16: Gordon White | Country Calling

A short, poorly edited episode of me stating the obvious. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode we are graced with Josh Schrei. Josh is a writer. A teacher. A lifelong student of world mythologies and cosmologies. He hosts a very high quality podcast called The Emerald: Currents and Trends Through a Mythic Lens. Offering perspectives on everything from current global events to cultural movements in art, science, music, literature, yoga practice, and politics, all through the framework of myth, story and imagination. THE EMERALD PODCASTBYRON JOEL'S WORK IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTUREBYRON'S MUSIC ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dr. Becca Tarnas is a scholar, artist, counselling astrologer, and an editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology. She is the daughter of renowned psycho-cultural historian, Richard Tarnas. Becca received her PhD in Philosophy and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. Her dissertation is titled The Back of Beyond: The Red Books of C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien. Becca now teaches at both Pacifica Graduate Institute and CIIS, as well as several other online education platforms. She has published one book thus far, titled Journey to the Imaginal Realm: A Reader’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.In this episode we explore:- Californian geomantics - Jung- The astrology of our age- Tolkien- The nature of the Imaginal- The meaning of history- Re-enchanting the human worldview- Hope and despair in the Great Turning, and much more...BECCA'S WEBSITEEXCERPT OF JOANNA MACY, PRODUCED BY TIM WILSON AT PERSONA MEDIAJOANNA MACY'S WEBSITEBYRON JOEL'S WORK IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTUREBYRON'S MUSIC ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Following an intense, life changing experience, Dean Harrison has dedicated himself to researching Yowies (Australia's Bigfoot).  Dean's journey has spanned decades and he has circled the globe to pursue the truth of these elusive beings. In addition, Dean created Australia Yowie Research which is tied into world-wide research groups and has created yowiehunters.com.au as both a comprehensive resource for Yowie research, as well as a database of reported sightings.-Yowie Hunters Website-Yowie Hunters: Witness Audio Reports-Yowie Thermal Camera Footage Examination Video-Sapiens Life Amongst Other Hominins: Youtube Video-Thinker Thunker Youtube Channel ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

David Holmgren is best known as the co-originator with Bill Mollison of the permaculture concept following the publication of Permaculture One in 1978. Since then he has developed three properties, consulted and supervised in urban and rural projects and presented lectures, workshops and courses at a wide variety of events and venues in Australia and around the world. His writings over those three decades span a diversity of subjects and issues but always illuminating another aspect of permaculture thinking.Today we discuss: -Our mutual concerns about the increasing normalisation of censorship in a post-covid world -The strange polarity flips between conventional political positions ...and a little bit about permacultureDavid's WebsiteBYRON JOEL'S WORK IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTUREwww.oaktreedesigns.com.auBYRON'S MUSIC ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nicholas Allbrook is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter. After growing up in remote, north Western Australian town, Derby, Nick eventually became the frontman of the psychedelic rock band Pond (who have recently released their 9th studio album) and a member of musical duo Allbrook/Avery. He was also a founding member of Mink Mussel Creek and played bass for Tame Impala.In today's chat we discuss:-Nick's growing up in remote Australia-The beginnings of his musical adventures-Leaving Tame Impala-Magical Antenna Erections-Ursula Le Guin and synchronicity-Unicorn semen-Cerebral assholesPOND'S MUSICFIRST FOOTPRINTS DOCUMENTARYBYRON JOEL'S WORK IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTUREBYRON'S MUSIC ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eliza Greenman is a fruit explorer, horticultural historian, and designer /implementer of agroforestry plans that integrate livestock (and humans) into tree crop systems/orchards. Outside of her farming endeavours on leased land, She is currently looking to purchase a location (in Virginia) to plant a tree crops repository for the Southeastern US. The ultimate goal is to assemble as many genetics as possible to create a nearly endless fruit, nut and leaf drop scheme that will substantially or completely offset the cost of grain needed to raise livestock in the Southeast. In today's gobsmackingly good episode, we discuss:-The joys of botanical adventuring-The deep value of perennial staple crops-The tragedy of the grand American Chestnut-The mystical White Oak-Silvicultural hero - J. Russell Smith-Indigenous land cultivation and stacks more aye...SHOW NOTES BYRON JOEL'S WORK IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTUREwww.oaktreedesigns.com.auDEHESA AUSTRALISBYRON'S MUSIC ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Joseph Dennis McKee. UK born Australian musician/sound artist. Once key member of Snowman, now living in LA.We wax lyrically about:-The effect of environment upon creativity-World building-Californian geomantics-The current, acute bifurcation of world views-Discord and resolution in US politics-Joe's creative adventures and more...Outro music: Water On The Brain - Byron JoelJOE'S WEBSITEhttps://www.joemckee.xyz/SNOWMANhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-cArYNR4psBYRON JOEL'S WORK IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTUREwww.oaktreedesigns.com.auBYRON'S MUSIC ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writer, psychic, initiator and master storyteller, de Angeles has been in print for decades. She facilitates the immersive, initiatory Rivers in the Skin experience: a deeply moving and life-altering ceremonial awakening of ancestral presences and the rewilding of a Celtic ancestry long thought gone. Challenging, but ultimately liberating, particularly for those having suffered spiritual and cultural misappropriation and oppression, especially by those of the conquerors (inntrenger) and has worked with the public, with tarot, for over forty years.Lore de Angeles is an indigenous Catuvellaun/Briganti knowledge holder, with strong genealogical taproots of Scandinavian, Irish and Breton ancestry, and is learned in the landscapes and story of these living people and species. She is a scholar and a defender of culture, language, freedom of speech, gender diversity, equality, parity, homeland and right-to-respect.During this discussion we explore:-The power of language-Etymology-Lore's personal story of being sold and bought as a child-The indigenous Britains ...and frankly, more than I can recall at this point.SHOW NOTESLore's websitehttps://loredeangeles.com/ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For those who have already been introduced to him, Gordon White needs no introduction. For others, he is the curator of Rune Soup, a blog and podcast about magic and a thriving member community of people right across the world interested in the doing of magic; the intellectual and performative understanding of magic; and the improvement of our lives using magic. When not charming the pants off of the international magic community, Gordon presides over Permaculture Tasmania, all of this from his 5 acre permaculture homestead in southern Tasmania.In this episode we muse sassily about...-Sleep paralysis-Growing up weird-Gordon's magical path-Connecting to country-What the fuck to "do" with colonialism-Future iterations of permaculture-Perceived, energetic activation of the Australian landscape-Finding right-relationship with the haunting of AustraliaMusic: "Magick Pen" by me.SHOW NOTESwww.runesoup.comBYRON JOEL'S WORK IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTUREwww.oaktreedesigns.com.auBYRON'S MUSIC ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★