A summertime tour through “strange and weird places,” where they held their annual rituals. This is EPISODE #228: HOT AUGUST BITES, with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.
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Tonight we’re talking ravens, fishes & loaves, and the soul-crushing indoor indoctrination of the Empire’s State Religion. Sir James George Frazer, Pliny the Elder and the Gospel of Mark are all involved, whether they like it or not. (And the “Bible Friends” podcast mentioned on this episode can be found here.)
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New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Written & hosted by Ken Layne. Thanks for supporting this advertising-free podcast at our Desert Oracle Patreon page. Only on the podcast tonight; but some interesting repeats on the radio at 10.
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…)
