Visionary Activist Show (11.1.18)
Day of the Dead Election Radio
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Caroline hosts two of the most deeply informed Medicine women she knows – Micah Nilsson, pragmatic mystic keeper of plant medicine, and Max Dashu, retriever and animator of the lost lore of Women’s Wisdom, that we may gather our wits, compost dread, and chicanery, ladle out calm, confidence, invoke Liberating Trickster, who likes “against all odds,” to spiral forth sane reverent common sense, and electoral honesty and fair play…And invoke the helpful beloved dead, at this Time of Dire Beauty…
Micah Nilsson: http://al-qemi.com/Max Dashu: http://www.suppressedhistories.net/
Yo Team o back-stage ally animators of the desirable,
our two guests have so much knowledge to share,
both of their websites are well worth exploring,
and with whom we can brew our election elixir…
We convene as 6+ Aquarius is Rising – “The Cosmic Egg”
-symbol of Renaissance…
The Sun at 9+ Scorpio, secret soul of America,
whose image is “Fellowship supper reunites old comrades,”
what this country is meant to be… a welcoming beacon…
an embrace of solace, and refuge…
The Sun trines Neptune, as it does on election day,
meaning the “protoplasm of reality is especially receptive
to imaginative imprint.”!
And sextiles Saturn, whose image is the spooky:
“Ten logs lie in front of an archway leading to Darker Woods,
ritual preparation…”
The Moon in Leo, whose image is – questing
“a large camel crossing the desert,”
squares Jupiter whose degree is
“Inca Princess pleads for the life of her children.”
On this Day of the Dead, we host two guests,
who carry so much needed lore from the past,
the dead, our Woofy Women, ancestresses, convening,
out of dedicated concern, that we protect as much life as possible
(having carelessly killed 60% of earth’s mammals )
opposite Mars in Aquarius, that we invite this guiding wisdom
into the vernacular of modern society,
that trines Venus, who, having retrograded back into Libra,
is getting ready for her re-emergence from the Underworld of invisibility,
as the Morning Star, before dawn on election day, rising with Ceres,
dwarf planet, goddess of the Earth,
and the Moon in Libra, re-animating Justice, Beauty,
and kinship as Cultural Leadership Dynamics…
And Her Inanna Myth reminds us
that those who have survived the Underworld journey
have earned the right to be cultural Trickster redeemers…
Composting all chicanery, that even creepy fixes that are in
– become un-fixed… That turn-out is resounding…
That suppression has not worked…
May Liberating Cultural High Jinx Abound!
Al-Qemi http://al-qemi.com/From Micah, our first guest today, about Al-Qemi, her company:
“Al-Qemi was founded in 1991 to research and put into modern practice the ancient healing work of the alchemists.
Since then, we have provided discriminating clients with a complete Alchemical and Spagyric apothecary, including not only products, but a practical system for their use.
Our system, based on our research into alchemical texts from many centuries, has led us to a truly holistic understanding of health and wellness, an understanding which we have applied to create a line of products to promote health and longevity at all levels of being.
In ancient times, alchemists were often called Philosophers of Nature because their method of work consisted of observing natures operations and then applying them in the laboratory. This crucial link, between the rhythms and processes of nature and the healing work of mankind, has been largely forgotten by most of todays physicians.
The origin of the word alchemy is from the Arabic, al-qemi, which has several meanings. The prefix “al” can mean out of or from, and “khem” or “qem” was the ancient name for Egypt, and for the black earth that was the gift of the Nile each year. This connotation, then, means from the earth or from Egypt, pointing to the origins of this ancient science.
In addition, “al” can be taken as short for Allah or God, and “qemi” for chemistry, the word therefore meaning God’s Chemistry.
In spelling our name according to the ancient spelling, we have embraced all of its meanings, and in our work we seek to bring to a modern world this ancient spiritual chemistry for healing and wisdom.”
http://www.suppressedhistories.net/The Suppressed Histories Archives
uncovers the realities of women’s lives, internationally and across time, asking questions about patriarchy and slavery, conquest and aboriginality. About mother-right, female spheres of power, indigenous philosophies of spirit– and the historical chemistry of their repression. Even more important, their role in resisting oppression.
A global perspective on women’s history offers fresh and diverse conceptions of women’s power, as well as of men and gender borders. It overturns stereotypes of race and class, and the structures of domination that enforce them. It digs under the usual story of lords and rulers, looking for hidden strands, and reweaves knowledge from the divided fields of history, archaeology, linguistics and folk tradition.
So we cast a wide arc, looking for patterns and gaps and contradictions which, where vested power interests are at stake, are trigger points for controversy. Some of the flashpoints are women’s power; neolithic female figurines; gender-egalitarian mother-right cultures; patriarchy; witch-hunts; “heresies” such as goddess veneration or shamans; and the rise and fall of empires, including the doctrines of supremacy that prop up all systems of domination. Why we need women’s history >>
About Max Dashu
“Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women’s history from an international perspective.
She built a collection of 15,000 slides and 30,000 digital images, and has created 150 slideshows on female cultural heritages across human history. For titles and descriptions, see the online catalog. (Read evaluations of these dynamic presentations here.)
Dashu’s work bridges the gap between academia and grassroots education. It foregrounds indigenous women passed over by standard histories and highlights female spheres of power retained even in some patriarchal societies.
Dashu is internationally known for her expertise on ancient female iconography in world archaeology; female spheres of power and matricultures; patriarchies and allied systems of domination; medicine women, female shamans, witches, and witch hunts.
Her work is followed by 163,000 people on Facebook and remains in the top 1% on Academia.edu. ”
