Category: connecting with nature
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A Yarrow Legend
and what it teaches us about the layers of healing The legend… Once upon a time there was a beautiful sea nymph called Thetis. So beautiful was she that the great God Zeus wanted to marry her. But then he learned that there was a prophecy that Thetis’ son would be far greater than his father. Of course Zeus couldn’t have that, so Thetis ended up marrying King Peleus. King Peleus…
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Eucalyptus – Plant Spirit Teachings
Eucalyptus is as common in Australia as water is in our bodies. What plant spirit medicine does it hold and what can we learn from it?
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Magnolia Essence: Plant Spirit Wisdom from the Grandmother of Flowers
Last week, I held a Magnolia Flower Immersion and essence making day in a stunning grove of Magnolia trees. While I had a rather grand article in mind, spanning patterns of beyond time, I’ve decided to split it into two articles for ease of reading. So today I’ll simply share a the plant spirit wisdom…
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Tea Tree Dreaming
Nature Wisdom for a World at War The smiling delight of coastal tea tree in bloom always fills my heart. For years, I’ve sporadically walked the coastal bush track in Brunswick Heads that is lined with tea trees of different varieties. Though blossoms may begin earlier, their full blossoming glory peaks at Spring Equinox in…
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The Language of Flowers: Unlocking Sacred Earth Consciousness through Plants
Imagine a world where simply the scent of a flower speaks to you. Not in words, but in a visceral, felt understanding. A communion. It isn’t hard to imagine because scents do speak to us, along with other subtle information plants share. It’s just that we have lost the art of understanding that language. Even as a…
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Wild Rose Essence
A Sacred Journey to Ancient Scottish Springs and Stone Circles It is midsummers eve in the middle of Scotland. The eve is endless. Literally. Twilight lasts forever. Even in the darkest three short hours between midnight and 3am, it is but a deep dusk, a mere flicker of a shadow before the twilight begins again. …
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Birth & Harvest, Duality & Wholeness
It’s the 7th August. A new day, a new dawn. Today is the midpoint between the solstice and equinox (yes the traditional dates were earlier, but that is no longer the case). In the southern hemisphere it’s ‘Imbolc’ on the Celtic calendar marking the transition into Spring, and in the north its Lughnasadh, the entrance to Autumn. And…
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Water wisdom from the undines
And a wellspring invitation! On water elementals and their messages, wellsprings, what makes water sacred or holy and an invitation to waken the wellsprings within through a watery substack adventure. .. When you drink the water, remember the spring. Chinese proverb. Last year I found myself unwittingly on an adventure into the realm of water, sacred…
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The Spirit of Place
The spirit of place is a layered being that contains countless stories of those who have walked upon it, plants and forests present or long gone, weather events and the unique energy of all the beings that make up the land.