Future Primitive Podcasts » activism http://www.futureprimitive.org Intimate conversations with authors, visionaries and innovators speaking about our connection and partnership with the living Earth. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:10:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Future Primitive is a podcasting website that presents intimate conversations with authors, visionaries and innovators from around the world. Listen to this community of voices who speak about our connection and partnership with the living Earth. Joanna Harcourt-Smith no Joanna Harcourt-Smith nina@futureprimitive.org nina@futureprimitive.org (Joanna Harcourt-Smith) 2006-2010 Interviews with lively minds on a variety of topics Future Primitive Podcasts » activism http://www.futureprimitive.org/fp-badge-144x144.jpg http://www.futureprimitive.org What If I Told You… http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/12/christopher-johnson-what-if-i-told-you/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/12/christopher-johnson-what-if-i-told-you/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:48 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2526 Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011)

Christopher Johnson is a highly acclaimed, nationally known Spoken Word artist and Poet. Christopher has been on many National Poetry Slam Teams including New Jersey, Providence and Boston. In 2007, Christopher won the $10,000 dollar grand prize for spoken word in the Fame Cast contest. He now resides in Providence, Rhode Island where he gives workshops throughout the Rhode Island school system.

www.marioninstitute.org/connecting-for-change/events/performance-christopher-johnson

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/12/christopher-johnson-what-if-i-told-you/feed/ 0 activism,performing arts,spirituality,storytelling Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011) Christopher Johnson is a highly acclaimed, nationally known Spoken Word artist and Poet. Christopher has been on many National Poetry Slam Teams including New Jersey, Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011) Christopher Johnson is a highly acclaimed, nationally known Spoken Word artist and Poet. Christopher has been on many National Poetry Slam Teams including New Jersey, Providence and Boston. In 2007, Christopher won the $10,000 dollar grand prize for spoken word in the Fame Cast contest. He now resides in Providence, Rhode Island where he gives workshops throughout the Rhode Island school system. www.marioninstitute.org/connecting-for-change/events/performance-christopher-johnson Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 3:38 Nurturing The New Possibilities http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/11/jodie-evans-nurturing-the-new-possibilities/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/11/jodie-evans-nurturing-the-new-possibilities/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:37:55 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2419 Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011)

Jodie Evans is a co-founder of CODEPINK and has been a peace, environmental, women’s rights and social justice activist for forty years.  She has traveled extensively to war zones promoting and learning about peaceful resolution to conflict.  She served in the administration of Governor Jerry Brown and ran his presidential campaign.  She has published two books, Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism and Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation and has produced several documentary films, including the Oscar-nominated “The Most Dangerous Man in America” and Howard Zinn’s The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known . Jodie is the board chair of Women’s Media Center and sits on many other boards, including Rainforest Action Network, Drug Policy Alliance, Institute of Policy Studies, Women Moving Millions and Sisterhood is Global Institute.  She is the mother of three.

Jodie speaks with Joanna about the 99% movement, the shift of paradigm in activism, the power of sharing stories, participation and community, democracy as open-ended participation…

www.codepink4peace.org

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/11/jodie-evans-nurturing-the-new-possibilities/feed/ 0 activism,feminism,social networks Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011) Jodie Evans is a co-founder of CODEPINK and has been a peace, environmental, women’s rights and social justice activist for forty years.  She has traveled extensively to war zones promot... Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011) Jodie Evans is a co-founder of CODEPINK and has been a peace, environmental, women’s rights and social justice activist for forty years.  She has traveled extensively to war zones promoting and learning about peaceful resolution to conflict.  She served in the administration of Governor Jerry Brown and ran his presidential campaign.  She has published two books, Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism and Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation and has produced several documentary films, including the Oscar-nominated “The Most Dangerous Man in America” and Howard Zinn’s The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known . Jodie is the board chair of Women’s Media Center and sits on many other boards, including Rainforest Action Network, Drug Policy Alliance, Institute of Policy Studies, Women Moving Millions and Sisterhood is Global Institute.  She is the mother of three. Jodie speaks with Joanna about the 99% movement, the shift of paradigm in activism, the power of sharing stories, participation and community, democracy as open-ended participation... www.codepink4peace.org Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 15:42 I Was Born To Empower Others http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/beatrice-achieng-i-was-born-to-empower-others/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/beatrice-achieng-i-was-born-to-empower-others/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:00:32 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2313 Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA)

Beatrice Achieng Nas is a Ugandan Womens’ rights grassroots leader, and a citizen journalist with World Pulse - a global media and communication network devoted to giving women a global voice. Beatrice is touring the USA in October 2011.

“I believe everybody has the potential to live a better life. Given the opportunity, education and motivation everyone can become someone admirable.”

http://www.bioneers.org/

http://www.worldpulse.com/user/6478

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/beatrice-achieng-i-was-born-to-empower-others/feed/ 0 activism,education,feminism,media,social networks,technology Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA) - Beatrice Achieng Nas is a Ugandan Womens' rights grassroots leader, and a citizen journalist with World Pulse - a global media and communication network devoted to giving women a global voice. Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA) Beatrice Achieng Nas is a Ugandan Womens' rights grassroots leader, and a citizen journalist with World Pulse - a global media and communication network devoted to giving women a global voice. Beatrice is touring the USA in October 2011. "I believe everybody has the potential to live a better life. Given the opportunity, education and motivation everyone can become someone admirable." http://www.bioneers.org/ http://www.worldpulse.com/user/6478 Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 26:09 Be The Change http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/nora-barrows-friedman-be-the-change/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/nora-barrows-friedman-be-the-change/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:00:58 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2272 Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA)

