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Dakini by Jennet Inglis Waxing Full Moon-Opening the Dakini portals!…. Caroline welcomes Jennet Inglis, practitioner of Chöd, dedicated to tracking the Wrathful and Peaceful Dakinis, back to their original liberating impulse, before Tibetan Buddhist orthodoxy made then ”pretty.”…When they were beautiful! woofy, part woman, part animal…original party animal… and offers them, through her craft, a portal through which they may enter the world…. at this Time of Dire Beauty where we welcome all help to transmute poison – toxin – into tonic… What did this want to be – before bamboozled by taming “orthodoxy”… (“straight teaching”)… We like our teaching curvy and undulating – thankyou. Syncretizing Science, Art, and Spirit, she spirals forth manuscripts, thousands of paintings, heretical Tankas, sculptures, that travel an increasingly welcoming world jennetinglis.com Celebrating the Primordial Feminine: Transforming Anger into Compassionate Wrath Article ~ https://soulfulliving.com/primordial_feminine.htm 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 – Syncretizing Science, Art, and Spirit appeared first on KPFA.

First show April 20, 2023, Today, a continuation … 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 re community To protect what we love, become like it, adapt its qualities… To protect wolves – become more like wolves Coyotes – 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…) protect water, become as water 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.” one of Harvard’s “One Hundred Great Books.” 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. www.patagonia.com/aforestjourney Go to notes section…. For teaching guide etc… also www.aforestjourney.com For truly this dedicated work should be included in all curriculums, in our on-going task of becoming good earth steward Citizens…. answering Antonio Machado’s query “What have we done with the garden entrusted to us?!” The post The Visionary Activist Show – A Forest Journey Revisited appeared first on KPFA.

Dark o Moon, opportunity to influence culture… Flora Fauna Fungi gives us the task of re-designing the human cultural interface with Nature. So, Caroline plays Kim Stanley Robinson’s Bioneers 2023 talk – as we are in KPFA Fund Drive, pitching his book “The High Sierra: A Love Story,” as a magnetizing pledge incentive. Also animating his astrological chart, without the inconvenience of him being present. Kim Stanley Robinson is a hugely influential American writer of science fiction. He has published 22 novels. Most note-worthy, ”Ministry for the Future,” which many took as a sobering bible of ecological and social catastrophe, (and from whose gloom, he proclaims himself recovered). KPFA Fund Drive: https://secure.kpfa.org/support/ 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 – Re-Dreaming Humans Cooperating with Nature appeared first on KPFA.

Fund Drive, Caroline magnetizes pledges by playing segments of this previous show… and offering this most wonderful book for a pledge of $150: Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World https://secure.kpfa.org/support/ Originally aired October 6th, 2022 Caroline hosts Kristin Ohlson, whose most recent invaluable book is Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World – Quoting Darwin’s contemporary, the Russian scientist-anarchist Peter Kropotkin: “Who are the fittest: those who are continually at war with each other, or those who support one another? We at once see that those animals which acquire habits of mutual aid are undoubtedly the fittest.” Kristin Ohlson is a writer living in Portland, Oregon. Her newest book is Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World. Her last book was The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet, which the Los Angeles Times calls “a hopeful book and a necessary one…. a fast-paced and entertaining shot across the bow of mainstream thinking about land use.” She appears in the award-winning documentary film, Kiss the Ground, speaking about the connection between soil and climate health. Kristin’s website: www.kristinohlson.com Sierra Club ReviewPolitical Animals Like Us: Politics can be a ruthless game for any specieswww.sierraclub.org/sierra/2022-3-fall/critic-s-notebook/political-animals-us Wall Street Journal Review‘Sweet in Tooth and Claw’ and ‘The Social Instinct’: Better Togetherwww.wsj.com/articles/sweet-in-tooth-and-claw-and-the-social-instinct-nature-book-review-better-together-11662729247 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 – Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World appeared first on KPFA.

