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Dedicated to “anything we need to know to have a democracy”: Democratic Animism, Pragmatic Mysticism, Applied Divination, Renaissance of Reverent Ingenuity. Hosted by Caroline Casey. Her guests are allies contributing to a culture of reverent ingenuity. Critique and Solution.
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Dedicated to “anything we need to know to have a democracy”: Democratic Animism, Pragmatic Mysticism, Applied Divination, Renaissance of Reverent Ingenuity. Hosted by Caroline Casey. Her guests are allies contributing to a culture of reverent ingenuity. Critique and Solution.
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The Visionary Activist Show – Sacrament of Kinship
11/14/2024
Grief & Mourning artfully expressed becomes a Sacrament of Kinship Caroline welcomes Eiren Caffall, author of “The Mourner’s Bestiary” “Lyrical reports from the apocalypse” The Mourner’s Bestiary is a meditation on grief and survival told through the stories of animals in two collapsing marine ecosystems—the Gulf of Maine and the Long Island Sound—and the lives of a family facing a life-threatening illness on their shores. The Gulf of Maine is the world’s fastest-warming marine ecosystem, and the Long Island Sound has been the site of conservation battles that predict the fights ahead for the Gulf. Eiren Caffall carries a family legacy of two hundred years of genetic kidney disease, raising a child who may also. The Mourner’s Bestiary braids environmental research with a memoir of generational healing, and the work it takes to get there for the human and animal lives caught in tides of loss. “Insightful and deeply researched…Caffall looks into the nuances of individual human survival and the survival of our planet as a whole.” Hope and wonder in the face of environmental collapse… The post The Visionary Activist Show – Sacrament of Kinship appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Journeying into the Underworld
11/7/2024
“You Want it Darker” Journeying into the Underworld – Returning with Liberating Cultural High Jinx Join Caroline and guest, long-time Full Spectrum political strategist Pat Ewing, and Nemesis, Dark Moon Lilth, Wrathful Dakinis, Octavia Butler as we explore the horror and redemption of our ride- Moon Pluto conjuction … Gotta go dark- into the Underworld – Act IV – the acknowledge the danger uninitiated Mars Puers unleashed on grotesque rampage…… Tyranny is compensatory weeniedom, and contains the seeds of its own demise… Grief and Wrath, dredge all up to surface…. as nutrient for liberating cultural high jinx The post The Visionary Activist Show – Journeying into the Underworld appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Halloween Dark O Moon
10/31/2024
Halloween Dark O Moon to New Moon to Election and beyond…. Participatory Astro*Animism Caroline welcomes long-time ally Heather Roan Robbins, that we may all co-navigate, dedicate, envision, Inaugurate the most desirable story…good for the Earth and all her FloraFaunaFungiCitizens… Nemesis be on call… “Nemesis was the goddess of retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune. She was a personification of dynamic balance aroused in men by those who committed crimes with apparent impunity, or who had undeserved good fortune. Nemesis directed human affairs in such a way as to maintain equilibrium.” (Kinned to Dark Moon Lilith, the balance point, now at 13+ Libra, whose Sabian be “”tuning in to the social dreams which weave the politics of a situation…”) Before Nemesis got a bad rap – she was the destroyer of unjust Empire…. Her name was derived from the Greek words nemêsis and nemô, meaning “dispenser of dues.” “Take the zircon to Foppa – and tell him we ride tonight!” -Richard Farina Heather Roan Robbins M.Th. is a practical, intuitive, choice-oriented astrologer, interfaith minister, and author of the Starcodes Book, the Starcodes AstroOracle Deck, other books, the weekly Starcodes forecast, and contributes to the We Moon calendar. She organizes the Shining Mountains Grove for the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and has an on-line global practice based in Montana. www.roanrobbins.com *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* · www.CoyoteNetworkNews.com · The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon The post The Visionary Activist Show – Halloween Dark O Moon appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Witchen Herbal Lore
10/24/2024
