Love and the Multiverse

About Love and the Multiverse

Unpacking the stories that shape the world thepluriverse.substack.com (https://thepluriverse.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Kelly Tatham

Category

news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jan 2020

Latest episode

24 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Feb 2025

   Destroying the Old to Build the New with Benjamin Lowder

   Visual artist and Buckminster Fuller scholar Benjamin Lowder talks about creating in alignment with the natural structures and patterns of the Universe, transmuting spelling and word magic, how fear feeds the demiurge, the tension between fighting the old and building the new, and what it means to support Bucky's legacy of making the world work, for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

2. 

   27 Jan 2025

   Forget Your Perfect Offering

   Where do we begin? I am on overpass above the Santa Ana freeway holding a pink sign that reads Change or Die! No, earlier. I am in my cousins’ guest room watching a talk on climate change, curled up in a ball on the floor, sobbing. No, before that. I am in a darkened parking lot outside of a herbal tea factory, backed into a corner, calculating how I’m going to distract and then extract myself from a Lover, the one screaming obscenities and edging closer and closer to me. No, earlier still. I am intoxicated on psilocybin mushrooms, receiving a direct message from earth, one that screams: “Help!” Yes. This is where we begin. That was the summer Siberia burned. The summer Greenland lost 11 billion tons of ice in one day and pavements in the American Midwest buckled from the heat. It was the summer I ate magic mushrooms and set an intention for them to show me the structure of the spacetime matrix and instead they told me, “Run!” “Hurry!” they screamed. “The world is burning and it’s up to you to save it.” That magic mushroom trip came after I joined the yoga cult but before I joined the climate activism cult. If you can call Extinction Rebellion a cult. Years later I found out it was full of Zionists but that doesn’t necessarily make it a cult. What makes a cult a cult? I had a hard time admitting the yoga cult was a cult, but HBO didn’t (https://www.hbo.com/breath-of-firehttps://www.hbo.com/breath-of-fire) in their miniseries about it—and certainly not when they quoted me in the final episode in order to tie the whole plot together. I’m getting ahead of myself. It’s 2019 and I am scared. Terrified. Perrified. Suspended in fear, expecting society to collapse at any moment. I take to my Instagram stories, crying. I don’t tell my friends and family about the mushrooms, but their urgency lives in me—I feel it at the core of my being: a weight and a pain. I sob online, begging others to do something, anything. My mother tells me I am fear-mongering. My friends are sympathetic, but unwilling to follow me down the rabbit hole. Nobody seems to be listening and those who do are not changing fast enough, not willing to get arrested or switch banks or give up shopping on Amazon. I join Extinction Rebellion (XR) because it seems like the only rational thing to do. The spacetime matrix is collapsing, and I want to help stop it. My filmmaking dreams, the screenplay I have been struggling to finish, none of it matters now, because I have to save the world. In XR they tell us that the State will listen if enough of us protest. They tell us if enough of us take to the streets to demand an end to carbon emissions and single use plastic and the rape of the earth then it will work. I take this personally. I believe that if *I* can just get enough people to listen, to see and understand what is going on, then everything will be okay. I see how poorly climate activism markets itself and I believe that if I can make it accessible—fun, even—then people will flock to the streets. So I run philosophy clubs. I start a podcast called Climate Change in the Multiverse. I launch this newsletter. I host a book club and we read Sacred Economics. I stay in the yoga cult. I come up with pithy slogans like “Tell the truth. Save the world.” and “Evolving is complex business.” I start asking questions about karma. I leave the yoga cult. I launch this newsletter. Have you ever played the fork in the road game? The one where you look back and guess where you would be now if you had made different choices? The pain and the urgency only get worse. The pandemic starts and I don’t spend my days at home making sourdough. I am out on the streets and crossing railroad tracks blocking trains transporting pipeline materials. I am making signs that read, Mother Earth is burning because we stopped respecting the feminine, and visiting houses on reserve land without clean drinking water, all the while a little voice in my head whispers, We always knew it would come to this. I feel righteous, and broken. I learn about the blockades to save old growth forests and I want to go but it is the winter and I am afraid to live outside in the cold so instead I cry. I cry every day. Sometimes all day. The ache only gets worse. Our provincial government calls a snap election and I decide to run. I am so out of my depth, so over my head, so far beyond rationality but the mushrooms told me to run, so I run… Without a guiding spark, there is nothing to light the way. Stay tuned for more. The Pluriverse is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Pluriverse at thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

3. 

   20 Jan 2025

   Welcome to The Pluriverse!

