All of Nature is infused with consciousness – it’s the expression of life. As Jung said, this life-spirit ‘animates the whole cosmos’ and is poured ‘into everything, even into inorganic matter’ (Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections). In Nature, this consciousness is expressed as Devas, Elementals and Nature Spirits, who build, […]

Nature spirits are believed to stimulate the life of plants and animals, and are often thought of as guardians. Image credit: The Kingdom of the Gods by Geoffrey Hodson   Join us at our upcoming workshop to learn more about communicating with these subtle realms: Elementals and Nature Spirits A […]

I’ve been revisiting some of my books about peoples’ experiences of working with devas and nature spirits in their gardens. I love this passage from The Magic of Findhorn: Perhaps communication with plants isn’t quite so far out as we imagine. The rash of research and literature into the field […]

‘Every flower has its fairy, every tree its spirit. Every woods has its Lady of the Woods. The world is filled with spirits and energies that play upon us and dance about us daily.’ Ted Andrews Join us at our ‘Elementals and Nature Spirits’ workshop in May to journey into […]

This is a photo of the ‘lake’ near our house. Everything is so, so dry this summer in Victoria, and the beautiful expanse of water near us dried up at the start of the year. Today we gave up the wait for rain and had to get water trucked in […]

As the wheel turns, here in the Southern Hemisphere we celebrate Autumn Equinox, or Mabon. This celebration marks the end of harvest; it encourages us to reflect, to give thanks and honour the Earth. Now is a time of balance – between day and night (which are of equal length), […]

Congratulations and heartfelt gratitude to our Water Divining class of 2019. Hepburn was the perfect location to connect with the water nymphs and serpents of the springs, and to test our dowsing abilities detecting water and its flow and depth. Happy dowsing!  ‘Merry meet, merry part and merry meet again’ […]

✨ Congratulations and heartfelt gratitude to our ‘Introduction to Geomancy’ class of 2019. After a day with Jewels and Richard I hope your spirits are soaring and you’re ready to start your geomantic journey! ✨ (Richard’s pictured here giving an earth acupuncture demonstration.)⠀ Merry meet, merry part and merry meet again x

It’s time for a reset. Today the moon is full while it’s at its closest point to earth all month, making it a super moon. It’s also a blood moon, occurring at the same time as a total lunar eclipse. This Leo/Aquarius eclipse is the time to vision and manifest. […]

Leys are straight lines that crisscross the earth and link sacred sites, power spots and other important places. They occur near places in the landscape that have a ritual context, and often with older physical roads, merchant tracks, churches and wells. Although much research has been done on leys (particularly […]