At this point, it should be pretty easy to recognize that every action involving the industrial economy is destructive (and we shouldn’t pretend that solar photovoltaics, for example, exempt us from this: they still require mining and transportation infrastructures at every point in the production processes; the same can be said for every other so-called green technology).

Derrick Jensen

Books_ in the right direcion

• Jeremy Narby: read Intelligence in Nature
• Women who speak with wolves
• anything by Derrek Jensen
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Sacred Sites of the West-Bernyce Barlow

notes on readings

Petroglyphs - rock engravings

Geo-anomalies within the telluric system ??

an example of putting ^this in use:

geophysical anomalies

Historical imprints, psychic imprints "energy is created from imprint residue left from generations of history or struggle. the personality of that struggle may be felt at a site enve if it occurred decades or centuries ago."

(by a person, if he/she is sensitive to such energies) probably a way to measure this energy by machine as well...?

"cosmic glue that has its own consciousness. the cohesive consciousness based on the premise that living organisms (right down to the strings {i'll get into that later}) have the ability to intentionally organize the elements of the universe into life-expressing components." Ch. 1.

This organizing is done through "energy-signal frequencies that all living things emit. In science this is a prerequisite to qualify as a living thing." Homeostasis is also a part of the Gaian theory. "Gaia emits energy-signal frequencies at the most miniscule cellular level which are responsible for the processes of organization and homeostasis on the planet." This is what Anastasia is talking about!!**

Biologist Rupert Sheldrake: says some energy fields did not follow rules of physics b/c these fields were made out of neither energy or matter. The "morphic resonance that these fields produce develops and organizes energy into matter through some sort of ethereal genetic code." The principle is based on the idea that if something has been done, even once, the knowledge is there, whether dormant, untouched or in the potential state (in the morphogentic field), and therefore can be accessed again.

plasma fields.

consistent faith (that places have healing powers) (what about form people who don't believe, too bad for them? ;P )

energies on a cellular level

underground fissures and cracks.

Different dimensions. Only said that they exist, but what can't explain or describe them yet.

Peter Sanders "string theory"

"because these strings literally tie together all the forces, energies, and theories of the universe."

"when we watch a magnet tug on a metal paper clip, we know we are watching an unforseen force in action."

Faraday Cages- blocking certain types of radioactive waves**

Ions: gain electron-- becomes a -charged ion ("nature's caresses, calming and soothing, waterfalls, rivers, oceans, minerals, storms, forests, blowholes, subterranean water routes, uranium rich lands and crashing waves') "open the door to a more serene state, where perceptions are allowed to wander within the safe boundaries of consciouness." Therefore they are beneficial to healing, creativity, and balancing energies. No?

lose electron-- becomes +charged ion (warm winds, sometimes called the dark witches winds, generate positive ions, make people go loopy, edgy, sluggish, depressed) IN nature more neg ions than positive.

Natural ratio is 4:5 in either direction. Although for ex: in the San Gabriel Valley the ratio is 33:2 positive to negative!

Neurotransmitters in the brain.

have not been proven HOW they are affected by ions, only that it is "a simple case of physics effecting human neurology."

"What is known is that serotonin is deregulated when exposed to high number of -ions. (like LSD but only gentler and more natural).

What is the positive ion ratio in highly polluted or smog areas??

Network of Channels follow a grid course like meridians in the body.

Ley Lines and Grid Nets: migratory patterns...

Vortexes- geophysical anomalies: some spring energy up, while others pull it in like a magnet.

Sedona, Arizona (powerful ex.)

Burney Falls, Mt. Shasta (creates a lateral pattern, promotes " a feeling of well-being and balance")

Anne Parker-- Notes on Earth Energy and New Science

From Class:

Cosmos	Earth	Place
Formed by random forces	Inert material in which life evolved	Different landforms/ no special effect or relationship
Whatever life/brilliance (existed in the formula) existed from the start and infuses every thing. New Science	Self regulating system and co-evolves as a whole. We're not sitting on a dead ball here.	Places have specific energies that effect/interact with life forms
We are the sons and daughters of the stars	Earth is a living system (being discussed)	Place have anima loci (soul of a place, essential personality).

