We Break It, We Buy It, Part 1, By Gary Stamper

We Break It, We Buy It, Part 1, By Gary Stamper

If, as Guy McPherson has said in the recent past, the only way for humanity to avoid Near-Term Extinction (NTE) is the immediate shutdown of industrial civilization, while to make matters worse – yes, matters could get worse – recently adding that if industrial civilization’s electrical grid were to suddenly go down, some 400+ nuclear plants around the world would begin to melt down. Without power, the normal shutdown procedures could not take place. Apparently, we may have broken our future, as well.

The Fisher King: Sacrificing The Oceans In Pursuit Of An Unholy Grail, By Jay Griffiths

The Fisher King: Sacrificing The Oceans In Pursuit Of An Unholy Grail, By Jay Griffiths

The Fisher King, keeper of the Holy Grail, is an enigmatic figure in literature: a rich king wounded by his own spear. The earliest sources show him suffering a moral wounding—a result not of accident but of his own ethical failings. The wound does not heal. Worse, its effects creep out, killing everything around him so the abundance and richness of life is reduced to barren waste.