Naming things is awfully hard.<\/p>\n
When trying to name the publisher, I spent a long time thinking about the work I do and the sort of work I’m trying to promote and encourage.<\/p>\n
I kept coming back to bees.<\/p>\n
Not only is bee symbolism a part of my personal practice, the bee has intense relevance to the world of folklore, of religion, and the living ecosystem. The bee is a hard worker, and part of a collective – and any religion is a collective experience, any book a product of hard work that is brought into a community, that thrives as part of community.<\/p>\n
The bee is also, in some cultures, seen as a divine messenger, always going about her business conveying the words of the gods to where they need to be heard. As a religious press seeking to bring more holiness out into the world, through necessary hard work, the bee is entirely worth honoring in the name.<\/p>\n
The bee is a part of ecosystems, is part of fertile growth and the process of nourishing; that energy is essential, as well, to spiritual growth and health.<\/p>\n
Wine, meanwhile, is a tool of ecstasy and transformation, madness and poetry; to balance hard work with the wildness of the frenzy of touching the divine lies at the heart of many mysteries.<\/p>\n
Combine these two, and one has Beewine – the Mead of Poetry.<\/p>\n
The logo is based on a combination of the hieroglyphic symbols for ‘bee’ and ‘wine\/vineyard’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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