community - Blog - SCOCO Network2024-03-29T12:48:34Zhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/communityTransition Palo Alto’s Spring Share Faire, March 15; Interview with deep nature gardens by Willi Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/transition-palo-alto-s-spring-share-faire-march-15-interview-with2015-03-02T16:07:06.000Z2015-03-02T16:07:06.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2247" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_100.jpg?width=505" width="380" class="align-full" height="285" alt="centerspace_100.jpg?width=505" /></a></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Transition Palo Alto’s Spring Share Faire is March 15 at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lucie+Stern+Community+Center/@37.444324,-122.145471,17z/data=%213m1%214b1%214m2%213m1%211s0x808fbb1756cbf3b3:0x8a71097bc2a8df5d">Lucie Stern Community Center</a>, Fireside Room and Patio, Palo Alto, CA. Sunday, March 15, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Included here: Interview with Skill Share presenter Nick Turner of <a href="http://deepnaturegardens.com/">deep nature gardens</a> by Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2247">Planetshifter.com Magazine.</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *<br /><strong><a href="http://transitionpaloalto.org/sharing-expos/">It's the Spring Share Faire!</a></strong></p><p><strong>Bring stuff to share</strong> - garden produce, books, clothes, crafts, toys, etc., AND learn new skills. Plus fun activities for kids!</p><p>We're excited to be holding our first Share Faire at Lucie Stern Community Center. The Fireside Room will give us some wonderful indoor space (and a place to hide from the rain, if only!). The Patio will allow us to spread out, holding many skill shares and sharing lots of goods, as usual.</p><p>We've had quite a few teachers approach us, some who've shared skills before and who have new things to offer, others who are first timers. You'll want to spend a little time visiting them all. And there's certainly room for a couple more: if you have a skill to share, let us know and we'll see if we can fit you in. Contact <strong>Peter Ruddock</strong> (PeterRuddock at yahoo.com) if you are interested.</p><p><strong>Confirmed Skill Shares so far -</strong></p><p><strong>Cecile Andrews</strong>, author of Living Room Revolution, will stir up a little Patio Revolution. She will lead a Conversation Circle about Conversation and Community!</p><p><strong>Tom Kabat</strong> will help with bike maintenance, chain oil and adjustment etc. Bring any parts you want to install (e.g. new brake cable, brake pads, inner-tube etc.) Experienced bike fixer / ergonomic adjuster available to work with you.</p><p><strong>Emily Rosen</strong> CMT, will facilitate massage, working with people in pairs. Sooooothe and connect. Partner up with a friend and learn some great techniques for 10 minute seated massage. We could all use some TLC!</p><p><strong>Amanda Kovattana</strong> will demo simple shoe making skills using readily available hand tools and instructions. As a student shoe maker in her second year, she will speak to her successes and failures and show shoe samples of both.</p><p><strong>Nick Turner</strong> of deep nature gardens ( <strong>see interview below</strong>) will offer pre-sprouted "eco-packs" - small pots containing a variety of interesting plants, many of them not available in nurseries, and he will demonstrate how to create them using planting mix, a pot, and the special "eco-mix" seed mixture. People can make up an eco-pack of their own and take it home for sprouting. There will also be eco-mix in small bottles, useful for boosting the diversity of any nature garden, plus more cool stuff as available.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NeighborsHelpingNeighborsPaloAlto">Neighbors Helping Neighbors</a></strong> (NHN) will be providing some give-a-ways and sharing information about their programs that benefit the community. NHN has a Backyard Program for Gardeners-Beekeepers-Coopsters. Come see their backyard garden program display, receive seeds and more.</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *<br /><strong>Interview with Nick by Willi -</strong></p><p><strong>Is ecosystem farming also called urban agriculture and/or permaculture?</strong></p><p>You can call it that if you want to, but I don't.</p><p>Ecosystem farming can be done in an urban environment, but the urban-ness is not important. It is simply the idea of a farm as an ecosystem, meaning that nothing is wasted and everything gets recycled back into the system. This involves good composting, good soil management, proper lighting and microclimate, and a complete nutrient cycle. Nutrients are given to the world in the form of edible or useful products, and they are received from the world in the form of kitchen scraps for compost, along with other input nutrient streams.</p><p>Permaculture principles are applied in an ecosystem farm because they are valuable basic ideas that have great application in any ecosystem farm, but that does not make every ecosystem farm into a permaculture example. All proper permaculture farms are ecosystem farms, but not all ecosystem farms are permaculture farms. Ecosystem farming also applies to enclosed ecosystems such as bio-enclosed greenhouses where permaculture principles are less prominent.</p><p><strong>How do you teach sustainability at the TPA Spring Share Faire?</strong></p><p>I do not explicitly teach sustainability at the Share Faires. What I share are ways to introduce greater beauty, diversity, and abundance into suburban and rural gardens and farms, using the principles of deep nature gardening and ecosystem farming. Sustainability is a natural outgrowth of this teaching of beauty, diversity, and abundance.</p><p><strong>Species extinction is a huge issue at this time in human history. Are you addressing it at deep nature gardens or other communities?</strong></p><p>Deep nature gardening is all about preserving species diversity. In a deep nature garden we are much more interested in unknown sprouts and unidentified species than we are in any kind of "commercial" plants. In a deep nature garden there is no such thing as a "weed." We celebrate unidentified sprouts and nurture them until they can be identified. Many fascinating, unusual species continue to emerge as this wonderful adventure continues, and many of those unusual, sometimes rare plants end up in client gardens. Of course, all these rare plants attract their own kinds of rare insects and other critters, further increasing the diversity of all of the gardens. All of this helps to preserve the species diversity of Gaia here on Planet Earth.</p><p><strong>Are there small or big rituals in your approach to a sacred or deep Nature garden?</strong></p><p>I do not ever use the word "sacred" in connection with gardens or farms, because there are many people who have various emotional associations with highly colored words like that. Whether a garden is "sacred" is a judgment I leave to the garden's owner. As for rituals, I also leave that up to the garden's owner. What I am all about is preserving and enhancing Gaia's wonderful species diversity, beauty, and abundance. To me on a very personal level that work is definitely "sacred," but I do not force that view onto my clients, and there aren't any particular rituals involved, other than the practical working patterns I use to create and evolve these gardens.</p><p><strong>What are the challenges when constructing an enclosed balcony garden?</strong></p><p>The answer to this depends on the specifics of the balcony. Whether it is enclosed or open, there may be big issues around microclimate. Balcony gardens in general tend to have problems with light, humidity, wind, and temperature. But every balcony is different. Balcony and patio gardens, whether they are enclosed or not, require careful attention to these factors. Each situation is unique.</p><p>Having said that, any kind of container garden has some common issues, including rapid drying, nutrient depletion, and much more. Container gardening can be challenging, especially on a balcony or outdoor patio.</p><p><strong>Can a vegetable patch be a Nature garden?</strong></p><p>Of course! But most veggie patches are far from nature gardens. For it to be a nature garden, it must feature a full, complete ecosystem, including critters that eat the plants, and critters that eat those critters. Since most veggie gardeners prefer not to have aphids or caterpillars in their vegetable patches, they are not nature gardens.