The Planet and the Plants can save us – if we learn to humbly cooperate… Waxing Buddha’s Full Moon, Pluto stationing, Mercury retro inviting us back to the garden… of entheo supportive guiding: Caroline re-hosts Rachel Harris, author of “Listening to Ayahuasca,” whose latest cultural contribution be “Swimming in the Sacred- Women from the Psychedelic Underground” lest we tame entheogens by re-packaging as “therapy.” “There is wisdom that is in danger of being lost as our legal and medical institutions embrace these extraordinary Medicines.” Haitian proverb : “When the anthropologist arrives – the gods depart.” Psychologist Rachel Harris, PhD, was in private practice for thirty-five years working with people interested in psychospiritual development. During a decade working in research, Rachel received a National Institutes of Health New Investigator’s Award and published more than forty scientific studies in peer-reviewed journals. https://www.swimminginthesacred.com/ 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 – Swimming in the Sacred appeared first on KPFA.

Caroline welcomes the return of Karen Gedney, author of “30 years behind bars,” 30 years behind bars as prison physician, mentor, guide, all around culture Doctor…shifting prison paradigm to one of healing and re-integration… “The last time we talked I’ve become more involved in prison reform and aging well. . Now I”m involved with Return Strong (a non-profit put together by a female union organizer for the families of the incarcerated and the incarcerated). I’m also involved with NPEP, Nevada Prison Education Project (a group trying to get college education into the prison with the Pell grants coming) plus helping Federal Defenders with some death row cases (that’s in mid February). I’m also getting into the world of aging gracefully and gratefully and giving talks on ‘rewire and refire.’ Last month I spoke at a women’s health retreat in Costa Rica, for my 77yr old friend Maria who is a bikini competitor, a personal trainer and now an event planner. I have to say it’s interesting working with women who are interested in helping society improve, get healthier and become safer.“ https://www.discoverdrg.com/ 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 – Mentor, Guide, Culture Doctor appeared first on KPFA.

We welcoming John Perlin, whose prodigious “A Forest Journey,” has just been re-published by Patagonia. “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.” one of Harvard’s “One Hundred Great Books.” 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. www.patagonia.com/aforestjourney Go to notes section…. For teaching guide etc… also www.aforestjourney.com For truly this dedicated work should be included in all curriculums, in our on-going task of becoming good earth steward Citizens…. answering Antonio Machado’s query “What have we done with the garden entrusted to us?!” “In the new edition, Perlin cites data on how humanity has cut down half the trees on the planet in the last 12,000 years, and that deforestation continues at an alarming pace with 15 billion trees removed per year. That’s 500,000 square miles of forested land lost since the first 1989 edition of A Forest Journey. The updates also include recent research that is hopeful, too. The forest’s role as both a source and sink for CO2; findings on how trees produce 40 percent or more of the world’s precipitation; and changes in the field of forestry like the growing significance of old-growth trees. Perlin emphasizes the importance of forests in the (xxxxfight againstxxx) task of resolving global climate crisis and the urgency to protect what remains of the great trees and forests of the world. “Old-growth forest systems now and in the future take on equally significant roles as they did in the past,” says Perlin. “This time it is their protection, rather than extraction, that will allow civilization to flourish.” The post The Visionary Activist Show – A Forest Journey appeared first on KPFA.

Backstage Bioneers 2023 at Freight and Salvage: Caroline, Amikaeyla Gaston, and Briana Di Mara (photo by World Trust) Caroline Casey, with musical accomplices, Amikaeyla Gaston & Briana Di Mara, proffering our Bioneers evening (recorded 4.7.23) at Freight and Salvage: Majnoun A Trickster’s Guide to Necessary Miracles! Opening Portals of Participation For Community Sacraments of Reciprocal Blessing, Mutual Aid, Symbiotic Mutualism, To hum our Endogenous Indigenuity, to animate aardvarks of blessing… and set all of our collaborative skills humming. Confluencing of Allies! The more words, myths, metaphors – the more ways to cahoot with our Flora Fauna Fungi Kin. Democratic Animism Now! Language crafting – that our words stories be in accord with our dedicated hearts! Drawing on the power of majnoun (“yearning for the Divine” ) – let’s dissolve cruelty and dominance out of humanity’s repertoire. “Who are the fittest: those who are continually at war with each other, or those who support one another? We at once see that those animals which acquire habits of mutual aid are undoubtedly the fittest.” Peter Kropotkin https://brianamusic.com/ https://www.world-trust.org/amikaeylagaston Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* Tonight! Amikaeyla and Briana will be joining Caroline once again Citizen Trickster Council and calling in whatever else be called for… Join for a small gathering of allies Thursday, April 13th at 6 pm Open Secret Bookstore 923 C St., San Rafael, CA, 94901 $25 advance, $30 door advance reservations email Rob@Opensecretbookstore.com or by calling (415) 602-1584 The post The Visionary Activist Show – Majnoun A Trickster’s Guide to Necessary Miracles! appeared first on KPFA.

