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Once upon a time, there was a word that would later be forgotten, but which was the foundation for the ancient western understandings of hospitality. That word is ghos-ti. Today, nobody knows if this word actually existed as it is a linguistic construction of scholars who used later words to trace those back to this

  Good day friends, strangers, and everyone in between, May the times we’re in not be strangers to you. Likewise may they not have become too burdensome on your days. We imagine that such hope and such petitions might sound impossible, given the circumstances, but perhaps there’s a glimmer in there. Somewhere. Solidarity, perhaps, among

This is “Part 2” of a two-part essay on cacao ceremonies and ceremonial grade cacao. Part 1, entitled “What Modern Cacao Ceremonies Forget” can be found here. I write this, in part, because I’ve had countless people come to me and ask me to speak to them about cacao ceremonies. More and more, people ask

This is “Part 1” of a two-part essay on cacao ceremonies and ceremonial cacao. Part 2, entitled “There is no Such Thing as Ceremonial Grade Cacao” can be found here. By the power vested in me by absolutely nobody at all I do, hereby, declare that there is no correlation (in any way, shape or

The Return of Tourism Deep Learning: Was the Plague Enough? The return of tourism has begun in Oaxaca. It has begun and we don’t know whether to celebrate normalcy or lament it. For a long time the streets of this overtouristed city were empty. It was a welcome sight for most. The city had finally

  (Español Abajo) A letter detailing the COVID-19 fallout, Oaxaca Profundo Sessions, and Hospitality Good morning friends and followers, It’s been awhile. 5 months, in fact, since our last session, since most of anything worthy of being gathered in together has happened. For most of us, that is. This is a little update from us,

Escrito por Oaxaca Profundo animador/facilitador Vinik Juré De una leyenda oscura sobre la creación del mundo nahua surge la siguiente historia que cuenta la creación del maguey por el Dios del Viento, Ehécatl, y la bella Mayahuel o Meyahuel (Diosa de pulque): Cuando los dioses decidieron crear nuevamente al hombre, dos criaturas humanas cobraron vida de los restos de un

  Oaxacan Cacao, Community, and Comida: Journeying into the Heart of Mexico Profundo August 1, 2020 It all started about a year ago — in San Marcos, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. There, I had the honour of participating in, of all things, a cacao ceremony. What followed was a journey down the spiral staircase into the