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Fighting civilizational collapse with plants

Fighting civilizational collapse with plants

How we can cure ourselves of "wendigo psychosis" by getting to know our backyards a bit better.

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May 20, 2022
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One of the scarier monsters I’ve come across in my lifelong love of horror stories is the Wendigo. It’s a monster that is native to the same lands I grew up in, around the Great Lakes and the midwestern plains. It’s described as an enormous humanoid creature with a heart of ice which chills the air around it as it approaches. It has the ability to infe…

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