What a timely essay, as I've been thinking a lot about the connections I've had to plants over the years - mostly trees. Many years ago, I was walking a trail with friends & we came across a tree that had been mostly hollowed out by lightning but was still alive. Of course I had to step inside it, and then I burst into tears, crying out "the tree loves me!" I'm glad to say most of the people I was with were quick to understand & agree.
We''ve gotten close to 18 inches of rain in the past week. I'm relatively new to gardening & was worried that all my poor plants would drown, but there's such an intense, thrumming vibe coming out of my back yard, as if they all plan to double in size this week as the sun comes out. It's pretty great.
Thank you for the reminder to look, to pay attention, and to speak our experience.
I was the same as a child, very sensitive to the natural world, and especially attuned to storms. I've never heard of 'electroculture' and now I'll be going down that rabbit-hole of research. Thank you for sharing!!!
Ah, your sweet child self, Jan. I'm sorry that the adults in your life weren't prepared to experience what you so wisely understood so early on. There is so much research to support the sentience of plants, so their quickness feels just right to me. The work of David Haskell comes to mind. I don't know that I grasped the concept when I was younger, but I do know that I was always drawn to plants and sky. Much, much later, I became a farmer. :)
How weird that you should write this piece as I am writing an introduction to The World of Faye (and Divas), a presentation I am doing in June for an annual Earth Energies weekend for a Dowsing community. This year, concentrating on Healing and working with Energies. Reading for clients I soon found many needed healing rather than divination! Which lead me to Crystal Healing and Reiki. Then couldn't understand why the healing wasn't working effectively and found that the environment they were living in needed healing too. Hence the interest in Dowsing. When giving my Dwarf Peach Tree some Reiki to help with a distressing move a young woman came and watched me, the second time I did it she laid her hands on mine. Sadly the tree didn't make it due to a storm! But it was the start of investigating the world of Faye, Elementals and Guardians. Part of my presentation will be a practical introduction to meeting Guardians and working with them, or at best acknowledging their importance and presence and how to ask for their help with the environment. Next year will be how to work with Divas in the Home and Office! Assuming I survive the weekend!
What a timely essay, as I've been thinking a lot about the connections I've had to plants over the years - mostly trees. Many years ago, I was walking a trail with friends & we came across a tree that had been mostly hollowed out by lightning but was still alive. Of course I had to step inside it, and then I burst into tears, crying out "the tree loves me!" I'm glad to say most of the people I was with were quick to understand & agree.
We''ve gotten close to 18 inches of rain in the past week. I'm relatively new to gardening & was worried that all my poor plants would drown, but there's such an intense, thrumming vibe coming out of my back yard, as if they all plan to double in size this week as the sun comes out. It's pretty great.
Thank you for the reminder to look, to pay attention, and to speak our experience.
I was the same as a child, very sensitive to the natural world, and especially attuned to storms. I've never heard of 'electroculture' and now I'll be going down that rabbit-hole of research. Thank you for sharing!!!
Ah, your sweet child self, Jan. I'm sorry that the adults in your life weren't prepared to experience what you so wisely understood so early on. There is so much research to support the sentience of plants, so their quickness feels just right to me. The work of David Haskell comes to mind. I don't know that I grasped the concept when I was younger, but I do know that I was always drawn to plants and sky. Much, much later, I became a farmer. :)
How weird that you should write this piece as I am writing an introduction to The World of Faye (and Divas), a presentation I am doing in June for an annual Earth Energies weekend for a Dowsing community. This year, concentrating on Healing and working with Energies. Reading for clients I soon found many needed healing rather than divination! Which lead me to Crystal Healing and Reiki. Then couldn't understand why the healing wasn't working effectively and found that the environment they were living in needed healing too. Hence the interest in Dowsing. When giving my Dwarf Peach Tree some Reiki to help with a distressing move a young woman came and watched me, the second time I did it she laid her hands on mine. Sadly the tree didn't make it due to a storm! But it was the start of investigating the world of Faye, Elementals and Guardians. Part of my presentation will be a practical introduction to meeting Guardians and working with them, or at best acknowledging their importance and presence and how to ask for their help with the environment. Next year will be how to work with Divas in the Home and Office! Assuming I survive the weekend!