27 November
2013

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Bless This Food

Adrian Butash

Food blessings provide a window to the profound spirituality that we all share and that connects us to all humankind, nature, and the infinite. Saying a blessing before a meal can bring us closer to our brothers and sisters, parents and friends. Asking a friend to choose and recite a food blessing is a wonderful way to welcome that person into your family setting. The occasional gathering for prayer, no matter how brief, keeps the heart and mind in touch with the most fundamental of joys: belonging. read more »

27 November
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Gould Farm Cookbook & Recipes

A Hundred Years of Good Food

Gould Farm is a progressive mental health treatment community and hundred-year-old working farm, committed to the recovery of people challenged by a mental illness. As the first residential treatment community in the nation, Gould Farm has become a model for other programs around the world and a beacon of hope for people looking to regain their lives. Gould Farm’s model of care is based on three key ingredients: expert clinical care, meaningful work, and a place of belonging in a kind and authentic community. From growing the hay that feeds the cows to processing the milk that becomes cheddar cheese on a Harvest Barn bagel, to harvesting kale and making soup, providing for this community’s needs becomes a therapeutic exercise in interconnectedness and productivity.

This gallery features images of the farm paired with recipes from their recently published cookbook, Gould Farm: A Hundred Years of Good Food. see the gallery »

27 November
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Agriculture and the Sacred

Robert Karp

In ancient times agriculture was intimately connected with the sacred. We find evidence of this in a host of texts and in many traditions which survive to this day. We know, for example, that for the indigenous people on the American continent, the corn plant is believed to have come into being through a long process of cooperation between human beings and the gods, and to grow corn is still a sacred activity for many Native American people today. read more »

27 November
2013

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Sacred Garden

Biodynamic Farming in Action

There is a silver lining to the era of post-materialistic devolution of values. In the depths of the crisis brought on by these destructive trends, a new, individualized, eco-spiritual consciousness of the world is emerging. From thousands of humble, everyday people—farmers, eaters, scientists, educators, artists and business people—a grassroots awakening to the ecological and spiritual realities that sustain the earth and her creatures is taking place.

– Robert Karp in his article Agriculture and the Sacred see the gallery »

15 November
2013

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Sacred Geography Gallery Series

Paul Devereux

GALLERY ONE: WHERE THE GREAT SPIRIT SITS :: In this 5-part series of galleries, we will look at a range of sacred geographies, the mindscapes of past times that can still speak to our souls. The power of sacred place. (Image: This photograph shows the weirdly lone hill known as Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, England. It is associated with Arthurian myth.) read more »

1 October
2013

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An Exclusive Seven Pillars Interview with Robin Becker

The inside story of her powerful dance piece "Into Sunlight"

Recently, Seven Pillars’ Laurie Lane-Zucker and Corin Girard sat down with dancer and choreographer Robin Becker to discuss her original production, "Into Sunlight." In the interview, Robin spoke of what inspired her to create this poignant work, the "chaos theory" behind her artistic process, the company's upcoming New York City performances and the creation of an eagerly anticipated documentary film based on the production. read more »

1 October
2013

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Inside “Into Sunlight”

An evocative gallery of images from the performance

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of They Marched Into Sunlight, David Maraniss writes: From the moment I heard that Robin Becker wanted to create a modern dance inspired by my book on Vietnam, I knew that it would be beautiful and interesting, like anything Robin undertakes. However, I wondered how she would connect her choreography to the storylines of the book and how deeply I would feel a connection to what I wrote about and what I would see in the movements on stage. That question dissolved as soon as her wonderful dancers began. From their first piece, I was utterly absorbed, feeling my book in a way that I never had before, and that sensation stayed with me until the night was done. see the gallery »

9 September
2013

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The Seven Pillars in 3D!

Please support Seven Pillars' first crowdfunding campaign!

Introducing the "transformance:" An immersive, multimedia experience that connects us with our own living wisdom, and with one another. We want to share this journey far and wide. With your support, our first full-scale transformance will launch in October in the Vortex Immersion Dome in Los Angeles, California. read more »

3 July
2013

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A Maker of Things

Wendy Jehanara Tremayne

In 2006 I quit my career job, left New York City, and headed to rural New Mexico to discover a life less reliant on money. I wanted to become a maker of things instead of a buyer of things. As in most escapades, I advanced step-by-step. Curiously I lifted veil after veil, allowing myself to be shape-shifted by the journey’s demands. I became the maker of things I imagined I could be while still living in Brooklyn. read more »

3 July
2013

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In the Time of the Sacred Places

Winona LaDuke

In the time of Thunderbeings and Underwater Serpents, the humans, animals, and plants conversed and carried on lives of mischief, wonder, and mundane tasks. The prophets told of times ahead, explained the causes of the deluge of past, and predicted the two paths of the future: one scorched and one green, one of which the Anishinaabeg would have to choose. read more »

3 July
2013

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Heartfelt Dialogue

Lee Irwin (Sirr al-Basir)

The mystery of heartfelt dialogue, of truly heart-centered conversation, is discovered in the inflow of presence and in a willingness to uncover the desires of the heart, as inspired by an atmosphere of loving concern. As a process of discovery, such dialogue is energized by patience and receptivity to what arises spontaneously and genuinely from the heart. read more »

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