In The Footsteps Of High John | John Michael Greer

April 15, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Two weeks ago, while winding up the story of the colonial Rhode Island astrologer Joseph Stafford, I noted that the kind of occultism practiced by Stafford and Johan ...

The Astrologer of Narragansett Bay | John Michael Greer

Johannes Kelpius, painted by Christopher WittApril 1, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- A month ago, I recounted the story of Johannes Kelpius, the German occultist who crossed the Atlantic in 1694 with his fe ...

A Magic Republic | John Michael Greer

March 4, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Have you ever noticed that in America, magic is always mixed up in the popular imagination with premodern Europe? That’s not just an affectation of the Neopagan movem ...

Toward the Next America | John Michael Greer

The U.S. Courthouse in Salt Lake City. Ricardo630 | Wikimedia CommonsFeb. 19, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- When I mentioned in a post two weeks ago that America was heading into a new phase of its history ...

The End of the Dream | John Michael Greer

Feb. 5, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- It may not be quite accurate to say that it’s all over but the shouting, but something of that sense seems to be catching on in America these days. The collapse of the ...

To the Shores of a Surging Ocean | John Michael Greer

By Moehre1992 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12135443Dec. 25, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- I hope all of my readers who, like me, celebrated the solstice on Satu ...

'Wind is Changing!' | John Michael Greer

The "Wodwoses" have been described as a variant of the Green man, seen here on a medieval misericord in Ludlow. The Drúedain are a fictional race of Men which were counted amongst the Edain, who made ...

A Place For Books | John Michael Greer

Dec. 4, 2019 (Eco.Sophia.net) -- As one of my readers pointed out last week -- tip of the hat to Patricia Mathews -- we’ve now embarked on the most sacred season of the American year, the season of S ...

Dancers at the End of Time, Part Two: 'Facts are the Enemies of Truth' | John Michael Greer

Nov. 6, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- Last week, in Part One of this post, we explored the strange way that many people these days seem to have lost the ability to think clearly, or at all, about certain p ...

The Dream of a Managed Society | John Michael Greer

Plato. Luni marble, copy of the portrait made by Silanion ca. 370 BC for the Academia in Athens. From the sacred area in Largo Argentina.August 21, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- My essay here two weeks ago ...

Facebook algorithm changes suppressed journalism and meddled with democracy | Jennifer Grygiel

July 24, 2019 (The Conversation) -- As the 2020 election approaches, there is much public concern that what was dubbed “Russian meddling” in the 2016 presidential election could happen again. But wha ...