The Heart Is a Fire, Underground: Emergence and contraction - a podcast by Kathryn Fink

We carry the spirit of May Day down from the mountain and the maypole, and into the streets, delving into the world's biggest annual magical ritual—International Workers’ Day. We then use this as inspiration to understand how emergence and contraction show up in our personal lives and our movements.

|| 0:02 || Spell-prayer-poem|| 2:00 || Intro, hearth-tending, and a shoutout to Folklore for Resistance, which you can get inspired by/support via folkloreforresistance.com and instagram.com/folkloreforresistance/|| 9:19 || An introduction to the May Day of flowers, witches, and ring dances, and the May Day that is International Worker's Day

|| 15:28 || Exploring if there was any connection between May Day and the start of International Workers’ Day|| 19:55 || Why International Workers’ Day (and any act of resistance) is indeed magical, and belongs in our conversations about wheels of the year and other seasonal spirals

|| 22:30 ||"Chardi Kala"by Sonny Singh. Sonny Singh is a musician and social justice educator, whose upcoming solo album is inspired by Sikh kirtan with boundary-defying Punjabi anthems to uplift&ignite. Sonny’s music is a reminder that hope, love, and devotion are crucial to our struggles and our collective survival. More at sonnysingh.com and instagram.com/iamsonnysingh

Learn about the Indian Farmers’ Protest bit.ly/2Rx2yKy|| 28:37 || Emergence and contraction in our personal cycles of change and growth

|| 35:00 || Emergence and contraction in communal movement making, including a lesson from subterranean fires* * * * * * * * * * * *

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