Tag: connecting with nature
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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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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.
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Conversations with Silky Oak
The majestic Silky or Silver Oak lights up like a giant candelabra of golden fire just after Spring Equinox each year. The synchronised blooming of Silky Oak trees spreads wide across the landscape, giving us a glimpse of the invisible interconnected grid the trees in this species form across time and space. Several years ago,…
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On Plants, Planets, Openness and Connection!
Paracelsus, the 14th century doctor, chemist, alchemist and founder of modern chemistry, used the doctrine of ‘like cures like’ (homeopathic principle) and the relationship between plants and planets to treat illness. “if an organ is sick, the doctor appeals to the corresponding organ in the macrocosm” As a simple explanation of this: So if you…
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Walking the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail
Having just hiked the trail (aka bvrt), passing numerous cyclists and a few people on horseback, other walkers were sparse. In fact I could count them on the fingers of one hand. So I thought I’d write this post in the hope of inspiring more walkers, especially given as to the ease of this trail…
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The Lost Art of Embodied Herbalism
The Lost Art of Embodied Herbalism: Bringing the Feminine back into Herbalism As herbalism becomes increasingly about chemical constituents and actions, and the actual herb as a spirit being is not considered, we are losing connection with what herbs and plants are all about. The herbs are being taken out of herbalism! More and more…
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Conscious Gardening: 7 Simple Steps to working Co-creatively with Nature.
Ever wonder how you could make a difference to the planet on a personal level? Quietly, in your own garden you can be a personal activist for planetary change. She is known as Mother Earth or Mother Nature, as the relationship humans have with her is a motherly one. Like a Great Mother, the…
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Shepherd’s Purse Wisdom
Making plant remedies is a great opportunity to connect in deeper with the spirit of a plant and learn from it, whether it be a tincture, a flower essence, a tea, salve or homeopathic. In turn, this gives more potency to whatever you are making. Anyone can chop a herb and pour alcohol on it…