“What did you want to be?”
Sociopathic altruist Tyler Durden offers life-and-death motivation in this scene from Fight Club (1999).
Memento Mori
“Briefly Perfectly Human”
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.
“On Death and Dying”
Caleb Cucaro-Green explains the Aretheon approach to life and mortality.
The Sky Meadow Mystery School, Discussed
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.
Pre-order Joanna Ebenstein’s “Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life”
A step-by-step guide to accepting and embracing your mortality to live a more fulfilling life In our modern culture, talking about death is often deemed morbid, or even taboo. But not long ago, contemplation of death was widely used as a powerful tool for countering fear, putting the difficulties of life in perspective, and helping … Read morePre-order Joanna Ebenstein’s “Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life”
The Sky Meadow Mystery School: Harvest 2024
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
Drawing the Death Card at Sky Meadow
Just returned from the Spring 2024 Metamodern Spirituality Lab gathering at Sky Meadow, a spiritual retreat center in Vermont’s beautiful Northeastern Kingdom. The Lab has been a wonderful immersion in Serious Play; restoring an abandoned medicine garden to its original form and purpose, designing and enacting an elaborate welcoming ceremony/pilgrimage for the weekend participants, another … Read moreDrawing the Death Card at Sky Meadow