</p><p><strong>Is a seed bomb like an eco-pack?</strong></p><p>Seed bombs are tossed into vacant lots by "guerrilla gardeners.” A seed bomb is like an eco-pack in the sense that it is a way to introduce new diversity into an area of soil, but it's different in that an eco-pack is a carefully created collection of plants in one container, resulting from a months-long process of thinning and pruning. A seed bomb is a collection of seeds tossed into an area and then (probably!) forgotten, in the hope that some of those seeds might sprout and survive in the area where it is tossed.</p><p>Eco-packs are carefully evolved and specifically planted in owner-authorized places where their selected plant species have a good chance of growing and becoming naturalized. Seed bombs are far more haphazard, often illegal, and far more random.</p><p><strong>You have many shovels in the ground, Nick! What is a “Local Resilience Ecosystem” vs. a deep Nature garden?</strong></p><p>A Local Resilience Ecosystem is a collection of humans who bring various forms of produced abundance to gatherings where they share that abundance with each other without any form of "value accounting." It is a human activity designed to help all of us become more abundantly, sustainably, prosperous by sharing our produced goodness. There is much more <a href="http://www.meetup.com/local-resilience-ecosystem/about/">here</a>.</p><p>A deep nature garden is an area of the surface of our beloved planet Earth where one or more humans act to create, preserve, and enhance the beauty, diversity, and abundance of the local biological ecosystem.</p><p>Thanks for the good work you are doing.</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *<br /><strong>Nick Turner's Bio -</strong></p><p>After more than three decades as a computer firmware engineer, Nick Turner returned to his deepest roots as an experimental and practical ecosystem gardener. Now he helps people turn ordinary lawns and shrubberies into beautiful, diverse, abundant nature gardens, and he helps to create productive food farms in suburban spaces. The work is called deep nature gardening and ecosystem farming. Nick's current calling as a garden and farm ecology consultant suits his personality far better than cubicle-based software design!</p><p><strong>Connections -</strong></p><p>Nick Turner / <a href="http://deepnaturegardens.com/">deep nature gardens</a><br />nick at mindheart.org<br />land line: 650-323-7864<br />cell: 650-380-0036</p></div>Event Transcription Excerpt and Database - Davis Mythic Roundtable by Bay Area Mythologist and Entrepreneur Willi Paul @ Davis Arts Center, 2/19/15.https://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/event-transcription-excerpt-and-database-davis-mythic-roundtable2015-02-22T17:06:04.000Z2015-02-22T17:06:04.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2245" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_162.png?width=340" width="340" class="align-center" alt="centerspace_162.png?width=340" /></a></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong><a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2245">Event Transcription Excerpt and Database</a> - Davis Mythic Roundtable by Bay Area Mythologist and Entrepreneur Willi Paul @ Davis Arts Center, 2/19/15.</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Paul read one his 66 <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/56">”New Myths</a>” and engineered a live “<a href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/">Myth Lab</a>” exercise that will helped to generate a new myth with the audience.</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Paul is active in the sustainability, permaculture, transition, sacred nature, new alchemy and mythology spaces since the launch of <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/">PlanetShifter.com Magazine</a> on Earth Day 2009.</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Complete Event Transcription</strong> (WORD & mp3) - Available upon Request</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * * *</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Key Davis Mythic Roundtable Discussion Topics-</strong></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">CJ Jung</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">personal transformation</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">solar farm</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">archetypes</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">symbols</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">permaculture</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">new rituals</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">transition</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">alchemy</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Nature</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">journey to a new myth</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">artifact</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Star Wars</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Joseph Campbell</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Paranormal phenomena</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Cascadia</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Costa Rica</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Community</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Hero</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * * *</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Data Archive for Davis Mythic Roundtable -</strong></span><br /><span class="font-size-3">(see pdf files at end of <a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2245" target="_blank">this post</a>)</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-2">* <a href="http://aggievoices.tumblr.com/post/110214246039/mythology-not-as-outdated-as-disney-portrays">Mythology: Not as Outdated as Disney Portrays?</a> Interview with Willi Paul for Davis Mythic Roundtable by Aubrey Harper</span></p><p><span class="font-size-2">* Program Schedule</span></p><p><span class="font-size-2">* Poster</span></p><p><span class="font-size-2">* <a href="http://wp.me/p2JLqK-dt">Permaculture Motel & the Barge 4. Venice Beach, CA. New Myth #41</a> by Willi Paul</span></p><p><span class="font-size-2">* Transcription Excerpt - Davis Mythic Roundtable. 2/19/15</span></p><p><span class="font-size-2">* Davis Mythic Roundtable Program Images (Boards)</span></p><p><span class="font-size-2">* Davis Mythic Roundtable Press Release</span></p></div>Event Transcript – “Tools and Inspiration for Creating New Myths” - A Free Online Roundtable by Willi Paul - 11-18-2014https://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/event-transcript-tools-and-inspiration-for-creating-new-myths-a2014-11-26T20:00:00.000Z2014-11-26T20:00:00.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2229" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8095732855,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="388" height="433" class="align-center" alt="8095732855?profile=original" /></a></strong></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Event Transcript – “Tools and Inspiration for Creating New Myths” - A Free <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2229">Online Roundtable</a> by Willi Paul - 11-18-2014</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2226">Original Post</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Event Transcription </strong>– download the attachment at end of post (pdf)</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * * *</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Key Topics from the Online Roundtable –</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3">+ New Archetypes</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Community as Hero</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ New Myths</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ New Myth vs Old Myth</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Narratives</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Feminine</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Joseph Campbell</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Sustainability</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Depth Psychology Alliance</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Indigenous People</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Permaculture</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Sweat Lodge</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Keystone Pipeline</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">+ Real-time Experience</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Readings –</strong></span></p><p><br /> <span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/TJC/TJC.pdf">”Texting Joseph Campbell - Five Methods to Design New Stories &...