had depleted earth’s environment and, through a corporation, were encroaching on Pandora without heed or care. The story thus touches on the issues that you asked about in question above.</p>
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<p><strong>Is a new universal creation story unfolding now? Or is it more likely a universal death story? Or are they being combined?</strong></p>
<p>Many older mythologies did combine creation/life and destruction/death, either in cycles of the cosmos (Indian, Maya) or in seasonal cycles, but in light of scientific explanations for such things it is not clear to me that this motif will endure in future myths, at least without substantial updating. But it still has a place. Although the matter of physical creation of the universe is now largely a subject for scientific study, the mere wonder of the universe (including how it came into being) and the mystery of life will continue to inspire us and can generate myths. The threat of universal death (e.g., environmental catastrophe, blowing ourselves up) should afford future mythological material since death itself in any form provides mythological material.</p>
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<p>From: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://communityalchemy.com/eWorkshop1/NM.pdf" target="blank">Building the Future with New Global Mythology, Free eWorkshop with ...</a> -<br/> “What Will/Should Be the New Myths? Global Myths?” by Arthur George</p>
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<p><strong>“I would venture to say that the folks on the anti-globalization, pro-local and pro-diversity side of the fence also tend to be the very people who most appreciate myths.” Please expand on this.</strong></p>
<p>I don’t have scientific poll data on this; this is just an observation based on my personal experience, including reading. In my experience, people who live closer to nature, embrace diversity in all its aspects, support local communities in their various aspects (culture, agriculture, businesses), have also been most sensitive to the things that generate myths, mythical content, and to knowing about and preserving myths.</p>
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<p><strong>“The above analysis confirms that we need to look to the same sources of creativity that have generated myths, spirituality, and art in the past: artists, writers, composers, musicians, and (more modernly) filmmakers. This is only natural because creativity springs largely from unconscious processes, which artists succeed in tapping for inspiration and then bring to concrete life for themselves and the rest of us.”</strong></p>
<p><strong>In my recent piece, entitled: “<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2194" target="”blank”">Permaculture, Carl Jung and the New Archetypes” (+ PDF) by Willi Pa...</a>, I propose that the symbol and archetype dyadic is a two-way data flow between the collective unconscious and the collective conscious. What is your reaction? Also, in your quote above, are you not referring to Campbell’s Creative Mythology (also developed in my piece)?</strong></p>
<p>I see from your piece that you do see artists, etc., as playing a key role much as I do. The traditional Jungian approach is that myths proceed fundamentally from archetypes of the collective unconscious, while our conscious psyche refines that content into intelligible symbols and narratives. Your idea that the conscious psyche can also be involved in creating (new) archetypes is intriguing, and I look forward to seeing how that plays out in practice and in psychology theory. It would be great if that turns out to be the case, because we would have greater control (and responsibility) over the development of new myths and other elements of culture, and the new myths would evolve more quickly.</p>
<p>As to your second question, Campbell is indeed one of the influences on my thinking regarding this point and I do recall the passages from his Creative Mythology that you mention to that effect, but actually at the time I was thinking more of Chapter 3 of his later book, The Inner Reaches of Outer Space, which he entitled “The Way of Art.” There he argues that the way and methods of art make one (both artist and audience) transparent to transcendence, which brings forth myths as well as art.</p>
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<p><strong>“In the end, a key to having resonant, living global myths will require a corresponding effort to elevate (evolve) the human psyche itself so that we will be more receptive to global myths and better able to create them.”<br/> That’s a huge statement (of faith?). How do you propose the human race tackle this?</strong></p>
<p>Actually, I don’t think this is so huge (in terms of being a departure from mainstream thinking) or a matter of faith, and it seems to me to be generally consistent with what you are proposing as mentioned in previously, which also involves developing our consciousness in connection with generating new myths. As I mentioned, above, the Eden story is really about the elevation of our consciousness, which is a continuing historical process, as shown by a number thinkers, such as Jean Gebser in The Ever Present Origin, by Ken Wilber in his Up from Eden, and by Neumann in his works. The psychologist Jonathan Haidt recently brought forth data showing that in biological evolutionary terms our psyche has evolved more rapidly than we previously thought possible (The Righteous Mind, pp. 247-52). Jung himself, in his Symbols of Transformation (Collected Works, vol. 5, pp. 7-33), traces about how humans moved from fantasy thinking to more directed thinking in language in the space of the last 2 to 3 thousand years.</p>
<p>A problem resulting from our psychic development over that period, however, has been an over-dominance of ego consciousness resulting in the suppression and repression of unconscious content, which among other things has rendered our culture too masculine, warlike, and out of touch with nature. The human psyche needs to rise to higher levels where our conscious self better integrates the contents of our unconscious that in fact are seeking to break out into the open and be heard and accepted. Among other things, this would facilitate more and better new myths, as well as a more prominent “nature lens” that you write about. Describing exactly how to get there would take an entire book, and actually some thinkers such as Allan Combs and Ken Wilber have written extensively on this. I bullet point some suggestions at the end of my new book, and they include dream tending; shadow work; attention to our sense of humor; meditation practices; artistic/creative activities and maximizing stimulation from the art of others; in some cases psychological therapy; nourishing the feminine and nature; and conforming educational theory, institutions, and practice to this overall paradigm.</p>
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<p><strong>What overall messages/truths that were advanced by some of old myths are no longer appropriate?</strong></p>
<p>I can’t say. I am not a trained mythological scholar. In all honesty, I would have to run an internet search to even come up with a specific Greek or American Indian or Norse myth for us. It is fair to say that many of the general lessons in the classic mythic data base are valid and wise. And I always support the mythological triad from Joseph Campbell: initiation, journey and hero. It’s just a matter a getting stuck in history or taking risks and plunging ahead for new myths.</p>
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<p><strong>Key Counter Question</strong>: What is a mythologist? What does a mythologist do? What are the tools of the trade?</p>
<p>The process of understanding “old myths” vs. “new myths” needs more investigation and debate. I explore this phenomenon in “Permaculture, Carl Jung and the New Archetypes.”</p>
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<p><strong>What new (replacement) messages/truths should the new myths advance, what will be their source, and to what extent can/should we specify this at this time?</strong></p>
<p>First, I think that the collaborative experience of building and sharing a new myth with one’s community – and then with the world – is key here.</p>
<p>Second, the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" target="”blank”">8 Key Elements in my New Mythology scheme</a> include the following:</p>