   The Multiverse is a glitch in the matrix. The Pluriverse is the interconnected reality of all things. The world we want is a world in which many worlds fit. So how do we get there? Welcome to The Pluriverse (!), a place where we explore the stories that hold us in consciousness. Formally known as “Love and the Multiverse,” this publication is now divided into six spaces: Podcast, Culture, Esoteria, Love, Climate, and The Pluriverse. Sure everything could be filed under “The Pluriverse,” but a human needs boundaries! Through culture, climate, love, and the esoteric, we will investigate the stories, beliefs, and behaviors that shape the world (aka the “matrix”). What propels us forward? What are we building? Where is the center? While everything is interconnected, we want you to have an easeful experience navigating this publication by being able to opt in to what interests you most. To unsubscribe from any subject, toggle your preferences here (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/account?utm_source=user-menu). Here’s a look at what you can expect: Podcast (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/podcast) In the Dreamspace with Twitchy Witch (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/p/all-eyes-on-lebanon-in-conversation) Sustaining Discomfort for Co-Liberation with Leah Garza (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/09-sustaining-discomfort-for-co-liberation-f5d?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) The Most Spiritual Thing We Can Do Is Be Human with Molly Jane (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/21-the-most-spiritual-thing-we-can-05a?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) One Heart, One Mind with Stacy Gallagher and Rita Wong (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/18-one-heart-one-mind-with-stacy-48e?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) The Body is the Key with Virginia Rosenberg (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/08-the-body-is-the-key-with-virginia-c12?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) Climate (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/s/climate-change) The Future Starts With Soil (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/the-future-starts-with-soil?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) A "Conspiracy of Love" To Protect The Sacred by Donna Clark (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/a-conspiracy-of-love-to-protect-the?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) I Feel the Energy of Places (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/i-feel-the-energy-of-places?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) Be Kinder to Yourself, Save the World (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/be-kinder-to-yourself-save-the-world?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) Love (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/s/love-and-heartbreak) How to Live with Desire (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/how-to-live-with-desire?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) I Saw God Once In A Dirty Plate (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/i-saw-god-once-in-a-dirty-plate?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) Don't Forget, I've Been Hurt Before (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/p/dont-forget-ive-been-hurt-before) Midnight at Moonlight Jungle (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/midnight-at-moonlight-jungle?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) Esoteria (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/s/esoteria) Coming soon: Occulture The Decan Project Astrology 101 and more! Culture (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/s/popular-culture) The Met Gala's Hidden Metaphor (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/the-met-galas-hidden-metaphor?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) Things We Can't Talk About (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/things-we-cant-talk-about?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) Karma and the LA Fires (Taylor's Version) (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/karma-and-the-la-fires-taylors-version?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) Sherrie Jackson Explains Jordan Peele's NOPE (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/24-jordan-peeles-nope-explained-no-f5f?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falsehttps://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/24-jordan-peeles-nope-explained-no-f5f?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) The Pluriverse (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/) We Live in a Pluriverse (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/p/we-live-in-a-pluriverse) What is Whiteness? (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/what-is-whiteness?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) Words ARE Spells (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/words-are-spells?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) The Pluriverse Is Always Talking (https://open.substack.com/pub/thepluriverse/p/the-pluriverse-is-always-talking?r=1a825&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) My goal is to have this publication showcase and share as many ideas as possible. Something on your mind? Want to talk about the parallels between the Kardashians and mycelium? The latest weather resiliency innovation? How a heartbreak changed your life? We want to know what’s sparking your awareness and shifting your consciousness. To submit, email kellytatham [at] gmail.com ~ Payment will be 50% of any yearly subscriptions and 100% of the first month of any monthly subscriptions resulting from your article. Once we have more resources, payments for submissions will be made available upfront. If you want to help production of The Pluriverse, donate a subscription (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe?gift=true) or become a paid subscriber (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe). For those of you who haven’t met me yet, Hi. I’m Kelly! I am a writer, performer, filmmaker, photographer, and activist based on Coast Salish Territory. For as long as I can remember, I have been obsessed with the Multiverse. After making “Multiverse Dating for Beginners (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0GaJ1WXCMY&t=4s),” a sci-fi rom-com film about how each choice creates a new world, I fell even deeper down the rabbit hole: from a yoga cult to climate activism to running for politics to traveling around the world, I have been on a hunt to find the true nature of reality—and on a quest to save the world. These stories, essays, articles, videos, interviews, and photos are maps for what I have discovered. While truth will always be just beyond our reach (because capital “T” truth is the space between), there is still a lot we can learn about this place we call reality. I am so grateful to have you here! Thanks for being here, and an extra special thank you to the ever wise twitchy witch (https://substack.com/profile/154325536-twitchy-witch) for helping expand this space. lucky for us, twitchy just started a Substack (https://twitchywitch.substack.com/)! go check her out and be delighted 🫶 See you soonxoK Get full access to The Pluriverse at thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe (https://thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

Who has been a guest on Love and the Multiverse

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ice Spice
• Elianne El Amyouni
• Sherrie Jackson
• Molly Jane
• Elianne El-Amyouni -- aka Twitchy Witch

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

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