Fall Cross: Dwelling in the Darkness
Bart Everson shares a meditation to mark the moment between fall equinox and winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.
A Gaian Way of Death
Robinne Gray discusses her decision to be buried naturally.
Count Backwards from Ten…
A simple life-affirming meditation, as well as a preparatory tool for dying.
On Dying
Philosophical Soundings on Death, Impermanence, and the Cycle of Life.
How to Meditate Like a Corpse
How a die-in at the state capitol reinforced the value of meditating like a corpse.
How will your death help the world?
Will your death help heal Gaia or contaminate Gaia? And how have you prepared for that?
When Shalt Thou Kill?
Could the sixth commandment be more nuanced?
Grappling with the Spectre of Death
Could COVID-19’s shiniest silver lining be a heightened salience of mortality?
The Story of Job: A Gaian Update
Is there wisdom that could be gleaned from a new ecocentric version of The Book of Job?
It Could Be Worse: Lessons from Transatlantic Voyages and Medieval Quarantines
Social distancing is frustrating. But with a bit of perspective, I hope we can agree it’s not all that bad.
Hell is a Time Not a Place
Lessons from Lazarus on communicating about hell—and the looming climate crisis.
We’re All Gonna Die!
A new study suggests scientists greatly underestimated CO2’s contribution to climate change. But that doesn’t mean we should freak out.