Here is the "Homeopathic Story" of the Universe Unfolding:

1. primal flaring forth
2. chaotic period
3. 4 laws emerge (gravitation, electromagnetic, weak and strong nuclear)
4. Particles now can exist/be stable. Universe manifests as bonded relationships.
5. Hydrogen and Helium emerge- they form clouds, which cause galaxies to be born.
6. Stars are born from galaxies: When fuel used up, the stars imploded into a pulsar (super dense mass of neutrons) OR collapse into a black hole OR some nutrinos escape and form new stars and planets.
7. Formation of our star the SUN- initially a solar cloud 5 million times the diameter of our current sun. Collapsed into a core- remaining gas mostly blown away but not all. Some residue formed a disc of elements around the Sun. Disc formed into the planets...
8. Earth is born from a Self Organizing Universe: geological activity gave rise that continues to churn the earth even after 5 billion years since it began. Size of Earth enables it a balance of gravitation and electromagnetic forces and a position from the sun that allowed it to establish a temperature range where complete molecules could be formed.
9. Heat gives life.

Summary:

Time and space unfurled together in the universe

universe is not a place-- but a process. a story.

omni-centric: all places are the center point.

there is no "outside" no objective stance.

We have a SELF ORGANIZING UNIVERSE in which our self-regulating Earth arose.

atmospheric content of oxygen maintains at 21%

salinity of the ocean regulates at 4%

HOW can this be coincidental or simply as is, without further implication in meaning?

Our bodies do the same regulating and maintaining of PH levels, electrolytes, red and white blood cell counts. IT is all amazing and important. WE must take care of our bodies and the earth for the simple measure of LIFE. Do you want to live? Do you like to live? How can we get more in touch with that essential source?

Conclusion is GAIA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis

All around us exist:

genus loci. protective spirit of a place.

http://www.answers.com/topic/genius-loci

amina loci: the soul of a place***its essential personality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anima_locus

other terms: life force, dynamics.

Bernice Barlow’s summary of describable earth energies:

http://www.earth-keeper.com/defininggaiaarticle.shtml

• genus loci, anima loci, life force, dynamics
• tulleric energies- defined as: of the earth. of the soil. earth energies. according to earth keepers: "Telluric: Relating to the earth. Telluric energies are earth energies, earth electricity. A naturally occurring phenomenon. Telluric energy has a 'male' and female aspect. This can be thought of as yin and yang."
• Nets (fields)- what birds, fish use in migration. (interested in how they work, how they are formed, how they can or are disrupted by...?)
• Lines, leys (European sacred groves), song lines (AUS aboriginal term for songs, vibrations, geometric patterns. term and practice is 80,000 years old )
• Morphogenetic fields- put intention of earth and people/
• historical imprints- ex: battlefields
• vortex- can be giving out like a geyser, or pulling in like a magnet
• amplifications- valleys?
• electromagnetic
• Ion, ionic fields- positive ion fields are disorientating, not conducive to health. Neg. ionic fields, such as near waterfalls, rivers or oceans create a harmonious energy.

Dance is...

What Dance Means to Me

In every movement we have form, structure, and meaning. Some movements have become ingrained, automatic responses, to everyday stimuli, that don’t require dedicated focus. Sitting, lying, eating, walking or brushing our teeth can be considered automatic since we do them everyday and put little conscious thought into them, after they have been learned. The sequence of movements that are to be categorized as essential, get us through the day, and without them we could not function. Yet we take those movements for granted, by not giving them acknowledgement, gratitude, or sufficient attention. It is as if they are less important in the spectrum of movement.

Some might say that if we were to put all our attention, wholly into sitting, lying, walking, eating or brushing our teeth, with every breath and muscle used, we would get very little else done. We could not devote our time to the more noble movements. Instead we know that with repetitive motion, our muscles have learned to perform actions with ease and very little present concentration, allowing our bodies to do more in the day. That is what it means to grow. When at some point, something took our whole attention and concentration, through practice, we have gained a level of proficiency and therefore need less time and exertion to receive the benefits of the motion.

