Another World, June 2021 Edition
Welcome to the sixth edition of our supporters’ journal, Another World!
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In this month’s Another World
Being Pagan: On Connecting to Pagan Time
An essay on the time and rhythms of nature, excerpted from a manuscript-in-progress by Rhyd Wildermuth
Rather than some mere astronomical oddity or mere backdrop in the sky, the moon for humans has always been an ancient and ever-present guide to our lives. This is not an esoteric statement, though the moon also has been associated with occult and spiritual knowledge in many cultures as well. The moon has been our light, our lamp in the darkness. It has also been our calendar, our clock, the primary way by which we measured the passing of time and the cycles of nature long before we divided our days into hours and used numbers to date our lives and activities.
Now the moon means little to us. The people of industrial cities no longer use the moon to see by, and we consult tide tables and menstrual charts to predict the patterns the moon dictates. Few of us—except in the non-industrial world—gather food along the shores when the tide rushes out, nor do we sit patiently in forests or fields waiting for the moon-illuminating silhouettes of animals that might feed us. We buy our sustenance in hyper-lit supermarkets, walk through city streets flooded with garish lights, and have become so far removed from the moon’s patterns that we often see it as mere symbol, if we even see it at all.
Audio and Video: Empires Crumble, episode 24
After a long hiatus, the popular podcast from Alley Valkryie and Rhyd Wildermuth returns. In this 1h30 minute episode, the two discuss the the transformation of the world, the way we eat, the way politics works, and many other things all stemming from the shift to globalized cargo shipping.
This episode is available in audio and video to Another World supporters a full week before the public release
The Pagan Music List 11
This month: the music of Irfan, Tori Amos, and Sun And Moon Dance.
Upcoming On Another World In June
15 June: Being Pagan: On Connecting to Land
An essay on reclaiming relationship to land and earth beneath our feet by Rhyd Wildermuth, excerpted from his manuscript-in-progress.