Spiritual journeys in tending the living earth, permaculture, and nature-inspired arts
In my last post, I shared my magical bardic process for recreating the four elemental symbols that I photographed from the Museum of Alchemy, Speculum Alchemiae. This week, I wanted to step back to explore how we understand and symbolize …
There are so many ways to honor the Awen as a druid–the spark of inspiration, the flow of ideas, and continuing to pursue a project that must make its way into the world. We all experience it at some point: …
One of the things that the rise of AI has done is asked all people who create to really investigate the benefits of that creation, and weigh them with the potential efficiency of AI. For example, right now I’m about …
When we think about the building blocks of a new human society, a human society that doesn’t destroy the planetary biosphere, that nurtures and supports human beings and communities, that fosters our creativity and innovation—I think it starts in fostering …
I used to be a big fan of reading dystopian fiction when I was younger. It seemed like a distant world, a reality far from our own. But perhaps now, those books resonate too close to reality. As someone who …
Samhain is here, and with it comes a time of reflection, casting away, and working with our ancestors. In my post several weeks ago, I discussed in great depth the ways of working with various kinds of ancestors–in this post, …
Creativity is the singing of the soul. When we create, we draw from the deepest parts of who we are and express ourselves to the world. The act of creation, drawing forth and connecting to our inner selves, is the …