May we all be safe enough to dream, & safe enough to Ovafy (what women do instead of testify) Max Dashu be guest today that we may ally with Witchen herbal lore… Mugwort – protects boundaries, enhances Dreaming…. Safe enough to dream….and many more plant allies… that even hearing their names and qualities, is a microdose…. Max Dashu, historian, author, artist has been restoring women & women’s history to cultural memory, political analysis, spiritual awareness since 1970. Through the Suppressed Histories Archives and her books she provides global perspectives, across the expanse of time, on the cultural record, from rock art, archaeology, Indigenous orature, written records, all testimony woven into an ever expanding collection. Max Dashu, Suppressed Histories Archives www.suppressedhistories.net Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/CKkhhRO47QY?si=Tn9sFMzK7ZXmfFWW Books, dvds, posters from Veleda Press: www.veleda.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Suppressed-Histories-Archives-333661528320/ Witchen Herbal Lore This visual talk will dive into the lore, chants, and rituals of sacred plants, including Mugwort, Hypericum, Mandrake, Rue, Vervain, Rowan-berry and the Daturas. The Nine Herbs Charm in Old English, the lybbestre (“medicine woman”) and wyrtgaelstre (“herb-chantress”), among other folk names for women healers. Herbs of the Midsummer garlands and bonfires; on that Eve, sitting under Hyldemoer, Mother of the Elderberry Tree, to watch for the elven procession pass by. Italian herbalists who healed with flower oils, Bulgarian vrachky healers, Scots and Irish “fairy doctors,” German “measurers,” and Slavic “whisperers.” Herbalists who sing praise songs to the plants in gathering, tell them why they are needed to cure, and sprinkle offerings into the Earth. We’ll touch on healing by chant, touch, whisking, smoking, lustration, curing stones, tying herbs on with knotted yarn, and “pouring wax.” Two showings: Thurs 24 Oct at 6pm and Sat 26 Oct at noon (US Pacific Time – check a timezone converter for your local equivalent.) Registration is sliding scale at https://suppressed-histories.teachable.com/p/witchen-herbal-lore The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon www.CoyoteNetworkNews.com *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Witchen Herbal Lore appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – October 17, 2024
10/17/2024
The wedding of spiritual magic and compassionate social activism with host Caroline Casey. The post The Visionary Activist Show – October 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – October 10, 2024
10/10/2024
The wedding of spiritual magic and compassionate social activism with host Caroline Casey. The post The Visionary Activist Show – October 10, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Peace and Justice
10/3/2024
Composting the corruption of cults, into nutrient for Community local participation is Global Citizenship: the Berkeley Cease Fire Resolution with guest Matt O’Brien… Liberating the originating Impulse of Politics: dedication to collective well-being…. resonating the moral compass of Mutual Aid Kinship all beings…. Time for all to be stepping up! https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/10/01/berkeleys-peace-and-justice-commission-calls-for-cease-fire-in-gaza Caroline W. Casey · www.CoyoteNetworkNews.com · https://www.patreon.com/TheVisionaryActivistShow The post The Visionary Activist Show – Peace and Justice appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Voting for the Earth
9/26/2024
We be voting for the earth- in our Fund Drive while answering Antonio Machado’s query “What have we done with the garden entrusted to us?!” We are available to Mystery & Willing to Participate! Woofing the dedicated work of Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue and John Perlin… So, deftly, once again to guide us, be Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue, with his latest book The Silver Branch and the Otherworld: Forest Magic with Plant and Fungi Allies. “Braiding together insights from herbalism, ecology, neurobiology, psychology, Irish history, and magical tradition, Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue shows how we can tap into the flow of communication from the wild world and our ancestral traditions.” Seán is a poet and herbalist living in western Maine in the shadow of a chain of mountains that stretch south to Georgia and north and east across the sea to Ireland and Scotland. He guides individuals in finding better ways to connect with the living world along their journeys toward healing, insight, meaning, and liberation. With compassionate listening and deeply intuitive insights, Seán works with clients to identify the patterns they want to shift in their lives. Then, he shares perspectives and strategies with them for connecting with plants, ancestors, and the land as allies in transformation. https://otherworldwell.com/ Caroline re-welcomes John Perlin, whose prodigious “A Forest Journey,” re-published by Patagonia, is our primary magnetizing pledge incentive for today! How did we get here? this mega-crisis.. and what shall we do? Radio Magic…to honor Symbiotic Mutualism… How can we humbly receive guidance from