One could call the stones in the shore of Big Bar Lake below “wet.” They have been taken into the power of “wetting”, or wætur. They have, in other words, been wetted. […]
Of Water and Memory
Enslaving the Earth Through Reading
A book is a portable device for storing and sharing information, using multiple screens viewed in sequence to lead its readers through narratives of time. If there is no narrative of time, […]
Thinking With the Balsam Roots as they Flower
The way to merge with the Earth for improved thinking is both obvious and hidden, and that depends on who you are. A standard way in contemporary Western culture is to make […]
Thick Energy, Earth Intelligence and Nicomen Falls
A vital organ of Earth intelligence is thick energy. It’s quite impervious to the machinations of artificial intelligence. Here’s some. Nicomen Falls Nlaka’pamux Illahie Now for a wander through the energy form. […]
Thought and Memory are the Body Thinking
Before the cognitive mind does its wonders, body and eye do their thinking. This is thinking without cognition. They don’t need it. Traditions of cognitive thinking will analyze such thought. They might […]
Summing Up the Journey Through Earth Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence So Far (and springing forward)
I have been exploring Artificial Intelligence and Earth Intelligence this year. I want to give some practical examples of how Earth Intelligence can be used. As a first step, I have been […]
What is Will, Anyway?
I was talking about the mind of the wilderness. If you want to refresh the conversation, have a look here: The Mind of the Wilderness. Some Mind at Work The rose bush […]
Speaking As the Earth: Ore
Yesterday, I wrote about the universal force “Orkan,” a gift to us from our ancestors. Orkan: aka Bowron Lake This Icelandic concept, translated as “energy,” is an ancient Indo-European understanding. Humanly, it […]
Speaking with the Earth 1: Orkan
For the last few weeks, I have been working towards an explanation of how the Earth can be used to augment human intelligence. The challenge is to articulate a way of doing […]
Artificial Intelligence vs. Consciousness: the B Side of the Dance
Imagine if your mind were one dimensional. Tomato Field But that’s an artifice, a trick, a tease — in short, an illusion. It operates like a mind, although it’s only a trick […]