Confluencing of Ally Accomplices: Caroline with her two fantabulous musical accomplices, Amikaeyla Gaston and Briana Di Mara, brewing back-stage our tonight, and forever more Magical offering … Bioneers, tonight! Thursday, April 6th, at 9:00pm (doors 8:30pm) Freight & Salvage (2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA) Free and Open to the Public – Holy Moly! Caroline Casey Presents Majnoun! Trickster’s Guide to Necessary Miracles whereby we convene the Renaissance Council to banish crack-pot tyranny to the Underworld, to learn knitting and weaving, as the gods sentenced Hercules when he was sundering the fabric of creation. Pluto, just arrived in Communitarian Aquarius, guides us to constellate the Community of Reverent Ingenuity. Symbiotic Mutualism! “Who are the fittest: those who are continually at war with each other, or those who support one another? We at once see that those animals which acquire habits of mutual aid are undoubtedly the fittest.” -Peter Kropotkin This evening, Chief Trickster at Coyote Network News, Caroline Casey, the host and “weaver of context” of the Visionary Activist Show (critique and solution) on KPFA/Pacifica for 26+ years, now in her 20th+ year at Bioneers, will proffer her inimitable astro*mytho*political*cultural meta narratives, whereby to quicken our endogenous indigenuity, to set all of our collaborative skills humming. The more words, myths, metaphors – the more ways to cahoot with our Flora Fauna Fungi Kin. Democratic Animism Now! Language crafting – that our words stories be in accord with our dedicated hearts! Drawing on the power of majnoun (“yearning for the Divine” ) – let’s dissolve cruelty and dominance out of humanity’s repertoire. Accompanied by the brilliant, eclectic violinist Briana Di Mara, “trained in western classical music” and since has studied “traditional styles including Celtic, Balkan, Turkish, Arabic and beyond…” and skidding in to cahoot, long-time ally Amikaeyla Gaston, on drums, “sacred ethnomusicologist/song keeper of chants from indigenous traditions around the world…” Confluencing of Allies! Details on Bioneers Website And more Carolingian Events: next Thursday, April 13th at 6pm at Open Secret and next weekend, New Living Expo on Saturday, April 15th 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 – Majnoun (Crazy for the Divine!) appeared first on KPFA.

Caroline hosts Louie Schwartzberg, incarnational agent of Jupiter & Neptune, curiosity and wonder cultural story-teller, award-winning Pisces, cinematographer, director, producer, creator of the film “Fantastic Fungi”…. Let’s bless Louie’s ever deepening dedication to the unfurling Intelligent Beauty of our Flora Fauna Fungi kin… using time-lapse, high-speed, and macro cinematography techniques. We are here now, incarnationally coinciding, to honor and animate the unfurling enhanced cultural receptivity for all to which he be dedicated, as a liberating gift to us all. A Reciprocal Blessing of Gratitude to be spiraled forth in ever increasing cultural influence Louie will be generously proffering his latest film, “Gratitude Revealed” at the New Living Expo April 14th 6- 8 pm Room 6 at Embassy Suites in San Rafael, and zooming in for conversing after the showing… https://newlivingexpo.com/sessions/movie-gratitude-revealed-directed-by-louie-schwartzberg/ Caroline also has a session at the New Living Expo ~ details: https://newlivingexpo.com/sessions/caroline-casey-special-event-bodhisatva-coyotebrer-rabbit-rumi-guide-to-being-a-good-citi-zen-trickster/ 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 – Intelligent Beauty of our Flora Fauna Fungi kin appeared first on KPFA.