<p>1. Localization – back to sustainability and community; self-sufficiency<br/> 2. Nature- Centric<br/> 3. Spiritual<br/> 4. Future-based<br/> 5. Universal themes(s) and message<br/> 6. Para-Normal in conflict or characters<br/> 7. Initiation, Journey and Hero<br/> 8. Permaculture & Transition: values and principles</p>
<p>Finally, two myth building tools are:</p>
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<p><strong>Artifact</strong> – The Artifact is a Nature-Human synergy; examples include graffiti, a bill board, historic sculpture, and a permaculture garden. Artifacts have special messages for people and their neighborhoods.</p>
<p><strong>Mythic Imprinting</strong> – From the Myth Lab, this iterative and transmutative process is grounded in the initiation, journey and hero work from Joseph Campbell framework and is one way that neighborhood artifacts can help the community generate new songs, poems and myths.</p>
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<p><strong>Similarly, in terms of the plots of myths (setting, environment, elements of the action) and their attendant symbols, what elements from the old myths are no longer appropriate and what new elements will the new myths likely feature? Or is it too difficult to predict?</strong></p>
<p>While I appreciate your need for detail and definitions here, my work with the new mythology is nascent at best! Most of my 57 New Myths illustrate a post-chaos tribal life in Nature by surviving permaculture / transition folks. The major plot line is love / survival. A permaculture symbol set is included “Permaculture, Carl Jung and the New Archetypes.”</p>
<p>Again, old stories can and do offer good elements and messages, just like the new myths, but their characterizations and settings are often no longer “hyper-sticky” in the Global Warming Age.</p>
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<p><strong>Why is permaculture central to your thinking about the new myths and global myths? Does this just reflect your personal interest in nature and mythology concerning nature, or to you really think it needs to be emphasized more traditional subjects of myths de-emphasized (priorities seem necessary), and if so why?</strong></p>
<p>Permaculture is a horse in need of shoes. It has a new Nature-based agri-design tract and some community building muscle. I like permaculture because I can integrate other solutions with it, like a new global spirituality that can be a global community practice and a terrific storyline augur for the New Mythology.</p>
<p>I understand the need to study and respect the past but I am confident that I have the right mix of vision drenched subjects, values and risk. My mythic priorities are clear: to reveal and redesign for a future based on the realities of the next 50 – 75 years of chaos on Earth – to keep the human race evolving in positive ways.</p>
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<p><strong>Your model and proposed kinds of new myths have a strong social-political component in the context of nature, the environment, and agriculture. Do you see a role for other new myths, also arising from nature, that would play a role in personal spiritual transformation and elevation of our consciousness, and if so what would be the archetypes/symbols here? For example, do you see a place for outer space to play such a role in the new myths, and if so how?</strong></p>
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<p>Food, shelter and community are really the only things that matter now and in the future. Outer space is too Hollywood for me! Nature will be gutted and maimed in much in the chaos era so we need to expand permaculture and the New Myths to heal it and us.</p>
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<p><strong>Your model calls for new myth-producing archetypes to develop on the conscious level through the operation of our consciousness, in addition to the traditional archetypes that evolved at the unconscious level as Jung maintained. To what extent do you consider your concept of the origin and nature of such archetypes to differ from or be similar to Jungian archetypes? Is this your own original idea, or do you find precedent for it in psychological studies or theories/writings?</strong></p>
<p>Great question. I guess you might say that I very recently “jumped over Jungian Falls” and into my own teetering raft! What I know about Jung is part Red Book images and the Wiki quote. I may still need to process what he means by “instinct.” I shoot flares. I do this occasionally when I want to test the jargon, academic egos and the soil.</p>
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<p><strong>In what sense is Permaculture, Nature, or “Permaculture & Nature” together an archetype according to your model, and how is this archetype produced? (This question concerns the stage before one starts writing myths based on the archetype as you describe in Stage Five of your piece.)</strong></p>
<p>Permaculture & Nature together does not make an archetype. Nor do these concepts individually or combined make a symbol. I took the definition of archetype from the Jung passage. I would ask that you visit my Myth Lab process to see how I write a New Myth.</p>
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<p><strong>You describe the new myths being stimulated by the 4 emotional connectors of fear, mistrust, hope, and love. How and why did you center upon these 4 and what others did you consider but not include? Did you find that these same 4 were central to myths in the past, or are these more particular to new myths?</strong></p>
<p>The idea of the 4 emotional connectors came to me almost instantly and it seemed to fit the model. I had other options. My work in alchemy undoubtedly plays a key role in these ideations and visions.</p>
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<p><strong>You mention Joseph Campbell as holding that, in Creative Mythology, the new myths will not originate in collective rituals that communicate to individuals, but will originate in artists and other creative individuals who have deep psychological experiences that they are then able to communicate to the collective as new living myths. How does this relate (or not) to your idea of new archetypes originating from the collective conscious, which in turn will generate new myths? Are these somehow the same processes, or perhaps two steps in the same process?</strong></p>
<p>My first thought is that humans are increasingly damaged soulfully and genetically. We live in greed and toxicity. In this sickness, sometimes new strains and voyages can occur. I understand that my manic-depression affords some creative tools and experiences that others may not have. My 5 new archetypes reflect both pain and hope on all levels, from local to world-wide.</p>
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<p><strong>In your diagram “The Garden Symbol in Old and New Mythology,” you mention things like local farmers markets and flea markets, community farms, and rooftop gardens as being symbols in the new myths. Please elaborate on how these will become (or have become) mythological symbols according to your idea of how archetypes from the collective conscious form such symbol? Also, how can such locally based things generate global myths?</strong></p>
<p>The collective symbols that you mention are rather new on the planet and will need more critique, acceptance and dispersion in the New Myth paradigm to have any real global traction. Also I believe that I conjured up the 5 archetypes first and then derived appropriate symbols to go with them. So the order in your question may need to be revisited.</p>
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<p><strong>In what sense can the new myths be “global”? How can they be achieved without compromising the diversity of cultures, languages, local traditions, etc. (such as you describe in the above-mentioned Garden diagram)?</strong></p>
<p>This is old/new fertile ground. One of my mission-critical themes is localization (from Transition) which certainty champions the diversity of cultures, languages, local traditions in local towns and sustainable communities.</p>
<p>Is it not possible to share our common struggles and symbols to co-develop and create new archetypes? Of course we drive the Internet together as a global community building and myth generator tool.</p>
