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  • Home: Earth Sanctuaries
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  • Natural CommunitiesThis section honors our native plants and animals and the diverse and beautiful habitats in which they live. It includes an article on Drawing the Natural Gardens of North Carolina and selected illustrations of mountain, piedmont, and coastal plain habitats. I hope these drawings of the sacred natural communities where I live will inspire you to savor the wild lands where you live and help to conserve them.
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Earth-Dreaming: The Mysterious Tree House
20 Dec 2020

Earth-Dreaming: The Mysterious Tree House

by BL Chaika | posted in: Seasonal Celebrations | 2

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

Advent, Buddhist ecology., earth-dreaming, magnolia tree, Stupas, Tree of Life
Earth-Dreaming: Marigold Transformation
30 Dec 2019

Earth-Dreaming: Marigold Transformation

by BL Chaika | posted in: Garden Sanctuaries | 29

In this story a humble marigold brings an alchemical transformation, a flowering of consciousness, emotional healing, and a return to love (with a little help from a couple of small animal companions, that is). Dream: A woman leaves her little … Continued

alchemy, earth spirituality, earth-dreaming, healing, transformation
Earth-Dreaming: Liminal Waters
19 Mar 2019

Earth-Dreaming: Liminal Waters

by BL Chaika | posted in: Pilgrimage Stories | 12

Liminal Waters is a story about a dream that comes from the Earth. Earth-Dreaming is the process by which the Earth dreams through us. Earth-Dreaming takes us beyond using dreams to track our individual psychological growth. Earth Dreams come not … Continued

dune swales, earth-dreaming, liminality, mystery, spring ephemerals, spring equinox, swamp forest, synchronicity, wetland
Earth-Dreaming: Heartscape
12 Feb 2018

Earth-Dreaming: Heartscape

by BL Chaika | posted in: Seasonal Celebrations | 10

One day at the end of January I dreamed of being somewhere deliciously calm and expansive. I would dream of being there, sink back into deeper sleep, then rise to dream-level sleep and enjoy dreaming it again. Sinking back to … Continued

creative process, dreamscape, earth-dreaming, energy, Ireland, Ishk, liminal, native habitats, sacredscape

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  • Prayer for a Blue Jay August 10th 2021
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  • Sacred Ground: A Whale of a Tale April 20th 2021
  • Turning a Trip Into a Pilgrimage March 19th 2021
  • Plant Love Stories February 11th 2021
  • Celebrating Imbolc: A Time for Healing January 25th 2021
  • Earth-Dreaming: The Mysterious Tree House December 20th 2020
  • Indigenous American Thanksgiving November 25th 2020
  • Celebrating Samhain: The Mystery of Transformation October 31st 2020
  • The Cailleach: A Witch for Our Times October 15th 2020
  • Autumn Equinox: Circles of Peace September 21st 2020
  • Pond Love August 25th 2020
  • Celebrating Lughnasa: A Vision of Leadership August 4th 2020
  • Ceremony: Welcoming Back the Pollinators June 30th 2020
  • Beltane Maypole Sun Celebrating Beltane: A Passionate Burning April 30th 2020
  • Five bluebird eggs Restoring the Forest, Restoring Ourselves March 28th 2020
  • The Stone Garden The Stone Garden: A Delicate Balance February 21st 2020
  • TundraSwans flying over moon at Pocosin Lakesmoon Miracle at Pocosin Lakes January 30th 2020
  • Drawing of orange marigold Earth-Dreaming: Marigold Transformation December 30th 2019
  • A Magical Stone, A Healing Chant November 29th 2019
  • Sacred Landscape: Native American Effigy Mounds October 13th 2019
  • Turtle Teachings September 9th 2019
  • Sacred Trees: Rag Tree, Rock Tree, Witch Tree August 3rd 2019
  • Summer Solstice: Co-Creating Ritual and Ceremony June 24th 2019
  • Thomas Berry: Celebrating a Wise Earth Elder June 4th 2019
  • Garden Path Earth Day: Temenos Garden Sanctuary April 22nd 2019
  • Inventory of Garden Native Plants and Animals April 1st 2019
  • Earth-Dreaming: Liminal Waters March 19th 2019

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