</a></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2225">”Nature is not a Ritual”</a> – Online Roundtable Topic</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/cascadia/cascadia.pdf">”CASCADIA: Community Mythology in Global Transition”</a> - The Online Roundtable Reader</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * * *</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Facilitator</strong> <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1422">Bio</a> -</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Participants -</strong></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Bonnie Bright - bonniebright @ depthinsights.com</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Willi Paul - willipaul1 @ gmail.com</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Aleksander Malecic - aleks.malecic @ yahoo.com</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Douglas Williamson – williamsondouglas @ yahoo.com</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Julia – Julia @ juliawiddop.com</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Mama D – mamadimensions @ gmail.com</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Nanci Bern – nkbern @ earthlink.net</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Myra Jackson - mljack19 @ gmail.com</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Gail Thomas - e2gail @ bellsouth.net</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Theresa - theresa.jump @ gmail.com</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3">Ros Baker – roslynisalways @ gmail.com</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Sponsors -</strong></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/">Depth Psychology Alliance</a> - New Global Mythology Group</span><br /> <span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/">Planetshifter.com Magazine</a></span><br /> <span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://newmythologist.com/">NewMythologist.com</a></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><a target="_blank">Event Transcription – “Tools and Inspiration for Creating New Myths” - A Free Online Roundtable by Willi Paul - 2014-11-18.pdf</a></span></p></div>“Nature is not a Ritual” – Online Roundtable Topic by Willi Paul, CommunityAlchemy.comhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/nature-is-not-a-ritual-online-roundtable-topic-by-willi-paul2014-11-01T20:30:00.000Z2014-11-01T20:30:00.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label"></div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_132.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-standard align-center" /></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>“Nature is not a Ritual” – <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2878154566581551362">Online Roundtable</a> Topic by Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2225">CommunityAlchemy.com</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Definitions -</strong></p><p>A <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual">ritual</a></strong> is a semi-regular gathering of family or community members that share a Nature-based experience, value or dream often associated with local roles and traditions.</p><p>“ <strong><a href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/">Mythic imprinting</a></strong>” is an iterative and transmutative process is grounded in the initiation, journey and hero triad from Joseph Campbell and is one way that neighborhood artifacts can help neighbors generate new songs, poems and myths. (W. Paul)</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p><strong>Consider three types of ritual -</strong></p><p><strong>1. Nature Rituals</strong></p><p>* Nature is not a ritual but a spirit. She teaches us about ecology, seasonal cycles, beauty, and the Sacred.</p><p>* Nature is best experienced as “embedded” with our families.” Not inside a building but in the outdoors.</p><p>* Symbols drive the schedule: fall leaves, snow piles, sprouting seeds, our harvest table.</p><p><strong>2. Human + Nature Rituals</strong></p><p>* Bond fires, picnics, camping, star gazing, catch and release on a trout stream.</p><p>* Human + Nature ceremonies are best local, decentralized experiences; consider a <a href="http://www.patheos.com/Library/Pagan/Ritual-Worship-Devotion-Symbolism/Rites-and-Ceremonies.html">pagan rites</a>?</p><p>* We kill, drag and then hang ornaments on Christmas Trees. Human + Nature ritual.</p><p><strong>3. Human Rituals</strong></p><p>* Humans are Nature ritual digesters and morphers. Nature is a raw ritual source too often tamed and controlled.</p><p>* We need to build shared rituals based on love and tolerance not selfish consumption and conquest for the Popes and CEO’s.</p><p>* Humans rituals have been devised over the Centuries to punish and control many cultures with a top-down, rules-driven “pseudo ritual” agenda.</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2157">5 New Nature-based Rituals for the Permaculture Transition -</a></p><p><strong>Abundance Dance</strong> (Celebrating Nature)<br /> Winter<br /> Multi-stage art & music festival</p><p><strong>Compost Festival</strong> (Seed Sharing & Harvest Share)<br /> Spring & Fall<br /> Planting Tools, Dirt and Food Meet-up</p><p><strong>Annual Cascadia Convergence</strong> (Concert)<br /> Late Fall<br /> Big Education and Networking Event</p><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><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><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p><strong>Discussion Questions -</strong></p><p>* What are the connective tissues that can spawn new Human + Nature-based rituals? Is this social DNA lost?</p><p>* What symbols dominate our rituals now? What does that crucifixion really mean on your chain?</p><p>* Consider technology, sports, fast food. If such unhealthy, short-term consumption is not a ritual, how does this behavior impact the creation of new Nature + Human rituals?</p><p>* Is the long-practiced behavior of littering an anti-Nature ritual or more of a bad habit?</p><p>* Can we watch and celebrate Nature on our devices – as short-term, downloaded rituals?</p><p>* Offer an example of how we currently experience a common religious holiday as a ritual?</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p><strong>Please join us for the Nov 18th 2014 Online Roundtable: “Tools and Inspiration for Creating New Myths.” A Free Online Roundtable. Please Register Here:</strong><br /> <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2878154566581551362" title="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2878154566581551362">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2878154566581551362</a></p><p><strong>“CASCADIA: Community Mythology in Global Transition” - Download the “Online Roundtable Reader”</strong> <br /> <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2224" title="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2224">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2224</a></p><p><strong>"Texting Joseph Campbell" - “Five Methods to Design New Stories & Myths”</strong> eBook for this: <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2222" title="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2222">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2222</a></p><p></p></div>“CASCADIA: Community Mythology in Global Transition” - Download the ”Online Roundtable Reader”. By Willi Paul, NewMythologist.comhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/cascadia-community-mythology-in-global-transition-download-the2014-10-29T18:44:18.000Z2014-10-29T18:44:18.