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Reckoning at the 2043 Cascadia Shaman’s Convergence –

New Myth 28 by Willi Paul

Resilience is best understood as a process. It is often mistakenly assumed to be a trait of the individual, an idea more typically referred to as “resiliency”. Most research now shows that resilience is the result of individuals being able to interact with their environments and the processes that either promote well-being or protect them against the overwhelming influence of risk factors. These processes can be indivi

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Cascadia’s Green Mythic Tea Tribe.
New Myth # 30 by Willi Paul

 

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Menku and Kay work in the basement of the Green Leaf Café, a localized tea plantation (a reclaimed cemetery) and sipping spot in northeast PDX, now a proud member of Cascadia. They work with several other researchers to discover how the mythic gene works and if they can turn it on for folks without its spark.

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"The Ostrich & the Flame Thrower: Crisis Storytelling in the Chaos Era", Willi Paul, Principle, newmythologist.com

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The big question here is how do non-profits, corporations and other organizations nurture and disseminate their stories in a global climate of chaos? Can Occupy protests, nightly corporate TV news and environmental justice web sites plant “non-GMO seeds” for new stories and new myths?

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An ironic twist to the localization movement throughout Cascadia, the Plastique Sea is a moving permaculture experiment, a bobbing and rolling decentralized government with a flag and a rowdy group chant. SeaOccupy? The Plastique Sea Barge Tribe is another example of community initiation in the post-Transition era. 

 

“How do we make our share of Cascadian Barterbucks?”

 

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The Cascadia Funnel and the Last 3 Eras on Earth.New Myth 25 by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

“To our ancient ancestors, the end of the great cycle was for all intents and purposes, the end of time. Astronomers and sages throughout history could only dream of being alive at this time….” — Scott Lampman, writing in New Global Mythology Group

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Verg Han has a perplexed look on his face as he returns to his sleepy daughter and their home made yurt from his regular community elders meeting

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eBook 9 by Willi Paul & openmythsource.com
 
"Good day, I visited your site and really enjoyed reading your myths. They are instruction manuals for life after the electrician pulls the plug." 
 
 
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Noah’s honey rust fortress ("junk yard permaculture").

New Myth #21

by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

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Noah’s camp is more like an ameba, built with multiple rings: gnarly steel and mashed-down upholstery;
a food forest ring, junk cars, then the commons. A semi-chaotic, semi-integrated / biodegraded
ecosystem with bees and honey.

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Journey to Cascadia:

Building a New Global Mythology

  Willi Paul, openmythsource.com © 2012

Designed & Produced for the 2012 Study of Myth Symposium

“Mapping Future Myths for the Transition” Work Shop

 

 I N D E X

 Prelude

New Myth #17: Shamanator & the Cob Fire Hearts

Introduction

The Road to Cascadia

Bed Rock

Cascadia

New Global Mythology Model (version 1.0) Overview & Detail

The Mythic Elements

[A] The Five New Alchemies and their Transmutations

                [1] Sound: Rock Music

                [2] Lands

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SoundSourcing: Building the New Permaculture - based Mythology 
Video / SoundScape by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com
"I have long believed that Humanity needs New Culture and to have that We have to have new myths. 
Myths rich in Truth as well as mystery. We have an advantage in this undertaking because of what 
We know of the past and Our World today. So much that We can speculate well on possibilities and 
potentials of Truth…as We make these Ours in Our Times. Myths can strengthen Us, by inspiring
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Permaculture and the Bios Factory (A Transition Buckle) New Myth 24 by Willi Paul,openmythsource.com

 

The Cascadia Tribal Council began transforming the broke and broken rural prison system into the Permaculture Bios System soon after WA, OR and NorCal left the United States for independence.

The leaders designed a way to not simply let all of the inmates go free but to offer them a valuable transition and survival course as a re-entry into the post-carbon landscape. Cascadia choose rural prisons

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