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There are ways through this. Not one but many. All bound to fail. And yet and yet. In the complex  Gordian knot of the Anthropocene Our tugs all matter. What is good for the land is good. We will find a polychronous and messy way through. The only forever catastrophe  Read more

https://youtu.be/1rTjNHaYJkw Lucille Greeff and Carine Roth from Rite de Passage hosted author Darcy Ottey for a global conversation about the new book Rites and Responsibilities: A guide to growing up in January 2023. RITE DE PASSAGE, a swiss association for nature-based rites of passage for youth and adults. Our website Read more

Growing (up) We are threshold beings, initiates of life walking through fires and valleys, crossing rivers and mountains, traversing wilderness and wasteland. Take my hand. Let me offer you a blanket, some food, an ear, a circle, a prayer, a provocation… I know it is hard and wonderful, I know Read more

And on the fourth day the heavens will open and the skies will weep a deep grief falling onto the land.   Oh, what are we doing? What are we losing? Who will remember? Where is the holy land? And the wind will blow the cool air in, to brush  Read more

The melody and words of this song were received on a solo fast revisit spent out in the West of the Vision quest area, the direction of the ancestors. High up on a rock ledge I was looking down into the rocky valley, reminiscing about where my past life had Read more

Vision Quest Thank you so much for your interest in our Vision Quests.    We have decided that it will be safe enough to go ahead with our next Vision Quest. It takes places from 18-28 November 2021. The pre- and post- mountain time will be hosted at our home Read more