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Jon Carlson's Legacy
July 27, 1966 - November 16, 2022 and beyond

This page is in process.

We will continue to add writings of Jon's, memories and photos, and stories of the impact he made in the world.

Please email vitalistbotanicals@gmail.com if you would like to contribute to this page

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To Grieve and Praise Together
by Jon Carlson

This we know: whether a moment, a season, a lifetime—all will come to an end. Both grief and praise acknowledge the ephemeral quality of all that is sacred in life – all that we have nourished, all that has nourished us...

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A Call to Our Humanity and Care for the Living Earth

by Jon Carlson

Have you noticed that Great Nature is rattling? Can you sense the frayed fabric of the culture’s unraveling? Can you feel the edifice of progress becoming increasingly hollow? In quiet moments, can you sense in your bones that the mania for growth of all kinds is rapidly consuming ever-more beings - plant, animal, rock, water, mountain, in its over-extending reach?...

A Parting Message from Jon:

In the Manner of the Trees

by Jon Carlson

In these times, biologists have come to see that trees may know the weather a year or even many years in advance. In the time of our ancestors, when the trees were gods of the land, very little escaped their attention, be it ancient, present, or prescient. The trees, in their woody, wisened ways, were woven within the wood-wide-web. And in so doing, spoke to all beings.

Jon Carlson To Grieve and Praise Togethe

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A bit of Jon's writing

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