Nora Barrows-Friedman, an award-winning independent journalist, radio producer and writer, was the senior producer and co-host of Flashpoints on KPFA for seven years, and currently is on the editorial staff at The Electronic Intifada. Nora also contributes to al-Jazeera English, Truthout, Inter Press Service, and a number of periodicals. She is the author of a chapter on Western media and Palestine in the Project Censored 2011 anthology, and regularly travels to Palestine.
]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/nora-barrows-friedman-be-the-change/feed/ 0 activism,media,social networks,storytelling Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA) - Nora Barrows-Friedman, an award-winning independent journalist, radio producer and writer, was the senior producer and co-host of Flashpoints on KPFA for seven years, Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA) Nora Barrows-Friedman, an award-winning independent journalist, radio producer and writer, was the senior producer and co-host of Flashpoints on KPFA for seven years, and currently is on the editorial staff at The Electronic Intifada. Nora also contributes to al-Jazeera English, Truthout, Inter Press Service, and a number of periodicals. She is the author of a chapter on Western media and Palestine in the Project Censored 2011 anthology, and regularly travels to Palestine. www.bioneers.org/presenters/nora-barrows-friedman Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 17:37 Do not squander your life http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/do-not-squander-your-life/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/do-not-squander-your-life/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:20:46 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2104 Joan Halifax is a Zen Buddhist Roshi, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and Spirituality. She currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community which she founded in 1990. In the 1970s she collaborated on LSD research projects with her ex-husband Stanislav Grof, in addition to other collaborative efforts with Joseph Campbell and Alan Lomax. She is founder of the Ojai Foundation in California, which she led from 1979 to 1989. As a socially engaged Buddhist, Halifax has done extensive work with the dying through her Project on Being with Dying (which she founded). She is on the board of directors of the Mind and Life Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated in exploring the relationship of science and Buddhism.

Roshi Joan speaks with Joanna about aging and death, engaged Buddhism and systemic activism, personal and social transformation, the historic significance of LSD as a Dharma door, embodied compassion with dying people, speaking truth to power…

Music: “Song without words to Bohdana Pivnenko, I.-Elegy”  (from Fleeting Melodies) by Valentin Silvestrov {Bohdana Pivnenko (violin) and Valeriy Matiukhin (piano) }

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/do-not-squander-your-life/feed/ 1 activism,Buddhism,consciousness studies,ecology,Entheogens,soulwork,spirituality,systems thinking Joan Halifax is a Zen Buddhist Roshi, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and Spirituality. She currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, Joan Halifax is a Zen Buddhist Roshi, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and Spirituality. She currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community which she founded in 1990. In the 1970s she collaborated on LSD research projects with her ex-husband Stanislav Grof, in addition to other collaborative efforts with Joseph Campbell and Alan Lomax. She is founder of the Ojai Foundation in California, which she led from 1979 to 1989. As a socially engaged Buddhist, Halifax has done extensive work with the dying through her Project on Being with Dying (which she founded). She is on the board of directors of the Mind and Life Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated in exploring the relationship of science and Buddhism. Roshi Joan speaks with Joanna about aging and death, engaged Buddhism and systemic activism, personal and social transformation, the historic significance of LSD as a Dharma door, embodied compassion with dying people, speaking truth to power... Music: "Song without words to Bohdana Pivnenko, I.-Elegy"  (from Fleeting Melodies) by Valentin Silvestrov {Bohdana Pivnenko (violin) and Valeriy Matiukhin (piano) } Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 39:24 The Song of Change http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/rha-goddess-the-song-of-change/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/rha-goddess-the-song-of-change/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:26:02 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2095 Rha Goddess is an internationally renowned performance artist, activist and social entrepreneur. As CEO of Divine Dime Entertainment, Ltd. she was the first woman in Hip Hop to independently market and commercially distribute her music worldwide. Her activist work includes founding and running the young women’s performance movement, We Got Issues!, and producing The Hip Hop Mental Health Project and the play The Meditations Trilogy. Rha is a 2008 recipient of the National Museum for Voting Rights Freedom Flame Award for her outstanding work in the field of arts and civic engagement.

This was a conversation during the 2008 Bioneers By the Bay conference.

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/rha-goddess-the-song-of-change/feed/ 0 activism,feminism,performing arts Rha Goddess is an internationally renowned performance artist, activist and social entrepreneur. As CEO of Divine Dime Entertainment, Ltd. she was the first woman in Hip Hop to independently market and commercially distribute her music worldwide. Rha Goddess is an internationally renowned performance artist, activist and social entrepreneur. As CEO of Divine Dime Entertainment, Ltd. she was the first woman in Hip Hop to independently market and commercially distribute her music worldwide. Her activist work includes founding and running the young women's performance movement, We Got Issues!, and producing The Hip Hop Mental Health Project and the play The Meditations Trilogy. Rha is a 2008 recipient of the National Museum for Voting Rights Freedom Flame Award for her outstanding work in the field of arts and civic engagement. This was a conversation during the 2008 Bioneers By the Bay conference. Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 7:40 From Despair to Ecological Empowerment http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/john-seed-from-despair-to-ecological-empowerment/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/john-seed-from-despair-to-ecological-empowerment/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:35:13 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2078 John Seed is founder and director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia.

www.rainforestinfo.org.au

Since 1979 he has been involved in the direct actions which have resulted in the protection of the Australian rainforests. He has written and lectured extensively on deep ecology and has been conducting Councils of All Beings and other re-Earth ing workshops  around the world for 25 years. In the US, his workshops have been hosted by Esalen, Omega, Naropa and the California Institute of Integral Studies. With Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Professor Arne Naess, he wrote “Thinking Like a Mountain – Towards a Council of All Beings” (New Society Publishers) which has now been translated into 10 languages. He is an accomplished bard, songwriter and film-maker and has produced 5 albums of environmental songs and numerous films www.rainforestinfo.org.au/video.htm

From 1984 to the present he has traveled around the world each year with roadshows raising awareness about the plight of the rainforests and raising funding for their protection. In 2007 he launched the Rainforest Information Centre’s climate change campaign and has offered “Climate Change, Despair & Empowerment” presentations and workshops in Australia, Canada and the US. www.rainforestinfo.org.au/climate/roadshow.htm

John speaks with Joanna about “climate change, despair and empowerment”, the evolutionary importance of human feeling, working ecologically with Nature, his experience in the reforestation project at Arunachala, experiential tip ecology practices,  Earth Changes, his present work, his love of the earth…

