As we are forming our Art Collective, we based it both on the manifesto but also on the Life Guild.

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The Idea

Ours is a time of escalating crisis and breakdown of existing order. In response, a particular type of leader is emerging, with a serious commitment to fostering and embodying wise societal transition amid the spectre of cascading systems failure. A new kind of organising is needed for these people to connect with, nourish and challenge one another, maintain high accountability and bring the fruits of their collective intelligence and creative collaboration to bear upon real-world action.

A Life Guild walks together on a path that mobilises rigorous inner work and next paradigm thought towards radical political and social transformation in service of Life.

Against the stream of prevailing culture, a Life Guild aspires to cultivate:

the kinship of a family or tribe
the courage and determination of warriors
the dedication and spiritual practice of a monastic order
the imagination and emotional attunement of artists
the skill and discernment of artisans
the compassion and sensitivity of healers
   – and a deep sense of interconnection with and
     responsibility for our living world.