Hi Sherri, there are lots of very diverse groups these days doing some
sort of back to nature. Check out:

 www.primitivearcher.com

For a group that is mainly into crafting and hunting with stone age
weopans. The magazine is great, lots of useful paleo info, and lots of
ads for places that will hook you up to more. The online site is good,
the message boards are full of good stuff and very active. If you
asked your question there you would get lots of help.

The "Buckskinner" movement is another big source of info. These people
try to reinvent the conditions of life on the frontier 200 years ago,
through dress and lifestyle. Check out the National Muzzle Loading
Rifle Association for more info on them. Sorry no URL handy at the
moment, but a web search using buckskinner, or Muzzleloading should
turn them up. You do not need to be into guns to enjoy this.

Dixie Gun Works also has a lot of info and materials on primitive
living in their catalog,
but their online site is not so great. WWW.dixiegunworks.com

They have a good book section in the catalog, but not on-line.

The classics are Yule(sp) Gibbons books. He wrote about wild food and
was the guru of wild food 30-40 years ago. I think the title of his
most famous book was "Stalking the Wild Yam" . I am sure Amazon must
carry his books.



Sherri Canjar wrote:

> How does one migrate to the paleo lifestyle?  Cold turkey?  Gradually?
> Please offer your thoughts on how to get started and how to remain
> committed.

Gradually, for me. I am not too strict except for wheat.

The spiritual aspect is important for me too. I feel that it is too
easy for people now to live separate from nature, and to come to
believe that mankind is not a part of nature. I am particularly
refering to vegetarians and anti-fur activists and the like, who seem
to believe that humans have or should have NO contact with nature at
all. They seem to want everyone to live in sterile city boxes, wearing
plastic clothing and eating foods strip-mined from the land. It makes
me sick.

I prefer to see humans as part of the food chain, I will be eaten
someday by the bacteria and worms, just as I ate meat.