Music: “Frogs & Cicadas – Genggong Duo – Gamelan Genggong” (from World Network-Bali) by Traditional Musicians
]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/john-seed-from-despair-to-ecological-empowerment/feed/ 0 activism,climate change,eco-psychology,ecology,Esalen,Gaia,healing,Naropa,Omega,poetry,rainforests,soulwork John Seed is founder and director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia. www.rainforestinfo.org.au Since 1979 he has been involved in the direct actions which have resulted in the protection of the Australian rainforests. John Seed is founder and director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia. www.rainforestinfo.org.au Since 1979 he has been involved in the direct actions which have resulted in the protection of the Australian rainforests. He has written and lectured extensively on deep ecology and has been conducting Councils of All Beings and other re-Earth ing workshops  around the world for 25 years. In the US, his workshops have been hosted by Esalen, Omega, Naropa and the California Institute of Integral Studies. With Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Professor Arne Naess, he wrote "Thinking Like a Mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings" (New Society Publishers) which has now been translated into 10 languages. He is an accomplished bard, songwriter and film-maker and has produced 5 albums of environmental songs and numerous films www.rainforestinfo.org.au/video.htm From 1984 to the present he has traveled around the world each year with roadshows raising awareness about the plight of the rainforests and raising funding for their protection. In 2007 he launched the Rainforest Information Centre's climate change campaign and has offered "Climate Change, Despair & Empowerment" presentations and workshops in Australia, Canada and the US. www.rainforestinfo.org.au/climate/roadshow.htm John speaks with Joanna about "climate change, despair and empowerment", the evolutionary importance of human feeling, working ecologically with Nature, his experience in the reforestation project at Arunachala, experiential tip ecology practices,  Earth Changes, his present work, his love of the earth... Music: "Frogs & Cicadas - Genggong Duo - Gamelan Genggong" (from World Network-Bali) by Traditional Musicians Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 37:10 A Food Rebel http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/mark-winne-a-food-rebel/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/mark-winne-a-food-rebel/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:16:29 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2044 For 25 years Mark Winne was the Executive Director of the Hartford Food System, a private non-profit agency that works on food and hunger issues in the Hartford, Connecticut area. During his tenure with HFS, Mark organized community self-help food projects that assisted the city’s lower income and elderly residents. Mark’s work with the Food System included the development of a commercial hydroponic greenhouse, Connecticut’s Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, several farmers’ markets, a 20-acre community supported agriculture farm, food and nutrition education programs, and a neighborhood supermarket.

Winne now writes, speaks, and consults extensively on community food system topics including hunger and food insecurity, local and regional agriculture, community assessment, and food policy. He also does policy communication work for the Community Food Security Coalition. His essays and opinion pieces have appeared in numerous newspapers, organizational and professional newsletters and journals across the country. He is the author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty (Beacon Press 2008) and Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart Cookin’ Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture (Beacon Press, 2010). He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

www.markwinne.com

Mark speaks with Joanna about the food system and emotional connectedness, freedom from the industrial food system, active citizen engagement, re-learning cooking skills as a life-changing shift, the nightmare of the industrial slaughterhouses, food and reinvigorating democracy…

Music: “Adagio” (from String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”) by Leos Janacek.

Note: A special thank you to Pam Roy and FarmToTable for making this interview possible.

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/mark-winne-a-food-rebel/feed/ 0 activism,ecology,education,sustainability,systems thinking,technology,urban farming For 25 years Mark Winne was the Executive Director of the Hartford Food System, a private non-profit agency that works on food and hunger issues in the Hartford, Connecticut area. During his tenure with HFS, For 25 years Mark Winne was the Executive Director of the Hartford Food System, a private non-profit agency that works on food and hunger issues in the Hartford, Connecticut area. During his tenure with HFS, Mark organized community self-help food projects that assisted the city's lower income and elderly residents. Mark's work with the Food System included the development of a commercial hydroponic greenhouse, Connecticut's Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, several farmers' markets, a 20-acre community supported agriculture farm, food and nutrition education programs, and a neighborhood supermarket. Winne now writes, speaks, and consults extensively on community food system topics including hunger and food insecurity, local and regional agriculture, community assessment, and food policy. He also does policy communication work for the Community Food Security Coalition. His essays and opinion pieces have appeared in numerous newspapers, organizational and professional newsletters and journals across the country. He is the author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty (Beacon Press 2008) and Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart Cookin’ Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture (Beacon Press, 2010). He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. www.markwinne.com Mark speaks with Joanna about the food system and emotional connectedness, freedom from the industrial food system, active citizen engagement, re-learning cooking skills as a life-changing shift, the nightmare of the industrial slaughterhouses, food and reinvigorating democracy... Music: "Adagio" (from String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters") by Leos Janacek. Note: A special thank you to Pam Roy and FarmToTable for making this interview possible. Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 47:24 Creating together a new medicine story http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/06/creating-together-a-new-medicine-story/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/06/creating-together-a-new-medicine-story/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:00:46 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1969 Nina Simons is a social entrepreneur and Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bioneers. Nina’s life and work are informed by her passion for the natural world, women’s leadership, systems thinking, and the arts’ capacity to shape culture and consciousness.

Nina speaks and teaches nationally about: the environment and the call to engaged action; leading from the ‘feminine’ and redefining leadership; women’s leadership; and businesses and organizations as living systems. She serves on the board of the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California.

www.bioneers.org/about/founders/nina-simons

Nina speaks with Joanna about her book Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, nature as spiritual source, “wholeness-making”,  stories as medicine, power as love, community …