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<p><strong>Arthur George</strong> is a cultural historian, mythologist, and prizewinning author who retired from a 30-year career as an international lawyer in order to follow his bliss by studying and writing and speaking about mythology and related subjects in order to enhance our knowledge about myth, heighten the importance and role of myth in contemporary society, enrich people’s lives, and better our world. He is the author (with his wife Elena) of The Mythology of Eden (published May 2014), which examines the biblical Garden of Eden story from the perspective of mythological studies, and is a frequent speaker at scholarly conferences and other events on mythological, religious, and related topics. He earlier authored (also with Elena) the definitive history of the city of St. Petersburg Russia (St. Petersburg: The First Three Centuries), which was awarded a literary prize by a jury of Russian scholars in 2005. He has a blog at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mythologymatters.wordpress.com/" title="www.mythologymatters.wordpress.com">www.mythologymatters.wordpress.com</a> and a website at<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mythologymatters.com/" title="www.mythologymatters.com">www.mythologymatters.com</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi Paul</strong> is active in the sustainability, permaculture, transition, sacred Nature, new alchemy and mythology space since the launch of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2115" target="blank">PlanetShifter.com Magazine</a> on EarthDay 2009, Willi’s network now includes four web sites, a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/New-Mythology-Permaculture-Transition-5080106?trk=my_groups-b-grp-v" target="blank">LinkedIn group</a>, 3 tweeter accounts, a G+ site, multiple blog sites, and multiple list serves.</p>
<p>In 1996 Mr. Paul was instrumental in the design of the emerging online community space in his <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sbs.mnsu.edu/ursi/" target="blank">Master’s Thesis</a>: “<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/planning/articles11/ec.htm" target="blank">The Electronic Charrette.</a>.” He was active in many small town design visits with the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.minnesotadesignteam.org/" target="blank">Minnesota Design Team</a>.</p>
<p>Mr. Paul has released <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2115" target="blank">16 eBooks</a>, 2197 + posts on PlanetShifter.com Magazine, and over <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1423" target="blank">380 interviews</a> with global leaders. He has created <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1855" target="blank">56 New Myths</a> to date and has been <a rel="nofollow" href="http://conservatoryofmagic.com/2013/06/01/interview-with-new-mythologys-willi-paul/" target="blank">interviewed</a> over 30 times in blogs and journals.</p>
<p>Willi earned his permaculture design certification in August 2011 at the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.upisf.com/" target="blank">Urban Permaculture Institute,</a> SF.</p>
<p>Please see his <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jcf.org/new/index.php?categoryid=37&blogid=24" target="blank">cutting-edge article</a> at the Joseph Campbell Foundation and his <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0FAEA97D12725FB0&action_edit=1&feature=view_all" target="blank">pioneering videos</a> on YouTube. His current focus is <a rel="nofollow" href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" target="blank">Myth Lab</a> - a project that Willi presented at his third <a rel="nofollow" href="http://newmythologist.com/workshops/" target="blank">Northwest Permaculture Convergence</a> in Portland, OR.</p>
<p>Willi’s consulting work is at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://newmythologist.com/" target="blank">NewMythologist.com</a></p></div>Gathering of the Tribes Radio presents a conversation with Willi Paul Writer / Publisher of Planetshifter.com Magazine and NewMythologist.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/gathering-of-the-tribes-radio-presents-a-conversation-with-willi2014-05-12T16:22:34.000Z2014-05-12T16:22:34.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Gathering of the Tribes Radio presents a conversation with Willi Paul</strong></span><br/><span class="font-size-3">Writer / Publisher of <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2182" target="”blank”">Planetshifter.com Magazine</a> and <a href="http://newmythologist.com/" target="”blank”">NewMythologist.com</a></span></p>
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<p><strong>Topic</strong>: “Mythmaking and Creating a Sustainable Culture with Permaculture”</p>
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<p><strong>Show Host</strong>: Doctor G</p>
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<p><strong>Time</strong>: Thursday, May 15th, at 5:15pm (PST)</p>
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<p><strong>Where</strong>: Tunein broadcast <a href="http://tunein.com/radio/Ozcat-Radio-895-s130679/" target="”blank”">live & online</a> and on 89.5 FM in the northeast San Pablo Bay Area, courtesy of <a href="http://www.ozcatradio.com/" target="”blank”">OzCat Radio</a></p>
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<p>Willi’s <strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1422" target="”blank”">Bio</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Selected Media by Willi Paul:</strong></p>
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<p>* <strong><a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2179" target="”blank”">Life in the Edge</a></strong> - an edu-video on Permaculture Principle 8</p>
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<p>* <strong><a href="http://wp.me/s14SHM-2584" target="”blank”">JOURNEY TO CASCADIA</a></strong> - Building a New Global Mythology. For the 2012 Study of Myth Symposium</p>
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<p>* <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOrtMowCGEY&index=25&list=PL0FAEA97D12725FB0" target="”blank”">Sacred Alchemy & Symbols for the Permaculture Transition</a></strong></p>
<p></p></div>5 New Nature-based Rituals for the Permaculture Transition. Vision by Willi Paul, openmythsource.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/5-new-nature-based-rituals-for-the-permaculture-transition-vision2013-12-21T17:30:46.000Z2013-12-21T17:30:46.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-size: 14pt;">5 New Nature-based Rituals for the Permaculture Transition.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Shared Work / Experience > Result + Evaluation > Celebration / Reflection / Lesson / Prayer = Ritual</strong></p>
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<p><br/><strong>Prelude</strong></p>
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<p>‘A ritual is a stereotyped sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and designed to influence (unusual) entities or forces on behalf of the actors' goals and interests.’ Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community…. Rituals are characterized by traditionalism,… sacral symbolism and performance and are a feature of almost all known human societies, past or present.’</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual</a></p>
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<p>“… one of our most ancient methods for bringing people together is through rituals. When stepping into a sacred space, such as a festival or community garden, you pass through a certain threshold. You are able to step outside of your individuation and participate as one part of a greater whole; the community. The very nature of shared experience requires a certain level of communion.”</p>
<p><a href="http://permaculturenews.org/2013/08/28/festival-culture-the-importance-of-ritual-and-organized-activity/" title="http://permaculturenews.org/2013/08/28/festival-culture-the-importance-of-ritual-and-organized-activity/">http://permaculturenews.org/2013/08/28/festival-culture-the-importance-o...</a></p>
