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Proposition: We need a new form of geomancy to align with the reality of the desert. To better attune to our surroundings we can practice the craft of silence and heterogeneous hearing and become human receptors and listening devices. Deep listening and attunement can help us uncover sacred refugia and wild sanctuaries in urban surroundings of the everyday. | Proposition: We need a new form of geomancy to align with the reality of the desert. To better attune to our surroundings we can practice the craft of silence and heterogeneous hearing and become human receptors and listening devices. Deep listening and attunement can help us uncover sacred refugia and wild sanctuaries in urban surroundings of the everyday. |
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| <blockquote> Solvitur ambulando... </blockquote> |
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Atmosphere | Atmosphere |
* new life: leaves, blossoms | * new life: leaves, blossoms (some Sonoran [[http://www.arizonensis.org/sonoran/fieldguide/plantae/sonoran_desert_flora.html|desert flora]]) |
* green and yellow colour | * green, yellow, purple, red colours |
* freshness of spring and bitter energy of new growth | * freshness of spring and bitter energy of new growth |
* purity of white ('sacrificial virgins') | * purity of white ('sacrificial virgins') |
Food & Drink | Food & Drink |
* breaking and sharing food together, abundance in collectivity | * breaking and sharing food together, abundance in collectivity |
* end of winter foods in the desert (to research foods of the place) | * end of winter foods in the desert (to research foods of the place; eg [[https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/health-wellness/spring-equinox-the-desert-is-reborn/|cholla buds]]), nopalitos, yucca, ocotillo and palo verde flowers (tea) as well as dried/preserved seeds (for eating and planting), herbs, grains and flowers; pynion pine nuts, , chia seeds, amaranth, sumac, sunflower seeds, mesquite flour, agave and aloe vera juice...) |
* water | * water |
* fresh, green, bitter | * fresh, green, bitter |