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THE VIRTUE AND EASE OF NON-STRIVING (BLOOMING, WILTING, REPEATING…)

Posted in Features, tagged , , , , , , on June 3, 2010 | 9 Comments »

My legacy — What will it be? Flowers in spring, The cuckoo in summer, And the crimson maples Of autumn. —Ryokan ~ Sitting with a lovely Lebanese gypsy girl in Oregon one night (she was telling me about her love for owls), I said something about my love for the wilderness, generally.  We were on [...]

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PANERA GOES ANARCHIST: Pay what you like at a popular sandwich chain

Posted in News, tagged , , , on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Possibly taking a cue from anarchistically-minded new-economic-paradigm peoples the world over, chain bakery, Panera, is trying an experiment whereby instead of having a menu with prices next to every item, customers may simply pay what they want. According to the AP article: “The national bakery and restaurant chain launched a new nonprofit store here this [...]

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MOOOOOO!: The many corrals of the modern world

Posted in Features, tagged , , , , , , , on May 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Guest writer, Cody Meyocks, brings us an insightful ditty on drawn-and-quartered time and space. Beware ye of the many faces of segmented existence. MOOOOOO!: The many corrals of the modern world Corrals. Everywhere I look I see corrals. That’s the divine design of harvest: the squared off, the segmented. The fence. The enforced limit. All [...]

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START YOUR OWN RELIGION: A new writing class in Brooklyn, NY

Posted in News, tagged , , , , on May 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »

A friend of ours is teaching a class in Brooklyn, NY this summer on starting your own religion. It sounds amazing. If you or anyone you know lives in the area and is interested in this sort of off-the-wall revelry, do sign up quick, as this might fill up soon. The class will take place [...]

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LOOKING FOR NYC BLOGGERS/WRITERS

Posted in New Old Traditions, News, tagged , , , , , , , on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We’re looking for someone to cover the NYC anarcho-mystical, pagan, psychedelic, magickal, herbalist, real-foodist, primitivist scene, with a special heart-warming interest in pieces that show or talk about where the latter group of fun words intersect (but we’ll defs take them a la carte!). We’d like our readers to hear about events, talks, happenings, shop [...]

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MAY DAY HAYMARKET FESTIVAL RECAP: Springfield, IL

Posted in Holidays, tagged , , , , , , on May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The organizers of the 2nd Annual Haymarket Festival in Springfield, Illinois, did so on behalf of the people of Springfield. Organizer Drew Duzinskas said, “It’s about coming together in spring. I like to see cool things happen this time of year.” His intention in participating in the planning was to put on an event that [...]

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UNSCHOOLING & UNWORKING: Confessions of a stay-at-home family (Part 3)

Posted in Features, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »

What is unschooling? What do we do on a daily basis? How does my daughter learn if she isn’t taught or isn’t forced to do homework? Is it legal? These are only a few of the questions we get about unschooling.

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DETHRONING A KING, by Tripp York (MLK Series)

Posted in Holidays, Series, tagged , , , , on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In this essay, Christian anarchist and professor of Religious Studies, Tripp York, discusses the co-opting of King’s beliefs and message. “A dangerous Negro, now a national hero. How shall we work with that?” —Vincent Harding In a brief essay entitled “Martin Luther King, Jr: Dangerous Prophet,” Vincent Harding (a colleague of King) reminds his readers [...]

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THE ENERGY, THE SPIRIT, INFUSES ME: Dodging the bullet of civilization

Posted in Features, tagged , , , on January 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Almost everyone I know is having mystical experiences, even and especially, the skeptics. It’s like a pulsing pushing-up feeling coming into us, inhabiting us, reminding us we are alive. Now, my friends, is the time for anamnesis, the loss of forgetting. The culture of destruction forgets that we are living beings, with health and vitality [...]

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“HERMES IN THE THE AGORA: Communication, Cultural Mediation and the Anarchic Spirit,” by Nick Louras

Posted in All That is Sacred, Features, tagged , on December 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Ed.: Our friends in the Moorish Orthodox Church hipped us to this piece, which covers everything from anarchy, to the hermetic tradition, to the complications of identity, to false enemies, to the problems of binary systems, to love and magical sex. In short, it’s exactly what we love finding in our inbox on a Wednesday [...]

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GIFTS & GIVING: “An Immediatist Potlatch,” by Hakim Bey

Posted in Series, tagged , , on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Excerpted from Hakim Bey’s book Immediatism. For the entire text please click here. In this section Hakim Bey gives us a taste of what a possible “Immediatist potlatch” would look like, fit with homemade gifts and performances. iv. The main purpose of the potlatch is of course gift-giving. Every player should arrive with one or [...]

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UNSCHOOLING & UNWORKING: Confessions of a stay-at-home family (Part 2), by Myra Eddy

Posted in Features, tagged , , , on December 10, 2009 | 18 Comments »

The most important aspect of schooling is control. Without permission, you may not stand, speak, urinate, quench your thirst. You may not disagree, and a lot of times, you may not ask questions. As Grace Llewellyn writes, “School controls the way you spend your time (what is life made of if not time?), how you [...]

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PRESS RELEASE: “First Vanishing Art Work Takes Place at Mombaccus,” by Peter Lamborn Wilson

Posted in All That is Sacred, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Saturday, Oct. 31    (Samhain) ’09         (3:30 PM) I went with some friends of mine (including Charles Stein, David Levi Strauss & Raymond Foye) to a place in Accord, NY, where two rivers meet: the Rondout & Rochester Creek (formerly called the Mombaccus Kill). I’ve been fascinated by this spot for years. Although it [...]

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UNSCHOOLING & UNWORKING: Confessions of a stay-at-home family (Part 1), by Myra Eddy

Posted in Features, tagged , , on December 5, 2009 | 8 Comments »

In part 1 of this special feature, our comrade from the Upper Midwest, Myra Eddy, discusses her reasons for unschooling her child and the wonderful benefits the two have gained. I admit it. I do it because I’m selfish. I want my time for myself. When I think of the time I would have to [...]

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