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<p>“Certainly a great deal, perhaps even most, of religious ritual has arrived at mere rote routine or even emptiness after a couple of thousand years. The ritual itself had replaced the sanctity of the real events it was meant to represent. However, ritual is valuable and can have great depths of meaning, can even be a gateway to inspiration, even enlightenment, … and from my observation, the principal ceremony to mark Quaker milestones is a meal: baby and new member welcomings, newcomers’ brunch, graduation, Friendly sevens — all revolve around a table where Friends are gathered to share food. These are not very complex events, but nevertheless, in their regularity and simplicity, maintain the meal as an important ritual celebration.</p>
<p><a href="http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/ritual-among-friends-quakers-2/" title="http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/ritual-among-friends-quakers-2/">http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/ritual-among-friends-qua...</a></p>
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<p>“Ritual is meant to inform, educate, and care for the soul and spirit in such a way that inner energy can blossom forth. Rituals encourage people to express their creative potential fully and also connect people with a sense that they are on a team which includes both other human people (in the form of community), and unseen forces of the Other world (like ancestors and allies and nature). It is not a technical, or engineered, chain of logic which connects a ritual to any effectiveness – it is an attempt to enroll whole systems in alliance for healing, movement, birthing the new life that wants to join this world.”</p>
<p><a href="http://mythicnature.com/" title="http://mythicnature.com">http://mythicnature.com</a></p>
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<p>“The mythic images associated with the winter solstice help us shift our identification from the individual human condition to that which is eternal, bringing us into alignment with the powers of nature that operate in the universe, and in ourselves—thus generating harmony between macrocosm and microcosm. Amid the dark and cold of the long night, we celebrate the birth of hope.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jcf.org/new/index.php" target="_blank">JCF MythBlast - Winter 2013 Solstice Edition</a></p>
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<p>“Ceremony and rituals have long played a vital and essential role in Native American culture. Often referred to as “religion,” most Native Americans did not consider their spirituality, ceremonies, and rituals as “religion,” in the way that Christians do. Rather, their beliefs and practices form an integral and seamless part of their very being. Like other aboriginal peoples around the world, their beliefs were heavily influenced by their methods of acquiring food, – from hunting to agriculture. They also embraced ceremonies and rituals that provided power to conquer the difficulties of life,….”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-cermonies3.html" title="http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-cermonies3.html">http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-cermonies3.html</a></p>
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<p>Earth Activist Training Permaculture Design Course: “This unique permaculture design certificate course has an additional focus on earth-based spirituality, organizing, activism, and social permaculture. Learn how to heal soil and cleanse water, how to design human systems that mimic natural systems, how to use a minimum of energy and resources to create real abundance and social justice. Explore the strategies and organizing tools we need to make our visions real, and the daily practice, magic and rituals that can sustain our spirits. This course is participatory, hands-on teaching with lots of ritual, games, projects, (and) songs… .</p>
<p><a href="http://www.earthactivisttraining.org/jan_2014.html" title="http://www.earthactivisttraining.org/jan_2014.html">http://www.earthactivisttraining.org/jan_2014.html</a></p>
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<p><strong>Introduction</strong></p>
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<p>Rituals have been invented and enjoyed by humans for eons. There is much connective tissue here including historic trends, sacred rites, religious routines, myths and laws.</p>
<p>The 5 new rituals in this work are synchronistic with ideas from my vision: tribes, the new mythology, in the <a href="http://openmythsource.com/2012/07/29/the-cascadia-funnel-and-the-last-3-eras-on-earth-new-myth-25-by-willi-paul-openmythsource-com/" target="”blank”">Post-Chaos Era</a>. Tribes are approximately 20 – 25 humans and their animals and plants are best viewed as the sustainable and spiritual unit for survival in the future.</p>
<p>Some rituals are fading (like classic myths) while new ones rise as our notion of the sacred evolves. At base, rituals are time-based and Nature-grounded. Finally, one could argue that there are major and minor rituals.</p>
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<p><strong>Key <a href="http://www.patternliteracy.com/resources/ethics-and-principles" target="”blank”">Permaculture</a> & <a href="http://www.transitionnetwork.org/cms/york-transition/news/2011-01-01/values-and-goals-workshop-saturday-18-december-2010" target="”blank”">Transition</a> Values</strong></p>
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<p>It’s time to gear-up permaculture and transition principles with the tools of the new world:</p>
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<p>• Appreciation for land preservation and environmental sensitive crops (non-GMO)<br/>• Saving and sharing seeds<br/>• Knowledge Sharing<br/>• Inclusivity (Youth to Seniors)<br/>• Resilience (back-up systems)<br/>• Localization (local food and alt economic systems)<br/>• Re-use & Re-cycle<br/>• Alternative energy sources & practices<br/>• Social justice<br/>• Obtaining and using the Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC)</p>
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<p><strong>Seek the Archetypical</strong></p>
<p>Archetypes are very powerful images or dreams in our creative tool kit that can offer insights and guidance on our journey:</p>
<p>• Growing Season / Cycle<br/>• Spiritual Healing<br/>• Visioning<br/>• Giving Thanks</p>
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<p><strong>Preparing for New Rituals?</strong></p>
<p>Here is a checklist to reference when you are testing the ritual waters:</p>
<p>• Who is leading the event?<br/>• How long is the ritual?<br/>• When does it take place?<br/>• What are the words?<br/>• What is the foundation for the event?<br/>• How is it integrated with others vales, ethics, events, practices?<br/>• What are the symbols and songs?<br/>• What materials / space are required?</p>
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<p><strong>New <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOrtMowCGEY&p=0FAEA97D12725FB0" target="”blank”">Symbols for Rituals</a></strong></p>
<p>Here are six new symbols from my work in sacred permaculture that can be utilized in the new rituals:</p>
<p>• Diversity (Soil)<br/>• Growth (Seeds)<br/>• Harvest (Basket)<br/>• Transformation (Fire + Smoke)<br/>• Stewardship (Compost Pile)<br/>• Localization (Community Well)</p>
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<p><strong>Stirring <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOrtMowCGEY&p=0FAEA97D12725FB0" target="”blank”">New Alchemy & Ritual</a></strong></p>
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<p>Alchemy is the spiritual driver for the new world. Here are some types of alchemy to consider when building new myths and rituals:</p>
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<p>• <strong>Imaginative Alchemy</strong>: This alchemy excites and creates our ideas, conflicts and even prayers in our brains.</p>
<p>• <strong>Eco Alchemy</strong>: Seeds, soil, plants and animals living, birthing and dying in an inter-related system pulsed by eco alchemy.</p>
<p>• <strong>Shamanic Alchemy</strong>: This is alchemy transmutates healing through ceremonies and rituals lead by a trained spiritual leader.</p>
<p>• <strong>Sound or Sonic Alchemy</strong>: The ancient alchemic power of song from cave rants to classical music and rock’n’roll.</p>
<p>• <strong>Digital Alchemy</strong>: Electronic learning and feeling working with computers including chat text, email and documents.</p>
<p>• <strong>Community Alchemy</strong>: People working with people: transforming attitudes, sharing ideas and making plans.</p>
