Topic: Timber

After relocating from Central America to Missouri during the COVID-19 pandemic, Christopher Topher Gardner established Black Gold Biochar to address soil depletion. The company utilizes waste from the local timber industry, processing mill tailings through a specialized kiln system. This operation scales up the "rocket retort" technology he developed to produce high-quality, diamagnetic biochar for agricultural use.

Peter Allen details the educational offerings at Mastodon Valley Farm, including summer classes on land management and ecology. The farm also practices traditional timber frame building, milling trees into posts and beams using old-school joinery techniques. Allen encourages listeners to follow the farm's progress on social media as they continue to restore local ecosystems and expand their course offerings.

Bennett discovered that Charles Stansfeld Jones, also known as Frater Achad, lived on the same street where Bennett grew up in North Vancouver. Achad was a prominent follower of Crowley and a key figure in the OTO. Bennett realized that as a child, he had actually been taken to meet Achad's widow, whom the local children believed was a witch.

Research into cancer treatments led to the discovery of the medical efficacy of cannabinoids, prompting the creation of the film The True History of Marijuana. Utilizing hemp for paper and building materials could prevent the widespread deforestation seen in the Pacific Northwest and the Amazon. However, the efficiency of cannabis poses a threat to the profits of the plastic, oil, and synthetic textile industries.

Farber shares a rare personal anecdote regarding a property he purchased in upstate New York. After a psychometry session and an evocation ritual focused on prosperity, he received cryptic messages about "thinning the forest." Years later, during a financial struggle, a mechanic informed him that his land contained $40,000 worth of harvestable timber, illustrating a synchronicity between his ritual work and material reality.