This spring’s momentous challenges seemed to call for a different kind of equinox ceremony, but I didn’t know what. I felt the need to offer something beyond the familiar personal balancing ritual that helps our inner life match the outer … Continued
One April a friend and I left her office and passed through a veil into a magical world. Entering the forest was like stepping beyond an invisible curtain from unreality to reality. We crossed paved streets behind rows of brick … Continued
When we come upon a spring bubbling out from beneath a tree on a wooded hillside it can seem magical–water emerging from inside the earth. Springs are a type of wetlands. Are wetlands sacred? On World Wetlands Day, February 2, … Continued
Indigenous Americans for thousands of years have created sanctuaries of earth and sky to commune with Spirit. The Hopewell Earthworks in Ohio are magnificent examples of such holy places. These earthworks form the largest concentration of monumental earthen architecture in … Continued
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
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
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
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
“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
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