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Imagining Burial – Lia Purpura
Season 4
In this narrated essay, writer and poet Lia Purpura delves into the horrified wonder and holiness of death, exploring burial practices that …
7 years, 1 month ago
Hallowed Ground – Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
Season 4
The roots of religious belief and the sacredness of nature were once closely entwined: the ancient yew grows in the churchyard; the forest m…
7 years, 1 month ago
Myrtle's Medicine – Kinitra Brooks
Season 4
In a world where the cosmologies of black women are continually erased and excluded from knowledge traditions, Kinitra Brooks seeks connecti…
7 years, 1 month ago
On the Road with Thomas Merton – Fred Bahnson
Season 4
In the summer of 1968, Christian mystic Thomas Merton undertook a pilgrimage to the American West. Fifty years later, writer Fred Bahnson se…
7 years, 1 month ago
The Great Work: Alchemy and the Power of Words – Paul Kingsnorth
Season 3
Paul Kingsnorth is a writer living in rural Ireland. Recalling a visit from a dark figure in a dream, who reappeared in his novel "The Wake,…
7 years, 4 months ago
Born was the Mountain – Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
Season 3
In this in-depth investigative story, Emergence Magazine staff writer Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder explores the collision of values unfolding o…
7 years, 4 months ago
When You Meet the Monster, Anoint His Feet – Bayo Akomolafe
Season 3
Bayo Akomolafe is a writer and lecturer from western Nigeria. In the age of the Anthropocene and entrenched politics of whiteness, this essa…
7 years, 4 months ago
Myth of Progress — An Interview with Paul Kingsnorth
Season 3
In this interview, writer Paul Kingsnorth discusses some of the central themes explored in his work. The conversation centers on the "myth o…
7 years, 4 months ago
Corn Tastes Better on the Honor System – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Season 3
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a writer, scientist, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is author of the acclaimed book "Braid…
7 years, 4 months ago
Magic and the Machine — David Abram
Season 3
David Abram is a cultural ecologist and philosopher. In this essay, he reflects on our undying urge to recreate a primal experience of intim…
7 years, 4 months ago