Revillaging Greater Boston is a gift to the Boston area (and eventually beyond) born out of a deep reckoning with, and study of, the systems and culture we currently have in place that harm us all, both from the perspective of those who utilize it and those who uphold it. These systems are not unique to Boston of course, but Boston, and the land upon it resides, holds unique change-making power. Boston is the seat of systematized health care and academia in the United States, not to mention the conception-place of the American Revolution and a major part of the Civil Rights movement. Boston, and the folks attracted to its energy field, have historically been motivated by ideals of liberation, personal power, self-actualization, community action, and change-making.

The gift of these times is this: the shortcomings of our system are becoming blatantly visible, and impossible to ignore. This time is, thus, ripe for collective gathering, collaboration, and change-making, for the good of all, and all that come after us. We have all that we need here to do just that.

The People are indeed more powerful than any leadership group seeded in exploitation and out of touch with the sanctity of Life.

So, what is Revillaging Greater Boston?

A call to action, a call to prayer, a call to gather, a call to come back to the land, our bodies, and each other. Our Liberation is tied to one another, and we each carry an important, and absolutely essential, role.

Revillaging Greater Boston is a transcendentalist’s hub for the seeker, the Spiritual-inclined, the angolero, the aspiring Wisdom Keepers, the Conflict-Mediators and holders of Balance, those interested in the true workings of the body, psyche, and spirit without a colonized and capitalistic lens, the individual who believes in their inherent change-making Power, and their commitment to right relationship within self and other, thus breaking the cycle that keeps us trapped in exploitation and money-worship over Spirit and soul. As the Nichiren Buddhists describe, I speak of an internal revolution that necessitates external change. A quiet, inner life work that transforms every soul you encounter, and triggers a powerful remembrance.

Pictured to the right: the American Sphinx designed by Jacob Bigelow and housed at Mt Auburn Cemetery. Symbolism of the collaboration White and Black people, the blend of American and African (and other) in a united, equitable culture and spirituality, and I will add: the mediation between Folk/Bush/Indigenous Medicine and Institutionalized Western Medicine.