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Category: Earthseed

A Critique of the Destiny

October 5, 2022 John Halstead Destiny, Earthseed, ecological collapse, Progress, Space Travel, Trickster

The Destiny is actually just the latest version of a very old story, the most dangerous story ever told, the story of progress.

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The Most Dangerous Story Ever Told: Environmental Collapse, Progress, and Human Destiny

October 5, 2022 John Halstead Destiny, Earthseed, ecological collapse, INterstellar, Octavia Butler, Progress, Space Travel

As time goes on, more and more of my daily news feed consists of reports of ecological collapse: fires, hurricanes, floods, droughts. It’s increasingly easy to believe the earth is telling us to leave. It’s increasingly tempting to believe that there m…

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“Fellow Workers With God” by John Trevor

June 7, 2018 John Halstead Earthseed

I was recently re-reading the autobiography of one of my spiritual inspirations, John Trevor, the founder of the Labour Church, titled My Quest for God.  I came… Read more ““Fellow Workers With God” by John Trevor”

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“An Inescapable Network of Mutuality”: Martin Luther King’s Ecological Thought

April 4, 2018 John Halstead Earthseed

Originally posted on Pray With Your Feet: “A Single Garment of Destiny” In his penultimate sermon, delivered on March 31, 1968, at the National Cathedral in Washington,…

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Jumping into Change

September 22, 2017 John Halstead Change, Earthseed

God is Change. There is no holding on the the present. I can only embrace the ceaseless flow of Change and do what I can to Shape God now.

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What Would Octavia Butler Have Thought of the Real Earthseed?

April 12, 2017 John Halstead Book of the Living, Earthseed, God is Change, Natural Pagans, Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower, The Destiny

It seems to me that often a work of fiction can take on a life of it own, beyond the intention of its author. I’ve often wondered what Octavia Butler would have thought of the real Earthseed which were are fostering here. Syrus Marcus Ware recently ans…

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Translating the Books of the Living, an Amateur Experiment – An Exchange with L’Academie Française.

April 7, 2017 James Spencer Earthseed

I have had a bit of a hiatus translating  while in rehearsal for a play. However, the translation project has not been far from my mind. A… Read more “Translating the Books of the Living, an Amateur Experiment – An Exchange with L’Academie Française.”

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Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, verse 5

February 27, 2017 James Spencer Earthseed

God is Power— Infinite, Irresistible, Inexorable, Indifferent. And yet, God is Pliable— Trickster, Teacher, Chaos, Clay. God exists to be shaped. God is Change. ∞ = Δ… Read more “Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, verse 5”

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Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, verses 3 and 4

February 16, 2017 James Spencer Book of the Living, Community, Earthseed

A gift of God May sear unready fingers ∞ = Δ Un cadeau de la Divinité brulerait des doigts qui ne sont pas prêts ou Un bienfait de la… Read more “Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, verses 3 and 4”

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Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, Verse 2

February 15, 2017 James Spencer Book of the Living, Community, Earthseed

2. Prodigy Prodigy is, at its essence, adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may… Read more “Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, Verse 2”

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