<p>• <strong>Earth Alchemy</strong>: Planetary consciousness building and human evolution on a universal scale.</p>
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<p><strong>5 New Nature-based Rituals for the Permaculture Transition</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Abundance Dance</strong> (Celebrating Nature)<br/>Winter<br/>Multi-stage art & music festival</p>
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<p><strong>Compost Festival</strong> (Seed Sharing & Harvest Share)<br/>Spring & Fall<br/>Planting Tools, Dirt and Food Meet-up</p>
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<p><strong>Annual Cascadia Convergence</strong> (Concert)<br/>Late Fall<br/>Big Education and Networking Event</p>
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<p><strong>Food Forest Work Trek Weekends</strong> (Caring for the Earth & People)<br/>Early Spring<br/>Multiple Community Work Actions with Evening Pot Lucks</p>
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<p><strong>Resilience Expo – Practical Seminars and Clothing Share</strong><br/>4 times per year<br/>Local Community Education and Support for Basic Needs</p>
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<p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p>
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<p>Fair to say that the modern rock concert is about big money, big egos, big security, big noise, big lights, big stages, big separation; big banality. But are these scenes a ritual? In contrast, Post-Chaos Era rituals can be hosted through reduced fee / barter exchanges, Nature-centricity, camp fires, mini-community theatre, bottom up and kid focused, not top down corporate profit chasing, not idol worship, but with community- based values, organizing and storytelling.</p>
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<p>Integrated sacred action, new myths and rituals can start to each Tribe and then their networks.</p>
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<p><strong>Are your traditions - rituals?</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Additional References</strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2139" target="”blank”">“New Sharing & Return Rituals & Their Symbols in Transition” : by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2090" target="”blank”">"Transition Prayer Percussion Ritual" by Willi Paul, NewMythologist.com</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2081" target="”blank”">"Cascadia Dream & Rituals" - Children’s Video by Willi Paul, NewMythologist.com</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1493" target="”blank”">Instinct, observation and tribal wisdom Interview with Bron Taylor, author of Dark Green Religion by Willi Paul</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOrtMowCGEY&p=0FAEA97D12725FB0" target="”blank”">Permaculture Teaching Video #3</a> - Sacred Alchemy & Symbols for the Permaculture Transition by Willi Paul. Filmed & Edited by claroscura.com</p></div>"The Purpose of Creating Myths" - Interview with Willi Paul by Lauren Evanshttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/the-purpose-of-creating-myths-interview-with-willi-paul-by2013-03-01T17:50:46.000Z2013-03-01T17:50:46.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">New <a class="zem_slink" title="Mythopoeia (genre)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythopoeia_%28genre%29" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Myth making</a> is a movement that is meant to guide our present and <a class="zem_slink" title="Future" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">future</a> to a more fulfilling life. It is relevant to <a class="zem_slink" title="Permaculture" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Permaculture</a> because it uses the traditional method of using storytelling to share values, and teach lessons. To gain more insight into this topic I <a class="zem_slink" title="Interview" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interview" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">interviewed</a> Modern-day myth-maker, Willi Paul. To prepare for this interview I read Paul’s <a class="zem_slink" title="E-book" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Ebook</a> #10: Cascadia’s Light Network. Some questions <a class="zem_slink" title="Question" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">asked</a> to Paul come from this publication.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>What was your objective for creating the Cascadia’s Light Network?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Paul: The Cascadia’s Light Network is a literary tool or creative base that I use to develop the <a href="http://openmythsource.com/2012/07/29/the-cascadia-funnel-and-the-last-3-eras-on-earth-new-myth-25-by-willi-paul-openmythsource-com/">Post-Chaos future</a>. I like the metaphor of “light” and hope the reader sees the many contrasts with the Dark Forces in my New Myths.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>You ask <a href="http://communityalchemy.com/lightnetwork/lightnetwork.pdf">12 questions</a> of your readers in the ebook #10. Why?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Paul: The questions are a mantra of sorts. You could actually see that I am asking these questions of myself. The questions also represent a “lesson plan” for my life and a set of “greatest issues” that we all should be responding to.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Regarding the Light Worker Activation Movement – Is there a connection between your research and this movement?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Paul: If you mean <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LightworkerAct">these folks</a>? I just discovered them! Nice pictures! Light (and soul) is a deep connection to me.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Has <a class="zem_slink" title="Starhawk" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starhawk" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Starhawk</a> she influenced any of your current research? How?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Paul: She and I have collaborated twice so far on <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2062">interviews</a>. She is an inspiration and a ladder to things sacred. I am currently playing an online game that she initiated called <a href="http://the-gamemasters-blog.tumblr.com/">Play the Fifth</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>What are your deepest fears about the future?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Paul: Principally that we will not get past the Chaos Era – that our future global civilization will be permanently corrupt and cheated by the Dark Forces.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>What is your role in designing new systems?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Paul: It is a piece meal vision, collaborative and integrative. I invent, share and critique. Recent examples include:</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2086">“Mother – Frack” – Animation Pilot for Children</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2082">New Animation Model & Case Study for Transition Children</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2058">Building the Story of Cascadia: New Tools for the Transition Workshop Video & Hand-out from 2012 NWP Convergence</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Are your religious / spiritual organization(s) supporting you and your family right now? What do you really want?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Paul: Spiritual matters, already touched upon as the Light Network (above) are paradoxical to me. As much as I am a spiritual being, I am equally repulsed by<a class="zem_slink" title="Religion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">organized religions</a>. Quaker <a class="zem_slink" title="Faith and Light" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_and_Light" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Faith and Light</a> still resonates. As for “family” it is global on one hand and just me and Malou my girlfriend on the other!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I will be continuing to follow Willi Paul in order to gain understanding how this movement can and will positively impact our society. What we can gain from this interview is the understanding of the importance of maintaining new <a class="zem_slink" title="Mythology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">myths</a>. Because there are new problems in today’s world, there need to be stories to explain them to our present and our future. Paul emphasizes the human’s ability to explain the state of humanity and its impact on our environment as teachers and leaders. Willi Paul is making a stand to take in our world, learn for our world, and then teach for our world, for the very existence of humanity.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Interview by <a href="http://laurenevansentrepreneur.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Lauren Evans</a></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Follow Willi Paul’s work by visiting: <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/" target="_blank">www.PlanetShifter.com</a>.</p>
