Gurus. And What He Said. (About relationship.) And I Lied (Again).

David Arora & his "Wheel of the Fungi." Girdwood Fungus Fair 2014.

I know I already said I'm not into gurus, but maybe I lied.

I just spent the last couple of hours consuming the words & natural, unaffected presence of mycologist David Arora...


He talked about mushroom hunting & how it's really about RELATIONSHIPS.


Relationships between fungi & trees,
And relationships between trees & people,
And relationships between people & people,
And relationship between people & fungi...


And the tears welled up in my eyes,
& my heart exploded.


And then he talked about the differences between freedom & enslavement,
And about the people who can name the trees & those who simply know them,
And the people who live with the forests & those who visit on weekends...


And the tears welled up in my eyes again & I swear they did in his too...


Is this what it is like to encounter a guru?

Animist Blog Carnival: Death. I lied.

ABC: Part of what I hoped to write about. Jae Rhim Lee & the Infinity Burial Project.

Ok, so I lied.

Due to the our technological meltdown, the October edition of the Animist Blog Carnival has packed up it's wagons & moved over to headquarters: Eearth Animist: Animism in Global Weirding. Please be assured that all your submissions have been forwarded to Heather.

But I claim dibs on Death next year.

And thank you to everyone who submitted.