Maria Stamas

Welcome to Pangaea (pronounced: “Pahn-GYeea” or “Pahn-Gaia”), an alchemical space for creative inquiry at the confluence of earth, activism, sound, and spirit.  These posts explore what potentialities might arise from applying the wisdom lens of the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, and space), together with Time, to the systemic

Grief is alchemical yet often lacks channels with which to flow. In my advocacy work I've found it rare to see space created for feeling, processing, or transmuting the deep anger and grief inherent in seeing/feeling/experiencing the scale and scope of intertwined ecological and human violence

Mother Earth will alchemize whether we align with her or not. Yet a chasm exists between an intentional cultural burn and a devastating, runaway fire that razes entire towns.