Music: “Woman’s Theme” (from Ulysses’ Gaze) by Eleni Karaindrou

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/06/creating-together-a-new-medicine-story/feed/ 2 activism,feminism,soulwork,sustainability Nina Simons is a social entrepreneur and Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bioneers. Nina's life and work are informed by her passion for the natural world, women’s leadership, systems thinking, and the arts’ capacity to shape culture and consciousness. Nina Simons is a social entrepreneur and Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bioneers. Nina's life and work are informed by her passion for the natural world, women’s leadership, systems thinking, and the arts’ capacity to shape culture and consciousness. Nina speaks and teaches nationally about: the environment and the call to engaged action; leading from the ‘feminine’ and redefining leadership; women’s leadership; and businesses and organizations as living systems. She serves on the board of the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California. www.bioneers.org/about/founders/nina-simons Nina speaks with Joanna about her book Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, nature as spiritual source, "wholeness-making",  stories as medicine, power as love, community ... Music: "Woman's Theme" (from Ulysses' Gaze) by Eleni Karaindrou Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 46:17 Live at the Ancient Wisdom Rising Conference with Kawan Sangaa Woody Morrison http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/05/live-at-the-ancient-wisdom-rising-conference-with-kawan-sangaa-woody-morrison/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/05/live-at-the-ancient-wisdom-rising-conference-with-kawan-sangaa-woody-morrison/#comments Sat, 28 May 2011 11:00:03 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1908 Kawan Sangaa Woody Morrison began his training as a History Keeper for the Haida people at the age of three. Heir to the chief of the Whale House, he has sat in ceremony with tribal elders from around the world and has been an active planner and participant in international conferences on environmental, economic and health issues. He is president of the Vancouver Society of Storytelling and on the board of directors of Wisdom of the Elders, a non-profit organization that records and preserves indigeous oral traditions and cultural arts in order to regenerate the greatness of culture among native peoples.

www.wisdomoftheelders.org

www.ancientwisdomrising.com

Woody Morrison speaks with Joanna about the indigenous perception of time, storytelling and humor, the communication with whales and the Earth, the soul and the breath of life, the  cultural discrimination against native culture, sustainable societies…

Music: “We are the Ones“, Live Music at the Conference

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/05/live-at-the-ancient-wisdom-rising-conference-with-kawan-sangaa-woody-morrison/feed/ 0 activism,Gaia,Indigenous Culture,spirituality,storytelling,sustainability Kawan Sangaa Woody Morrison began his training as a History Keeper for the Haida people at the age of three. Heir to the chief of the Whale House, he has sat in ceremony with tribal elders from around the world and has been an active planner and par... Kawan Sangaa Woody Morrison began his training as a History Keeper for the Haida people at the age of three. Heir to the chief of the Whale House, he has sat in ceremony with tribal elders from around the world and has been an active planner and participant in international conferences on environmental, economic and health issues. He is president of the Vancouver Society of Storytelling and on the board of directors of Wisdom of the Elders, a non-profit organization that records and preserves indigeous oral traditions and cultural arts in order to regenerate the greatness of culture among native peoples. www.wisdomoftheelders.org www.ancientwisdomrising.com Woody Morrison speaks with Joanna about the indigenous perception of time, storytelling and humor, the communication with whales and the Earth, the soul and the breath of life, the  cultural discrimination against native culture, sustainable societies... Music: "We are the Ones", Live Music at the Conference Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 20:51 Live at the Ancient Wisdom Rising Conference with Sobonfu Somé http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/05/live-at-the-ancient-wisdom-rising-conference-with-sobonfu-some/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/05/live-at-the-ancient-wisdom-rising-conference-with-sobonfu-some/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 11:00:30 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1893 Sobonfu Somé is an author and teacher, one of the foremost voices in African spirituality to come to the West. Destined from birth to teach the ancient wisdom, ritual and practices of her ancestors to those in the West, Sobonfu – whose name means “keeper of the rituals” – travels the world on a healing mission sharing the rich spiritual life and culture of her native land Burkina Faso. She teaches and leads rituals throughout North America, Asia and Europe and has published three books: Spirit of Intimacy, Welcoming Spirit Home and Falling Out of Grace. She is involved in ongoing projects in the Dagara Villages of West Africa.

www.sobonfu.com

www.ancientwisdomrising.com

Sobonfu Somé speaks with Joanna about grief & community, the relationship with the ancestors,  love…

Music: “Dagara Traditional Song“, by Sobonfu Somé

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/05/live-at-the-ancient-wisdom-rising-conference-with-sobonfu-some/feed/ 1 activism,grief work,Indigenous Culture,social networks,soulwork,sustainability Sobonfu Somé is an author and teacher, one of the foremost voices in African spirituality to come to the West. Destined from birth to teach the ancient wisdom, ritual and practices of her ancestors to those in the West, Sobonfu Somé is an author and teacher, one of the foremost voices in African spirituality to come to the West. Destined from birth to teach the ancient wisdom, ritual and practices of her ancestors to those in the West, Sobonfu - whose name means "keeper of the rituals" - travels the world on a healing mission sharing the rich spiritual life and culture of her native land Burkina Faso. She teaches and leads rituals throughout North America, Asia and Europe and has published three books: Spirit of Intimacy, Welcoming Spirit Home and Falling Out of Grace. She is involved in ongoing projects in the Dagara Villages of West Africa. www.sobonfu.com www.ancientwisdomrising.com Sobonfu Somé speaks with Joanna about grief & community, the relationship with the ancestors,  love... Music: "Dagara Traditional Song", by Sobonfu Somé Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 11:22 Death: A Natural Transformation http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/04/camille-adair-death-a-natural-transformation/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/04/camille-adair-death-a-natural-transformation/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:00:21 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1732 Camille Adair brings with her more than twenty years of experience in the healing arts, workshop facilitation, hospice and health care. She is an active member of the hospice and palliative health care community, having served as a hospice nurse, educator and professional consultant. She is a pioneer in the field of sustainable health care, integrating medicine with the intimacy of the human experience.

www.camilleadair.com

Camille speaks with Joanna about the film she directed - SOLACE: Wisdom of the Dying -, what she has learned assisting people in the course of their end of life experience, our shared presence, the shadow dynamics of the care giver, death as a natural (transpersonal) process and shared tenderness…

Music: “Her Ute I Moerket” (from  Váli) by Forlatt

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/04/camille-adair-death-a-natural-transformation/feed/ 2 activism,education,healing,soulwork,sustainability Camille Adair brings with her more than twenty years of experience in the healing arts, workshop facilitation, hospice and health care. She is an active member of the hospice and palliative health care community, having served as a hospice nurse, Camille Adair brings with her more than twenty years of experience in the healing arts, workshop facilitation, hospice and health care. She is an active member of the hospice and palliative health care community, having served as a hospice nurse, educator and professional consultant. She is a pioneer in the field of sustainable health care, integrating medicine with the intimacy of the human experience. www.camilleadair.com Camille speaks with Joanna about the film she directed - SOLACE: Wisdom of the Dying -, what she has learned assisting people in the course of their end of life experience, our shared presence, the shadow dynamics of the care giver, death as a natural (transpersonal) process and shared tenderness... Music: "Her Ute I Moerket" (from  Váli) by Forlatt Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 44:39 Psychedelic Healing http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/04/neal-goldsmith-psychedelic-healing/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/04/neal-goldsmith-psychedelic-healing/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:05:26 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1684 Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist specializing in psychospiritual development and resistance to change.