Let us be Dance partners in the Choreography of Creation Offering Ourselves as Accomplices to Nature’s Guiding Genius Caroline welcomes, convener of Woofy Women (Council of Unreasonable Women), Culture Doctor, co-founder of Bioneers, Constellator of Community- Nina Simons! perfectly! as Pluto enters Aquarius. Guides us to remember the origin of life is Community (Bruce Dahmer) & Symbiotic Mutualism are our manners. Now! the Community of all Beings, conjures and implements the bio-mimicry resolutions to all we humans have imposed on our kin… Some trickster genius is scheduling us… Nina be our Guest today, as the Moon, exalted in Taurus is exactly where it was when Nina was born — It’s image: “An electrical storm illumines the skies, and forest below… Balancing with Natural Forces.” Woo-hoo! www.Bioneers.org www.ninasimons.com Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership (2nd Ed.) Bioneers co-founder Nina Simons offers inspiration for anyone who aspires to grow into their own unique form of leadership, one replete with resilience and joy. Informed by a plethora of multicultural and Indigenous wisdom keepers who are leading ways towards a regenerative future, this guide takes readers on an inspirational journey that’s both visionary and practical. It speaks to shedding self-limiting beliefs, leading from the heart, and discovering beloved communities as they cultivate their own flourishing and liberation. “Readers who are well versed in the leadership genre will find this book distinctive for its continual emphasis on community and ways of understanding, while those less familiar with the topic may find it a unique, holistic introduction. A smart, informed guide to developing inclusive leadership skills.” —Kirkus Reviews 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 – Nature, Culture, and the Sacred appeared first on KPFA.

“It’s time to take our fire fears and connect that with our water woes!” – Brock Dolman Caroline welcomes “Fluid Druid” Water Wizard Brock Dolman, for auspicious hydro cahooting: that we ally with Beavers. To cooperate to cooperate, good for the whole Community the human relationships become more egalitarian…. Even our rogue species learns manners. Neptune, Mercury, exactly aligned (on Brock’s Moon!)… So Water would like to speak with us… through its dedicated ally… The California deluge… The Sky Rivers stalling…losing the capacity for undulating flow… So, let’s undulate…. To protect water become more like water… Tao Teh Ching Brock Dolman co-founded (in 1994) the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center where he co-directs the WATER Institute. A wildlife biologist and watershed ecologist, he has been actively promoting “Bringing Back Beaver in California” since the early 2000s. He was given the Salmonid Restoration Federation’s coveted Golden Pipe Award in 2012: “…for his leading role as a proponent of “working with beavers” to restore native habitat. oaec.org Brock contributing to Bioneers Conference: Revitalizing the Biosphere by Protecting Animal Habitats and Species April 6th | 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm According to a recent World Wildlife Fund report, since 1970 we have lost, on average, roughly 70% of the global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish. Scientist activists working tirelessly to reverse this catastrophic trend share their strategies. With: Dave Phillips, co-founder of the Earth Island Institute and Director of its International Marine Mammal Project; Brock Dolman, Co-Director of the WATER Institute and Permaculture Design and Wildlands programs at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, and a leader in CA beaver reintroduction; Michelle Lute, Carnivore Conservation Director for Project Coyote. Moderated by Maureen Nandini Mitra, Editor of Earth Island Journal. And find Caroline at Bioneers on Thursday, April 6th, at 9:00pm at Freight & Salvage (2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA). Free and Open to the Public – Holy Moly! See more details 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 – Hydro Cahooting · Cooperating with Water appeared first on KPFA.

Symbiotic Mutualism (Mushrooms and Bees): May we Humans be humbled by biological intelligence, into cooperating with Flora Fauna Fungi! with Paul Stamets,”Mycologist, Author, Inventor, Teacher, Earthling.” Caroline presents clips of Paul Stamets’ address at the August 21st, 2017 Symbiosis Eclipse Festival… Paul’s first public media woof was on the Visionary Activist Show…in pre-history… Stamets plays a significant part in the 2019 documentary film Fantastic Fungi, and edited the film’s official companion book, Fantastic Fungi: Expanding Consciousness, Alternative Healing, Environmental Impact. The character Lieutenant Commander Paul Stamets on the CBS series Star Trek: Discovery was named after the real Stamets. The fictional version is an astromycologist and engineer aboard the USS Discovery, and is credited with discovering how to navigate a mycelial network in space using a “spore drive.” https://paulstamets.com/ as we are in KPFA Fund Drive: https://secure.kpfa.org/support/ we are offering $200 BOOK Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet by Paul Stamets The Life-Affirming, Mind-Bending Companion Book to the Documentary Fantastic Fungi $200 BOOK The Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook by Eugenia Bone “The Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook is, by far, the best culinary guide to cooking and pairing mushrooms. . . . This book makes me so hungry, I want to eat it.” —Paul Stamets 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 – Symbiotic Mutualism (Mushrooms and Bees) appeared first on KPFA.

