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    Author: John Halstead

    John Halstead is the author of *Another End of the World is Possible*, in which he explores what it would really mean for our relationship with the natural world if we were to admit that we are doomed. John is a native of the southern Laurentian bioregion and lives in Northwest Indiana, near Chicago. He is a co-founder of 350 Indiana-Calumet, which worked to organize resistance to the fossil fuel industry in the Region. John was the principal facilitator of “A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment.” He strives to live up to the challenge posed by the Statement through his writing and activism. John has written for numerous online platforms, including Patheos, Huffington Post, PrayWithYourFeet.org, and Gods & Radicals. He is Editor-at-Large of HumanisticPaganism.com. John also facilitates climate grief support groups climate grief support groups affiliated with the Good Grief Network.

    Bye-Bye Coffins, These Organic Burial Pods Turn Your Loved Ones Into Trees

    Fueled by their love of trees, the Capsula Mundi project created an organic, biodegradable burial pod that literally turns a person’s remains into nutrients for a beautiful tree growing directly up above.

    . by John Halstead

    An Earthseed Memorial: Octavia Butler (1947-2006)

    In memory of Octavia Butler, who died 10 years ago tomorrow, I want to share with you the following Earthseed funeral, which comes from Parable of the… Read more “An Earthseed Memorial: Octavia Butler (1947-2006)”

    .. by John Halstead

    The 10th anniversary of Octavia’s Butler’s passing

    Tomorrow, February 24th, is the 10th anniversary of Octavia’s Butler’s passing.  Butler was one of the first African-American science fiction writers, and one of the first women to break the… Read more “The 10th anniversary of Octavia’s Butler’s passing”

    .. by John Halstead

    The Epic of Evolution and Earthseed’s Destiny

    Historically, the world “cosmology” has been used to refer either to the scientific study of the origin and evolution of universe or to religious myths about creation.… Read more “The Epic of Evolution and Earthseed’s Destiny”

    .. by John Halstead

    An Earthseed Ritual: The Five Elements

    I created this Earthseed ritual, drawing on texts from Earthseed’s “Book of the Living”.  It also draws on the Five Elements motif that is common to Neo-Pagan ritual. … Read more “An Earthseed Ritual: The Five Elements”

    .. by John Halstead

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