Snake Medicine: An Animal Healing
It didn’t happen on a rocky outcrop after a long, dusty climb. We weren’t in the muck and ooze of a carboniferous swamp or in a cave following the sheen of a promise of water. I wasn’t a leader or … Continued
Earth-Dreaming Ritual: Milk Flows
We are destroying our birthright to belong to a natural world of Earth, Humans, and Spirit. Trying to think of solutions has not helped. We need to descend to a deeper source—into our bottomless wellspring of intuition and creativity, into … Continued
Prayer for a Blue Jay
In our garden there is a medicine wheel where I do daily breath and elements practices. They keep me sane. But, missing something deeper, I had begun praying to broaden beyond these personal body/soul basics into connection with the soul … Continued
Inner Fish/Outer Fish
Animals may come to us in the wilderness of dreams and visions. A certain blue fish has appeared in so many of my dreams over the years that I have often cried in astonishment and surrender, recognizing a profound healing … Continued
Sacred Ground: A Whale of a Tale
“The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.” -Jack Kerouac We admire the beauty of mountains and rocky outcrops and feel called to spiritual heights by their magnificence. Many … Continued
Turning a Trip Into a Pilgrimage
Our goal was to make a longer trip into wilder lands. We had gone on local day trips, but, because of Covid, this would be our first adventure in a year, since last February. We were drawn to explore South … Continued
Plant Love Stories
There are many possible sources of intimacy, and not all of them are with people! Many of us experience deep emotional relationships with plants. Here is a collection of plant love stories that tell some of the many ways people … Continued
Celebrating Imbolc: A Time for Healing
The seasonal Celtic rite of Imbolc is about preparing, purifying, and healing. It expresses ancient and contemporary peoples’ hope for new growth — for fertility arising in nature, for creativity arising in us. This year Imbolc coincides beautifully with our … Continued
Earth-Dreaming: The Mysterious Tree House
Big Dreams are those especially compelling dreams that provide potent images to guide us in times of need. Some big dreams seem to arise as a call to us from the Earth herself. The process of working on these dreams … Continued
Indigenous American Thanksgiving
Every Thanksgiving I pretend that this is a holy day when we reaffirm that this land is sacred. I have always loved Thanksgiving for two reasons: The excuse it gives to gather with family and friends. And because it is … Continued