As the time of flowers, it’s always great to make flower essences around Beltane. This morning I woke early to the sound of heavy rain: perfect timing to make the hawthorn flower essence I’ve been wanting to make while the bushes are in bloom. Hawthorn blossoms at the beginning of […]
Omens
Two crows have dropped sticks on my head at different times over the last week. They’re obviously busy making their nests before spring, but I think there’s more to it. Initially I didn’t slow down and pay much attention to this message, but yesterday morning a true murder of crows […]
Sacred trees
On driving through Ararat recently we stopped and talked with the group of Aboriginal activists who’ve been camped out for months, fighting to save a group of ancient trees that are sacred to the local Djap Wurrung people – including an ancient birthing tree. These trees were marked for felling […]
Web of life
Just found this little guy in my backyard. I love finding mushrooms like this after the rain, as they show our soil is healthy, but also remind me of the web of life that binds all together. Because fungi can’t produce their own energy from the sun they rely on […]
Reactivating space – Wimmera silos
Throughout the Wimmera artists have painted old wheat silos with portraits of local people. These two examples are painted with the images of local farmers and Indigenous people. It’s interesting to see the change these artworks have on their environments. The silos we visited were all once next to active […]
Ancestral spirit of place
I’m on a bit of a pilgrimage back to the country of my ancestors, to a fairly remote part of Victoria I haven’t visited for years. On the drive here it’s been interesting to feel the changes in spirit of place. Although the land here is quite dry and harsh, […]
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Thank you
A big thank you to everyone who has supported us this year while we’ve been getting Geomancy Australia off the ground, and especially to those who joined us for our first workshop in September. Geomancy opens you to a whole new way of being, and I’m so pleased to be […]
Litha
Today is Litha – also known as Midsummer and Summer Solstice – when the seasons turn and bring in summer, and the longest day of sunlight of the year. It is a time of joy, abundance and play, and a great day to be out in nature, soaking up the […]
Super full moon and Mercury retrodgrade
What a day – a super full moon and Mercury moves retrograde! ? It’s a perfect day for release, particularly at the end of such an intense and fast-moving year. The energies around us are supporting self-reflection, completion and envisioning what we want in 2018. Definitely a day for being […]