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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, Brian Swimme's Powers of the Universe 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Brian Swimme's Powers of the Universe Over the past few years, I have been exploring Brian Swimme’s 11 Powers of the Universe, the energies he sees governing the endless creation of the […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, Boundless possibility: the power of seamlessness 1 year, 5 months ago
Boundless possibility: the power of seamlessness Our universe’s constant bubbling of form and new realities is what cosmologist Brian Swimme calls seamlessness, one of his eleven powers of the universe […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, Standing on Holy Ground: Thomas Berry's Primary Revelation 1 year, 7 months ago
Ever since I was introduced to Thomas Berry’s work in 2000, his thinking has informed and enriched my own beyond measure. For this essay, I chose one of my favorite of his ideas: that we expand our vision beyond […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, A wild love for the world 1 year, 11 months ago
My youngest nephew is standing at the gates of adulthood appalled by what he finds beyond them. He has a lot of company, of all ages. But I feel particular sympathy for the youngest and tenderest among us. It is […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, Metamorphosis: the power of transformation 2 years, 2 months ago
I have been exploring cosmologist Brian Swimme’s eleven powers of the universe to see what our oldest teacher tells us about creating a just and sustainable planet. These are the energies by which the cosmos i […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, The drama of deep time: Joggins Fossil Cliffs 2 years, 4 months ago
A UNESCO World Heritage site, Joggins Fossil Cliffs is famous for fossils that bridge the time when our ancestors were moving out of the seas and onto land.
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, Tending the Wild 2 years, 4 months ago
The most creative people on the planet today are working on changing the stories we have told ourselves for the last several centuries. In some cases, the last few millennia. Some of the stories we are turning […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address 2 years, 7 months ago
When we did a round-robin reading of the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address at the end of our pre-Thanksgiving class, I was moved to combine it with my photos. The Address expresses gratitude for the oldest and […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, Plant Blindness 2 years, 8 months ago
The inability to register plants in one’s environment or to see the importance of the plant world are two of the symptoms of plant blindness. One study found that Americans can identify over 1,000 corporate logos […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, Native Language 2 years, 11 months ago
When a human language dies, says linguist David Crystal, “what is primarily lost is the expression of a unique vision of what it means to be human.”
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, Rain 3 years, 3 months ago
When my partner George died in October one of the things I dreaded was the coming rainy season. No more beautiful blue and yellow days, long twilit evenings, silken roses in overflowing gardens. I feared I had […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, The power of allurement, the mystery of beauty 3 years, 5 months ago
In this essay I ponder one of nature’s most intriguing mysteries: why is so much so beautiful? Why all those luscious colors, gossamer wings, silken petals? Why rustling waves of grasslands, filled with flowers, c […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, Weathering the storm: living with the power of cataclysm 3 years, 5 months ago
We owe our existence to the spectacular collapse of early stars. So the challenging power of cataclysm has been with us since the beginning. We live on a planet of shifting tectonic plates, which means we will […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, The survivors: the long consolation of ferns 3 years, 9 months ago
Since the middle of March, when California’s shelter in place started, an acupuncturist friend has been offering weekly meditations via phone. She starts by asking us to imagine ourselves in a nurturing place in n […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, It couldn't be clearer: the power of interrelatedness 4 years, 2 months ago
It doesn’t take a pandemic to tell us that our culture has its values and rewards upside down. But it may take a pandemic to show us that we are also completely dependent on sound ecosystems, where viruses such a […]
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Betsey Crawford updated new location at Larkspur, CA 94939, USA 4 years, 4 months ago
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, Transcendence on the Headlands 4 years, 4 months ago
One of the most transcendent moments of my life happened on the Marin headlands, within view of the glittering city of San Francisco and the elegant curve of the Golden Gate bridge. You never know when the door […]
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, The patient genius of transmutation 4 years, 5 months ago
“All is flux,” the Greek philosopher Heraclitus said 2500 years ago. “Nothing stays still.” He offered us a perfect description of transmutation, one of the great powers that cosmologist Brian Swimme ascribe […]
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Betsey Crawford updated new location at Box Elder, SD, USA 4 years, 6 months ago
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Betsey Crawford wrote a new post, When Rivers Go to Court 4 years, 7 months ago
Imagine a river taking her case to court. Arriving in her smooth, flowing robes, reflecting the blue of the sky, a shimmering train brushing the floor as she walks. She speaks in a deep, contralto voice. Her tone […]
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