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Subtitle: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Recommended to me by: Amy Bennett A set of essays loosely tied together in chronological order, with themes of sweetgrass and braiding all the way through. Each essay braids together personal memoir, Native American (specifically Potawatomi) ways of living, and colonialist ways of living. […] Subtitle: Exploring Gender & Sexuality in Magical Practice Recommended to me by: Sam L-G Misha Magdalene (they/them pronouns) asserts that magic is queer. In writing by turns academic and conversational, they explore viewing magic through the lenses of gender and sexuality. They describe their experience with growing up queer, as well as their gradual […] Subtitle: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging Recommended to me by: Robyn Posin Rachel Naomi Remen writes about wisdom, meaning, connection, grief, compassion, and how to live with authenticity in a series of vignettes from her life and the lives of her patients. She works with people dying of cancer, and their grieving survivors. […] Subtitle: Remembering Ourselves Home The gorgeous, inclusive cover and introduction/dedication to this book grabbed me. For the rebels and the misfits, the black sheep and the outsiders. For the refugees, the orphans, the scapegoats, and the weirdos. For the uprooted, the abandoned, the shunned and invisible ones. May you recognize with increasing vividness that […] Subtitle: Opening Our Hearts to All the Ways We Feel and Are in Every Moment Recommended to me by: reading Robyn Posin’s website for the last 15+ years. Also I was an advance reviewer for this book. This is a collection of line drawings and wise words that have appeared on Robyn Posin’s website […] Subtitle: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief Recommended to me by: Kristin This is a wise, kind, perceptive, affirming, healing book about grief. It warmly includes childhood triggering, shame, and shared grief for the planet among the burdens that we all carry. It emphasizes the importance of both a village […] Subtitle: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist Recommended to me by: a friend Sylvia Boorstein is a Buddhist meditation teacher who grew up Jewish and who came to keep kosher and belong to a synagogue as an adult in addition to her Buddhist practice. As a secular Jew who meditates every […] Subtitle: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy This book, published in 2012, is a practical manual on how to live in challenging times. It has only become more necessary since it first came out. It starts with three stories of our times, Business As Usual, the Great Unraveling, and the […] Subtitle: How to Return to Your Soul Recommended to me by: Mereth Jane Meredith weaves together research and interpretation about three myths of descent into the underworld with her own experiences of unintentional and intentional descents. The book is divided into sections on Preparation, Descending, In the Underworld, and Coming Back Out. The three […] Subtitle: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition Recommended to me by: Tina Tau This book has a hopeful story about our current disastrous economic and political situation. In reaching for connection rather than separation, we can build a new sustainable world to emerge from the ruins of the old. I love […] |