December 10, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot The Case Against Hope Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here Contrary to popular belief, Pandora didn’t actually have a “box.” In the tale captured by Hesiod– the oldest extant version, in his Works and Days, Pandora owned (or rather brought with her as a kind of dowry when she was delivered to her husband-to-be Epimetheus) a pithos, a large vase-like jar: […] | more
November 19, 2024 Jeremy Plants, Writings and Whatnot Participatory Ecology 101: Reframing “Nature” Step One: Reframing Nature We must take care of Nature! “Be stewards of the Environment!” “TOP TEN WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PLANET” What a nice idea, taking care of “Nature” (whatever that is)! It makes us think of cleaning streams, throwing litter into the proper receptacles, recycling at home, buying organic. All good, […] | more
November 10, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot Be Weeds Now is the time for Resilience weed (n): a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants. What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how […] | more
October 24, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot How to Navigate Climate Change And now for something completely different…. Getting through the tough times ahead If you don’t believe in human-caused climate change, guess what? You’re going to die. Secondly, if you’re one of the smart ones who knows climate change is a real thing, you’re also going to die. The question is, how are you going to […] | more
October 10, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot The Joy of Pareidolia “Pareidolia” is a term given to the human tendency to find patterns where none are understood to exist. In the world of the paraweird, it’s typically used to disprove images or audio of so-called “paranormal” experiences. The most basic example is seeing a face in the clouds, or a rock that looks like a celebrity, […] | more
September 22, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot Liminal Site Analysis Liminal Ecology and the “Paranormal” A position of the Liminal Earth Society is that in order to Remythologize the Landscape, we need to recognize that the “unseen” world is as filled with potential entities as the world of the senses. As such, investigation of the “paranormal” needs to take into consideration that all entities exist […] | more
September 13, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot Pygmalion: A Socratic Dialogue PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. Socrates; Pygmalion Scene. Outside of the Theater of Dionysus. Socrates. Ah, my dear friend Pygmalion, have you too been moved by the delightful performance of this latest comedy by Aristophanes? He truly breathes a kind of life into his characters, does he not? Pygmalion. Indeed, Socrates, I am ever in awe […] | more
September 7, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot Five Principles for an Animist Approach to the Paranormal 1. Continuity of “Being.” Nature isn’t something you “go to.” The natural world isn’t confined to remote wildernesses or heavily forested parks. Nature is a process that manifests everywhere, from rural landscapes to strip malls. A bee flying through a city is no less in “nature” than when it’s in a meadow. The life force, in […] | more
September 1, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot A Mythic Worldview, or, Zeus Isn’t That Bad Once You Get to Know Him (CW: SA) Over the past few years, I’ve embraced what I’ve referred to in the past as “Ancient Mediterranean Spirituality.” It started with an interest in the deity Asklepios, after a series of dreams about him, during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. I’ve always found spirituality an interesting way to engage with reality, but had long […] | more
August 22, 2024 Jeremy Writings and Whatnot Nymphs, Dryads, and other Nature Spirits Some thoughts on Nymphs and Dryads and “Nature Spirits” I hate the term “Nature Spirit.” As I wrote elsewhere,: Nature isn’t just a collection of biosystems outside of your house; it’s a process in which entities participate. Nature is an “exchange of goods and services” via a network of nodes and connections. Saying “Escape to […] | more
