Threshold

A network of conversation + ideas at the intersection of Spirit, Art + Ecology. Join us Wednesday, June 21 for our latest event with Kalpana Arias, Gabriela Gutierrez + Michael J Morris as we share words and stories that matter.

what is Threshold?

a Threshold is both an Ending + Beginning. we encounter these junctions in transition, movement, at the brinks. When we pass through, we have entered another World.

in this time of great upheaval + change, we don't just need different ways of Doing; we also need different ways of Being. we need cultures that support the possibility of Long + Beautiful Futures

these conversations seek to —

  • create a critical mass of conscious, courageous visionaries + creatives

  • become conduits for consciousness to evolve towards regenerative practices, lives + work

  • increase our embodied belonging to ourselves, one another + this incredible planet we call Home.

MagicSpeak

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
1230p - 430p ET

Rather than a panel, this even is a series of live readings curated by grace allerdice with special guests Kalpana Arias, Gabriela Gutierrez + Michael J Morris.

Together we’re reading stories and words that matter.

Each guest will be sharing their stories for an hour throughout the live gathering.

Tune in for an hour (or the whole day!) to soak in the words, which are portals — vital, urgent and compelling.

Here is the schedule of readers —

1230p ET — grace allerdice

130p ET — Kalpana Arias

230p ET — Michael J Morris

330p ET — Gabriela Gutierrez

This event is FREE, but you do have to sign up to attend.

Meet the Panelists

For this dynamic storytelling we are joined by 3 special guests — Kalpana Arias, Gabriela Gutierrez + Michael J Morris. Learn more about each panelist below✨

Kalpana Arias is a technologist, urban gardener, climate activist, ecosomatics and food growing educator, writer, speaker and the founder of Nowadays On Earth, a social enterprise advocating for contact with nature.

  • Kalpana Arias is a technologist, urban gardener, climate activist, ecosomatics and food growing educator, writer, speaker and the founder of Nowadays On Earth, a social enterprise advocating for contact with nature. Alongside Nowadays On Earth, Kalpana campaigns for urban nature and nature rights through urban rewilding projects and tech policy reforms, has been researching ecosomatics and technological ecologies for over 7 years, delivered a global TED talk, spoken at the United Nations and The Eden Project, and is a trustee for GROW charity. Kalpana is currently an environmental consultant for corporations and governments and works with leading charities, institutions, brands and grassroot change-makers.

    Learn more at

    www.nowadayson.earth

    https://www.instagram.com/ariasaleja

    https://www.instagram.com/nowadaysonearth/

    https://www.tiktok.com/@kalpana.arias

Gabriela is a scholar and teacher of the mythic imagination, mysticism and ancient history.

  • Gabriela is a scholar and teacher of the mythic imagination, mysticism and ancient history. Her work stems from her decade-long studies with shamans and renunciants around the world, a Master's degree in the Poetics of Imagination - the first of its kind with mythologist Dr. Martin Shaw and poet Alice Oswald - and is focused on the revival of the spiritual traditions in pre-Christian Europe. Gabriela teaches and offers distance healing primarily online. Her writing and research can be found on her Substack ‘Under a Fig Tree’.

    Gabriela will be reading from her dissertation on female religious experience in ancient Europe: 'The Bee Cult in Greek Myth and Ancient History.' She will share a chapter on the Bee Priestesses of the Bronze Age Mediterranean known as the Melissae.

    Learn more

    www.gabrielamairgutierrez.com

    gabrielamgutierrez.substack.com

    https://instagram.com/@gabrielamairgutierrez

Michael J. Morris is an astrologer, tarot reader, artist, writer, educator, and witch. They hold a PhD in Dance Studies from The Ohio State University. They are the founder of Co Witchcraft Offerings

  • Michael J. Morris is an astrologer, tarot reader, artist, writer, educator, and witch. They hold a PhD in Dance Studies from The Ohio State University. They are the founder of Co Witchcraft Offerings through which they offer astrology and tarot readings, movement-based rituals, and workshops to support people in cultivating more meaningful living while pursuing personal and collective healing and liberation. Michael is also a teaching assistant with Kelly Surtees’ online astrology course, a contributing writer to the CHANI App, and a contributing artist with Livable Futures.

    Learn More

    https://www.michaeljmorris.co/

    https://www.instagram.com/cowitchcraftofferings/

    https://twitter.com/morrismichaelj

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