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Peter Harris: Zen Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) (1999, Everyman's Library, Alfred A. Knopf)

A telling analogy for life and death: Compare the two of them to water and ice. Water draws together to become ice, And ice disperses again to become water. Whatever has died is sure to be born again; Whatever is born comes round again to dying. As ice and water do one another no harm, So life and death, the two of them, are fine.

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Toni Bernhard: How to Be Sick (2020, Wisdom Publications)

In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and, to her and her partner's bewilderment, stayed that …

An incredible resource. I’m very thankful for all of it, including her collection of techniques in the back as reference.

Her kindness and compassion, knowledge and practice, blend wonderfully and I am buoyed by the connections she makes. I knew illness was what brought me to a new form of Buddhist practice, because I felt attachment was making my situation harder. I’ve discovered a few wobbly tools on my own, but her tools are abundant, tried, and true.

Kaitlin B. Curtice: Living Resistance (2023, Brazos Press)

Resisting the economy of fear means telling the truth, allowing yourself to grieve that the truth is not what you thought it was, and letting the work of healing to replace that fear.when this process begins to unfold, generosity happens. Systems begin to change. And whole communities are transformed by the process of truth-telling.

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Justine Norton-Kertson: Utopian Witch (Hardcover, 2024, Microcosm Publishing) No rating

"Drawing on the natural connections between neo-pagan spirituality and the new literary, artistic, and activist …

…bridging the small gap between solarpunk’s Earth-based values and neo-pagan witchcraft, and through an infusion of leftist, radical, solarpunk politics, rescuing New Age spiritual paths from their recent and dangerous flirtations with the extremist right wing.

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Justine Norton-Kertson: Utopian Witch (Hardcover, 2024, Microcosm Publishing) No rating

"Drawing on the natural connections between neo-pagan spirituality and the new literary, artistic, and activist …

Solarpunk not only uses art & literature to propose solutions to the climate crisis, but it also joins other subgenres such as afrofuturism and amazofuturism in using art and literature to consciously and purposefully challenge global systems of oppression.

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