As the wheel turns, today we celebrate Equinox, and here in the Southern Hemisphere we welcome in spring. Equinox is the point at which day and night come back into balance – from here our days will lengthen and become warmer. Now is the time to celebrate awakening, balance and […]

Congratulations and heartfelt gratitude to our ‘Elementals and Nature Spirits’ class of 2019. What a magical couple of days we had learning with Jewels and connecting with the nature spirits and ancient, majestic oak tree spirits at the Convent! To be held by this beautiful Queen Oak while making and […]

‘Any energy phenomenon in the landscape is never bad in itself, but should always be looked at within its network of relationships’ – Marko Pogačnik When working to create balance and wholeness on a site, geomancers will work with the energetic web of that place. One of the easiest and […]

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 […]

Around Beltane, when veils between worlds are thin, it’s easier to make contact with spirits, elementals, nature spirits and those in other realms. I took some photos at Beltane this year, while we were walking our labyrinth at night, and these spirits made themselves known by showing in some of […]

  Geomancy means ‘divining the earth’. This ancient art gives insight into the connections between ourselves, others and our environment. Through reading the earth, dowsing and understanding the subtle energies of a place we can communicate with our environment on a truly profound level. As geomancers, we work consciously with […]