In Correspondence #25

Embodying Collective Transformation, Solarpunk Fiction and Postcapitalist Philanthropy

Welcome to another edition of In Correspondence! As an experiment, I’ve created a Telegram group for readers of this newsletter, which you’re welcome to join here.

What I’ve been up to

Upper Hamlet, Plum Village

• I attended Life Itself’s Embodying Collective Transformation November residency and spent a day at the nearby Plum Village where I heard a Dharma talk on the Five Mindfulness Trainings

• I was in Bristol to speak to the University of Bristol Psychedelic Research Society on Psychedelics and the Regenerative Renaissance, and appear on a panel at the first event of ReFi Spring Bristol on Crypto, Climate and Regenerative Finance

• I completed the excellent Capra Course on the Systems View of Life and started the Practical Deep Learning for Coders course by fast.ai

• I continue to enjoy working on Dandelion: 38 organisations sold 4,355 tickets worth £198,794 in the last 3 months – use Dandelion to host your next event

• My crypto strategy Metastrategy is in the top 1% of all strategies on the ICONOMI platform over the past month and in the top 3% over the past three months. Since inception in Nov 2020 it’s outpeformed Bitcoin by 10x

• I’m enjoying Farcaster as an alternative to Twitter: fcast.me/stephenreid

• Here’s the playlist from a DJ set I played at a recent co-created gathering (organised using Dandelion’s Gatherings feature, of course!)

Books I read

• Solarpunk fiction: A Psalm for the Wild-Built & A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

• The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth

• The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety by Alan Watts

I’m now reading Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation by adrienne marie brown.

Knowledgegraph

Since last time, I’ve shared 34 items to my knowledgegraph. Some highlights:

• Nonduality and Postcapitalism: Creating life-centric realities with Alnoor Ladha & Lynn Murphy on their new book Post Capitalist Philanthropy

• Nora Bateson & Daniel Schmachtenberger in conversation

• Daniel Schmachtenberger at Norrsken House

• Ethan Buchman (Cosmos) on the Ownership Economy podcast

• What “Work” Looks Like & The Case Against Collaboration

• Gratitude Revealed (Louie Schwartzberg’s new film)

Futurecraft Residency

Applications are rolling in for the Futurecraft Residency that I’m facilitating alongside Anna Ling, Laura Gottlieb and special guest facilitators at a stunning coastal venue in Cornwall, UK for a week across Beltane, 28th April – 5th May 2023.

Read more and apply (Use the code solarpunk2023 before the end of the year to receive a 10% discount)

Plans for the future

• Seeing Through Dualities, Deepening in Emptiness online course with Yahel Avigur and Susy Keely

• The Eye of the Heart: Tracing a Path to Soulfulness at Gaia House

• The Tent of Seven Doors: The School of Myth Summer School with Dr. Martin Shaw

Offerings from friends

• Support Anna Ling’s debut album on Indiegogo

• Create the Life you Desire, a free workshop with Bonny Tydeman

• The Body Knows, a weekend workshop in Bristol with Dani Tonks

• Magician, Warrior, Lover, King: a men’s weekend retreat in London with Conor Cregg

• Many fantastic offerings from Gaia and Alana’s new organisation, True Nature

Until next time, with love,
Stephen

p.s. A reminder that you’re welcome to join the new Telegram group!