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Protecting Mauna Kea, Hawai’i’s Tallest Sacred Mountain – Part I

December 12, 2018 by The Outpost 3 comments

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Kumu Mikilani Young discusses with Carry Kim from EcoJustice Radio about the proposed, highly controversial 30-meter TMT telescope which would be built atop “ceded” conservation lands on Mauna Kea, considered the most sacred mountain for native Hawaiians or Kanaka Ma’oli. The TMT telescope would be the largest telescope in the Northern Hemisphere and is being spearheaded by the University of California, the California Institute of Technology as well as: Japan, China, India and Canada.

Design, Urban Land

Defensible Space: My Wildfire-Appropriate Retrofit Journey – Part I

November 16, 2018 by Guest Columnist 1 comment

As the Western U.S. continues with massive wind-driven, high-intensity wildfires that often turn deadly, Naomi Pitcairn recommends retrofitting homes on the Wildland Urban Interface for fire-resistant resiliency. This is Part I of a three-part series.

EcoJustice Radio, Spiritual

Joanna Macy and The Great Turning – EcoJustice Radio

January 15, 2018 by Jack Eidt 2 comments

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Join us for an inspiring interview with Joanna Macy, Eco-philosopher and Buddhist scholar. Listen to her share precious insights from her five decades as an activist, author and visionary teacher of Buddhism, general systems theory and deep ecology. A profound leader, grassroots organizer and compassionate voice, Joanna Macy has devoted much of her life to the movements for peace, justice, and ecology.

Rituals and Traditions, Urban Art

Dancing Devils of Venezuela Challenge US Consumer Culture

November 8, 2017 by Jack Eidt 1 comment

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An exhibition by artist Cristóbal Valecillos in Los Angeles invoked the Dancing Devils of Yare, a 400-year old Venezuelan tradition celebrating life, the triumph of good over evil, and renewal. His provocative interpretation of the diablo masks, hand-sculpted from repurposed waste materials, takes aim at culture and consumption in the US, a plea for overcoming.

Earth, Mysteries

Dark Omen: Climate Chaos Converges with Solar Eclipse Wisdom

September 13, 2017 by Jack Eidt 3 comments

Since the solar eclipse of 2017, climate and tectonic instability has accelerated across the Earth: Rehearsal for the End Times? Predicted fossil fueled climate disruption and superstorm cataclysm? Sun-Moon alignment that bulged the Earth’s crust, precipitating earthquakes? What really is happening here? We survey scientific, religious, and traditional indigenous belief for answers.

EcoJustice Radio, Spiritual

Mikilani Young on Mauna Kea Telescope – EcoJustice Radio

August 10, 2017 by The Outpost 0 comments

Mahalo to Mikilani Young of Defenders of Mauna Kea and LA’s Mauna Kea movement to stop the desecration of the mountain most sacred to native Hawaiians and their culture. The movement aims to protect sacred, conservation lands, wildlife and plant habitat, and the water table beneath Mauna Kea, all of which will be gravely impacted if the TMT (Thirty-Meter Telescope) project moves forward.

Mysteries

Aleister Crowley’s Secret Society of Magick and Excess

July 24, 2017 by Jack Eidt 3 comments

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Self-promoted as the “Great Beast 666″ from the Bible’s Book of Revelations. Slandered by the British press as the “Wickedest Man in the World.” Yet, theatrical occultist Aleister Crowley pioneered a radical re-imagining of self determination through managing paranormal spiritual entities, shaking up early 20th Century polite society. He founded the libertine religion of Thelema, and through sex rituals and extreme drug abuse emphasized the not-necessarily-wicked ritual practice of Magick.