</div></div>Hardwood Ritual: Interview with Philippine Reclaimed Wood Sculptor Benji Reyes - Planetshifter.com Magazinehttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/hardwood-ritual-interview-with-philippine-reclaimed-wood-sculptor2013-06-02T15:18:24.000Z2013-06-02T15:18:24.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
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<p><strong>Willi:</strong> If alchemy is transmutation, is your work alchemic? How?</p>
<p><strong>Benji:</strong> Our woods are dense and heavy. I think achieving a design that flows and seem to float is alchemic in a way.</p>
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<p><b>Tell us about the spiritual aspect in your sculpture making? Does re-use material speak to you?</b></p>
<p>I always preach to students to be true and honest to themselves. All these virtues are visible in one's work. The composition, fluidity and craftsmanship will inevitably picture the spirit of the creator and ultimately create the artist's identity. One also must respect and understand his material. I adhere to my principle of 'Build it once-build it right'. Giving reclaimed material a new lease on life for future generations to appreciate is what makes my art fulfilling. </p>
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<p><b>Is the final art piece revealed to you in the beginning? Or is this a process of discovery?</b></p>
<p>I am blessed to be able to work with some of the most beautiful reclaimed woods. There are species of woods that you have full control with and are able to whip it to the form you have in mind. Most of these woods I use for my furniture projects. I love sculpting burl and spalted wood. Working with hard gnarled wood requires a complete understanding of one's skill and what the material wants you to do. The end result is a collaboration of what nature has sculpted as a material for you to compliment with your skills. I am always in awe at the results after working on these sculptures. See examples here: <a href="http://lumberjocks.com/projects/84628" target="_blank">http://lumberjocks.com/projects/84628</a> and <a href="http://lumberjocks.com/projects/25026" target="_blank">http://lumberjocks.com/projects/25026</a> .</p>
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<p><b>How do you locate, purchase and transport your materials for your pieces? Do you have a network of sellers?</b></p>
<p>I acquired my first three 6"x6" x 8' posts 25 years ago for two bottles of cheap gin. It was delivered to me via pushcart. People used to pay demolition companies to tear down old homes, factories and bridges and for hauling away the old wood. Most of this old wood was used as fire wood for bake shops and restaurants. Today, the same guys and many more pay premium money for old homes. The use of reclaimed wood has become big business for salvage contractors and designers. The same guy who delivered my wood pushing his rickety cart 25 years ago now owns several trucks to haul and deliver old wood to my shop and other buyers. I have developed several suppliers through the years and have taught them how to classify wood species. </p>
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<p><b>What kinds of concerns are shared in the Philippine woodworking community?</b></p>
<p>Wood supply and respect for intellectual property rights.</p>
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<p><b>Is there a green business movement in the Philippines?</b></p>
<p>Recycling is big business in the Philippines. From wood, paper, metals to plastic. Sad to say some have a different idea of what green is (bucks). </p>
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<p><b>Do you ask your children to help you create your work? Are their dreams in your art?</b></p>
<p>My wife and two daughters are the driving forces in my art. I am still thrilled to see their reactions when I come out with a new design. My two girls grew up watching me design and craft wood. They're a big help in handling the business side of my art.</p>
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<p><b>Are there new myths emerging in your country after the wars, occupations, corruption and economic strive?</b></p>
<p>The Philippines have been thickly influenced by many cultures since way back 14oo's. Even before being under the Spanish rule for 300 years, we were 'visited' by the Malays, Indians and the Dutch. The Japanese and Americans were also part of the whole socio-economic roller coaster.</p>
<p>The Philippines has since been adamant in establishing its own design identity. In my own little way, I started with a dream to show the world what Philippine design (furniture and architecture) is. It has been 30 years then and I think I have established something to show the world that hopefully will make my fellowmen proud of. </p>
<p>I'm not much into politics; it disrupts the mind. All I can say is that we now have a good president working for the people. </p>
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<p><b>Benji Reyes</b> (Born Nov.6, 1958)<br/>Lives and works at his 'Tahanan' (home) in the hills of Antipolo, Philippines</p>
<p><a href="http://benjireyes.com/">BenjiReyes.com</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/benjireyes?ref=ts">Facebook</a></p></div>Permaculture Kids: Building Myths for the Future by Jessica Cox, openmythsource.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/permaculture-kids-building-myths-for-the-future-by-jessica-cox2013-06-16T18:46:43.000Z2013-06-16T18:46:43.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
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<h2><b>Permaculture Kids: Building Myths for the Future</b></h2>
<h2><b>by Jessica Cox, <a href="http://wp.me/p14SHM-Qx" target="_blank">openmythsource.com</a></b></h2>
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<h3><span class="font-size-2"><em>“<a href="http://www.theopinionatedartist.com/2013/06/the-new-mythology-of-life.html" target="_blank">Just before his death</a> Joseph Campbell was interviewed by Bill Moyers and that interview was later turned into the documentary, “The Power Of Myth.” In this interview he postulated the idea that humanity was in need of new mythologies. Ones that were not rooted in the ancient world as all our current ones are. But myth’s that would help us navigate this new and strange world we are creating.”</em></span></h3>
