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Eric J. Krans

Eric Krans lives on Mohican ancestral land in upstate New York where he and his wife Jen O’Connor, are growers and makers of botanical products at The Kirk Estate and musicians in the dream-pop band The Parlor, as well as the minimalist neo-classical project John John The Baptist. The Parlor is releasing a new album in May 2023 called You Are Love And I Am You. It rejoices in the ecstasy of unitive consciousness and the great relief in realizing the mistaken belief that we are separate from the vast unfolding universe.

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The Rights of All Beings


The stories that carried us here—myths of progress, human exceptionalism, personal salvation, and objectification of nature—resulted in ecological catastrophe. We are alone now, in danger, and the key to survival as a species is to gather and make myth.


Published in Volume 22 Issue 3

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The Village Way

Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World

For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

Join us for a 9-month inquiry into this question, exploring how we participate together in a time that calls us back to community, resilience, and shared life,

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