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field-label"> </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2224" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_130.png?width=416" width="416" class="align-center" alt="centerspace_130.png?width=416" /></a></div></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>“CASCADIA: Community Mythology in Global Transition” - Download the <a href="http://communityalchemy.com/cascadia/cascadia.pdf">”Online Roundtable Reader”</a>. By Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2224">NewMythologist.com</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p><strong>2 Free Downloads -</strong></p><p>2014 <strong><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/cascadia/cascadia.pdf">Online Roundtable Reader</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/TJC/TJC.pdf">Texting Joseph Campbell - Five Methods to Design New Stories & ...</a></strong></p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p><strong>2014 Online Roundtable FAQ -</strong></p><p><strong>Title</strong>: Tools and Inspiration for Creating New Myths.<br />A Free Online Roundtable by Willi Paul<br /><strong>Date / Time</strong>: November 18th @ 5:00 – 6:30 PM PST</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2878154566581551362">Click to Register</a></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Why should you participate?</strong> <br />Be part of the re-birth of Mythology and discuss the power of new symbols, archetypes, and rituals.</p><p></p><p><strong>Roundtable Terms -</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Archetypes</strong> – Conscious and/or subconscious sources? Are there <strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2194">new archetypes</a></strong> for the age?</p><p><strong>Symbols</strong> – Are there <strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1908">new symbols</a></strong> that are connected to environmental issues?</p><p><strong>Ritual</strong> – Are <strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2157">new seasonal and yearly rites and rituals</a></strong> evident? Where do they come from?</p><p><strong>Alchemy</strong> – How are a <strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1900">change factor?</a></strong></p><p>Joseph Campbell’s <strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1399">Initiation, Journey and Hero</a></strong> – Can your community be the hero?</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p>Facilitator <strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1422">Bio</a></strong></p><p>Contact Willi @ pscompub at gmail.com</p></div>Collective Manifestation: A Heart to Heart with Willi Paul and Melissa Wadsworth from Planetshifter.com Magazinehttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/collective-manifestation-a-heart-to-heart-with-willi-paul-and2014-10-08T13:21:26.000Z2014-10-08T13:21:26.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p><div id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_6_1412367314820_4" class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24676" style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><b id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_20001" class="yiv6575284594"><span id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_8_1412367314820_38">Collective Manifestation:</span> </b></span></div><div class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24676" style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><b class="yiv6575284594">A Heart to Heart with Willi Paul and Author Melissa Wadsworth</b></span></div><div class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24680" style="text-align:center;"><b class="yiv6575284594"> </b></div><div class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24683" style="text-align:center;"><b class="yiv6575284594" id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_20562">excerpt:</b></div><div class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24685" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24687" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24689" id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_17939" style="text-align:center;"><b class="yiv6575284594">Willi: </b><span class="yiv6575284594" id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_6_1412367314820_51">How do traditional prayers (ritual) at meal or bedtime play a role in our society today? As you write: "Rituals are a way to experience more shared daily meaning." Are prayers the "right" ritual to build faith and community?</span></div><div class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24693" style="text-align:center;"></div><div id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_17930" class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24694" style="text-align:center;"><b class="yiv6575284594"> </b></div><div class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24697" style="text-align:center;"><span class="yiv6575284594"><b class="yiv6575284594">Melissa:</b> </span>Yes I'm sure that there are segments of society who still find traditional prayer at meals and bedtime a comforting and meaningful ritual. In regards to Collective Manifestation, my experience is that ritual (of any sort) can be used to reinforce intention, to organize co-creative practices and processes, for celebration, and as a way to affirm spirituality. Ritual can be an embodiment of intention (about how to live, how to receive, how to give, and so forth). Ritual can be used as a way to make room for new possibility. For instance, with my New Village 22 group, the ritual of meditative visioning on the new and full moons helps focus us and keeps us progressing with the processes we have decided to use for manifestation.<span id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_8_1412367314820_18" class="yiv6575284594"> </span></div><div class="yiv6575284594 yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_24701" style="text-align:center;"><span id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_8_1412367314820_23" class="yiv6575284594"> </span></div><div class="yiv6575284594" style="text-align:center;"><span id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_8_1412367314820_20" class="yiv6575284594"><span id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_20081" class="yiv6575284594"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2218" id="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_20084" class="yiv6575284594" name="yiv6575284594yui_3_16_0_1_1412367314820_20084">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2218</a></span></span></div><div class="yiv6575284594" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="yiv6575284594" style="text-align:center;"><span class="yiv6575284594"><span class="yiv6575284594"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2218" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8095728457,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="385" class="align-center" height="379" alt="8095728457?profile=original" /></a></span></span></div></div>“Soil & Spirit: Quakers & Permaculture” By Willi Paul, CommunityAlchemy.comhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/soil-spirit-quakers-permaculture-by-willi-paul-communityalchemy2014-09-09T17:00:00.000Z2014-09-09T17:00:00.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="field-items" style="text-align:center;"><div class="field-item odd"><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2212" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_52.jpg?width=499" width="499" alt="centerspace_52.jpg?width=499" /></a></span></div></div></div><p style="text-align:center;"></p><p style="text-align:center;"></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>“Soil & Spirit: Quakers & Permaculture”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>By Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2212">CommunityAlchemy.com</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>“Having become a Quaker in 1978, <a href="http://quaker.org.nz/rosemary-morrow">Rowe</a> realized that there was a correspondence between Quakerism and <a href="http://www.patternliteracy.com/permaculture-reference/ethics-and-principles/">permaculture</a>. They had in common: care for people, simplicity, community, ethical use of money and right livelihood. They both render infinite positive outcomes when practiced.”</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p></p><p>As a low dogma and universal practice, a <strong>Quaker & Permaculture union</strong> could increase community building and action on a host of issues like increasing community gardens and educating the public about the danger of oil on rail and GMOs. A team-up can add vigor, expertise and support for event design, outreach and implementation.