The Heart Is the First Fruit: Rewilding abundance - a podcast by Kathryn Fink

Abundance has been hijacked and perverted by capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchy. But every one of us descends from ancestors who understood what abundance truly means and how it is maintained for the entire community.

In this episode, we go deep into the lessons of the first fruits rites, a particularly rich harvest tradition that teaches us about a deeper sense of gratitude than most of us are raised with, as well as the magic of reciprocity and connection, rooted in ethics and relationship.PART ONE ||0:03|| Prelude prayer

||1:08|| Introducing harvest traditions and, specifically, first fruits rites, with three examples from Africa, Europe, and Asia

||10:13|| Nourishing our emotional and spiritual journey by exploring the lessons from these first fruits ritesDark Mother: African origins&godmothers by Lucia Birnbaum https://bit.ly/3lgZ2OX

Geshe Tenzin Zopa http://www.tenzinzopa.comBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer https://bit.ly/34mf18c

INTERMISSION ||21:10|| The Song the Sea God Sang - An Ainu legend that perfectly demonstrates today's themes of gratitude, reciprocity, and true abundance. Learn more about Chiri Yukie and the project to translate the Ainu yukar at okikirmui.com [All mispronunciations mine, and not reflective of the team translating the tales.]PART TWO ||29:00|| We visit with three teachers who can aid us in understanding this lunation’s themes of gratitude, reciprocity, and abundance. Today, we lay our sickles at the feet of earth goddesses, cow, and wild fruits.The Heart is a Cauldron is a podcast and Patreon community for personal and collective healing through relationship with the animate world.

Released around the new moon, each episode of The Heart Is a Cauldron podcast explores the nature-based rhythms and energies of the month as inspiration for healing praxis. (Think astrology forecasts for personal and communal growth, but inspired by dirt rather than planets.) Along the way, we visit with plant and animal wisdom, mythic archetypes, animist ethics, and earth-honoring traditions from around the world. Visit @ Kathryn.a.fink on Instagram or kathrynfink.com for more magic.***Please help give this podcast wings by sharing on social media and subscribing*** Tag me so I can say hello and thanks! www.instagram.com/kathryn.a.fink/

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