Dr. Goldsmith applies innovative techniques drawn from many schools of thought and traditional practices, such as Psychosynthesis, Imago Relationship Therapy, regressive psychotherapies, Rogerian client-centered counseling, yoga psychology, and other humanistic, transpersonal and eastern traditions.  He facilitates deep life review, awakening to personal history, and life planning, with a special focus on existential and midlife crisis and with young adults suffering from lack of direction or substance abuse.  Dr. Goldsmith is particularly helpful with couples – many feeling “in-love” again after years of vicious cycles.

Author of dozens of popular and scholarly articles, Dr. Goldsmith is a frequent speaker on spiritual emergence, resistance to change, transpersonal psychology, drug policy reform and the post-modern future of society.  He is the author of  Psychedelic Healing – The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development.

www.nealgoldsmith.com

Neal speaks with Joanna about his book Psychedelic Healing, life-changing experiences with the entheogens,  the soul as the “original self”, the psychedelic renaissance, keys of therapeutic change, the reunification between mind-body/ancestral-postmodern/spiritual-scientific…

Music: “Every Person Is One Life” (from How Much Is Yours)  by Arto Tunçboyaciyan & Armenian Navy Band

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/04/neal-goldsmith-psychedelic-healing/feed/ 1 activism,Entheogens,healing,Psychotherapy,soulwork Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist specializing in psychospiritual development and resistance to change. Dr. Goldsmith applies innovative techniques drawn from many schools of thought and traditional practices, such as Psychosynthesis, Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist specializing in psychospiritual development and resistance to change. Dr. Goldsmith applies innovative techniques drawn from many schools of thought and traditional practices, such as Psychosynthesis, Imago Relationship Therapy, regressive psychotherapies, Rogerian client-centered counseling, yoga psychology, and other humanistic, transpersonal and eastern traditions.  He facilitates deep life review, awakening to personal history, and life planning, with a special focus on existential and midlife crisis and with young adults suffering from lack of direction or substance abuse.  Dr. Goldsmith is particularly helpful with couples – many feeling “in-love” again after years of vicious cycles. Author of dozens of popular and scholarly articles, Dr. Goldsmith is a frequent speaker on spiritual emergence, resistance to change, transpersonal psychology, drug policy reform and the post-modern future of society.  He is the author of  Psychedelic Healing – The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development. www.nealgoldsmith.com Neal speaks with Joanna about his book Psychedelic Healing, life-changing experiences with the entheogens,  the soul as the "original self", the psychedelic renaissance, keys of therapeutic change, the reunification between mind-body/ancestral-postmodern/spiritual-scientific... Music: "Every Person Is One Life" (from How Much Is Yours)  by Arto Tunçboyaciyan & Armenian Navy Band Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 48:32 The Sacredness of the Earth http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/03/leslie-browning-the-sacredness-of-the-earth/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/03/leslie-browning-the-sacredness-of-the-earth/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:24:07 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1633 Leslie M. Browning is a poet,writer, and longtime student of Religion, Spirituality, Nature, Language and Philosophy as such these themes permeate her work. Raised a Catholic, she studied both the Traditional and Apocrypha doctrine before her spiritual search eventually crossed into the other religions of the world, compelling her to investigate: Judaism, Tibetan Buddhism, Druidry and Shamanism.

In 2004, following several years of life-changing events, Browning made one of the defining choices of her life: to move away from world religion as a whole; taking with her what few truths she felt to be absolute as she followed her heart in search of a more intimate spirituality.

Browning is the author of the three-title Contemplative Poetry Series published with Little Red Tree Publishing: Oak Wise: Poetry Exploring an Ecological Faith, Ruminations at Twilight: Poetry Exploring the Sacred and The Barren Plain: Poetry Exploring the Reality of the Modern Wasteland. In the Autumn of 2010 The Sacred (a selection from Ruminations at Twilight) was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

lmbrowning.wordpress.com

Leslie speaks with Joanna about her life-changing experiences,the connection with the ancestors, shamanism and poetry, healing, the sacredness of the Earth…and reads some of her poems…
Music: “Song to the Earth” (from Ofrenda A La Pachamama) by Tito La Rosa
]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/03/leslie-browning-the-sacredness-of-the-earth/feed/ 4 activism,eco-psychology,poetry,shamanism,soulwork,storytelling Leslie M. Browning is a poet,writer, and longtime student of Religion, Spirituality, Nature, Language and Philosophy as such these themes permeate her work. Raised a Catholic, she studied both the Traditional and Apocrypha doctrine before her spirit... Leslie M. Browning is a poet,writer, and longtime student of Religion, Spirituality, Nature, Language and Philosophy as such these themes permeate her work. Raised a Catholic, she studied both the Traditional and Apocrypha doctrine before her spiritual search eventually crossed into the other religions of the world, compelling her to investigate: Judaism, Tibetan Buddhism, Druidry and Shamanism. In 2004, following several years of life-changing events, Browning made one of the defining choices of her life: to move away from world religion as a whole; taking with her what few truths she felt to be absolute as she followed her heart in search of a more intimate spirituality. Browning is the author of the three-title Contemplative Poetry Series published with Little Red Tree Publishing: Oak Wise: Poetry Exploring an Ecological Faith, Ruminations at Twilight: Poetry Exploring the Sacred and The Barren Plain: Poetry Exploring the Reality of the Modern Wasteland. In the Autumn of 2010 The Sacred (a selection from Ruminations at Twilight) was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. lmbrowning.wordpress.com Leslie speaks with Joanna about her life-changing experiences,the connection with the ancestors, shamanism and poetry, healing, the sacredness of the Earth...and reads some of her poems... Music: "Song to the Earth" (from Ofrenda A La Pachamama) by Tito La Rosa Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 42:32 The wisdom of not knowing (REDO) http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/02/tim-freke-1redo-the-wisdom-of-not-knowing-redo/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/02/tim-freke-1redo-the-wisdom-of-not-knowing-redo/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:25:30 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1552 NOTE: Due to audio technical issues, this show is a re-published version of the episode published on Dec3, 2010. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience.