</p><p></p><p>The best reasons for this collaboration? Making Friends and the co-enjoyment of <strong>Nature, Song and Spirit.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p></p><p>In my 20’s, I attended many Quaker Meetings as I “ <strong>travelogued</strong>” across the country and each Meeting took me in and shared their love and Light. My silent meditations brought peace and sustainable reflection.</p><p></p><p>Gentle, thoughtful, anti-war and wary of authority, the Society of Friends or Quakers, remains a sane and green hearted group seeking connections to make a just world. Quaker values are aligned with the ethics and principles in permaculture. At the heart of a <a href="http://www.sffriendsschool.org/about-us/quaker-values">Friends school education</a> are the Quaker values, or “testimonies,” of Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality and Stewardship:</p><p></p><p><strong>+ Simplicity</strong> - Clearing the way for deeper engagement in ourselves, our community, and our education</p><p><strong>+ Peace</strong> – Creating peace in ourselves and our community</p><p><strong>+ Integrity</strong> – Being true to oneself and one's values and honest with others</p><p><strong>+ Community</strong> – Respecting and valuing every person's place in our lives</p><p><strong>+ Equality</strong> – Respecting every person's right to fairness and respect</p><p><strong>+ Stewardship</strong> – Valuing the gifts we have been given</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p></p><p><strong>Consider this synergy</strong>: <a href="http://www.quakerearthcare.org/deepen-spirituality">Quaker Earthcare Witness</a> is different from organizations that come from a purely environmental standpoint in that they seek to improve their relationship with the Earth by respecting all creation. They feel that a spiritual need rests at the heart of our current environmental crises and that by applying Friends’ ways and testimonies, they can bring a voice of connection, reflection, deepening, and right action to today’s environmental concerns.</p><p></p><p><strong>Query</strong>: How can we help each other?</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.quakerearthcare.org/">Quaker Earthcare Witness</a></strong><br /> Info at quakerearthcare.org</p><p></p></div>“Grid Town” (Permaculture Station) for the Post-Chaos Era + SYMBO Message 1.0 [video]. New Myth #65. By Willi Paul, Community Alchemy.comhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/grid-town-permaculture-station-for-the-post-chaos-era-symbo2014-08-28T12:29:31.000Z2014-08-28T12:29:31.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label"></div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_103.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-standard align-center" /></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>“Grid Town” (Permaculture Station) for the Post-Chaos Era + SYMBO Message 1.0 [video]. New Myth #65. By Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2208">Community Alchemy.com</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>No one can predict how global warming will roll-out. It is our <strong>man-made, anti-Mother Nature monster cross to bear</strong> and any settlement types after the Chaos Era ends will need to be well-panned, compact, secure and localized.</p><p></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2208" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2208</a></span></p></div>The Adventures of Permaculture Willi 3: “The Bababerry Trellis Prayer”. New Myth # 57 by Willi Paul, NewMythologist.comhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-adventures-of-permaculture-willi-3-the-bababerry-trellis2014-07-09T21:03:48.000Z2014-07-09T21:03:48.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>The Adventures of Permaculture Willi 3:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>“The Bababerry Trellis Prayer”.</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>New Myth # 57 by Willi Paul, NewMythologist.com</strong></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Please enjoy the first two adventures of P-Willi:</strong></p><p></p><p><em><a href="http://openmythsource.com/2014/06/12/the-adventures-of-permaculture-willi-p-willi-the-glowing-labyrinth-new-myth-55-pilot-kickstarter-by-willi-paul-planetshifter-com-magazine/">The Adventures of Permaculture Willi (“P-Willi”): The Glowing Labyrinth. New Myth #55</a></em></p><p></p><p><em><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2192">The Adventures of Permaculture Willi 2: Contest to ReCreate the Permaculture Logo. New Myth #56</a></em></p><p></p><p></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2195" target="_blank"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8095727099,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" height="451" alt="8095727099?profile=original" /></a></p><p><strong>P-Willi's Local Permaculture Network</strong></p><p></p><p>Perm-Willi’s Dad C.J. is a big cool help around the garden. He’s down with fence repair and food harvesting and thinks “eco-alchemy” when they turn the chicken and duck manure into the compost bins. He is the top soil builder in the neighborhood, too! Her pops is always telling visitors about composting, re-use and re-cycling. <strong>Sustainability!</strong></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2195" target="_blank"><img width="750" src="" height="353" class="align-center" alt="" /></a></p><p align="center"><strong>P-Willi's Garden</strong></p><p align="center"></p><p>P-Willi extracts this in a search for <a href="http://chriscondello.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/practical-permaculture-the-vegetarian-compost-conundrum/">data on organic composting</a> from her console:</p><p><br />“In the temperate zone, all high-carbon, slow to break down material should be shredded. The more surface area you can create on your material, the faster it will break down. Shredding is not just about creating surface area; it is about facilitating the handling and turning of the compost pile. Straw and large branches tend to get tangled around each other, this will make the turning of your pile damn near impossible… The smaller your material… The better… Ideally, a compost pile should be flipped every two days… But once in a while will work fine… It’s better than never…”</p><p></p><p>“So P, what are some of the current challenges to the <b>world domination of permaculture</b>?” he jived from the hammock.</p><p></p><p>“Limits to Permaculture? Maybe that it’s slow to expand to new users; that it’s underfunded and not yet widespread in school curriculums?”</p><p></p><p>“OK. You are always harping on solutions. Solve these three!” shouted C.J.</p><p></p><p>“It’s a simple matter of sex appeal – and outdoing the competition! I think we need more “garden test gadgets!” Push more funding from crowdfunding, perhaps? The school programs? Communities need to gang-up on their local governments and school districts. Permaculture courses are stuck in the for-fee teaching model. BAD! We all need to be experts and Heroes, not just the <b>righteous few early adopters</b>!”</p><p></p><p>P-Willi heads off to the chicken coop to see if she had eggs to sell on her Berkeley Hills listserv.</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p></p><p>Our Hero is meditating a lot these days on what she calls the “<strong>ritual of weeding.</strong> ” With her orange day glow knee pads, bibs, gloves and straw hat, she is the alien food captain on a yurt capital with some 50 plant beings and supporting permie infrastructure. If she could get her parents to approve a tattoo on her back, it would scrawl: “<strong>Localization</strong>.” It’s all about serving her neighborhood first with education and organic garden products.</p><p></p><p><strong>Share the work and the bounty.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p></p><p>“Some <a href="http://cagardenweb.ucanr.edu/Berries/Raspberries/">red raspberry varieties</a> have long, slender canes that must be tied. They can be staked or tied to a trellis. Set the trellis posts 15' to 30' apart and run wires between them. Raspberries are best adapted to the cool coastal climates of California, where they grow in full sun. Two cultivars, Bababerry and Oregon 1030, partially tolerate the heat of the southern and central valleys of California. Most varieties can also be grown in the hot interior valleys with some afternoon shade. Raspberry cultivars can be divided into four groups, based on their fruit color: red, golden-yellow, black, and purple. Red cultivars are by far the most common.”