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Sea Lions and Seeing the Future

Sea Lions and Seeing the Future By Anna Mercedes It might have been the repetition that got me, but I think it was the sea lions. The repetition came in the form of all the Read more…

May 12, 2021

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Stags, Stones, and Stakes: A Point/Counterpoint Conversation with Jay Johnston

Stags, Stones, and Stakes: A Point/Counterpoint Conversation with Jay Johnston Point: From Regimes of Mastery to Creative Confusion By Kocku von Stuckrad Jay Johnston’s new book with the enigmatic title Stag and Stone: Religion, Archaeology Read more…

April 28, 2021

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Fire, Fury, and Heartache: Is Hope Possible After This Devastation?

Fire, Fury, and Heartache: Is Hope Possible After This Devastation? By Jay Johnston Photo Credit: Wallaby – © Jay Johnston 2019 I am Australian. Living on the south–eastern seaboard of New South Wales I simply Read more…

January 29, 2020

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Rewilding Cultures: Self and Spirituality

Rewilding Cultures: Self and Spirituality By Jay Johnston Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, © Jay Johnston 2018 The term ‘rewilding’ is in danger of being absorbed into buzzword oblivion. Its initial radical remit tempered, popularized, and expanded Read more…

October 30, 2019

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Animal Tales: Narrating the Cultural and Personal

Animal Tales: Narrating the Cultural and Personal By Jay Johnston I’m thinking about stories. Those told by others, those I tell myself. This is part of my learning to think again after a frenetic, six-month Read more…

July 24, 2019

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Everyday Bravery: Knowledge Ruptures in Action

Everyday Bravery: Knowledge Ruptures in Action By Jay Johnston In casting around for my next “bedtime book,” I selected the five hundred paged tome Call of the Reed Warbler: An New Agriculture, A New Earth Read more…

March 27, 2019

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Proud to be Bird-Brained

Proud to be Bird-Brained By Jay Johnston I sat awkwardly aware of the tears coalescing and starting to slide down my cheeks. There I was, in the audience at a small community hall on a Read more…

December 19, 2018

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Perception and the Platypus

Perception and the Platypus By Jay Johnston I was desperate to see a platypus. Standing on riverbanks I would look out, simultaneously expectant and forlorn, scanning for signs of this notoriously shy monotreme. The platypus Read more…

September 12, 2018