John Muir

EPISODE #220: STANDING WITH GIANTS, AT MARIPOSA GROVE

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This is EPISODE #220: STANDING WITH GIANTS, AT MARIPOSA GROVE. Mariposa Grove was a sacred forest for millennia before it became part of the U.S. Yosemite Grant, lovingly tended by Yosemite Guardian Galen Clark for more than a quarter century.

Sacred groves and forests are protected for their spiritual and ecological importance. Such groves are found today throughout India (home of more than a million holy forests), Japan (many thousands of chinju no mori surrounding Shinto temples), and Ethiopia (35,000 primal forests circling Ethiopian Orthodox churches).  (more…)

EPISODE #216: MAKE IT SACRED

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Nothing is sacred unless we set it aside as sacred. As Americans rapidly abandon organized religion, and the formerly sanctified church and temple sites go up for sale as designer homes, where are the places that are truly sacred? The places set aside for contemplation, meditation, festivals, the rituals of life & death?

There ain’t much. Not nearly enough. But that can be fixed. New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Written & hosted by Ken Layne. Thanks for supporting this advertising-free podcast at Patreon.com/desertoracle.

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This is EPISODE #216: MAKE IT SACRED. Listen to the radio broadcast Friday nights at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree & all over the Mojave High Desert, or enjoy the podcast right now:

EPISODE #172: THE LIBRARY OF DESERT SECRETS

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What sort of religious nut was John Muir? What was the mystical and spiritual argument for the creation of America’s national parks system? Who planted the tall tales that would become global UFO mythology? And why did the cold voice of recorded robots tell Desert Oracle Radio to immediately leave the Los Angeles Central Library, last night?

It’s Episode #172 of Desert Oracle Radio, part of our final live-on-stage show, with RedBlueBlackSilver and Ken Layne. Thanks for supporting this program via Patreon.com/DesertOracle, where we’ll be posting the full hourlong show.

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Our audiobook is out now, read by Ken Layne and with chapter-title sounds by RedBlueBlackSilver.

EPISODE #153: JOHN MUIR IN THE WILD DESERT

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Tonight we visit with the friendly ghost of John Muir, specifically regarding his many excursions in the California deserts. Now is the time for EPISODE #153: JOHN MUIR IN THE DESERT.

New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Listen on the radio tonight 10PM-11PM, on KCDZ 107.7 FM … Pioneertown to Twentynine Palms, Yucca Valley to Wonder Valley, from Amboy to Zzyzx.

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