Sacred Gestures
Trevor Mervyn, Ian MacKenzie, Simon YuglerTending seeds of an initiated culture; essays and poetry orbiting around rites of passage, ritual, myth, animism, nature connection, European ancestry, grief, and reverence.
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| Issues | 42 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 15 days ago |
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Why Our Ancestors Kept Old Stories Alive
This essay was originally published in April 2025. It has been edited and updated. The stories keep doing their work, and I do my best to listen, obey, and wonder as their advocate and faithful servant.
A folktale will sit with you under a...
On Turning 45 (Hello, River) (poem)
On Turning 45 (Hello River)
A run-off river born
in the bed of a small creek.
The banks hold, and
log-jam dams turn to detritus.
All things move at the speed of the water.
The roar is heard from above the treetops.
The spr...
This is Not a Rite of Passage
Photo by Lance Grandahl on Unsplash
I begin my yearly vision fast program by declaring: “This is not a rite of passage.”
People are often surprised if they have not read my writing, because many have come seeking precisely that. They reco...
South Walk (poem)
Sierra foothills, 2024. The coyotes are watching.
This poem was lived in the desert foothills of the Sierra Mountains during my Vision Fast Guide training program with The School of Lost Borders in September of 2024. Like all encounters-t...
Becoming Hollow, You Might Become Full
Photo by Michael Held on Unsplash
I write this on the cusp of a threshold: this evening the participants in the 10 day wilderness fast (vision fast) program that I guide arrive to settle onto the land that I inhabit and steward. The...
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Father, ritualist, storyteller, gatherer of people, and initiatory passage and wilderness fast guide. I believe in the sacredness of mystery, and the deep wisdom of the more-than-human-world. Co-steward of The Cascadia Men's Conference.
Offering Mythic maps and initiatory pathways for the modern man. Founder of The Mythic Masculine and co-founder of the Cascadia Men's Conference. Also, Father, Filmmaker, and Podcaster.
Author of “Psychedelics and the Soul: A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology, and Cultural Repair.”
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