Timothy Freke is a philosopher or ‘lover of wisdom’ who is pioneering a simple new way to experience a profound spiritual awakening, which fully embraces our everyday humanity. He has spent his life exploring the awakened state he often simply calls ‘The Mystery Experience’, and helping others to experience the ‘Big Love’.

Tim has an honors degree in philosophy and is an internationally respected authority on world spirituality. He is the author of over thirty books that have established his reputation as a scholar and free-thinker.

He is best known for his groundbreaking work on Christian Gnosticism with his close friend Peter Gandy, including The Jesus Mysteries, which was a top 10 best-seller in the UK and USA, and a ‘Book of the Year’ in the UK Daily Telegraph. In recent years he has articulated his own ‘lucid philosophy’ in The Laughing Jesus, Lucid Living, and How Long is Now?

He is a passionate and playful communicator, whose enthusiasm for life is contagious. Tim is the founder of The Alliance for Lucid Living, (The ALL), an organization dedicated to our collective awakening. He lives with his wife Debbie and their two children in Glastonbury, England.

http://www.timothyfreke.com/

Tim Speaks with Joanna about his first experience of being “deep awake”, “lucid living”, gnosis, the “Big Love”…

Please click here to access Part 2 of the interview.

Music: Tarahumara Matachin Music

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/02/tim-freke-1redo-the-wisdom-of-not-knowing-redo/feed/ 0 activism,gnosticism,mysticism,soulwork NOTE: Due to audio technical issues, this show is a re-published version of the episode published on Dec3, 2010. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience. - Timothy Freke is a philosopher or ‘lover of wisdom’ who is pioneering a simpl... NOTE: Due to audio technical issues, this show is a re-published version of the episode published on Dec3, 2010. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience. Timothy Freke is a philosopher or ‘lover of wisdom’ who is pioneering a simple new way to experience a profound spiritual awakening, which fully embraces our everyday humanity. He has spent his life exploring the awakened state he often simply calls ‘The Mystery Experience’, and helping others to experience the ‘Big Love’. Tim has an honors degree in philosophy and is an internationally respected authority on world spirituality. He is the author of over thirty books that have established his reputation as a scholar and free-thinker. He is best known for his groundbreaking work on Christian Gnosticism with his close friend Peter Gandy, including The Jesus Mysteries, which was a top 10 best-seller in the UK and USA, and a ‘Book of the Year’ in the UK Daily Telegraph. In recent years he has articulated his own ‘lucid philosophy’ in The Laughing Jesus, Lucid Living, and How Long is Now? He is a passionate and playful communicator, whose enthusiasm for life is contagious. Tim is the founder of The Alliance for Lucid Living, (The ALL), an organization dedicated to our collective awakening. He lives with his wife Debbie and their two children in Glastonbury, England. http://www.timothyfreke.com/ Tim Speaks with Joanna about his first experience of being "deep awake", "lucid living", gnosis, the "Big Love"... Please click here to access Part 2 of the interview. Music: Tarahumara Matachin Music Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 37:44 Awakening to a New Myth http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/02/theodore-richards-awakening-to-a-new-myth/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/02/theodore-richards-awakening-to-a-new-myth/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:00:19 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1545 Theodore Richards, PhD, is a poet, writer, and religious philosopher. He is a long time student of the Taoist martial art of Bagua and hatha yoga and has traveled, worked and studied in 25 different countries, including the South Pacific, the Far East, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Theodore has received degrees from the University of Chicago, The California Institute of Integral Studies, Wisdom University, and the New Seminary where he was ordained. He has worked with inner city youth on the South Side of Chicago, Harlem, the South Bronx, and Oakland, where he was the director of YELLAWE, an innovative program for teens in Oakland created by Matthew Fox, teaching philosophy, cosmology, and martial arts with a particular emphasis on creativity and imagination. He is the author of Handprints on the Womb, a collection of poetry. Theodore Richards is the founder and executive director of The Chicago Wisdom Project.

www.cosmosophia.org

Theodore Speaks with Joanna about imagination and co-creation of reality, “cosmosophia”: the cosmos as womb, the shaman and the mystic…

Music: “Sansa Dream“, from Jadur Madur-(DreamTree Project), by Adham Shaikh & Uwe Neumann

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/02/theodore-richards-awakening-to-a-new-myth/feed/ 1 activism,cosmology,soulwork,storytelling,sustainability Theodore Richards, PhD, is a poet, writer, and religious philosopher. He is a long time student of the Taoist martial art of Bagua and hatha yoga and has traveled, worked and studied in 25 different countries, including the South Pacific, the Far East, Theodore Richards, PhD, is a poet, writer, and religious philosopher. He is a long time student of the Taoist martial art of Bagua and hatha yoga and has traveled, worked and studied in 25 different countries, including the South Pacific, the Far East, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Theodore has received degrees from the University of Chicago, The California Institute of Integral Studies, Wisdom University, and the New Seminary where he was ordained. He has worked with inner city youth on the South Side of Chicago, Harlem, the South Bronx, and Oakland, where he was the director of YELLAWE, an innovative program for teens in Oakland created by Matthew Fox, teaching philosophy, cosmology, and martial arts with a particular emphasis on creativity and imagination. He is the author of Handprints on the Womb, a collection of poetry. Theodore Richards is the founder and executive director of The Chicago Wisdom Project. www.cosmosophia.org Theodore Speaks with Joanna about imagination and co-creation of reality, "cosmosophia": the cosmos as womb, the shaman and the mystic... Music: "Sansa Dream", from Jadur Madur-(DreamTree Project), by Adham Shaikh & Uwe Neumann Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 47:43 The Universal Human http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/02/barbara-marx-hubbard-the-universal-human/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/02/barbara-marx-hubbard-the-universal-human/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:00:28 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1519 Barbara Marx Hubbard is an author, public speaker, social innovator, and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution.

