Otway Journal - Coming Back to Earth Otway Life Magazine
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- Society & Culture
In our magazine there is a focus on sustainable living, environmental issues, local flora & fauna, the arts, history, local cultural news and information. Previously published 4 times a year in line with the seasons it has become an annual publication and is free to read online.
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Harvesting the Gift of the Ancestors
A guided/walking, meditation on deep time.
You can listen to a recording alone, or with others. If possible, being in nature adds to the potency.
This practice has been re-imagined by Ann Marie Davis:
"Harvesting the Gifts of the Ancestors is a mediation or ritual that Joanna Macy wrote as part of her Work That Reconnects. I performed the ritual at one of her workshops and noticed immediately that it was Eurocentric. I was later asked by her and her staff to rewrite it. This version first appeared in Deep Times Journal:
If doing with a group as a walking practice, refer to full instructions here: https://workthatreconnects.org/resource/harvesting-the-gifts-of-the-ancestors/ -
DISGUST: WHAT IS NOT DISCUSSED IN AUSTRALIAN POLITICS by Gaele Sobott
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://otwaylifemagazine.wordpress.com/2021/09/29/disgust-what-is-not-discussed-in-australian-politics-by-gaele-sobott/
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Entering the Bardo by Joanna Macy
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://otwaylifemagazine.wordpress.com/2021/07/21/entering-the-bardo-by-joanna-macy/
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Kooparoona Niara - Mountains of the Spirits –by Nettie Hulme
Also available as blog post:
https://otwaylifemagazine.wordpress.com/2021/05/23/kooparoona-niara-mountains-of-the-spirits-by-nettie-hulme/
And is included in free online magazine:
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Kooparoona Niara – Mountains of the Spirits –by Nettie Hulme
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://otwaylifemagazine.wordpress.com/2021/05/23/kooparoona-niara-mountains-of-the-spirits-by-nettie-hulme/
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Otway Journal - Coming Back to Earth: GRATITUDE
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://otwaylifemagazine.wordpress.com/2021/05/13/gratitude/