Ecosophy Community : (Where deep ecology, permaculture,Anthroposophy, and Findhorn meet. Nourishing the soul growth of humanity through wisdom in dwelling.) brings Dr. Karen Rayne a home for the soul.
Dr. Rayne has commissioned a 380 round foot office/guest space for a property that she and her husband own in South View Estates in South west Travis County, just outside the city near the Austin Waldorf School.
The building is a limestone block walled spiral with a burnished clay floor, and a living roof supported by reciprocal framed joists of native cedar poles decked with Southern Yellow Pine, tar paper, a layer of bentonite clay (to water proof), and one foot or so of cedar mulch for insulation. The building is heated with a small "Rocket" wood stove, naturally cooled and ventilated and has a small back up AC. It is naturally lit with a central pent angular glass cupola and many insulated windows well shaded by the generous curving eaves. There is a self contained composting toilet, and the shower, bathroom and kitchen sinks, each drain independently for absorption into different portions of the native landscape.
The living geometry embodied in the building awaken the cognition of self awareness. The combination of unobstructed natural resonance of earth and sky nourishing the soul with ancient cosmic wisdom communicated through those frequencies that our DNA has evolved to rely upon through out the history of our race.
2 comments:
My goodness gracious! This is going to be great. Thanks Karen for the link...and good luck to you Edward in getting it done. Your ideas are interesting, and I look forward to more posts.
It is with great excitement that I read this blog. It awakens in me forgotten memories of my birthplace, a communal farm where I grew in my mothers' belly, with the soil under her feet and the starfilled oregon sky above to nourish us. A small cabin we called home was also where my mother lovingly and gently birthed me with the help of our midwife and my father. We moved when I was too young to remember and as I read on my souls desire to return to ecoliving fills my body with the joy of truth. Edward is my Father and the Father of my Eternal Soul and I thank you for your continual inspiration. It seems, at times, that it is with great struggle that I let go of my western (southern Californian) way of life and thought. Yet I feel the inevitable desire to return to natural living looming in my near future.
I wait with eager anticipation to read of your building progress. Blessings, Love Emerald
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