Nature :: Spirit
Exploring kinship in a living, animate world
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39. The Knowing Inside: Sovereignty of Mind
Or why sovereignty of mind is the first requirement of democracy
Feb 12, 2025
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37. The Logic of Sameness
Authoritarianism all the way back to the Roman Empire—and why it is fundamentally at odds with democracy, and with nature
Feb 17, 2023
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34. Facing the Past
On dismantling inequality by facing the past—especially an ancient law code from 2000 BCE and its rules about class and gender hierarchy
Jul 8, 2022
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15. Reimagining Community
How community could support individuals, not mass-produce them, and how West African traditional values could help
Oct 2, 2020
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3. Becoming Family
A gently probing question from a friend leads me to shift my worldview toward kinship with naturea
Jun 19, 2020
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We have to put the health of the Earth absolutely first. It will mean listening with humility to what the animals and plants and trees and insects need to thrive. It will mean putting their needs first, for they were here first; they prepared the Earth to be friendly to human evolution. Our lives depend on their lives, our health on their health. It will mean loving the Earth, the body of us all. Transforming the law to value ownership less, and health and life more.