</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2195" target="_blank"><img src="" width="437" class="align-center" alt="" /></a></p><p align="center"><b>The Community Labyrinth @ West Berkeley</b></p><p align="center"></p><p>Saturday at the Labyrinth. A small work party has gathered to build a circular Bababerry (Red Raspberry) Trellis in the middle ring of the community Labyrinth. With donated recycled wood and old wire from the neighborhood, P-Willi and crew engage in one of her favorite actions: “ <strong>the Collaborative Sharing Ritual!</strong> ”</p><p></p><p>Symbol of resilience, protection, boundary, the trellis and its fruit to come is a barter / give back thing, fixing an ancient Nature spirit with the land; a “Nature / Tech / Art / Be” thing.</p><p></p><p>“Can you say: “ <strong>A Maximizing Yield Showcase?</strong> ” laughs P-Willi!</p><p></p><p>Working with Dad, her project manager on this one, gets P-Willi just what she needs:</p><p></p><p><strong>Experience DNA Transfer.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2195" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8095726890,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="309" class="align-center" height="337" alt="8095726890?profile=original" /></a></p><p align="center"><span class="font-size-2"><strong>Trellis Design @ Labyrinth</strong></span></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">* * * * * * *</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>The Bababerry Trellis Prayer</strong></span></p><p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Labyrinth Map</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Sun & Moon Glow</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Trellis Hands</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Soulful Sounds</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">Labor Fruit Share</span><br /><span class="font-size-3">This Community Dream</span></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">* * * * * * *</p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2195" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8095727474,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="155" class="align-full" height="188" alt="8095727474?profile=original" /></a></p></div>The Garden Symbol in Old & New Mythology. A Resource for Teachers. By Willi Paul, NewMythology.comhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-garden-symbol-in-old-new-mythology-a-resource-for-teachers-by2014-06-18T20:58:52.000Z2014-06-18T20:58:52.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2189" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_59.png" class="align-center" alt="centerspace_59.png" /></a></div></div></div><p style="text-align:center;"></p><p style="text-align:center;"></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>The Garden Symbol in Old & New Mythology. A Resource for Teachers. By Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2189"><span>NewMythology.com</span></a></strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Garden Symbols - Old Mythology</strong></span></p><p></p><p>• Garden of Eden</p><p>• Food as Sacred Spiritual<br />• Nature as Food Source – Hunt and Gather<br />• Family Garden<br />• Cemetery – Formal Garden for Picnics & Souls<br />• Religious or Government Courtyard / Atrium – Entry to Authority<br />• English Garden – Botanic Garden – Nature Preserves – Nature Exhibitions for Wealthy<br />• Neighborhood Store then Super Market – Grown, Packaged and Trucked-in Nature<br />• Big Agriculture (workers are slaves, pesticides, corp. take-over of family farms)<br />• Engineered Environments – Dubai<br />• GMO – Generically Manufactured Organisms<br />• Global Warming – Drought on Earth</p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Garden Symbols - New Mythology</strong></span></p><p><br />• Farmers Market<br />• Flea Market<br />• Wild Flower Garden - Bees<br />• Community Farm (CSA)<br />• Urban Rooftop Garden<br />• Gaia<br />• Permaculture - Food Forest</p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Discussion Topics:</strong></span></p><p><br />1. What is foundation for humankind’s domination of Nature as reflected in Man-made Gardens and Landscapes?</p><p></p><p>2. How did the creation and integration of Nature spaces over time occur?</p><p></p><p>3. Where did our need to nurture Nature come from?</p><p></p><p>4. Describe the need for consumption of Nature vs. bringing a loving spirit to Nature and design?</p><p></p><p>5. When did the Earth become a dump site? Where are these dumps sited today and why?</p><p></p><p>6. Is Gaia now a Universal idea? Can we view Mother Nature as Global Garden?</p><p></p><p>7. What is a Food Forest? Is this a spiritual place? Can this be in your backyard or neighborhood?</p><p></p><p>8. Are organized religions, including cemetery owners, treating Nature as second rate; an auger for profit?</p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-2">9. <strong>Lessons vs. Sources:</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span>Lessons</span> (old mythology) – are we bent over and lost from time worn and capricious directions from classic myths? Can we learn from our mistakes?</p><p></p><p><span>Sources</span> (new mythology) – as we create new myths, rituals, can we get new gardens and dreams? Are we open to the possibilities?</p><p></p><p>10. Is a “tipping point” useful in this mythological transition?</p><p><br />11. The curve is going the wrong way as global warming splits mankind toward a dangerous Nature-killing horizon. Can the new garden symbols and mythologies fix this? How?</p></div>Momentum: eBook 14 - New Alchemy By Willi Paul, New Mythologist.comhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/momentum-ebook-14-new-alchemy-by-willi-paul-new-mythologist-com2014-02-15T16:27:54.000Z2014-02-15T16:27:54.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/eBook14/eBook14.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="" width="505" class="align-center" alt="" /></a></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Momentum: eBook 14 - New Alchemy</strong></span><br /><span class="font-size-4">By Willi Paul, New Mythologist.com</span></p><p><span class="font-size-4">ESSAYS & VIDEOS</span></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Download</strong>: <a href="http://communityalchemy.com/eBook14/eBook14.pdf">Momentum: eBook 14 - New Alchemy</a></span></p></div>We are the Stories We Need -- Myth Lab eBook 12 New Myths #38 – #48 by Willi Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/we-are-the-stories-we-need-myth-lab-ebook-12-new-myths-38-48-by2013-09-12T15:58:52.000Z2013-09-12T15:58:52.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align:center;"></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/ebook12/eBook12.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/centerspace1.jpg?w=353&h=456&width=273" width="273" alt="centerspace1.jpg?w=353&h=456&width=273" /></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong><span><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/ebook12/eBook12.pdf" target="_blank"><span>Myth Lab eBook 12</span></a></span></strong></span></p><h1 style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-3">New Myths #38 – #48</span></h1><p style="text-align:center;"> <b>Artifact </b><b>> Alchemy > Imprintation > Community</b></p><p> </p><p><b>Why we need new myths, poems, songs, and rituals?</b></p><p></p><p><i>“</i><a href="http://www.theopinionatedartist.com/2013/06/the-new-mythology-of-life.html"><b><i>Just before his death</i></b></a><i> 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.”</i></p><p></p><p>Long-held institutions like the Catholic Church and governments like the City of Detroit have failed while corporations are fighting each other to frack our land and steal water rights. Capitalism will surely fail in the near term as climate changes raises the stakes on who has food to eat and land to live on. <b>We are the </b><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/"><b>Chaos Era</b></a><b>.</b></p><p></p><p><b> </b><b>We are running ourselves into the ground.</b></p><p></p><p>What now? A so-called <b>Transition Era</b>. 50 – 75 years from now what will our children believe? Sing? Will they find <a href="http://openmythsource.com/2013/01/05/new-animation-model-case-study-for-transition-children-by-willi-paul-newmythologist-com/"><b>the tools</b></a> and a healthy spirit to build a new world culture, based on sustainability values, local connections and alternative tools like permaculture and green technology? Or just more disposable gadgets and online communities driven by selfishness and advertising?