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<h3><span class="font-size-2">When I was eight years old I would meander through our suburban backyard, my long brown hair in two braids, my feet bare against the prickly grass. Oblivious to the freeway roar on the other side of the sound wall I wove through ankle-high flowers, my steps flat-footed, like a hunter approaching her prey. But it wasn’t food I was after. I wanted simply to become a Native American by pretending to be one. It was a potent game of make-believe. Imagination plays a crucial role in the development of morals, as do the stories our children are brought up with.</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2">Children have an acute sensitivity to nature, a world-view that is created around their play-yard, their pets, the wild animals in the neighborhood. A mischievous frog or disgruntled badger are often subjects of children’s books, where the animal kingdom comes alive in a shared language, shared character flaws, shared journeys. As we grow older, the magic and mystery of nature tends to fade as our paths intersect with school, work, our first car, moving away from home. For some, the call to nature remains. For others, it is consumed by material desires, reserved as a place to visit but not to live in.</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2">There is a pervasive sense in today’s culture that nature-consciousness requires a look backwards. It hearkens to Native American folklore and culture, a time when working the land by hand was necessary because machines hadn’t been invented yet, and companies hadn’t taken over food production. Because (in a very global sense) we have moved out of tribes, out of shared geographic communities, a tribal communal living has been archived as a thing of the past. The myths that shaped Native American cultures are like the Greek and Roman myths, sensed peripherally but subsumed into other stories, the stories of mass cinema. Disney. Standing in the sun with my hand on a tree trunk, whispering sweet nothings to the bark – my conception of what the “Indians” were like had largely been formed by watching Peter Pan, Pocahontas and some cartoon version of Sacajawea.</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2">Though at the basis myths are “just stories,” they hold awesome power. Their stories, characters, and values permeate the minds of a social collectivity. Like culture itself, myths are created, revised, and re-created in response to society’s political, economic, social, or environmental needs. Its symbols, as Joseph Campbell notes, “ touch and release the deepest centers of motivation.” Yet we have lost touch with many of the genuinely mythic symbols as the proliferation of consumerism and media images have manipulated ancient meanings. Like Disney’s overpowering influence over ancient stories and histories, myth no longer plays in the same ball park. Campbell notices the folly of trying to “preach to children who will be riding rockets to the moon a morality and cosmology based on concepts of the Good Society and of man’s place in nature that were coined before harnessing the horse!” So where can our revisions and creations of myths come from in a world culture so varied and so shaped by external powers? Where do we begin?</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture" target="_blank">Permaculture</a> address the issues of dispersed globalized living, failing economic structures, and a struggling planet. It integrates the modernized world with old-world values of land and nature stewardship, community, and new visions of finance methods and economics, technology and tools, spiritual health and well being, and culture and education. Its aim is to establish a methods for establishing and maintaining efforts that will thwart eco-destruction and build stronger communities, all working towards a sustainable future. To accomplish this, permaculture offers <a href="http://permacultureprinciples.com/ethics/" target="_blank">ethics</a>, or <a href="http://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/" target="_blank">principles</a>. Building upon permaculture’s tenets, it is possible to create new myths for the modern world.</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2">Although idea that one can create one’s own mythology is antithetical to the definition of mythology, in today’s world of revised world stories, a counter to the destruction of myth is to reinvent mythology’s definition. Carl Jung created a personal mythology to describe underlying elements in his own psyche. We create our own myths daily by interpreting and unpacking symbols, collecting a store-house of meanings that are unique to our selves. Myths generate models for reality, so why not work to create the reality you want to live in?</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2">What are the myths for our children who will inherit our world, who live in the land of tomorrow, and for whom life has a promise of change? In trying to talk to trees, I inherently believed that I could change the facts of the world if I wanted it badly enough. The imaginative power of childhood can be the location of global shifts in consciousness. Encouraging children to develop their own stories and uncover their own mythologies can develop an almost magical transformation from imagination to reality. In building hero’s quests, children can embark upon new adventures in a world they are familiar with, and work to save it.</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><strong>Related Links and Activities:</strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a title="Myth Lab" href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" target="_blank">MythLab</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/mythlab/MythLabWilliPaul.pdf" target="_blank">A Transition Workshop Primer for Imprinting the New Mythology</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://openmythsource.com/2013/01/05/new-animation-model-case-study-for-transition-children-by-willi-paul-newmythologist-com/" target="_blank">New Animation Model for Transition Children</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/1890" target="_blank">Permaculture Unification Model</a></span></h3>
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<h3><span class="font-size-3">Permaculture Principle 1:<b> </b><b>Observe and Interact</b></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2">Go into the backyard, or park, or any patch of grass with some plants and observe it. How many different plants can you spot? Are there bugs or animals? How do you want to interact? Even simply observing is an interaction. You can later draw a picture of something you saw, write a story about the scene, or come up with your own way of interacting.</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-3">Permaculture Principle 12: <b>Creatively Use and Respond to Change</b></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2">Symbols are potent tools for remembering and for the imagination. Permaculture uses the butterfly as a symbol for the 12th principle, and accompanies the image with a proverb: “Vision is not seeing things as they are, but as they will be.” What does this mean to you? How is this related to a butterfly’s transformation from a caterpillar. Are there ways that transformations affect your life? What have you done about them? What could you do about a future transformation?</span></h3>
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<h3><span class="font-size-2"><strong>Jessica Cox</strong> is Founder of <a href="http://conservatoryofmagic.com/" target="_blank">ConservatoryofMagic.com</a>. Please see her <a title="Interview with New Mythology's Willi Paul by Jessica Cox" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2113" target="_blank">recent interview</a> with New Mythology’s Willi Paul.</span></h3></div>Permaculture Motel & the Barge 4. Venice Beach, CA. New Myth #41 - NewMythologist.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/permaculture-motel-the-barge-4-venice-beach-ca-new-myth-412013-05-01T22:16:53.000Z2013-05-01T22:16:53.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Down on Ocean Avenue, three blocks from the beach, waves a converted motel, really a Light Network Substation, an experiment sprouted by sun gods from the cool, wet lands of Cascadia. The “Permaculture Motel” as the locals call it, has a three-ring business plan, including: a SOCAL Seed Library and a Tool Lending Coop.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">And don’t forget the four Union donated, re-purposed Long Beach barges strategically marooned on the beach….</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Nothing like the still smoldering take-over of the LA Metro power grid by the Asian box cutter mob in 2027 (and then multiple sustainability-hungry investors in Santa Monica) to spur some local innovation.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Sand dunes and tequila are the new Motel social media.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">The electric Media Day tour bus from Culver City movie studios arrives each Friday at 11 am in a cloud of bumble squawk and stolen sun glasses. On the street, donation peddlers, punk rock drones are kicking up their cowboy boots and Telegraph tattoos.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">“For a new buck or a burrito, ma’am, she said.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">80’s hair spray colors jump into building murals – cartoon people blending off the walls of Venice and into the streets like chameleons from last year’s Van’s catalog. The alley way network is both clandestine and celebrated daily: meetings, back stoop BBQ’s – here is the yoga matt highway that cuts 90 degrees throughout the larger arteries of Transitioned Venice Beach.