Howling about poetic faith, religion as art and making meaning through creative practice with Tony Wolf

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Listen to or watch my first conversation with Tony here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/cultpunk-death-107564746

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ap98ZoZBQuo21Z0uePb91?si=5153fa9d81504abb

https://youtu.be/WtJxfM4iJDI

Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art is an anthology of illustrated interviews with an emergent counterculture of artists and activists who take secular humanism as a given, then ask, “Now what?” and find their answers in artistic creation. Poetic Faiths embody soulful practice through ritual participation in mythopoetic art; they are ways of taking as profound that which may not be taken literally.

Volume I includes:

Aretéanism – a ritualistic path toward personal and communal excellence, inspired by ancient Greek philosophy

CREATION – a queer, science-fiction-infused religious response to climate change, mourning the Anthropocene

The First Church of David Bowie, Phonomancer – a psychedelic blend of role-playing, music and personal development

The Orphan Wisdom School – a redemptive practice rooted in knowing history, being claimed by ancestry and working for a time that we won’t live to see

The Mysterium – an immersive experience of Deep Play guided by 'memento mori ergo carpe diem'—remember death, therefore seize the day

With a foreword by Professor Carole Cusack and the provocative Cultpunk Manifesto, this collection explores the dynamic intersection of ceremony, art and philosophy in the search for metamodern meaning.

Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV92J27N

Blog: https://cultpunk.art

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Howling about faith, belief and the quest for meaning in the modern world with journalist and author Abi Millar.

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Abi Millar is the author of The Spirituality Gap: Searching for Meaning in a Secular Age. A journalist living in London, she has long gravitated towards subjects with a scientific bent. But she is also a yoga teacher, psychedelics aficionado and tarot enthusiast, who is fascinated by the intersection of spirituality and critical thinking.

Abi grew up in an evangelical church, but after losing her faith, she found herself searching for spirituality elsewhere. Torn between the logical part of her brain and the part that secretly believes in magic, she wondered whether her crisis of faith was part of a larger story: at a time when more and more people in the Western world are moving away from organised religion, what does spirituality look like?

In The Spirituality Gap, she tries out 12 different practices ranging from ayahuasca to astrology, reiki to raves. Throughout, she asks how can we embrace ritual in our own lives even if we are wary of religion? And how can secular Westerners channel our spiritual impulses while avoiding the traps of pseudoscience or cultural appropriation?

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Tags: #psychedelic #therapy #psychology #spirituality Brian James Howl in the Wilderness

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Howling about dogs, trauma healing, holistic health and herbalism with Rita Hogan

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Rita Hogan is a clinical canine herbalist with over 20 years of experience specializing in holistic canine herbalism. She is an educator, speaker, writer, formulator, and herbal medicine maker. Using a combination of diet, flower essences, herbs, mushrooms, and phytoembryonic therapies, Rita helps address a dog’s mind, body, and spirit.

Rita’s work involves helping dog owners, natural practitioners, and veterinarians understand how to use herbs according to plant language. She believes in integrative, holistic care where traditional herbalism complements and supports science-based integrative veterinary medicine.

Links:

Rita’s website: https://www.canineherbalist.com

Book & Resources: https://www.theherbaldog.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canineherbalist

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