Following separate descriptive assessments of on-site manifestations of self healing/growth and Earth consciousness (insurgent personalist and globalist sensibilities), I articulated how such a diversity of discourse and practice may be perceived to be contiguous. 'Heal thy self - thy planet', a ConFest theme signifying the ecological relatedness of person and planet, is a particularly apposite expression of what I called the self-globe nexus. 'Healing the planet', according to most discursive accounts, starts 'locally' - that is, via work undertaken on the self or one's immediate environment. The nexus also implies that individuals in possession of the understanding that they are connected (to nature), resolve to take responsibility for their actions. Eco-spiritual manifestations of Neo-Paganism were canvassed to demonstrate the performative expression of the self-globe nexus.

Finally, addressing indigeneity, common sentiments on the matter were conveyed via a series of revelatory vignettes highlighting several extra-ordinary moments. Events partially reconstructed via readings performed by participants and the researcher disclosed the significance of indigeneity for alternates - as a valorised source of authentication and in the complicated quest for reconciliation.

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