God’s word is his logos. He speaks to us through the patterns and cycles of his creation and through the metaphysical language of math and geometry, letters and symbols. The world which he created when he spoke the words that brought all to life (whether that be the Hindu Aum, the Druid Awen, the Egyptian cry of the Benu bird or the Biblical “And God Said Let There Be Light”) all signify the initial sound which ...
Today is the vernal equinox. It is the time when day and night are of equal length. We celebrate the balance between dark and light (the sun and the moon), not only in the sky, but within ourselves. Over the years we have enacted this concept through our Druidic Alban Eiler ritual, walking into the light half of the year through the gateway of the merging of the sun and the moon. We understand this is an ...
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;" -William Shakespeare Have you been wondering about the significance of our name - Crossing Hedgerows Sanctuary? Found within the word hedgerow is the word "edge". In permaculture design we view edges as some of the most abundant places. Within ecosystems they allow for the biggest variety of life. On the edge of a forest where it is next to ...
Monarch Butterfly on Sunchoke flowers by Brennah Cavanaugh Photography LLC "For the world is not painted or adorned, but is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe." --Ralph Waldo Emerson Truly studying the patterns of nature will always bring us eventually to God. Lately I've been reading the book A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, ...
Greetings beautiful people! We had a lovely Circle meetup yesterday with heartfelt conversation, a walk, good food, a bonfire, and a telling of the story of the great poet Taliesin. And everyone got to take pawpaw seeds home with them to try their hands at growing some trees! Pawpaw fruit on tree at Crossing Hedgerows Sanctuary To those of you who are with us as paid members here on Patreon, thank you for your continued ...
I used to think this was not all that important a question. One God, many Gods, no God... as long as people had good ethics, it didn't really matter. But guess what? Truth matters. And we can actually know the truth. That's what I've been delving into a lot lately. Gnosis. Not simply personal gnosis, but verifiable, provable, information that is all around us in nature. Permaculture teaches us to see patterns. It's the foundation for permaculture ...
Hello dear ones, For our Winter Solstice Celebration, I led a Druidic Alban Arthan ritual adapted from a ceremony written by the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids (of which I'm a member). Alban Arthan means "The Light of Arthur". The Land Dreaming by Rosalie Kohler Some of you may know that I have been exploring Gnostic Christianity and alchemy, and that it has spoken deeply to me. The particular organization I have been learning from ...
This morning I took Cliff Scholz' advice and sat cross-legged on the kitchen floor. It was a new perspective of stillness in a place of doing. Looking at different perspectives is something I have always enjoyed. And for the last year and a half I have been immersing myself and pushing the envelope even further in this regard. However, these perspectives are not actually new. More like ancient knowledge hidden in plain sight. We could call it ...