Fund Drive, Caroline magnetizes pledges by playing segments of this previous show… and offering this most wonderful book for a pledge of $150 https://secure.kpfa.org/support/ Originally posted October 6th, 2022 Caroline hosts Kristin Ohlson, whose most recent invaluable book is Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World – Full Moon Waxing, that humans be inspired by such to rejoin the collaborative dance. Quoting Darwin’s contemporary, the Russian scientist-anarchist Peter Kropotkin: “Who are the fittest: those who are continually at war with each other, or those who support one another? We at once see that those animals which acquire habits of mutual aid are undoubtedly the fittest.” Kristin Ohlson is a writer living in Portland, Oregon. Her newest book is Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World. Her last book was The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet, which the Los Angeles Times calls “a hopeful book and a necessary one…. a fast-paced and entertaining shot across the bow of mainstream thinking about land use.” She appears in the award-winning documentary film, Kiss the Ground, speaking about the connection between soil and climate health. Kristin’s website: www.kristinohlson.com Sierra Club ReviewPolitical Animals Like Us: Politics can be a ruthless game for any specieswww.sierraclub.org/sierra/2022-3-fall/critic-s-notebook/political-animals-us Wall Street Journal Review‘Sweet in Tooth and Claw’ and ‘The Social Instinct’: Better Togetherwww.wsj.com/articles/sweet-in-tooth-and-claw-and-the-social-instinct-nature-book-review-better-together-11662729247 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 – Sweet in Tooth & Claw Replay, Fund Drive appeared first on KPFA.

Caroline co-rifs with segments of this powerful deep great show, whereby to magnetize money for KPFA/fund drive… Offering this fantabulous book, “Wild New World: the Epic Story of Animals and People in America,” as a thank you for pledging $150 or more… Or $15/month https://secure.kpfa.org/support/ Original post: (Replay from January 19, 2023) Cultivating Wonder, Curiosity & Biophilia to re-kin with what remains of our Fauna Caroline re-hosts Dan Flores, author of 11 books, including “Coyote America,” and his most recent “Wild New World: the Epic Story of Animals and People in America,” Flora Fauna from Pleistocene, 66 million years ago, to now… “deep-time history of animals and humans in North America detailing human-wildlife relations across the continent, the sixth extinction, and the odyssey of species recovery in recent decades.” Elephants, Giant Buffalo, Camels, horses, giant Cats, have been found with arrowheads in their bones – humans on American Continent, hunting fantabulous animals 12,450 years ago…. and destroying our fauna kin in cruel ways, especially the last 500 years… Dan Flores is an American writer and historian who specializes in cultural and environmental studies of the American West. A native of Louisiana, Dan Flores is a writer who presently lives in the Galisteo Valley outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is A. B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of the History of the American West at the University of Montana-Missoula. He is the author of ten books, most recently the New York Times Bestseller, “Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History” (2016), and “American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains” (2016). Dan Flores is an ambassador for Project Coyote, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through education, science and advocacy. Wild New World website 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 – Cultivating Wonder, Curiosity & Biophilia (Replay) appeared first on KPFA.

