Wayfinding

Wayfinding and Unexpected Wisdom

by Michael Pyska

Moving from grim but real facts on global warming and planetary climate change, today I offer a hint towards one possible solution to our current ecological crisis: respecting and learning from the wisdom of some of the worlds most ingenious, but endangered, non-industrial cultural traditions. Let me be clear, I’m not naively recommending a return to the lifeways of distant ancestors, or even a full-scale adopting of the cultural practices of contemporary non-industrial societies, but rather for a practical exploration of multiple hybrid syntheses of traditional, modern, postmodern and non-industrial forms of life.

If we want to truly innovate our lifestyles and consciously choose to become more adaptive and healthy full spectrum then we are going to need to look closer at the of knowledge and wisdom embedded within all cultures and ways of being in the world. Understanding and learning the skills and insights of the world’s indigenous and non-industrial peoples will allow us to begin to integrate our individual and collective intelligences with science and ethics and equip our species with the capacity to boldly engage a very uncertain future. Ultimately, by embracing the natural capacities found throughout the world, in the most unsuspecting settings, we can begin to evolve more enriching and meaningful forms of life.

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