Traditional

Female Self Perspective – Venus Figurines

Posting this article to honor Lady Day (March 25th)

Source: Toward Decolonizing Gender: Female Vision in the Upper Paleolithic by Catherine Hodge McCoid and Leroy D. McDermott American Anthropologist, June 1996

Abstract: Examining McDermott’s hypothesis that the earliest known images of the human body from the European Upper Paleolithic (Venus figurines) were self-representations by women. When examined, this proposal becomes so compelling that the only remaining question is, Why did it take so long to consider the logical possibility that a female point of view was involved?

Paleolithic Venus:

All of us look at the world and, at least partially, see what is inside our own heads. The the extent that we do not recognize this, we remain behind our cultural screens.

Icelandic Hot-Springs Bread

Icelandic Hot-Springs Bread

Image Source: Kelsey Reckling Like many people I've rather an obsession with hot-springs, especially wild unadulterated hot-springs. Took long enough but finally a curiosity popped into my head wondering if people cooked in hot-springs traditionally. So of course they did, in fact they stil ...

Dendrotherapy and the Energy of the Siberian Cedar

Dendrotherapy and the Energy of the Siberian Cedar

Source: Ringing Cedars of Russia The plants that surround us are not merely a green background. The healing properties of trees are used for the treatment and prevention of various ailments. Since ancient times, it has been thought that flowers, bushes, and trees absorb information they recei ...

The Brain-Gut-Microbe Axis

The Brain-Gut-Microbe Axis

Source: Jon Lieff MD This is a fascinating article about the power and importance of the microbes in our gut in communicating with body systems, with intuition, dreams, emotions and much more. It is very exciting to have all of this cutting edge information about our microbes coming to the forefr ...

Elemental Chi Kung Workshops Vancouver 2013

Elemental Chi Kung Workshops Vancouver 2013

Ged Sumner who has been practicing and teaching Chi Kung for many years around the world is starting a series of Chi Kung workshops in Vancouver in March 2013. He is doing a free introductory workshop on Jan 27th at the YWCA on Beatty St. More info and register here. The workshops in Chi Kung ...

Santa Claus and the Magic Mushrooms

Santa Claus and the Magic Mushrooms

Source: Zengardner.com via Before It's News Have you ever wondered why on Christmas we cut down/carry evergreen trees inside our houses, decorate them with fancy ornaments, and place presents underneath them? “So, why do people bring Pine trees into their houses at the Winter Solstice, p ...

A Meditation on Mold

A Meditation on Mold

Stage one of mission soy sauce is complete and stage two is well underway. Stage two is the development of mold on the soya bean and wheat cakes. The original recipe called for wrapping the cakes tightly with damp paper towel and saran wrap. This didn't work for me. After about a week, I checked ...

Homemade Soy Sauce: Part 1

Homemade Soy Sauce: Part 1

As I started to write this post, I kept wanting to write: "Fermentation is not commonly used in the West." After I wrote it though I kept coming up with examples of fermented products - beer, wine, cheese, 'kraut, pickles, vinegar... etc. etc. We clearly ferment a lot of things. I suppose that in t ...

Making Fish Sauce

Making Fish Sauce

"An Englishman teaching an American about food is the blind leading the one-eyed." -A. J. Liebling I have often heard it said that the Vancouver restaurant scene owes its bounty to our large Asian population, that the expansive palate of Asian diners mirrors that of the French. Obviously Asia ...

Sharon Venne on Language, Connection, Land and More

Sharon Venne on Language, Connection, Land and More

Great talk by Sharon Venne on language, connection, traditions, law, education, colonialism, religion, grounding, land, women, death, spirituality, children and more. Interview conducted by @jpmontano (one of my favorite peeps to follow on twitter) Click here to listen ...