A Communitarian Celebration of those dedicated to collective well-being, in two parts. First segment we welcome Kulwa Apara, writer, creative, healer : escritora, creativa, curandera, Afrofuturist Witness & Conjurer of Words & Space Whose one woman play, “Brain Like Berkeley, an evening of satire, short stories, and free-trade Tea,” will be premiering on Saturday, February 18th at 3 pm at the Brava Theater in San Francisco. “Kulwa Apara is a Spanish speaking Afro-Californiana born in Berkeley, CA, with African roots stretching across the Mississippi Delta and Bayous of Louisiana. Her Eastern Band Cherokee ancestors survived forced relocation to Oklahoma and the Trail of Tears, and her African ancestors survived the Middle Passage. Kulwa was born an Ibeji / twin to Pan African parents who raised her at the intersections of art and freedom. As a performing artist and health activist, Kulwa explores historical traumas and triumphs through an artistic lens. She is committed to using the legacy of cultural-arts as a tool to enhance and advance mental health outcomes in marginalized communities.” (Bio from Brava) www.kulwaapara.com Brain like Berkeley: https://www.brava.org/all-events/blk23 Part 2 – Dedication to Communitarian Magic For the remainder of the hour, we are joined by political-spiritual ally, Patricia Ewing, to excavate and liberate Valentine’s Day, as honoring of almost-Pope Valentinus, advocate for true equality, and to tease into pertinence in our current political-spiritual conundrum… (Sun Saturn dance) the necessary animating of all inclusive egalitarian Community! Patricia Ewing’s work spans three areas. Big Picture Strategy supports candidates, organizations and businesses with policy and management support. Ewing Transformation focuses on mentoring and supporting C-Suite folks to reach their potential. Ewing Energy develops municipal and private decarbonization projects around the country to support a more sustainable planet. 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 – Communitarian Celebration appeared first on KPFA.

Tales of Environmental Devastation & Recovery – part 2, our next exciting episode! The Wasteland and the Grail – Turkey/Syria Earthquake – teasing Mythos into Pragmatic application. Caroline welcomes, encore, learned Druid, Hermetic, Masonic initiate, John Michael Greer, author of over 50 books on esoteric traditions, nature spirituality, and the future of industrial society. His resonant erudition finds expression in his latest, “The Ceremony of the Grail, Ancient Mysteries, Gnostic Heresies and the Lost Rituals of Freemasonry.” www.Ecosophia.net 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 – Tales of Environmental Devastation & Recovery (Part 2) appeared first on KPFA.

Waxing Full Moon Mid-Winter Weaving Magic into Politics Caroline delighted to host astro-politico colleague, Rachel Lang, recently elected to Ojai City Council, reporting in form LA at the League of California Cities New Mayors and Council Members Academy, as the waxing Moon be 12+ Cancer Rachel Lang, author of Modern Day Magic: 8 Simple Rules to Realize your Power and Shape your Life is a politically engaged astrologer, recently elected member of the Ojai City Council, weaving spirituality and social engagement. RachelLangAstrologer.com Caroline will be hosting a Live Zoom Imbolc Celebration Friday, February 3rd at 6:30 pm pacific, tickets by intuitive contribution, donation: https://coyotenetworknews.com/schedule/full-moon-imbolc-2023/ 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 – Weaving Magic into Politics appeared first on KPFA.

photo of Susan Griffin by Irene Young Caroline hosts fellow Council of Unreasonable Women, alumna Susan Griffin, “radical feminist philosopher, essayist, novelist and playwright particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works.” on her 80th birthday! Honoring her latest book “Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something. (A Writers Guide)” in which she be embodied encouraging, soothing, rousing fierce gentle Mentor of writing craft, to all of us who seek to gather our wits… our wonder and focus, whereby to cultivate and contribute our gifts. susangriffin.com www.counterpointpress.com/books/out-of-silence-sound-out-of-nothing-something The post The Visionary Activist Show – Out of Silence, Sound appeared first on KPFA.

Cultivating Wonder, Curiosity & Biophilia to re-kin with what remains of our Fauna Caroline re-hosts Dan Flores, author of 11 books, including Coyote America, and his most recent Wild New World: the Epic Story of Animals and People in America, Flora Fauna from Pleistocene, 66 million years ago, to now… “deep-time history of animals and humans in North America detailing human-wildlife relations across the continent, the sixth extinction, and the odyssey of species recovery in recent decades.” Elephants, Giant Buffalo, Camels, horses, giant Cats, have been found with arrowheads in their bones – humans on American Continent, hunting fantabulous animals 12,450 years ago…. and destroying our fauna kin in cruel ways, especially the last 500 years… Dan Flores is an American writer and historian who specializes in cultural and environmental studies of the American West. A native of Louisiana, Dan Flores is a writer who presently lives in the Galisteo Valley outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is A. B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of the History of the American West at the University of Montana-Missoula. He is the author of ten books, most recently the New York Times Bestseller, “Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History” (2016), and “American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains” (2016). Dan Flores is an ambassador for Project Coyote, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through education, science and advocacy. Wild New World website 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 – Cultivating Wonder, Curiosity & Biophilia appeared first on KPFA.