As a member of the Jonas Salk Foundation’s Epoch B group, Dr. Hubbard is working to understand and catalyze the actions needed to navigate a quantum change to avoid global collapse. She is a founder and member of the Santa Barbara Conscious Evolution Community. She is initiating the SYNCON Process, for synergistic convergence to overcome the polarization in the United States by bringing together opposing groups to seek common goals and match needs and resources in the light of new capacities at the growing edge of the sciences and the psychologies. Her websites are designed to be global communion/communication hubs for the conscious evolution of humanity.

A graduate of Bryn Mawr College with a B.A. cum laude in Political Science, Dr. Hubbard studied at La Sorbonne and L’Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris during her junior year. In the 1960′s she published one of the first newsletters on evolutionary transformation called The Center Letter in collaboration with Abraham H. Maslow, founder of Humanistic Psychology. She worked closely with Dr. Jonas Salk and was one of the original contributors to the Salk Institute.

In the 1970′s she co-founded The Committee for the Future in Washington D.C., which developed the New Worlds Educational and Training Center based on her work. She co-produced 25 SYNCON conferences to bring together people from every field and function to seek common goals and match needs and resources in the light of the growing edge potentials of humanity. She was one of the original directors of the Center for Soviet American Dialogue and served as a citizen diplomat during the late 1980′s. She was awarded the first Doctorate in Conscious Evolution by Emerson Institute.

Dr. Hubbard’s books include Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential, Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence, The Evolutionary Journey: Your Guide to a Positive Future, and Revelation: A Message of Hope for the New Millennium.

www.barbaramarxhubbard.com

Barbara speaks with Joanna about the “universal human”, “the planetary birth celebration”, and the evolutionary possibilities (and perils) of our species…

Music: “Barren” (from Fields & Waves) by O.rang

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/02/barbara-marx-hubbard-the-universal-human/feed/ 1 activism,futurism,spirituality,technology Barbara Marx Hubbard is an author, public speaker, social innovator, and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. As a member of the Jonas Salk Foundation's Epoch B group, Dr. Hubbard is working to understand and catalyze the actions neede... Barbara Marx Hubbard is an author, public speaker, social innovator, and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. As a member of the Jonas Salk Foundation's Epoch B group, Dr. Hubbard is working to understand and catalyze the actions needed to navigate a quantum change to avoid global collapse. She is a founder and member of the Santa Barbara Conscious Evolution Community. She is initiating the SYNCON Process, for synergistic convergence to overcome the polarization in the United States by bringing together opposing groups to seek common goals and match needs and resources in the light of new capacities at the growing edge of the sciences and the psychologies. Her websites are designed to be global communion/communication hubs for the conscious evolution of humanity. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College with a B.A. cum laude in Political Science, Dr. Hubbard studied at La Sorbonne and L'Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris during her junior year. In the 1960's she published one of the first newsletters on evolutionary transformation called The Center Letter in collaboration with Abraham H. Maslow, founder of Humanistic Psychology. She worked closely with Dr. Jonas Salk and was one of the original contributors to the Salk Institute. In the 1970's she co-founded The Committee for the Future in Washington D.C., which developed the New Worlds Educational and Training Center based on her work. She co-produced 25 SYNCON conferences to bring together people from every field and function to seek common goals and match needs and resources in the light of the growing edge potentials of humanity. She was one of the original directors of the Center for Soviet American Dialogue and served as a citizen diplomat during the late 1980's. She was awarded the first Doctorate in Conscious Evolution by Emerson Institute. Dr. Hubbard's books include Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential, Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence, The Evolutionary Journey: Your Guide to a Positive Future, and Revelation: A Message of Hope for the New Millennium. www.barbaramarxhubbard.com Barbara speaks with Joanna about the "universal human", "the planetary birth celebration", and the evolutionary possibilities (and perils) of our species... Music: "Barren" (from Fields & Waves) by O.rang Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 49:04 The Medicine is the Recovery of Our Essential Nature http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/01/james-odea-the-medicine-is-the-recovery-of-our-essential-nature/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/01/james-odea-the-medicine-is-the-recovery-of-our-essential-nature/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:00:47 +0000 Site Admin http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1491 James O’Dea is currently Co- Director of The Social Healing Project funded by the Kalliopeia Foundation. This work has led him to Rwanda, Israel/Palestine, N. Ireland and elsewhere.

He is a member of the extended faculty of The Institute of Noetic Sciences and its immediate past President. He was Executive Director of The Seva Foundation, an international health and development organization and, for ten years, was the Washington Office Director of Amnesty International.

He is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders group founded by Deepak Chopra and Diane Williams and lectures widely on emerging worldviews, and integral approaches to social transformation. He is committed to dialogue as a practice and is engaged in dialogues at SEED Graduate Institute between native elders, physicists, and thought leaders; between Israeli and Palestinian psychologists and social workers, and contributes to dialogue on systems thinking and government policy making with the DC based Global Systems Initiatives. He and Dr Judith Thompson co-led a series of international dialogues called Compassion and Social Healing.

His book Creative Stress: A Path For Evolving Souls Living Through Personal and Planetary Upheaval ( April 2010) is highly praised and featured in Kosmos Journal, Spirituality and Health magazine, The Well Being Journal and dozens of other media outlets.

www.jamesodea.com

James speaks with Joanna about social healing narratives, creative stress, “Sophianic justice”, the new skills of the peacemaker.