</p><p>I believe processes like Myth Lab can pull us together – and past the darkness we face.</p><p></p><p><b> </b><b>Myth Lab</b> <a href="http://youtu.be/hfPS5EJxocM"><b>is a filter, a mapping process</b></a> to a new world that is coming quickly:</p><p><b><i> </i></b></p><h1 align="center"><span><b><i>Describe the present > implement the mythic > work a global dream</i></b></span></h1></div>SunDial Tribe @ Cascadia. New Myth #48 by Willi Paul, openmythsource.comhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/sundial-tribe-cascadia-new-myth-48-by-willi-paul-openmythsource2013-08-15T01:30:00.000Z2013-08-15T01:30:00.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><span class="font-size-4">SunDial Tribe @ Cascadia. New Myth #48</span><br /> <span class="font-size-4">by Willi Paul, <a href="http://wp.me/p14SHM-SU" target="_blank">openmythsource.com</a></span></p><p></p><p><b>HISTORY > RETROFIT</b></p><p></p><p>The old train watch tower in the center of the Tribe circle and food forest was retrofitted over ten years ago with a lighthouse lens from a Bolinas, CA antique store. Legend has it that good spirits came with the 305 lb. orb, a beacon that generates more than shadows and a safe path home. The “Watch Tower” as the Tribe calls it, is a copy of a Detroit rail road look-out hut that was manned in support of human track switching much preferred over an electronic hand (and mandated by local law).</p><p></p><p><b>SITE MAPPING > ZONES</b></p><p></p><p><b>The tower has a three-part functionality:</b></p><p></p><p>(A) Light / Shadow Beacon – During a sunny Cascadia day the structure spills a shadow on rough stone bollards and around the sundial so the community can orchestrate their schedules and chores. At night, a security light shines in four directions to help guide travelers and vendors.</p><p>(B) Pigeon Coop – guano for the garden and the traditional winged-mail</p><p>(C) Tool Locker – permaculture tools like shovels, spades, twine</p><p></p><p><b>In four quadrants, the food forest is mostly fruit trees with some leafy greens and flowers woven in. Adjacent to the circular food forest, four outer land uses have been established:</b></p><p></p><p>(A) Horse Corral – these animals include donkeys and pull the small carts on the rail way.</p><p>(B) Compost Mill – including the pigeon guano, horse manure and human waste for soil making and barter.</p><p>(C) Food Production – honey bees are here as is tofu and jam making spaces,</p><p>(D) Barter’s Market – Tribes share more than their neighbor’s food at the weekly Sunday market!</p><p>Their oasis or Tribal hub is sandwiched on the north and south sides of the property by rail tracks that go east or travel west to the coast.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://wp.me/p14SHM-SU"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3406 align-center" alt="plan new myth #48" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/plan-new-myth-48.png?w=640&h=489" width="529" height="404" /></a></p><p></p><p><b>INVITATION > COMMUNITY SHARE</b></p><p></p><p><b>Helios:</b> “But I still don’t how light is emanating from that tower every night! There is no power source”</p><p><b>Rache:</b> “Surely there are some things that even a big time permaculturist can’t explain!”</p><p></p><p>The Tribe has its share of irascible teenagers and these two are the driving contours of their click. Helios loves to care for the large animals and earns riding chits almost daily. The integration of the Tribe’s horses as transportation engines, and in the compost chemistry, are legend. Rache, more a people person with a sharp eye and smile for barter and quality in general. Many see these two on the Tribal Council some day.</p><p></p><p>As the SunDial Tribe retrofitted the rail way, many unforeseen communication and commerce opportunities were discovered and “rolled-out.” Library books now come and go back thru a loaner program from Eugene. Fish from the Pacific and inland streams go to market once or twice a month. Letters and packages go on rails.</p><p></p><p>During harvest rituals, the SunDial is lit with bee wax candles and turned in to a dance space. Meals are eaten on the four paths and songs are performed from the high room in the tower.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://wp.me/p14SHM-SU"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3407 align-center" alt="lighthouse lens" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/lighthouse-lens.jpg?w=207&h=263" width="157" height="199" /></a></p><p></p><p></p></div>“Myth Lab Live @ NW Permaculture Convergence 2013, Forest Grove, OR” : Report from Willi Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/myth-lab-live-nw-permaculture-convergence-2013-forest-grove-or2013-08-10T19:30:00.000Z2013-08-10T19:30:00.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p><div class="entry-content"><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAxn9n5tz1k&feature=youtu.be"><img class="wp-image-3378 alignnone" alt="process model" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/process-model.png?w=448&h=334" width="448" height="334" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“<a title="Myth Lab Live - NW Permaculture Convergence 2013 by Willi Paul" href="http://youtu.be/hfPS5EJxocM">Myth Lab Live</a> @ NW Permaculture Convergence 2013,</strong><br /> <strong>Forest Grove, OR” : Report from Willi Paul</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong> </strong><em>“<a href="http://www.theopinionatedartist.com/2013/06/the-new-mythology-of-life.html">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></p><p></p><h3><strong>Summary</strong></h3><p></p><p><a title="Myth Lab Main Site by Willi Paul" href="http://wp.me/P14SHM-OX" target="_blank"><b>Myth Lab</b></a> is a collaborative workshop that transforms an <a title="Artifact Myth Lab #7 by Willi Paul" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAxn9n5tz1k&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><b>Artifact</b></a> (i.e. – nature walk, street graffiti or a short story for example) with a five stage deductive process using Permaculture and Transition principles, Nature and alchemy. Each Myth Lab critiques the present state of our ecosystem and offers a positive way to vision the future. The product of this process is a <a title="New Myths by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1855" target="_blank"><b>New Myth</b></a>.</p><p></p><p><a title="8 Elements of New Myths by Willi Paul" href="http://youtu.be/hfPS5EJxocM" target="_blank"><b>8 Key Elements in the New Mythology </b></a>includes:</p><p>1. Localization – back to sustainability and community; self-sufficiency</p><p>2. Nature- Centric</p><p>3. Spiritual</p><p>4. Future-based</p><p>5. Universal themes(s) and message</p><p>6. Para-Normal in conflict or characters</p><p>7. Initiation, Journey and Hero</p><p>8. Permaculture & Transition: values and principles</p><p></p><p><strong>Integral </strong>to the Myth Lab experience is <a title="Mythic Imprintation by Willi Paul" href="http://wp.me/P14SHM-OX" target="_blank"><b>Mythic Imprintation</b></a>, a creative stage that helps participants recognize and incorporate symbology, sounds, alchemy and visioning to re-purpose the Artifact into a mythic landscape.</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p></p><p><a href="http://youtu.be/hfPS5EJxocM"><img class="size-full wp-image-3426 alignnone" alt="screenshotwilli" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenshotwilli.png?w=640" /></a></p><p></p><p>At the NW Permaculture Convergence <a title="NW Permaculture Convergence Myth Lab Live Event by Willi Paul" href="http://youtu.be/hfPS5EJxocM" target="_blank"><strong>Myth Lab</strong></a>, the Artifact combined a photo of a Detroit rail yard watch tower with and<b> a soundtrack</b>. Please see the YouTube Video. In the introduction, the group offered their insights in “<b>What is Myth? </b>and<b> </b>do you have any<b>Personal experiences with Myth?</b>” Some of our responses included:</p><p></p><ul><li>Story with a moral</li><li>Mystery</li><li>Wonder & Adventure</li><li>Fairy Worlds</li><li>Ancient Mythos – rites of passage</li><li>Archetypes (2)</li><li>Hero, Journey, Community</li><li>Community Accepted / Handed Down</li><li>Animals that Represent Humans</li><li>Gathering of Tribes</li><li>Vital Information</li><li>Origin Stories – Underground</li><li>Explore the Shadow</li><li>Is Permaculture the New Pantheon?