Manifesting Your Connection To The Earth
I became interested in the environment before I became interested in Earth-based spirituality....
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Category: Nature
My WoodLand Abode
It’s like something from out of a fairy tale, appearing to have sprouted organically from the earth itself or from some woodland nymph’s wild imagination.
It’s tiny, circular, cute in a sort of furry way, almost more like a curled-up dormouse than a house.
Upon seeing it for the first time, the child of a visiting friend asked, quite seriously, “am I dreaming?” and began counting his fingers and toes to establish whether he was awake or not.
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The Singing Wilderness, Reimagined
Rather than landscapes where we do not belong, what if we instead defined wilderness as reciprocal relationships between humans and non-humans that facilitate flourishing for all?
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Blackberry Communion
I remember the heat, the thorns that scratched my arms and face, and the heavy smell of the ripe berries which somehow draped itself over my whole body.
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Low Tide at Point Reyes
Our softness can only take so much. When the heart meets with the unanswerable, the soft skin of its radiant responsive surface takes it in. What is a heart to do?
Read MoreThe Braided Way
The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.