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Back to the four beached barges at ocean edge? This is Large; a kind of “moon landing in 2031.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">The Barges are:</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>B – 1</strong> – Food Forest with Compost Factory below (table and crop leftovers) + sea water and dirt from the neighborhoods. Growing the Food Forest on the backs of post-industrial wales</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>B - 2</strong> – Concert Stage / Dance Hall with housing below, the House Band are “The centering ones.” Moan and groan and make up cords from the old cargo hold.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>B - 3</strong> – Skate Park with Recycle Works below. This is a nice synergy: staffers make repairs as soon as skaters break shit!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>B – 4</strong> – New Business Incubator above and classrooms below. The last start-up to emerge from the roost was a solar oven converts and stores electricity for moon shine brownies!</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Hordes of greenies, trainees, travelers and transitionists are always streaming down from the LA valley cloud for a shot at a bunk and a plate. The Motel and its crew are like a 24/7 movie set buzz; a bee hive hum with a million futures.</span></p>
<p></p></div>"Transition Prayer Percussion Ritual" by NewMythologisthttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/transition-prayer-percussion-ritual-by-newmythologist2013-02-17T20:20:18.000Z2013-02-17T20:20:18.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="tb"><p></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #800080;"><b>Transition Prayer Percussion Ritual</b></span></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><b><i>Facilitator</i></b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">(gong struck 1 times in call to focus)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><b><i>Participant Two</i></b></span><br/><span class="font-size-3">“for Nature & human healing”</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">(Once touch on symbol)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br/><span class="font-size-3"><b><i>Participant Three</i></b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">“for planting healthy seeds”</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">(Two touches on symbol)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br/><span class="font-size-3"><b><i>Participant Four</i></b></span><br/><span class="font-size-3">“for the growing seasons and water sharing”</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">(Three touches on symbol)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><b><i>Participant Five</i></b></span><br/><span class="font-size-3">“for a harvest with sharing and community reliance”</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">(Four touches on symbol)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"> <b><i>Facilitator</i></b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"> (gong struck 2 times to close)</span></p>
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</div></div>"Symbols in the Transition?" by NewMythologist.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/symbols-in-the-transition-by-newmythologist-com2013-02-25T16:40:56.000Z2013-02-25T16:40:56.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><h2><span class="font-size-3">Symbols can be actions and targets</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Symbols are guesses and vibes</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Symbols are under the machines, symbols are fire</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Sacred & myth?</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Symbols are the profit games we play and the air in our lies</span></h2>
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<h2><span class="font-size-4"><b>More on New Symbols</b></span></h2>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><b> </b><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2070">Color Palette and Camouflage for Cascadia: Biomimcry</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1908">Permaculture Symbols 2. A Video for Kids with Eyes of Steel and Overflowing Feet!</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2056">“Understanding the Symbols of Climate Change” – A Transition Lesson</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2065">Building Resilience through New Symbols for Cascadia and the New Mythology – plus exercises for kids.</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2018">sound symbols, archetypes & the power of myth: an alchemic journey with Nature begins</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1888">Permaculture Ritualizer: A Kid’s Tool for Writing New Stories, symbols, Songs & Myths. Video.</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1939">Permaculture Age Symbols 3: Colors, Archetypes & New Myths.</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1659">Mixing alchemy and Mythology – Symbols and Spirit.</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1835">Permaculture Teaching Video #3 – Sacred Alchemy & Symbols for the Permaculture Transition by Willi Paul. Filmed & Edited by claroscura.com.</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/360">What symbols are we making for the green world?</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1636">The Permaculture Catalyst: Nature Symbols, Songs, and Stories for New Mythologies in the Sustainability Age.</a></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1944">VASTE: Transmuting New Symbols, Community Alchemy & Myth for the Permaculture Age. YouTube Video + Sketches.</a></span></h3>
<p><span class="font-size-2"> </span></p></div>As the Old Books Fade, Can Our New Myths Spark Resilience?https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/as-the-old-books-fade-can-our-new-myths-find-resilience2012-12-16T23:55:42.000Z2012-12-16T23:55:42.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868849073?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="375" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868849073?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="276" height="335" class="align-center"/></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>"<a href="http://communityalchemy.com/lightnetwork/lightnetwork.pdf" target="_blank">Cascadia's Light Network</a>." eBook 10.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>New Myths # 1 - 34</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> Willi Paul, NewMythologist.com</strong></p>
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<p><br/> <em><strong>From the Introduction -</strong></em></p>
<p><br/> What are your deepest fears about the future? What is your role in designing new systems?</p>
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<p>Are your religious / spiritual organization(s) supporting you and your family right now? What do you really want?</p>
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<p>What is “community?” How are you building / supporting yours?</p>
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<p>What is sacred to you? What is not sacred?</p>
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<p>Is permaculture fulfilling your needs? Is there anything missing in this design science approach?</p>
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<p>Are classical myths resonating / instructing / entertaining you now? Are you creating your own stories? Art?</p>
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<p>Why do you think they call it “Transition?” Where are you going, with what tools and hopes?</p>
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<p>Is Nature just a resource to consume and discard or do you have other ideas? Explain.</p>
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<p>Do you see capitalism changing in any way in the near future? What are the pros and cons in this system?</p>
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<p>As climate change modifies glaciers to coastlines to weather patterns in the heartland, what can do to reduce its impacts?</p></div>