by admin | May 10, 2019 | Animism, Archetypes, Blog, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Elemental, Evolution, Meditation & Mindfulness, Music & Art, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
Initiation makes us into something we weren’t before. Successful ritual transforms our consciousness, expanding our minds beyond a little circle of desire and gratification, connecting us to the more-than-human world of nature all around us, the ecosystem we depend...
by admin | May 1, 2019 | Animism, Archetypes, Blog, Community, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Elemental, Environmental Activism, Evolution, Meditation & Mindfulness, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
We are born out of the eggs of our mother, inseminated by our father, awakened to our immediate environment. As Caterpillar, the next stage includes wandering about in small circles, munching on the leaves we were born on, following the wisdom of our immediate and...
by admin | Apr 29, 2019 | Animism, Blog, Community, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Elemental, Evolution, Music & Art, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
How do you feel in your body? Do you enjoy it? How does the way you move relate to the way your mind works? There’s no separation. Just as the universe is consciousness made manifest in physical reality – at least one kind of physical reality, which in itself is...
by admin | Apr 23, 2019 | Animism, Biodiversity, Blog, Climate Science, Community, Deep Connection, Ecosystem, Elemental, Environmental Activism, Music & Art, Myth, Nature, Sacred
Animists like me believe the world is alive. It goes beyond an intellectual idea, but it’s more than just a feeling, too; many traditions from around the world recognise the possibility that consciousness flows through the universe, that intelligence is a property of...
by admin | Apr 19, 2019 | Archetypes, Blog, Community, Deep Connection, Meditation & Mindfulness, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
Everyone knows that Easter is based on an ancient pagan festival of rebirth – hence the eggs and bunnies, fertility symbols par excellence, aligned with a full moon of pregnant portent. Historically, Christianity overtook every sign of an alternative...
by admin | Apr 16, 2019 | Archetypes, Blog, Community, Deep Connection, Meditation & Mindfulness, Myth, Sacred
I stood in awe, inside the sacred space inside Notre Dame, after walking the circuit around the building and its impressive gothic architecture. While we tourists gawked, the faithful worshipped, as they did every day, as they did regardless of our other, more secular...
