Transition Tales: Stories For The Great Turning

By Jessie Darlington

Sometimes a story can open a door to a new way of perceiving the world. We build a culture with the stories we tell. At this moment in our history we need to share new stories. We also need to retell old ones that carry essential wisdom from the past.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Mar 22, 2018
• ISBN: 9781504394963

Jessie Darlington

Jessie Darlington lives, works and teaches on a thirty year old permaculture project in Southern France. She is contributing to the design of a new culture of perennity and resilience in all aspects of life and hoping to help bring about the birth of a new version of us made up of all the freely contributing and diverse mes. www.jessieschildrensbooks.com

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TRANSITION

TALES

Stories for the Great Turning

Jessie Darlington

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Copyright © 2018 Jessie Darlington.

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ISBN: 978-1-5043-9495-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5043-9496-3 (e)

Balboa Press rev. date: 03/07/2018

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Shambhala Warriors

The Two Wolves

Sowing the seeds of peace

How the wild Geese Fly

The Mad PeasantWoman

The Termites dance

‘Everything Gardens’

Noah’s Ark

What can I do?

Endnotes

About the Author

Dedication

For all you story tellers who are busy weaving the fabric of a new heaven and a new earth.

Acknowledgements

A heartfelt thank you to all those shambhala warriors who have been a lifelong inspiration to myself and so many others in dark and uncertain times. There are too many to name them all. Thank you for stories of hope and sign posts suggesting which path to take. Thank you to the ever attentive and patient inner teacher and guide. And finally, thank you to those special close ones who are sharing the story