We play a portion of last week’s Winter Solstice Council with Caroline Casey, astro-mythologist, entheo anarcho animist, and Amikaeyla Gaston, chanteuse, chantress, enchantress, drummer- invoker of the Orishas, living Intelligences of Nature…. 
“The longest Nights- the wheel is turning – what will we give to the night?”
and what reciprocal blessings shall we ladle out of the Solstice cauldron – to prepare for the dangerous, worthy adventure that is coming for us…
As the astrologer, (as well as poet) Rumi said “when fate and strife cross in the heavens – you cannot escape. Your only hope is to dance towards its embrace!”
to Craft our Vessel – both be boats….
Our dedicated alchemical vessel, we craft this holy night, into which we then hop, and set sail… Our craft, “power from dedication,” likewise becomes our sturdy craft in the wild seas…
Winter Solstice recorded Thursday December 21st 6 pm pt/ 9pm et
Full replay (with video replay) available for donation on CoyoteNetworkNews.com
 
 
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Caroline welcomes Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue (encore encore) with his ally, Jesse Wolf Hardin, conjurer of the Good Medicine Confluence.
Jesse Wolf Hardin is an influential author, ecosopher, ecological and societal activist, personal counsel, graphic artist, musician, and historian – a champion of both human and bio diversity, as well as of nature’s medicines. Wolf was a leading organizer of and presenter for Earth First!, becoming a featured presenter at hundreds of conferences and universities, and was the creator of cross cultural ecospiritual collaborations appropriately called “Medicine Shows” that melded his powerful spoken word with live music, indigenous presenters, and focused activism. He cofounded the international Good Medicine Confluence gathering in 2008, along with the in-depth digital magazine for herbalists, healers and folklorists Plant Healer Quarterly. He is the author of over 800 published articles in over 200 different publications, as well as of over 25 books.
PlantHealer.org
Good Medicine Conference: www.goodmedicineconfluence.com
Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue is an herbalist, writer, and teacher, and an initiated Priest in two traditions. He lives in the mountains of western Maine. Seán’s approach to healing weaves together the insights of traditional western herbalism and contemporary science. He regards physical, spiritual, and emotional healing as deeply intertwined. Prior to becoming an herbalist, Seán was a political organizer in movements for peace, human rights, and global economic justice, and a freelance journalist documenting the human and ecological impacts of U.S. policies in Latin America.
otherworldwell.com
 
 
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Greg Sarris (credit Christopher Coughlin)
Caroline re-welcomes Greg Sarris, Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
and Board Chair for Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Always – re-storying the landscape…
His most recent work:
Told in the classic style of Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok creation stories, The Forgetters story cycle about the people who have forgotten their roots and consequently hurt the Earth and each other. Masterfully infusing magical realism with the history of Indigenous lands, Sarris encourages  readers to remember our shared lineage and honor our interconnectedness with the environment. 
Greg Sarris is the award-winning author of five books, including Grand Avenue, which was adapted into an HBO film. He also co-authored the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act, which restored federal recognition to the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo Native Americans of California.
https://greg-sarris.com/
 
 
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“Biomimicry,” as sine qua non for life on planet…
Again we are drawn to replay this most fantabulous show from the archives with Janine Benyus.
Benyus describes herself as “Scientist, animist, poet,” founder of Biomimicry Institute.
“Let’s learn democracy from bees! Before our arrogance destroys the bees, who truly know how to vote.”
“Range voting.” Grief and ingenuity…innovation & limits
From Fall 2008 – but so powerfully pertinent to now…
www.JanineBenyus.com
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Radical Magazine Spiraling forth Liberating Ideas (Moon 4+ Gemini sabian symbol)
Anarcho *Entheo * Astro *Animism – Caroline welcomes return of Eddy Nix,
who ” plays a bookseller in real life and has many projects operating in the dream world.  He is founder and operator of Driftless Books and Music in Viroqua, Wi and was a founding teacher at Youth Initiative High School, and has a radio show on community radio station WDRT every Sunday.  He identifies as a rhizome, or a verb, depending on circumstances.  He has been many other things also.
Post Eclipse magic honoring ancestral mentors: David Graeber, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Kropotkin,   anomalous egalitarian city of Teotiohuacan….and the living mentors – Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent,” – the subject of Ava DuVernay’s profoundly pertinent movie “Origin,” And anything else to guide us at decisive time, that ‘Community’ eclipse ‘Cult’….
 
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We’re in the Dark o Moon field of April 8th’s eclipse,
traditionally a time of laying low, convening back-stage to guide the course of culture….
(Today’s radio guest, unavailable at the last minute, Caroline flys solo, weaving the themes of now) Tis a fluctuating quirky pre-eclipse shadowy field in which we be navigating….
So let’s work with it…
Tomorrow, Eclipse magic for dangerous times, Caroline will be joined by the indefatigable Diane Wilson for Eclipse Texas Zoom Council (join by donation) at 2pm eastern / 11am pacific: https://coyotenetworknews.com/schedule/eclipse-texas-council/
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The Visionary Activist Show – Winter Solstice Council

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