Philosophy

The Sky Meadow Mystery School, Harvest 2024 in a few words and many images

October 4, 2024September 1, 2024 by Duende

Taking place during late August of 2024, the inaugural Sky Meadow Mystery School was a free, week-long, residential immersion into wholesome permaculture practice and the mythopoetic mysteries of Life and Death. As an experiment in countercultural community-building, the Mystery School was also a time and place to learn new skills and perspectives. One of our … Read moreThe Sky Meadow Mystery School, Harvest 2024 in a few words and many images

“How Death Changes Your Perspective”

August 10, 2024 by Duende

“When Death Comes”

August 10, 2024August 10, 2024 by Duende

When death comeslike the hungry bear in autumn;when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;when death comeslike the measle-pox when death comeslike an iceberg between the shoulder blades, I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:what is it going to … Read more“When Death Comes”

“Briefly Perfectly Human”

August 11, 2024July 16, 2024 by Duende

A heads-up that death doula Alua Arthur’s new book may be pre-ordered via this link: Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End.

“To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape”

July 15, 2024July 15, 2024 by Duende

Death explains the human necessity of belief in fantasies in this scene from the television adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s novel The Hogfather.

“On Death and Dying”

July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 by Duende

Caleb Cucaro-Green explains the Aretheon approach to life and mortality.

The Sky Meadow Mystery School, Discussed

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 by Duende

A conversation about this upcoming residential retreat event in Vermont, which will combine permaculture praxis with mythopoetic art, ritual and philosophy on the memento mori ergo carpe diem theme.

The Sky Meadow Mystery School: Harvest 2024

July 2, 2024June 18, 2024 by Duende

Aug 21, 2024, 2:00 PM – Aug 28, 2024, 2:00 PM The Sky Meadow Mystery School is a free, week-long residential immersion into wholesome work and Deep Play in Vermont’s beautiful Northeast Kingdom. Our theme at the 2024 Harvest Mystery School is memento mori ergo carpe diem; “remember death and therefore seize the day.” For … Read moreThe Sky Meadow Mystery School: Harvest 2024

Death and Life

June 6, 2024June 5, 2024 by Duende

“To the Bone”: a hunter contemplates his place in the cycle of life and death

March 8, 2024 by Duende