Thrutopia

As we tip into polycrisis, we will need more of our ancient, tried-and-tested human technologies to keep us sane and keep us bonded, and thankfully, many are already reinvigorating them: from the exponential rise in pilgrimage to the adoption of fire-centred circles as spaces for convening community conversations, counselling and mental health support groups, and progressive business strategy meetings. As we feel the overwhelming, natural urge to escape those self-imposed ivo

It is not by accident that the word ‘nature’ flooded the languages of Europe and transformed meaning rapidly during the Renaissance, a period in which European philosophy and spirituality began to shift from sacred reverence to intellectual detachment. While artists celebrated natural beauty, they simultaneously developed tools to measure, categorise, and dominate it, setting the stage a century and a half later for the Scientific Revolution

I find myself in a recurring conversation about the grinding tectonic plates of old paradigm and new; the struggle to let go of outdated ways of being and doing, and the creativity and courage it takes to reach new solutions. This re-shaping of our world is played out in the intimate spaces of life as much as in boardrooms and on global political platforms. It’s brutal and confronting; it brings up our ‘stuff’ and asks for heroic acts of humility and an almost super-human cap