Motherland
It’s hard to believe it’s been just over a year since A Tea Stronger Than Death, a collection of poems written under Tea’s guidance, entered the world. Tea, in her original form, is far more than just a beverage; the plant is a keeper of wisdom, a healing agent, a spiritual companion, and a living cultural practice. I’m currently working on MOTHER TONGUES a micro edition offering that goes beyond offering a selection of Camellia sinensis Teas from my homelands in Taiwan and China, alongside tisanes made from botanicals cultivated in my garden and responsibly foraged or otherwise sourced. My work with Tea, including the Magick of Tea gatherings, aims to honour Tea's past, engage with its present, and help shape a future steeped in taste literacy, cultural reverence, magical traditions, and re-animacy.
WHEN AI BECOMES SELF-AWARE: EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF WISDOM IN AI
The exploration of the basis that "artificial intelligences" are inherently 'artificial,' contrasting with the notion of "natural intelligence" in humans, betrays more human-exclusivity and the problems tied to that perspective than mere forecasts about an imminent hostile AI takeover.
What Daoism says about getting unstuck
I am not so much of a fan of manifesting as it can suggest ableism or exceptionism. That said, we can still play in a role both through our daily decisions and how we relate with energy. Sometimes energies get stuck because the container (our bodies, our minds, our physical homes, our altars and other magickal work surfaces) becomes too full.
From a Daoist perspective, the stuckness happens because Yang has reproduced itself to the point of becoming an invasive mono crop species. The Yang aspect has fixated itself on past successes and assumes repeating what it has always done will result in more of what it desires.