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This episode is rated PG-13 for minor sexual content and discussions on hunting practices.

Show Notes:

Opening Segment

Brendan and Juniper take a look back at the Olympics and lament their ending.

Bren talks a little about the book he is working on.

The tea is a jasmine tea bought at the local food co-op and the smudge is a blend of lavender, sage and juniper.

Standing Stone

Brendan finishes up his musing on the Sacred.

Essays for Standing Stone:

Hughes, J.D., & Swan, J. "How much of the Earth is sacred space?" Environmental Review, 10 (1986) pp. 247-59.

Bren's gripe:

I regret that I could not find an online copy of the essay I described in the podshow, "How much of the Earth is Sacred Space?". Academic journal publishers often lock up their online editions, requiring readers to either pay for a subscription (this can cost hundreds of dollars a year), or else be a registered student or staff member at a college or university. This means that we ordinary people cannot easily see what our taxpayer-funded professional researchers are doing. But the publicly funded academy is only partly to blame here: for the majority of professional academic journals are published and distributed by private corporations, over whom we taxpayers have little or no moral authority. I see this as a problem concerning the privatization of knowledge. If we are asked to pay for the academy with our taxes, then we should be allowed to know more about what the academy does, and we should have better access to the products of academic research.

I did, however, find an online edition of the other essay I mentioned:

White, Lynn (Jr), "The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis" (1967)

PDF download:

www.uvm.edu/~gflomenh/ENV-NGO-PA395/articles/Lynn-White.pdf

Rants, Raves & Reviews

Brendan and Juniper wrap up their discussions on good books to read (for a while at least) with a quick list of twenty book suggestions.

The book list will be up in a day or two.

The Wigglian Way is mentioned: http://thewigglianway.ca/

Bardic Arts

We listen to a poetic submission called “Radishes” from as far away as Ireland; courtesy of Melvin Lloyd.

http://aheronsview.blogspot.com/

Bren's Trivia:

Mel's wife Jane Brideson was the illustrator for Bren's second book, "A Pagan Testament".

We feature the song “Isis Unveiled” from Damh the Bard over at Druidcast

http://www.druidcast.libsyn.com/

http://damh.wordpress.com/

http://www.paganmusic.co.uk

Garden Gate

Juniper was asked to give brief introduction to the Witch’s working tool known as the Stang, so she does.

Museum of Witchcraft in Bocastle:

http://www.museumofwitchcraft.com/

Ask Dr. Expert

Douglas Thew aka “the Ferryman” aka “Falling Coyote” and Christina Lancaster aka “Boots” join us in our living room to eat cake and educate us about living with Coyotes in urban and suburban settings.

Doug "The Ferryman" Thew: Fan page on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferryman/275703511196

Support Coyote Awareness:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Support-Coyote-Awareness/296789991791

Coyotes in the local news:

Kate Jaimet, "City kills coyotes seen in Greenboro" The Ottawa Citizen, 24 February 2010.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/City+kills+coyotes+seen+Greenboro/2605003/story.html

Girl and dog caught in traps:

http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/02/19/12956756.html

Closing Segment

Brendan draws from a hat for the winner of the most recent contest, and start up a new contest!

Thanks to everyone who linked to us these last two weeks, we will be adding you to the web links on our webpage over the next few days.

Juni and Bren share about two exciting interviews for the next episode!

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