</li><li>Translating classic myths with new names and struggles</li></ul><p>The Myth Lab <strong><a href="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/hand-out-myth-lab-7-willi-paul.pdf">Hand-out</a></strong> guided the participants thru the <b>five stage process</b> of discovery, including <b>describing the Artifact two components</b>. We found the following:</p><p></p><p><b>Watch Tower (jpg)</b></p><ul><li>Lonely</li><li>Stark</li><li>Foreboding</li><li>See Dr. Seuss “Borax”</li><li>Exile</li><li>Leftover</li><li>Bare Tree</li><li>Community Power Box</li><li>Telephone Pole</li><li>Signal poles</li><li>Railroad Tracks</li><li>Prison</li></ul><p><b> “Moonglow & Brokenglass” (mp3)</b></p><ul><li>Powering Up</li><li>Magic moment</li><li>Hope</li><li>60 MHz hum (persuasive, bad)</li><li>Car going by</li><li>Sawing</li><li>Happy ending</li><li>Exploring</li><li>Interrupted</li><li>Tension</li><li>Fake Happiness</li><li>Disturbing</li></ul><p><strong>In Stage 4</strong>, Myth Lab crew began the task of <strong>building <a href="http://wp.me/p14SHM-SU" target="_blank">New Myth # 48</a></strong> with their Intro Data, Artifact Descriptions, and Mythic Imprinting:</p><p></p><ul><li>Watch Tower as a look-out / guard tower, tool shed, alchemy lab meditation and Sun Dial</li><li>Surrounded by Food Forest</li><li>Rails are maintained as a material crop transport system</li><li>A Tribe lives here</li><li>Using pigeons for communication</li><li>Tower holds a new power source</li><li>Horse power</li><li>Compost production</li><li>Retreat center for region</li></ul><h3><span class="font-size-4">Assignment!</span></h3><p></p><p><a href="http://wp.me/p14SHM-SU"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3406 align-center" alt="plan new myth #48" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/plan-new-myth-48.png?w=640&h=489" width="572" height="437" /></a></p><p></p><p>In <a title="New Myth #48 by Willi Paul" href="http://wp.me/p14SHM-SU" target="_blank"><strong>New Myth #48</strong></a>, what does the Tower, rail way and Food Forest symbolize? How are they integrated? How is the Tribe creating and implementing new mythology?</p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><h4><span class="font-size-1">Willi Paul</span><br /> <span class="font-size-1">New Mythologist & Transition Entrepreneur</span><br /> <span class="font-size-1">newmythologist.com | PlanetShifter.com Magazine | openmythsource.com</span><br /> <span class="font-size-1">@planetshifter @openmythsource @newmythologist</span><br /> <span class="font-size-1">415-407-4688 | pscompub at gmail.com</span></h4></div></div>“2013 Myth Labs in SF & Portland.” Presented by Willi Paul, NewMythologist.com & openmythsource.comhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/2013-myth-labs-in-sf-portland-presented-by-willi-paul2013-07-16T19:30:00.000Z2013-07-16T19:30:00.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><h2><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Myth Lab</strong> is designed as an interactive, open source and iterative experience. We need to build our own messages and new myths to support new community, food and governance systems. Examples and process details on the five stage process can be found at the <a href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" target="_blank">Myth Lab website</a>.</span></h2><p></p><p>Each Myth Lab gathering starts with an actual neighborhood place or artifact for neighborhood activists and media savory collaborators where participants spend ~ 60 minutes analyzing a pre-selected Artifact to produce a new myth. Please see <a href="http://openmythsource.com/2013/06/20/mythic-visions-rituals-a-free-collaborative-event-goal-write-a-new-nature-myth-based-on-the-tree-of-life-mural-chicano-park-san-diego-ca-willi-paul-newmythologist-com/">Myth Lab #5</a> and <a href="http://openmythsource.com/2013/07/09/land-sky-river-stars-new-myth-46-by-willi-paul-newmythologist-com/">New Myth # 46</a> as an example of a New Myth. A process model is included that illustrates mythic imprinting with more depth. The goal for Myth Lab is to integrate permaculture, transition, Nature and sustainability with the values and struggles of the Chaos Era.</p><h1><b><a href="http://openmythsource.com/2013/07/15/myth-lab-6-in-the-garden/">Myth Lab in the Garden</a></b></h1><p><a href="http://openmythsource.com/2013/07/15/myth-lab-6-in-the-garden/"><img class="wp-image-3341 alignleft" alt="myth lab image for PTG web site" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/myth-lab-image-for-ptg-web-site.png?w=286&h=300" width="286" height="300" /></a></p><p><a title="Please Touch Garden, SF" href="http://pleasetouchgarden.org/MythLab.html" target="_blank"><strong>Please Touch Community Garden</strong></a></p><p>165 Grove Street<br /> San Francisco, CA<br /> Saturday, July 20<br /> 11:00 am to 1:00 pm</p><p></p><p>On Saturday we will explore Please Touch Garden as the Artifact, using a five step process to explore and write a <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1855" target="_blank">New Myth</a> together.</p><p></p><p><strong>Possible questions for our collaboration include:</strong></p><p>+ What is a garden?<br />+ What are some of the past, present and future scientific and sacred interpretations of the Garden?<br />+ What classic and new myths and rituals use the garden as the focus for community celebrations?<br />+ How does science and spirit work together at the Garden?<br />+ What symbols are found here and in your backyard garden?<br />+ How does the permaculture garden at 18th and Rhode Island in SF relate to Please Touch Garden?</p><p>* * * * * * *</p><h1><b><a href="http://www.northwestpermaculture.org/">Myth Lab at the 2013 Northwest Permaculture Convergence</a></b></h1><p><a href="http://youtu.be/jAxn9n5tz1k"><img class="wp-image-3343 alignleft" alt="DTRR-DetroitMIWarrenAvenueCrossingWatchmanTower031476[CharlesGeletzkeJr]" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/dtrr-detroitmiwarrenavenuecrossingwatchmantower031476charlesgeletzkejr.jpg?w=277&h=337" width="277" height="337" /></a></p><p><strong>Pacific University</strong></p><p>2043 College Way<br /> Forest Grove, OR<br /> Saturday, July 3<br /> 10 – 12 am</p><p></p><p><b>The NWPCC Myth Lab</b> will generate a New Myth using a special video Artifact (soundtrack + photo) entitled: <strong>“Watch Tower”</strong>: <a href="http://youtu.be/jAxn9n5tz1k" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/jAxn9n5tz1k</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Questions for this Myth Lab may include:</strong></p><p>+ How does sound support our mythic senses to vision a new world?<br /> + How do we translate or transmutate sound into visual cues, messages and global action?<br /> + What is initiation in the Myth Lab process as Joseph Campbell describes it?<br /> + How can we map the sound alchemy as it supports the visual image?+ How does sound support our mythic senses to vision a new world?<br /> + How do we translate or transmutate sound into visual cues, messages and global action?<br /> + What is initiation in the Myth Lab process as Joseph Campbell describes it?<br /> + How can we map the sound alchemy as it supports the visual image</p><p></p><p><b>About Mr. Paul –</b></p><p>As a green certified business and sustainability consultant, Willi Paul launched<a href="http://planetshifter.com/">PlanetShifter.com Magazine</a> on Earth Day 2009 to build a database of interviews and articles about innovation, sustainability, and the mystic arts. His bliss renewed in 2011 when he designed <a href="http://openmythsource.com/">openmythsource.com</a> to produce new mythic stories with modern alchemies. His work now focuses on what is sacred is to us, the community building power of permaculture and the transformative energy in the new alchemy (ex: soil, sound, digital) and global mythologies. Willi earned his permaculture design certification in August 2011 at the <a href="http://www.upisf.com/">Urban Permaculture Institute</a>, SF. Please see his cutting-edge article at the <a href="http://www.jcf.org/new/index.php?categoryid=37&blogid=24">Joseph Campbell Foundation</a> and his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0FAEA97D12725FB0&action_edit=1&feature=view_all">pioneering videos</a> on YouTube. Please view his consulting site at <a href="http://newmythologist.com/">NewMythologist.com</a>.</p></div>