the forest regarding community… To protect what we love, become like it, adapt its qualities… To protect wolves – become more like wolves. To protect Coyotes – adopt Coyote strategy. (I have lived with actual Coyote and Wolf Dog, longer than have lived with humans. They certainly taught me a thing or two… all a negotiation for reciprocal evolutionary benefit…) To protect water, become as water. To protect the forest … “Retaining our forests can help keep resolve climate crisis protect the integrity of many of our streams and rivers, and continue to provide food and shelter for much of the world’s land animals,” says Perlin, author of four books and former physics professor at University of California, Santa Barbara. “It is my hope that the new edition of A Forest Journey will make clear the imperative humanity faces, because losing our forests would not merely be the end of nature, it could mean the end of us.” John Perlin is the author of four books: A Golden Thread: 2500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology; A Forest Journey: A History of Trees and Civilization; From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity; and Let It Shine: The 6000-Year Story of Solar Energy. Perlin taught physics at University of California, Santa Barbara. He lives in Santa Barbara. https://john-perlin.com/ For truly this dedicated work should be included in all curriculums, in our on-going task of becoming good earth steward Citizens…. The post The Visionary Activist Show – Voting for the Earth appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Pre-Equinox Brewing
9/19/2024
We are available to Mystery & Willing to Participate! Caroline welcomes long-time ally, Mistress of Mystery, Amikaeyla… (our shared back-stage, as we brew our Equinox zoom for Sunday 9.22 5 pm pt) Equinox- equal night and day, equal Mars and Venus, equal humans and Flora Fauna Fungi Democratic Animism Now! Astromythopolitico participatory narrative, with Ami calling in the Living Intelligences, Guardians of Life, with whom we partner… for Necessary Miracles…. The post The Visionary Activist Show – Pre-Equinox Brewing appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Available and Willing
9/12/2024
Let us be available to Mystery and Willing to Participate ! “Let the story fires be lighted, and our circle be strong and full of Medicine!” (Robbie Robertson) We convene Fund Drive Council with the Council of Grandmothers convenes, Moon in Capricorn…., on vessels we are crafting…And whom shall we see on that craft, sailing into shore?! Many women, many many black women…. Octavia Butler, b June 22, 1947, who began this election on the Full Moon of July 21, 2024 Cancer-Capricorn when her novel, written in 1993 “The Parable of the Sower”- begins… and we are in on-going story re-write… www.CoyoteNetworkNews.com The post The Visionary Activist Show – Available and Willing appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – 28 Years of Trickster Medicine!
9/5/2024
Trickster Medicine Today is the exact 28th anniversary of the Visionary Activist Show, September 5th, 1996 First guest – James Hillman, splendiferous humming with current pertinence show, that we re-play today, followed by Democracy Now clip with Gershon Baskin, with whom we dedicate to the Peace Deal he animates… Democracy Now began the same year as Visionary Activist Show…We are Democracy Now – On Mushrooms, entheo edition, restoring astro*mytho*politico participatory literacy woof to culture… Vision and Action be Trickster Medicine, the sine qua non for effectively vitalizing all our dedications….. Let’s hold many stories simultaneously, cooperating with the good in all… The post The Visionary Activist Show – 28 Years of Trickster Medicine! appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Warning and Guiding
8/29/2024
Honoring Indigenous Prophecy – teased into guiding pertinence for us now… Caroline re-re-re-welcomes Jerome McGeorge, for Part 2 of Indigenous Prophecy, warning and guiding – “Indigenuity.” He will put much of his worthy cred on the table, inviting him to be a messenger, from the Kogi, the Hopi, the Wolf Teaching Clan, (into which he was initiated by Twylah Nitsch) – the Council of Grandmothers…. and more… Inviting into our world guiding sane reverence, that we may protect as much FloraFaunaFungi as possible…(that it may dissolve the cuckoo cartoon of cruel crackpot humanity) Jerome McGeorge, fellow anarcho*astro*animist*enviro-farmer-wizard, co-founder of Organic Valley; Jerome, a long-time ally of the Kogi in Columbia- with whom he spent much time, was chosen by them to be their guide on their first trip to America… October 20th – Nov 5th, 1999, sponsored by Organic Valley, an investigative mission of discovery; bringing messages of wisdom, warning, and mutual aid… The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon www.CoyoteNetworkNews.com *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Warning and Guiding appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Healing the Land, Envisioning Autonomy
