woodcut of Gustave Baumann
In a completely preliterate society, the oral tradition is not memorized, but remembered. Thus, every telling is fresh and new, as the tellers review the imagery of origins, journeys, loves, hunts. Themes and formulae are repeated as part of an ever-changing tapestry composed of both the familiar and the novel. Direct experience, generation by generation, feeds back into the tale told.

Gary Snyder

Gaialogues with Joanna Harcourt-Smith

"Direct experience, feeding into a tale told" — these words from Gary Snyder epitomize the aim of the Gaialogues. Each month, Joanna Harcourt-Smith will present interviews with lively minds on various topics, and explore the connections between voices at play in a planetary fugue.

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July 17, 2008 - First of a series of talks by John Lash on the Organic light   (28 minutes - 13mb)
John's tells Joanna about his first experience with the Organic Light.

July 11, 2008 - Ruth Gendler
(43 minutes - 29.6mb)

Ruth Gendler is an artist, writer, and teacher committed to the transformational potential of the arts. Her experience with the rhythms of creativity is evidenced by a diverse background in art, writing, publishing, teaching, and lecturing. She is the author of The Book of Qualities and Notes on the Need for Beauty and the editor of Changing Light: The Eternal Cycle of Night and Day. The Book of Qualities, now in its 40th printing, has been adapted as a two act theater piece and translated into German, Japanese, and Chinese, as well as being widely excerpted in literary, psychological and educational publications.

July 2, 2008 - Cynthia Jurs
(47 minutes - 21.9mb)

Cynthia Jurs is an authorized Buddhist teacher (dharmacharya) who has practiced in the Tibetan Vajrayana and Zen Buddhist traditions for almost 30 years. In 1994 she received formal transmission from Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh to teach engaged Buddhism and now directs the Open Way Sangha in Santa Fe, New Mexico, teaching an approach to living in awareness through practice, ceremony, retreat, and pilgrimage. As a filmmaker, she recently directed and produced the film, Turning Prayer Into Action: Indigenous Grandmothers Meet the Bioneers. Her next film will document the pilgrimages of the earth treasure vases in order to share the story and practice more widely.

June 24, 2008 - Ellen Tadd
(38 minutes - 17.4mb)

Ellen Tadd is a nationally recognized clairvoyant practitioner, counselor, lecturer and instructor. Ellen works with businesses, religious and educational organizations throughout the U.S. and frequently lectures on how to actualize spiritual potential in every day life. She is the author of Death and Letting Go, a guide for understanding death as a continuation of life.

Joanna Harcourt-Smith



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