Dear friends,
Welcome to another edition of In Correspondence! I’m writing from my home in Stockholm where this morning Laura and I hosted a sunflower seed ritual and potluck brunch: a dozen friends each planted a sunflower seed in a pot along with a dream for the coming year 🌻 Amongst other things, I am dreaming of an end to war, starting with the reported six-week ceasefire in Gaza 🕊
What I’ve been up to
I completed my PADI Open Water Diver course and met an octopus for the first time 🐙
I attended the Microsolidarity Winter Retreat near Málaga in Spain
I'm half way through a Swedish B1 course at Folkuniversitetet and in training for the ÖTILLÖ Sprint Utö swimrun, getting used to a pair of Vivobarefoot Hydra ESCs
Knowledgegraph
Since last time, I've shared 29 items to my knowledgegraph. Some highlights:
Scavengers Reign captures the beauty and terror of a truly alien world – highly recommended animated series
Lunarpunk and memetic engineering – “Lunarpunk wishes to define a forward path, to express freedom positively as a freedom to rather than a freedom from”
And a couple of podcasts I haven't got to yet, but I’m looking forward to:
Andrés Gómez Emilsson (@algekalipso) from the Qualia Research Institute on the DemystifySci Podcast
Josh Schrei from The Emerald in conversation with Alexander Beiner
I also finished reading the unusual and thought-provoking The Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm by Christian mystic Cynthia Bourgeault.
Plans for the future
Adama presents: ODES TO THE WILD with Hana Wolf, Hanna Leigh & Mike Gilpin, Totnes, 17 March
Planet.Health week at Feÿtopia, France, 25-31 March
Jhourney Jhana retreat, online, 6-14 April
Futurecraft Together, Cornwall, UK, 19-26 April – now a private, co-created gathering for those with some experience of such things. Get in touch if you’re interested.
ZuBerlin, 27 May - 9 June
The Borderland, 22-28 July. You can express your interest in joining the camp I'm involved with
Radical Free-ness: Everything to Lose, Nothing to Fear with Martin Aylward at Gaia House, 10-15 September
Possibilities: Somewhere, Medicine Festival, The Pleasure Journey, sailing from Scotland to Norway
Offerings from friends
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EMPOWER: Women's Facilitation Training 2024, starts 19 March
Rooted Woman Retreat, 22-24 March
Awakening the Wild Woman: Spring Equinox Retreat 2024, 21-25 March
Psilocybin retreats with Alalaho: Returners (Spain, 20-24 April) and Core Retreat (Netherlands, 25-28 April)
Magician, Warrior, Lover, King: Men's Weekend Retreat London, 27-28 April
Lon Dubh harmony trio in Cambridge (21 May) and Frome (29 May)
The art of Alex Mlod - “it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye”
View all recommended events on my site
Until next time, mettā,
Stephen
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