So what are considered noble movements? For me, it is any form that requires my concentration, focus on breath, making new synaptic connection and feeling my muscles and bones. But it is more than physical and biological growth. Noble movements mean to me that they have a meaning bigger than the act itself, as well. I have found many physical activities to fit into both categories, but one has the form and potential to connect me somewhere deeper than any other.

Dance is like the universal language of expression. Everything moves and gyrates, in time, sometimes out of time, and sometimes in stillness, with the cycles of the earth, sun and moon, inhaling and exhaling into one large dance container. Simply, dance is life, and life is to dance. As James Lovelock, a British Scientist who developed The Gaia Theory puts it “life (and dance) is one of those processes which are found whenever there is an abundant flow of energy.” He continues by saying, “it also suggests that life-like processes require a flux of energy above some minimal value in order to get going and keep going.”

We are energy bundles, as long as we have heat in our bodies we are moving, but in order to get us dancing, we must have some push out of inertia. The push can be the simple intention of rising every morning (and following the same sequence of steps through out the day) or branching out of set patterns, to explore and express historical forms, movements, and stories.
I did not however say that movement is the universal language of expression. Although I do believe that all movements can potentially become a dance, I do not think we have attained such beauty just yet. To compare a person’s first movements, getting out of bed to an arabesque after sufficient warm up and training, is diminishing the later into the former. It would be denying the stark diversity in the form, and grouping it brutally into equality. No all movements are not the same, just like all languages are not the same.
So what am I getting at? All living things are dancing, yet all people do not dance? Yes. Specifically, it is why I dance, and why dance for me is my connection to life. Every committed step I take towards dance, I move closer to the essence of life itself. The breath the connection, the sinking in and sinking down into my roots, into my history into the history of life. We must not deny the fire and energy swirls within us. We must not atrophy our bodies and spirits by confining and limiting their movements, their dance, their connection to the life force.
As with everything that exists, we must also acknowledge the variety, specifics and specialness of form as well. There is history and art fused into the dance, along with nature and the currents of time. There is a blend of culture and tribesman within us, but much, much more than that too. We have the ocean, the rivers, the grasses and bison. We have the gazelles and hawks, as well as the miniature critters and microbial forms within us. They are all there, just like they are grounded up into the rock faces, mountains, or savannas too.

These living forms express themselves as they are, when they exist. They dance their dance. They live their lives.

And we humans? What do we do? We, who have so much potential and ability to self actualize. What do we do? Well, many of us sit on the couch, in a chair, on the toilet, we sit and wait. I sit while I write this paper. And yes, many of us move in some form or another we call exercise, which is essentially dance, just sterilized and disconnected from the mysterious pulse of life. But, that is just the sequential steps of our modern history. Our long ago ancestors, as well as the indigenous people today, whether they are cloaked in modern clothes or still living with the land, knew and know the connection, what dance is.

I am always amazed when I bump into that life affirming tribe, recognizing my peoples in whatever form they take. When the disjointed come together, weaving and feeding that fire of energy, making something sacred and special. Ultimately I want to imagine a time when I dance infinitely. From the wake-up to sleep time, I will dance through the day. Be it small and private, or expressive and united, I want everyone to dance their dance. For now, I am lucky to have the outlet and ceremony of structured containers that teach me as well as give me space (particularly in time) to grow, to know, to share and to connect. Thank you.

Cultural Survival

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• reforestation projects
• promote culture
• language preservation
• educate the funders
• educate the western mind
• approach people to help on the issues

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• primarily letter writing campaigns
• do not offer funding, but moral support and steer groups into the right direction

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• right to exert their rights
• self management for their sustenance
• governments and interest groups making decisions without their knowledge or say.
• Right to Fee Prior and Informed Consent (right to FPIC)

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