by admin | Apr 19, 2021 | Archetypes, Community, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Ecomythic, Elemental, Evolution, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
Your breath is the bellows Breathe down and in and set fire to the body (in the nicest possible way). Your bodymind is the raw material. Bring it to light. The earth is the forge and the crucible. Don’t let it get too hot. The Gold is within you, just as it is...
by admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Animism, Archetypes, Consciousness, Ecomythic, Elemental, Evolution, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
Depth psychologist Carl Jung was fascinated by the medieval Alchemists, who apparently tried to turn lead to gold. It probably comes as no surprise that this was always a metaphor. It is as if they knew that by refining metals they were exposing themselves to the...
by admin | Sep 14, 2020 | Animism, Archetypes, Biodiversity, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Ecopoetics, Ecosystem, Elemental, Meditation & Mindfulness, Myth, Nature, Sacred
It was really refreshing to have a conversation with my mate, Dr Thomas Bristow, an expert in ecopoetics, and Senior Editor of the journal i am also an editor for, PAN: Philosophy Activism Nature. Tom wanted to chat about what the Romantic poets – Blake, Yeats,...
by admin | Aug 31, 2020 | Animism, Archetypes, Climate Science, Consciousness, Elemental, Environmental Activism, Evolution, Meditation & Mindfulness, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
It’s the worst year most of us can remember. It’s 2020 and Covid-19 has sucked the life out of so much. We can’t go out and play together. Everything has become a challenge worthy of a strategic planning meeting: work, school, shopping, home. But...
by admin | Apr 20, 2020 | Animism, Archetypes, Biodiversity, Blog, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Ecosystem, Elemental, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
It’s like every conversation has to be about Covid-19, which in this digital age means the viral has gone viral. So what’s the ecomythic angle? What would we hear if we heard Nature Calling, if we tuned into the stories that are arising out of the earth, communicating...
by admin | Jan 18, 2020 | Archetypes, Community, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Elemental, Environmental Activism, Evolution, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
We can’t help staring into the flames. Whether it be a humble campfire, the stars at night, or the glitter and glam of stage and screen, we are drawn to light like primate moths around a flame. That’s why we also love burning fuel; from the humble whale...