Nature was the first bible. #animism #NewAni

Here are the precious jewels of the Frog Nation floating on the surface.

The Frog people are back from their winter slumber jealousy guarding, or at least worrying about, their eggs. Please go away, they say. Or be still. You are in the Holy of Holies. #animism #NewAni #Lillomarka

"At some point soon, the default intuition will flip, and people may ask the opposite question: Why would you burn something when that is so inefficient? That shift has already begun."

A cut through log shows bright orange colour.

I went looking for runes.
In the meaning of the word in eddic poetry: Riddles and hidden secrets.
This is what I found.
One of winters windfalls has been cut to free the path, revealing an image of the sun.
Or is it Surt, the fire giant that will burn the world at #Ragnarok?

#animism #NewAni

"For centuries, we’ve looked for ways in which humans are different from other animals. But this is entirely wrong-headed. What makes us human is not our differences, but our ecological belonging. As a human being, you are a member of a wider community of species and ecosystems. You belong here".

The New Animism: Exploring A Relational Worldview with Graham Harvey - Embodied Pathways It has been a great personal pleasure to welcome Graham Harvey to Embodied Pathways. I first met Graham in 1994, when I was one of the organisers of a Magical Conference in London—a fundraising event ...

"we've had a long standing problem with the imposition of a particular Protestant, Christian, European definition of religion as an individual personal belief in God. Okay, that's a relationship, but it emphasizes proper believing." #animism #NewAni

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Thank you. Interesting. Here they variat between this colour and red depending on the acidity of the soil.

Blåveis, Hepatica nobilis, is a much lovede spring flower in 🇳🇴
Some sort of plant trickery make many believe it is illegal to pick the flowers.
It is not. Never has been.
The myth protects it and set it aside as something sacred for modern people.
📷:Me #animism #NewAni #Lillomarka

A square photo of a wave breaking over a rock. A face can been seen in the spray.

One for the pareidoliacs out there.

The most advanced technology on Earth isn't in Silicon Valley.
It's in the mycelium beneath your feet.
It's in the leaf converting sunlight into sugar.
It's in the marsh filtering toxins.
Our next industrial revolution won't come from mining more,but from mimicking more.

Happy 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗻’𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘆! 🐧

Here a few fun facts about one of Europe’s most iconic seabirds.

Pristin forest with lots of emerald green moss, a small stream and a small sobel coloured #Havanais dog.

The whole winter we've walked on gravel roads but now starts off-pist season. The contrast is spectacular. No people, only nature spirits.
#animism #NewAni #Lillomarka #Groruddalen 🇳🇴

Politikk uten ideologi? Norsk politikk fremstår som en ideologifri sone der vi velgere druknes i et mylder av enkeltsaker og forførende slagord. Men  at det ikke snakkes høyt om ideologier, betyr ikke at de ikke er der. De ...

«Den største konsekvensen av nyliberalismen er naturødeleggelsene og forvitringen av artsmangfoldet på jordkloden. For dette er en logisk følge av en ideologi med steintro på evig vekst. At vi står midt i dette, og samtidig tror ideologiene er døde, er bokstavelig talt livsfarlig.»

I 2015 som nå!

A huge bud on a tree is bursting. Chestnut coloured and green and white.

The power of Freyr is growing strong now. The green fire, the passion, the striving for ascension and union with the beloved Goddess in the sky ☀️
📷: Me
#animism #NewAni #NorseMyth

'Amistad en la pesca'
Abrazando la simple alegría de la vida, unos niños juegan mientras pescan a las orillas del lago Inle, Myanmar.

📷 Pyae Phyo Thet Paing

#peoplephotography #childhood #blackandwhite #photography #myanmar #ClassicMono #bnw #photo #fotografia #infancia #fotografo #blancoynegro

Hvite vidder på Ifjordfjellet. Dette er mot nord. Trur det er Beatnatgáisá man skimter i midten av bildet.

Usedvanlig vakkert oppe på Ifjordfjellet i dag. Full vinter og drømmeplass for oss i Øst-Finnmark. Rikelig med gode fiskevann. Fin tid fremover.

Three tussilago farfara blooming close together on the black earth. A two winged fly is sitting on one of them.

Sun worshippers created in their mother's image 🌞

📷:Me
#animism #NewAni

Også i Oslofjorden er mange ålegress-enger tapt. Mens det første vi må gjøre er å stoppe skadelige utslipp og fysiske inngrep som ødelegger havets viktige gruntvannsenger, er det også mulig å aktivt plante dem tilbake for raskere re-etablering. Vi jobber med opplegg ala frøbomber og geriljaplanting😎

From Maria Kvilhaug, "The seed of Yggdrasill" p. 140

We see a tranquil ocean in different shades of blue against a dark blue horizon, with dramatic clouds. A large flock of Somateria mollissima, common eider, is foraging. It is the start of the breeding season.

Meditation on Aegir and Rán:

"The Father Ocean is a metaphor for the origin of space, heaven and the solid matter source of the Universe, his “wife”, whose name means Robbery, is the suction power within this source, that which receives life back into itself."

📷:Me #animism #NewAni #NorseMyth

Juniper and other plants covering an Ice age moraine. The ocean in the background. Dramatic clouds.

This windswept coast where the juniper has learned to crawl between stones of the ice age. Teaching me the beauty of resilience.
📷: Me #animism #NewAni

We see a happy Bichon Havanais dog on svaberg- smooth rock slopes - disappearing into the ocean. There are dramatic clouds but the ocean is tranquil

I'm back praying in my favourite cathedral: Ytre Hvaler national park 🇳🇴.
I know every stone and every "svaberg" in this place, but seeing it through puppy's eyes, it all becomes, again, new and marvellous.
📷: Me #animism #NewAni #Havanais #dogs

Viking var et yrke og det var vikinger av alle "raser".
Om det er noe å skryte av er en annen sak, men det høres jo bedre ut enn kremmerblod.

CUT THE LIGHTS!

I don't often shout here but I am so upset by the proliferation of lighting: neighbours thinking it's OK to light up their gardens as if it's non-stop Christmas, my local woodland getting paths lit up, when darkness was magic for the owls, the bats, and for us to see some stars... 😢

The first one is now safely installed, waiting for future visitors in its display case. Find out more: www.vikingtidsmuseet.no/english/news...

A drawing showing a man being consumed by a plant with many what appears to ne tendrils. Two other men watch on, shocked.

The Yateveo plant is native to Africa & South America, so named for producing a hissing noise similar to the Spanish phrase ya te veo ('I already see you') & having poisonous spines that resemble 'many huge serpents in angry discussion'.

Don't worry, it's not real. I hope.

#WyrdWednesday #Fakelore