We just updated our Resources page – lots of free downloads of activist and camp-organizing materials.
Organizing Resources – click here
Category: Resources & Downloads
The Diggers – revolutionary ancestors!
In 1649, near London, a rag-tag group of radicals staked a claim to common land and began to clear and plant it so it would be a “common treasury for all.”
Among our most interesting ancestors, these English revolutionaries were forerunners of groups like Food Not Bombs – claiming unused resources in the name of the community.
Here’s a short article about the Diggers of 1649 and their place in the revolution of the 1640s.
Click here for a bunch more history articles, including the 40-page illustrated essay “Our Magical Ancestors – available as free PDF or read online.
Teen Earth Magic Workbook – Not For Teens Only!
Luke Hauser is back with a book of Earth-based spirituality and magical activism in the tradition of Starhawk and Reclaiming.
The Teen Earth Magic Workbook – not for teens only! – focuses on empowerment, awareness, and action.
Available on Amazon or as a free PDF.
Visit teenearthmagic.org/workbook/
This unique and powerful tool, based on twelve years of rituals, classes, and grassroots activism at Reclaiming’s Teen Earth Magic camp, gathers 350 pages of Reclaiming-style magic plus 40 years of music and other resources – much of it free online.
Hundreds of ideas for teens, adults, teachers, and organizers – spellcrafting, divination, activism, pentacle magic, and much more.
Illustrated with dozens of photos from our California-based youth retreat, sibling camps Witchlets in the Woods and Redwood Magic Family Camp, and events such as the Spiral Dance and street activism, the book includes:
- step-by-step skills and practice in creating magical rituals
- sample rituals including an online ritual
- a whole chapter on magical activism
- interviews with participants about the meaning of magic and how we can use it to help change ourselves and the world
- dozens of spells and workings that can be done alone or in groups; solitary and small-circle magic
- dealing with curses and negative energy; pentacle workings; intuitive tarot and divination
- chants for rituals and everyday magic
- and much more!
With a Foreword by Starhawk, whose Earth Activist Training courses helped inspire Teen Earth Magic.
Available on Amazon or as a free PDF.
Visit teenearthmagic.org/workbook/
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Direct Action – Classic Issues!
Before it was smash best-selling novel, Direct Action was a tabloid newspaper published by Livermore Action Group of Berkeley from 1982 to 1986.
Direct Action – free downloads
In fact, some have gone so far as to suggest that the novel’s author swiped not only the name, but the type-font as well, from the paper. We’ll let you be the judge when you download back issues of this classic activist rag from the 1980s!
The Magical Writer!
Luke Hauser’s 30-page course booklet for The Magical Writer class is now available as a free download.
Course includes do-it-yourself exercises and writing tips for creating magical writing space, plot and myth, vibrant characters, integrating our inner critic, and more.
Free download at DirectAction.org/magicalwriter
The BullSheet!
Check out the sole surviving issue of this 1970s underground rag from Southern Indiana, co-edited by Luke Hauser. Nothing of enduring value, but a cultural rarity just the same!
Download the BullSheet – 1971-72, Evansville Bosse High School.
Resistance Chants!
Campfire Chants, released by Reclaiming, features a dozen street-friendly chants and songs written by Starhawk, T. Thorn Coyle, Suzanne Sterling, Ravyn Stanfield, and others.
Several of these chants were written for specific street actions – see the Lyrics and Lore booklet for details (see below).
Chants recorded by a small grassrootsy ensemble backed by conga, guitar, flute, fiddle, and more. Mixed ages and genders, with women’s voices up front. (Word is that Direct Action author Luke Hauser can be heard harmonizing in the background!).
Songs stream and download on all the usual sites – search <Reclaiming Campfire Chants>. Help boost the album by visiting Spotify and Youtube and giving it some Likes!
Free downloadable Lyrics and Lore book accompanies album – visit our website.
Visit CampfireChants.org
Funky Nixons – Now Streaming!
Berkeley’s finest all-weather activist ensemble, the infamous Funky Nixons, are now streaming online at all sites.
The band, known locally as The House Band of Peoples Park, features a bend of rock, rap, and country, and provides expert commentary on the burning issues of our time.
Listen free on Youtube | Spotify
Free downloads of mp3 files also available.
Click here for more info and links.
Radical Mycology Zine
Here’s a zine from Teen Earth Magic teacher Jacin about Radical Mycology – connecting to the camp’s 2018 theme.