Symbols & Patterns. Interview with Owen Hablutzel, Director, Permaculture Research Institute, USA. By Willi Paul. Presented by permaculturexchange.com.

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"All of this is why this particular moment in earth history is unique and unprecedented. Decisions this generation makes, actions we take today, individually and collectively, are…

As the many societies prepares to celebrate Halloween, party and have fun, watching the children going treat or treating, it is also a time of reflection.  A time to remember those who have gone before.

Today would have been my mother's 81st birthday.  She has been physically gone now for almost 16 years, my sister is almost 8 years gone and my brother is 5 years gone.  Today I remember those who have left the physical world remembering that while I am the only one of my family left,…

To Love and be Loved Is the Greatest Gift of All.



What does this mean? Become Love. Not silly, petty, unstable romantic love but Unconditional, Universal True Love. Allow your Self to be Love. This means leaving Ego behind. Leaving behind opinions and thoughts. Just being Love.



Would you give all you own to someone who has nothing? 

Would you bring a homeless person into your home and feed them?

Would you hold someone in pain and tell them you love them?

Would…

“I am Turtle Woman.” Interview with Permaculturist Jeanette Acosta

by Willi Paul, PermaculturExchange.com

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People Guilds can be looked upon as an association, society, union, league,…

PermaculturExchange.com Launch Day - Job Engine for the Transition by Willi Paul

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PermaculturExchange.com is a new job…

Long into the

night she lay

awake and alert.

Her mind racing, 

her emotions pulsing

like a storm brewing.

Silent darkness.

Stillness, breathless.

Silence except

for the blood

coursing

through her veins.

The visions she sees,

the emotions she feels

all prevent the rest

she needs

coming to her.

She longs for her love.

Longs to feel him

in the night

beside…

Farms, Greenways & Light: Interview with San Francisco Permaculture Developer Rob Joyce by Willi Paul, Publisher, PlanetShifter.com 

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The world doesn't need saving - it is humanity that is in trouble. I find that part of the human conceit is linking the fate of the planet with its ability to support human life. Nature is patient,…

Building a New MythCode. Joseph Campbell Foundation’s Stephen Gerringer on the new The Study of Myth Forum & 2112 Symposium

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"How are YOU dreaming forward the study of mythology?"…

Mythic Map @ 2011 NW Permaculture Convergence. A Transition Tool for Creating Culture. By Willi Paul and Communing with Nature participants.

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Participants see a need to co-create new traditions – to heal our culture as we love Nature.Just please don’t call it permaculture! 



"Mythic Map", 2011 NW Permaculture Convergence,…

Ashley 1994-2011

You have been in my life since a tiny kitten.  You brought calm and happiness into our lives.  Traveled from state to state and always remained by my side.  With your purrs and slobbers and cries in the night.  I miss you Ashley.  Although you have only been…

In the current economic climate many people are out of work and also many community and voluntary groups are having their funding cut more and more.  Many of these groups carry out vital work in their communities and yes I find in my own local area, while the level of unemployment creeps up, the number of people willing to volunteer is dropping drastically!

I am lucky to still have full time work and I volunteer in my local area working with disadvantaged families (not a do…

Watershed Songs. Interview with  Erik Ohlsen, Owner, Permaculture Artisans by Willi Paul, Publisher, PlanetShifter.com Magazine

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"...our entire design process and leads to healthy communities, healthy ecosystems and happy clients.A point that we always stress to all our clients is that the design is never complete. It is…

Pain & Pleasure, Hope & Fear. Interview with The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred, Author Guy Finley by Willi Paul, Publisher,…

There come times, of greater awareness of the world around us, that sometimes are so vast in scope that I feel almost on the verge of madness, or that my head or the whole world will split open with the force of it.

Moving .. thought.. into places beyond the scope of language and symbols my mind has for it, but instinctively knows are there, hidden beneath the specific illusions of the senses we create in order to experience and manifest our environments.. which are really one and the…

Slow, Steady, Beautiful: Interview with Ken Foster, Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping, Santa Cruz by Willi Paul, Publisher - PlanetShifter.com Magazine 

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Permaculture guilds? In the past Santa Cruz had a Permaculture guild become very…

All I really have to offer, Is my authenticity.

I created the Temple, because I wanted a place like this to exist.. I had a vision for a community that I wanted to be a part of, that I couldn't find. So I decided I would try to build it.

I decided to put any fears and insecurities behind, and devote myself to focusing on doing what I love, making friends, sharing with people, welcoming them, and just being authentic, and encouraging others to do the same.

In our…

VASTE: Transmuting New Symbols, Community Alchemy & Myth for the Permaculture Age.YouTube Video + Sketches. Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

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VASTE: vision assessment strategy timeline evaluation

T R A N S M U T A T I O N S

Observe and Interact. Interview with Design Ecology Civil Engineer Ben Jordan. By Willi Paul, Publisher, PlanetShifter.com Magazine.

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WP: What songs, poems, symbols and/or Heros come to mind when you think about permaculture…