Last night I went to a talk given by a local man here in the UK on bees. I was intrigued to find out what people who had been ‘keeping’ bees had to say about them. This guy had been ‘keeping’ them for three years. He had a lot to say, but I left the … Continue reading »
Filed under nature spirituality …
after reading the shamanic way of the bee by simon buxton I need to write something down about it
Not really a review as such, but just an appreciation. I am not sure whether the things that Buxton writes about in the book are true. The details of his gruelling apprenticeship along the path of pollen such as killing a stag with nothing but bee pollen, flying on broomsticks and being buried alive seem … Continue reading »
thursday
Saw the moon low in the sky at 3 in the morning and for a moment had the overwhelming feeling that I was in a small hut overlooking a primal scene with only a few other people living on the planet. I felt ancient and the forest surrounded me. There is something about the moon … Continue reading »
birds are singing, seeds are sprouting
Although we are under five feet of snow, in the last few days I have felt the most imperceptable stirrings from the deep down in the earth. The birds, who usually lie quietly in the thicket, are all a twitter – carrying gifts for their mates, fussing around in the bush, tidying and making ready … Continue reading »
There is a reason why I have bought a grain mill, seriously
There are a few reasons why I wanted to buy a grain mill to grind my own flour from scratch. Here they are: I want to go through the complete process for sprouted wheat sourdough bread from wheat berry, to sprouted berry, to dehydrated berry, to milled flour, through sourdough starter, to proved bread, to baked … Continue reading »
What have we lost from our ancestors?
Some Inuit looked into the aurora borealis, or northern lights, to find images of their family and friends dancing in the next life. For others they were invisible giants, the souls of animals, a guide to hunting and as a spirit for the angakkuq to help with healing. They relied upon these shamans for spiritual interpretation. The nearest … Continue reading »
What to do with the Christmas tree when christmas is over
So, you have taken the Christmas tree down, chucked it at the back of the garden and forgotten about it, have you? Sad that, isn’t it, especially since it cost so much and probably came all the way from Norway or Canada. There are several sites that give recommendations on what to do with the thing; … Continue reading »
I am awake again (my bimodal sleep pattern)
I am awake blogging at 2 a.m. and I want to know why. I searched on the internet and found out it is called segmented sleep, divided sleep, bimodal sleep or interrupted sleep and I have slowly started to experience it since coming here to live in the mountains. Bimodal sleep is composed of two … Continue reading »
out of nothing bursts forth everything
From the deepness and darkness of the midwinter’s depth springs forth new life, new hopes, new desires, new dreams. Out of nothing – the grinding down, the stopping, the heartbeat that trips and starts afresh – comes this. Just this. Whatever it appears to be, appears and it is drenched in stickly-sweet sweat and tears, … Continue reading »
the world breathes
There has been a quietness to this house, a quietness to me. There are no longer many words to describe IT, there is no longer much thought about IT; there is only IT, only IT. Sometimes not even that. There seems no point in trying to explain. There seems no point in trying to follow … Continue reading »
Shut off the mind
Shut off the mind And let the heart decide Who you are meant to be, Switch to remote Let mind drop away All you need Is right here Without thought of it Without idea of it Without any of it Rest childlike in repose Wonderment filling every And each new thing Coming into view Sit … Continue reading »
secrets
Secrets- There are secrets in her damp arms In her legs running over long grass Dancing. She moves in ways we only dream about Echoing the waves’ watery moves Or the sound of leaves rustling Up amongst the trees Wind. Wind. Expressing the expressionless Draws the body in line with the same gentle Wanderings other … Continue reading »
What Is There To Know
What is there to know that cannot be told by spaces in Between downpours of torrential rain? The deluge of percussion Undoing language- Washing torrents of Euphonies and Symphonies Chattering, down drains In rivulets and streams. When cadence and tempo and libretto and sotto voce are gone What remains is without meaning or code or thought Unchanged. Once we … Continue reading »
The End, The Beginning : A Silent Post
I Know Something Is Alright, Something Is OK In All This
Out of my head. What is there Out of My Head? Outside the container that contains thoughts of Me? What is there further than the furthest wisp of consciousness? What is further than This Awareness? Knowing. There has always been a Knowing, but this Knowing has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with … Continue reading »
Human flesh nailed to wood
There is something I want to discuss from Eckhart Tolle and Oprah’s New Earth webcast this week. I know, another post about HIM. I’ll get it out of my system soon – I promise. On Monday night a question about the Passion of Christ came up. Now, I am no Christian and I find the crucifix image very disturbing. … Continue reading »
Happy Eostre
This is my favourite Easter image. It tells of spiritual awakening, rebirth and renewal of life. We still celebrate Geàrr or Hare; symbol of the goddess, shape-shifting, fertility and intuition, through the Easter Bunny today: “Here the hare is the original “Easter Bunny” – the word Easter being derived from the Saxon goddess Eostre, to … Continue reading »
Shaman Spirits
All negative thoughts, shamans believe, are dark spirits speaking to us, trying to scare us into reacting; the spirits then feed on our reactivity, growing stronger and more formidable until they finally rule over us. This is how, Hamilton suggests, addictions and psychological disorders develop in people. “Everyone hears the voices of spirits,” he tells … Continue reading »
Meditation, meteors and thunderstorms.
I haven’t been able to get the words Apollo 13 out of my head for the last few days – I knew that this continued bugging was coming from somewhere deep within, so I started an internet search – well a blog search, actually. This, coupled with a fascination I have had with tracking Mars … Continue reading »
The Story of the Weeping Camel
“So, my children, now I will tell you about the legend of the camel. Many years ago, God gave antlers to the camel as a reward for the goodness of its heart. But one day a rogue deer came and asked the camel to lend him his antlers. He wanted to adorn himself with them … Continue reading »
Original Wisdom
Do you know…… Two books have really inspired me recently to think about life in a new way. The first is “The Spell of the Sensuous” by David Abram, and the second is “Original Wisdom” by Robert Wolff. Both of these writers approach ‘spirituality’ from the same perspective, triggered by things that happened to them … Continue reading »
Two Eagles
Going on my regular walk this afternoon in blistering sunlight reflecting on snow, I felt uneasy – something was not right. I was feeling down, not quite connected, not quite there. I stumbled around for a while looking vaguely at things, watching two dog-sled teams run up and around the top of our valley and … Continue reading »
Trust Your Vibes
I have been having spectacular synchronicities recently. I have always known and trusted that they are a part of my life and heeded them when they happened, but I never really paid much attention to them before. I know that sixth-sense occurrences are real, often happen and can be and are experienced by anyone who … Continue reading »
Dark skies, moon and star skies
This is a picture of the light pollution that can be seen in Western Europe every night from space. Is it any wonder that we fail to see the stars over our heads any more? Even though I live in the Alps, (the Eastern edge of France towards Italy), I still live within a fluorescent … Continue reading »
Letting go, letting in.
I want to say thanks to everyone for being patient with me and thanks for the emails checking I was okay!! I know it seems as if I have disappeared from the blogging world recently, like a caterpillar going away to spin her cocoon and re-emerge as a butterfly (or a moth). But I have … Continue reading »