Music: Ajam Taronalary by Munadjat Yulchieva & Ensemble Shavkat Mirzaev

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/01/james-odea-the-medicine-is-the-recovery-of-our-essential-nature/feed/ 0 activism,healing,soulwork,systems thinking James O'Dea is currently Co- Director of The Social Healing Project funded by the Kalliopeia Foundation. This work has led him to Rwanda, Israel/Palestine, N. Ireland and elsewhere. He is a member of the extended faculty of The Institute of Noetic Sc... James O'Dea is currently Co- Director of The Social Healing Project funded by the Kalliopeia Foundation. This work has led him to Rwanda, Israel/Palestine, N. Ireland and elsewhere. He is a member of the extended faculty of The Institute of Noetic Sciences and its immediate past President. He was Executive Director of The Seva Foundation, an international health and development organization and, for ten years, was the Washington Office Director of Amnesty International. He is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders group founded by Deepak Chopra and Diane Williams and lectures widely on emerging worldviews, and integral approaches to social transformation. He is committed to dialogue as a practice and is engaged in dialogues at SEED Graduate Institute between native elders, physicists, and thought leaders; between Israeli and Palestinian psychologists and social workers, and contributes to dialogue on systems thinking and government policy making with the DC based Global Systems Initiatives. He and Dr Judith Thompson co-led a series of international dialogues called Compassion and Social Healing. His book Creative Stress: A Path For Evolving Souls Living Through Personal and Planetary Upheaval ( April 2010) is highly praised and featured in Kosmos Journal, Spirituality and Health magazine, The Well Being Journal and dozens of other media outlets. www.jamesodea.com James speaks with Joanna about social healing narratives, creative stress, "Sophianic justice", the new skills of the peacemaker. Music: Ajam Taronalary by Munadjat Yulchieva & Ensemble Shavkat Mirzaev Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 47:40 Max Dashu http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/12/max-dashu/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/12/max-dashu/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:45:48 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1401 Max Dashu is an artist, writer, and teacher . Max founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women’s history from an international perspective. She has photographed some 15,000 slides and created 100 slideshows on female power and heritages transhistorically. (For titles and descriptions, see the online catalog.)

For nearly 40 years, Dashu has presented hundreds of slide talks at universities, community centers, bookstores, schools, libraries, prisons, galleries, festivals and conferences around North America. Her work bridges the gap between academia and grassroots education. It foregrounds indigenous women passed over by standard histories and highlights female spheres of power retained even in patriarchal societies.

Dashu is known for her expertise on ancient female iconography in world archaeology, goddess traditions, and women shamans. She has also done extensive research on mother-right cultures and the origins of domination. The Women’s Power DVD has been screened in the US, Britain, Netherlands, Italy, and Australia.

Visit www.suppressedhistories.net to see her slideshow catalog, articles, and excerpts from The Secret History of the Witches, a forthcoming sourcebook on European folk religion, women’s culture, and the witch hunts.

Max speaks with Joanna about drummers, dreamers, diviners. Oracles, seers, and prophets. Medicine women, healers, curanderas, and herbalists. Women who invoke spirit. Rainmakers. Ecstatic dancers, shapeshifters, sky-goers. A global view of female shamans from the Suppressed Histories Archives…

Music: ”Dunia Djamou”  (from The Divas from Mali) by  Sali Sidibe

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/12/max-dashu/feed/ 0 activism,feminism,shamanism Max Dashu is an artist, writer, and teacher . Max founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women's history from an international perspective. She has photographed some 15, Max Dashu is an artist, writer, and teacher . Max founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women's history from an international perspective. She has photographed some 15,000 slides and created 100 slideshows on female power and heritages transhistorically. (For titles and descriptions, see the online catalog.) For nearly 40 years, Dashu has presented hundreds of slide talks at universities, community centers, bookstores, schools, libraries, prisons, galleries, festivals and conferences around North America. Her work bridges the gap between academia and grassroots education. It foregrounds indigenous women passed over by standard histories and highlights female spheres of power retained even in patriarchal societies. Dashu is known for her expertise on ancient female iconography in world archaeology, goddess traditions, and women shamans. She has also done extensive research on mother-right cultures and the origins of domination. The Women's Power DVD has been screened in the US, Britain, Netherlands, Italy, and Australia. Visit www.suppressedhistories.net to see her slideshow catalog, articles, and excerpts from The Secret History of the Witches, a forthcoming sourcebook on European folk religion, women's culture, and the witch hunts. Max speaks with Joanna about drummers, dreamers, diviners. Oracles, seers, and prophets. Medicine women, healers, curanderas, and herbalists. Women who invoke spirit. Rainmakers. Ecstatic dancers, shapeshifters, sky-goers. A global view of female shamans from the Suppressed Histories Archives... Music: "Dunia Djamou"  (from The Divas from Mali) by  Sali Sidibe Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 46:31 The wisdom of not knowing Part 2 http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/12/timothy-freke-the-wisdom-of-not-knowing-part-2/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/12/timothy-freke-the-wisdom-of-not-knowing-part-2/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:00:01 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1330 This is the 2nd part of the interview with Tim: Tim speaks with Joanna about his experience with entheogens, shamans  as a primal force of spirituality, the paradox of polarities, the co-evolution of mind and matter…

Click here for an UPDATED version of Part 1 of the interview.

http://www.timothyfreke.com/

Music: Tarahumara Matachin Music

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/12/timothy-freke-the-wisdom-of-not-knowing-part-2/feed/ 0 activism,Entheogens,gnosticism,mysticism,shamanism,soulwork This is the 2nd part of the interview with Tim: Tim speaks with Joanna about his experience with entheogens, shamans  as a primal force of spirituality, the paradox of polarities, the co-evolution of mind and matter... This is the 2nd part of the interview with Tim: Tim speaks with Joanna about his experience with entheogens, shamans  as a primal force of spirituality, the paradox of polarities, the co-evolution of mind and matter... Click here for an UPDATED version of Part 1 of the interview. http://www.timothyfreke.com/ Music: Tarahumara Matachin Music Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 19:08