by admin | May 20, 2022 | Animism, Community, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Ecomythic, Meditation & Mindfulness, Nature, Retreat, Ritual, Sacred
Glistening in tiny raindrops that resemble silver balls of dew, Arachne sits queen of her web, which has appeared overnight across my doorway. Usually i wouldn’t turn an outdoor light on before dawn, as i am comfortable in the darkness and keen to take in as much of...
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 | 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...
by admin | Mar 19, 2019 | Biodiversity, Blog, Climate Science, Community, Deep Connection, Ecosystem, Environmental Activism, Nature, Ritual
I feel a little tug on my heart, as i find this creek running into the sea in Tathra today. It is the first time it has made it this far since i started staying here regularly a few years ago. Today is exactly one year since the devastating bushfires in this seaside...
by admin | Mar 29, 2018 | Archetypes, Blog, Myth, Nature
What are the shapes and spirits, the dreaming creatures and elemental characters that appear to us when we turn to the natural world and ask for its teaching? We can look to the mythologies of traditional cultures to get a big picture story of some of the things we...
