by Kate Joyner | Jul 11, 2023 | Animism, Earth, Eros, Love, Magic, Myth
“Animism is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence. Animism perceives all things—animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather systems, human handiwork, and in some cases words—as animated and alive.” – Wikipedia...
by Kate Joyner | Nov 29, 2021 | Eros, Activism, Animism, Earth, Eroticism, Love, Magic
The wild is there. Looking now with frightened and furious eyes as the trees fall, the fires burn, we kill off its kin, wondering when and IF we are going to REMEMBER. If we are to leave any sort of inheritance for our grandchildren, we have to recall from the deep...
by Kate Joyner | Nov 23, 2021 | Eros, Activism, Animism, Earth, Eroticism, Love, Magic
In response to the times we find ourselves in, I have made up my mind. Please do not try and convince me otherwise, I’m afraid it’s too late. If you want to find me, please DO NOT knock at my door, I won’t be in. Instead I’ll be hanging at the edge of the forest,...
by Kate Joyner | Nov 18, 2021 | Eros, Activism, Animism, Earth, Eroticism, Love, Magic
One of the great losses of our current non-culture is the severe disconnect from the other world in our psyches. The loss of consciousness, which expands out to embrace the totality of life’s design, means we have lost the ways of courtship with the other...
by Kate Joyner | Sep 22, 2021 | Eroticism, Animism, Elemental Eros, Magic
“Eroticism isn’t just the life force that makes sex great. Eroticism is what makes life itself worth living. When times are good, Eroticism is what converts the mundane into magic. When times are tough, Eroticism is what inspires us to survive—and even to...