8/22/2024
Healing the Land! By Holding Myriad stories simultaneously! astro*mytho enthusiasm for Democracy…the much good magic of the Democratic Convention With the sine qua non: from the Cauldron of cruel carnage, we conjure Palestinian safe supported autonomy…full global support (and enforcement)…. Caroline welcomes the return of Jerome McGeorge, fellow anarcho*astro*animist*enviro-farmer-wizard, co-founder of Organic Valley; Honoring Indigenous Prophecy -teased into guiding pertinence for us now… Jerome, a long-time ally of the Kogi in Columbia- with whom he spent much time, was chosen by them to be their guide on their first trip to America… October 20th – Nov 5th, 1999, sponsored by Organic Valley, an investigative mission of discovery; bringing messages of wisdom, warning, and mutual aid… Message to Rep Ruwa: Will spiral forth #LetRuwaSpeak to my radio audience Visionary Activist Show today 5 pm edt #KPFA Envisioning….not expecting…but Willing!…(expectation = partner of disappointment, but Willingness is the dance partner of life…) May the path unfurl for your worthy wise self….to present on stage tonight… Rep. Ruwa Romman @Ruwa4Georgia I want to cut through the noise and remind everyone that those who attend conventions are the strongest supporters of our party. The majority of attendees have been wearing ceasefire pins, keffiyehs, and/or Palestinian flags. It’s been beautiful and I need folks to remember that. Rep. Ruwa Romman @Ruwa4Georgia My speech urged us to unite behind Harris, criticized Trump, and spoke about the promise of this moment. The only reason we’re doing this is to save the soul of our party and prevent bad actors from using our pain in an ongoing voter suppression campaign. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @MaxwellFrostFL Rep. Ruwa is a Democratic leader who has been working to keep Georgia blue and elect VP Harris. She would be a unifying speaker for peace. @Ruwa4Georgia x.com/alanalindsayz/… The post The Visionary Activist Show – Healing the Land, Envisioning Autonomy appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Full Moon of Participatory Astro Animism
8/15/2024
Full Moon for Full Participation…. Caroline welcomes Heather Roan Robbins for Round 2 of Participatory Anarcho*Astro*Animism…. (with audio contributions from @ruwa4georgia, and Jeff Goldblum reciting George Bernard Shaw, to put liberating lucidity on our work table….) Aug 19th Full Moon (Convention) to Nov. 5th (Election)…. Deeper dedication both magnetizes opportune path-opening, and is psychic self-defense for all beings… Heather Roan Robbins M.Th. is a practical, intuitive, choice-oriented astrologer, interfaith minister, and author of the Starcodes Book, the Starcodes AstroOracle Deck, other books, the weekly Starcodes forecast, and contributes to the We Moon calendar. She organizes the Shining Mountains Grove for the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and has an on-line global practice based in Montana. www.roanrobbins.com The post The Visionary Activist Show – Full Moon of Participatory Astro Animism appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Inaugurating a Guiding Narrative
8/8/2024
Inaugurating a Guiding Narrative- Caroline welcomes long time astro*ally, Heather Roan Robbins, that we further open the portals for the guiding Mythological to suffuse the political… Magnetizing, animating and spiraling forth the Participatory Astro Mytho Story we are electing… We shall honor moral complexities (with nuance and critique). Native American Flanagan, who opposed the pipeline, will be the next Governor of Minnesota. And Walz chose her. Spiral dance to eventual goodness. July 21st Full Moon to August 4th New Moon-(resonating James Baldwin) to Aug 19th Full Moon-(Convention) to Nov. 5th election…. Psychic self-defense for all beings… Heather Roan Robbins M.Th. is a practical, intuitive, choice-oriented astrologer, interfaith minister, and author of the Starcodes Book, the Starcodes AstroOracle Deck, other books, the weekly Starcodes forecast, and contributes to the We Moon calendar. She organizes the Shining Mountains Grove for the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and has an on-line global practice based in Montana. www.roanrobbins.com The post The Visionary Activist Show – Inaugurating a Guiding Narrative appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Lughnasadh Radio
8/1/2024
