After the Wildfire

After the Wildfire Glastonbury Oracle, November 2020 I have just been listening to a series of podcasts called The Language Keepers, about those who are working to rescue and revitalise native languages in California. Some of them are being brought back from the...

Akshobhya’s Mirror

Akshobhya’s Mirror Glastonbury Oracle, October 2020 “We are in a space without a map.” Joanna Macy began her article Entering the Bardowith this statement, suggesting that the world is entering not just a crisis but a ‘space between the worlds’; the time between...

Into the Unknown

Into the Unknown ​Glastonbury Oracle, September 2020 ​Last month I suggested that there could be no political solution to the world’s accumulating problems, the predicament that we face is too enormous and too deep; what’s needed is a whole new way of thinking about...

Slow down and listen

Time to Slow Down and Listen Glastonbury Oracle, December 2020 Over the past four months I have done my best to describe the present situation in the world as an essentially spiritual crisis. As what’s happening out there gets progressively more dire there is still...

Community Resilience

How are we doing with Community Resilience? Glastonbury Oracle, March 2020 Resilience means being able to survive challenging circumstances, both physically and psychologically. Our culture leaves us more interested in Doing rather than Feeling, so our approach to...