In today’s post, I’d like to introduce you to my long-term tree project, the TreeLore Oracle and Magical Compendium of Eastern North American Trees. Also, for those of us of European ancestry living in colonized lands, we do not have a right to the meanings or stories of indigenous cultures, which means we must explore the magical landscape where we live in different ways that do not appropriate others’ wisdom. ![]() The challenges with wildcrafted practices are that learning like this takes a good deal of time and skill to master and thus, as regional communities, we can build these together. In AODA we call this practice “ Wildcrafting”, which has a focus on developing eco-regional Druid and nature spirituality practices using a variety of resources: folk, ecological, and experiential. These practices are best if we root them where we live–in our local ecosystems. Doing this allows us to build reciprocal relationships with nature, which shifts our own viewpoint and practices from those that are anthropocentric (human-centered/dominated) to those that are ecocentric or biocentric (focusing on the equality of all life). We can build deep connections with our local land and take up our traditional ancestral role intending and honoring nature. ![]() ![]() One of the most important things we can do to address the challenges of today’s age is to build authentic, lasting, and meaningful nature-based relationships and spiritual practices that are localized to our own ecosystems.
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