“Hail to the Sun God – he is a fun god- Ra! Ra! Ra!” Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue Lughnasadh – Mid-Summer – Ritual Fire or arson?! – take your pick… Propaganda seeks to discourage participation (we play some great de-bamboozling clips from Igor Sushko, and Rep Ruwa Romman, Palestinian state Rep in Georgia ) The tonic antidote to propaganda is participatory animism… So, deftly, once again to guide us, be Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue, with his latest book The Silver Branch and the Otherworld: Forest Magic with Plant and Fungi Allies. “Braiding together insights from herbalism, ecology, neurobiology, psychology, Irish history, and magical tradition, Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue shows how we can tap into the flow of communication from the wild world and our ancestral traditions.” Seán is a poet and herbalist living in western Maine in the shadow of a chain of mountains that stretch south to Georgia and north and east across the sea to Ireland and Scotland. He guides individuals in finding better ways to connect with the living world along their journeys toward healing, insight, meaning, and liberation. With compassionate listening and deeply intuitive insights, Seán works with clients to identify the patterns they want to shift in their lives. Then, he shares perspectives and strategies with them for connecting with plants, ancestors, and the land as allies in transformation. https://otherworldwell.com/ The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon: weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Lughnasadh Radio appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Full Moon Tide
7/25/2024
“We choose freedom!” Caroline encore welcomes Political Magic ally Pat Ewing, full spectrum strategy, as we honor the Full Moon tide we all be surfing… “The Tide has turned – the Great Storm is coming – but the Tide has turned!” (Gandalf) The post The Visionary Activist Show – Full Moon Tide appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – 5th Act be our task
7/18/2024
5th Act be our task Convening all skookum guides to good Earth Citizenship, living and ancestral…. Octavia Butler’s prescient novel “Parable of the Sower” written 1993 begins on the Full Moon, July 21st, 2024 (so we take it from there, weaving Repub convention, strategy for now etc..) – Story re-write to include 5th Act. Michiko Kakutani @michikokakutani former chief book critic, The New York Times; author of “The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption & the Rise of the Outsider,” and “Ex Libris: 100+ Books” Octavia Butler’s 1993 dystopian novel “Parable of the Sower” begins in July of 2024. Climate change is turning the globe into a hellscape with droughts, fires and calamitous weather events. Racial and class inequities have soared, women’s rights are under threat, and white nationalism and radical fundamentalism are taking hold. In the book’s sequel “Parable of the Talents” (published in 1998), a presidential candidate named Jarret, who wants to purge the country of those who don’t share his brand of militant Christianity, issues this call: “Help us to make America great again.” His opponent, Smith, is right when he calls him out as “a demagogue, a rabble-rouser, and a hypocrite.” But Smith is “such a tired, gray shadow of a man,” that Jarret is “able to scare, divide, and bully people” into electing him and quickly sets about implementing his fascist agenda. Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – 5th Act be our task appeared first on KPFA.
Duration:00:59:58
The Visionary Activist Show – “Time of Useful Consciousness”
7/11/2024
“Time of Useful Consciousness” Earth Citizens Arise! Divination, dedication, political acumen Caroline welcomes return of Pat Ewing, who brings all of the above in her long journey as full service, adaptogenic political strategist in all realms…… Patricia Ewing is the former Deputy Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore, Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Harris Wofford (PA), Political Director for Governor Mario Cuomo and Business-to-Business Executive (NYS). During these tenures, she brought business and government together and created programs that were the benefit of both. Today, she helps businesses by combining complementary business sectors, capital raises, and growing relationships to benefit clients. Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – “Time of Useful Consciousness” appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Agents of Accountability
7/4/2024
“Speak to the Weary – a word that will rouse them” (Isaiah) Let’s all be De-bamboozling Accomplices/Dark o Moon US birthday. So it comes to all of us- To assume cultural narrative lead… To be good Citizens, agents of accountability as sine qua non for democracy… Earth Citizens…. Caroline welcomes these dedications in the human form of Jamie Yeager, mytho*politico*word wizard diagnostician, born into a Texas ACLU populist tradition; Incantational magic to invite in the protectors of democracy, that we all may wake up… Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Agents of Accountability appeared first on KPFA.
Duration:00:59:58