This meditation can be practiced alone or with others to build empathy pathways to other life forms.

We use our imaginations and a bonding ritual to enter the body and consciousness of a different species and to reflect on the nature of their existence. This ritual transports us to the interspecies multiverse where we sit for a guided meditation.

If you are in a group you can follow the meditation with a sharing circle to describe the experiences you have of your new bodies and sentience. By listening to each other you will understand more about your place in the web of life. 

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This meditation was developed and performed by Ruth Catlow and Sarah Friend at the Glitch Community Residency at Château du Feÿ, in France, October 2021. Music is by Matt Catlow. Illustration by Sajan Rai.

We recommend this meditation practice when preparing to participate in  Interspecies Assemblies.



The bonding ritual was originally created for a multispecies food justice LARP called 'Now London is a City Farm…' created by Ruth with Sara Heitlinger, Lara Houston and Alex Taylor as part of the Algorithmic Food Justice research project.

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Interspecies Meditation

Interspecies Meditation and Sharing Circle

Lament - one of three songs to be sung by the multispecies choir at the Interspecies Festival of Finsbury Park 2023.
https://treaty.finsburypark.live/

Lament and Protest. Lyrics by Ruth Catlow and Matt Catlow. 
Celebration. Lyrics by Max Dovey. 
Lament, Protest and Celebration. Music by Matt Catlow and Ruth Catlow.

Furtherfield Content is published under a Creative Commons License - Attribution 4.0 International (BY-NC-SA 4.0) 2023 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Interspecies Lament

Protest - one of three songs to be sung by the multispecies choir at the Interspecies Festival of Finsbury Park 2023.
https://treaty.finsburypark.live/

Lament and Protest. Lyrics by Ruth Catlow and Matt Catlow. 
Celebration. Lyrics by Max Dovey. 
Lament, Protest and Celebration. Music by Matt Catlow and Ruth Catlow.

Furtherfield Content is published under a Creative Commons License - Attribution 4.0 International (BY-NC-SA 4.0) 2023 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Interspecies Protest

Celebration - one of three songs to be sung by the multispecies choir at the Interspecies Festival of Finsbury Park 2023.
https://treaty.finsburypark.live/

Lament and Protest. Lyrics by Ruth Catlow and Matt Catlow. 
Celebration. Lyrics by Max Dovey. 
Lament, Protest and Celebration. Music by Matt Catlow and Ruth Catlow.

Furtherfield Content is published under a Creative Commons License - Attribution 4.0 International (BY-NC-SA 4.0) 2023 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Interspecies Celebration

A wonderful multi-sensory tour guided by different species based on their most dominant sense”.  At the Interspecies Festival of Finsbury Park 2023 Dry the London Plane Tree, Scirius the Cockney Squirrel and Chewy the Dog lead a multi-sensory audio tour of all the beauty spots of the old forest, helping us tap into our mentor species' primary senses with the help of our imaginations.

Credits
Treaty Concept: Furtherfield and New Design Congress
Script and performance:
Dry the London Plane Tree by Bea Xu
Scirius the Cockney Squirrel by Max Dovey
Chewy the Dog by Ruth Catlow

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Multisensory Mystery Tour - Interspecies Festival

Media  Officer of the Interspecies Assembly of Finsbury Park London

Interspecies Lament

Interspecies Assemblies

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