- Reveals the restorative fungi archetype of Osiris, the Orphic mysteries as an underground mycelium linking forests and people, how Dionysus teaches us about invasive species and playful sexuality, and the ecology of Jesus as depicted in his nature-focused parables

- Liberates Tristan, Merlin, and the Grail legends from the bounds of Campbell's hero's journey and invites the masculine into more nuanced, complex ways of dealing with trauma, growth, and self-knowledge

Long before the sword-wielding heroes of legend readily cut down forests, slaughtered the old deities, and vanquished their enemies, there were playful gods, animal-headed kings, mischievous lovers, trickster harpists, and vegetal magicians with flowering wands. As eco-feminist scholar Sophie Strand discovered, these wilder, more magical modes of the masculine have always been hidden in plain sight.

Sharing the culmination of eight years of research into myth, folklore, and the history of religion, Strand leads us back into the forgotten landscapes and hidden secrets of familiar myths, revealing the beautiful range of the divine masculine, including expressions of male friendship, male intimacy, and male creative collaboration. In discussing Dionysus and Osiris, Strand encourages us to think like an ecosystem instead of like an individual. She connects dying, vegetal gods to the virtuous cycle of composting and decay, highlighting the ways in which mushrooms can restore soil and heal polluted landscapes. Exploring esoteric Christianity, the author celebrates the Gnostic Jesus of the Gospel of Thomas, imagining the ecology that the Rabbi Yeshua would have actually been referencing in his nature-focused parables. Strand frees Tristan, Merlin, and the Grail legends from the bounds of Campbell's hero's journey and invites the masculine into more nuanced, complex ways of dealing with trauma, growth, and self-knowledge.

Strand reseeds our minds with new visions of male identity and shows how each of us, regardless of gender, can develop a matured ecological empathy and witness a blossoming of sacred masculine powers that are soft, curious, connective, and celebratory.

Inspiration, practices, and meditations to empower us in the face of planetary suffering: True wisdom for tough times. --John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America

Deepening global crises surround us, causing many to fall prey to denial and despair. Coming Back to Life shows how grief, anger, and fear are healthy responses to the harsh realities of our time, and that when honored through the revolutionary practice of the Work That Reconnects, they can free us from paralysis and move us toward creative action.

This new, completely updated edition of the classic text illuminates the extraordinary Work that has inspired hundreds of thousands to make strides towards the creation of a life-sustaining human culture. Buddhist scholar and environmental activist Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown introduce the Work's theoretical foundations, revealing the angst of our era with remarkable insight. Pointing the way forward out of apathy, they offer personal counsel as well as easy-to-use methods for group process that profoundly affect people's outlook and ability to act in the world.

If you want to connect with your joy even in the midst of sadness, if you want to see new life arise out of despair, Coming Back to Life has my highest possible recommendation. --John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and co-founder and president, The Food Revolution Network

A must for all who want to mobilize humanity in service of all beings. These concepts, exercises, and meditations have proven to work across generations, religions, ethnicities and races. --Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Director of Social Justice Organizing, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

- Provides exercises to directly perceive and interact with the complex, living, self-organizing being that is Gaia

- Reveals that every life form on Earth is highly intelligent and communicative

- Examines the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, psychotropic plants and fungi, and the human species

In Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm, Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals that all life forms on Earth possess intelligence, language, a sense of I and not I, and the capacity to dream. He shows that by consciously opening the doors of perception, we can reconnect with the living intelligences in Nature as kindred beings, become again wild scientists, nondomesticated explorers of a Gaian world just as Goethe, Barbara McClintock, James Lovelock, and others have done. For as Einstein commented, We cannot solve the problems facing us by using the same kind of thinking that created them.

Buhner explains how to use analogical thinking and imaginal perception to directly experience the inherent meanings that flow through the world, that are expressed from each living form that surrounds us, and to directly initiate communication in return. He delves deeply into the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, psychotropic plants and fungi, and, most importantly, the human species itself. He shows that human beings are not a plague on the planet, they have a specific ecological function as important to Gaia as that of plants and bacteria.

Buhner shows that the capacity for depth connection and meaning-filled communication with the living world is inherent in every human being. It is as natural as breathing, as the beating of our own hearts, as our own desire for intimacy and love. We can change how we think and in so doing begin to address the difficulties of our times.

Inspiration and Ideas for a Holistic Pagan Lifestyle

Live fully as a Pagan every day of the year, not only on full moons and holidays. With practical tips for integrating earth-centered spirituality into every aspect of life, To Walk a Pagan Path shows you how to:

• Cultivate a meaningful Pagan practice by following seven simple steps.
• Develop a sacred calendar customized for your beliefs, lifestyle, and environment.
• Make daily activities sacred with quick and easy rituals.
• Reclaim your place in the food cycle by producing a portion of your own food--even if you live in an apartment
• Express Pagan spirituality through a variety of craft projects: candles, scrying mirrors, solar wreaths, recipes, and more.
• Create sacred relationships with animal familiars.

The most joyful emanation produced by a colony of bees is known as the song of increase--declaring that the hive is flourishing and the bees are happy in its abundance. Song of Increase takes us inside the world of the honeybee to glean the wisdom of these fascinating creatures with whom humanity has shared a sacred bond for millennia.

Within these pages is a bee-centric approach to living with honeybees, rather than advice for simply maximizing the products they provide. Jacqueline Freeman takes us beyond traditional beekeeping and offers a way to work in harmony with honeybees for both their good and ours. Our way is one of kind observation, she explains, where we create supportive homes and fields for bees to live in, as well as tend the heartfelt relationships we form by being together.

Song of Increase focuses on hidden aspects of apiculture that lead us naturally to more sustainable practices. Freeman illuminates the unity consciousness that guides every action in the colony and how this profound awareness can influence the way we see both the natural world and ourselves. Each chapter presents a wealth of information about the life of bees, including Freeman's personal insights and direct teachings received from the bees themselves.

Contents Include:

I. The Song of Unity: How Bees See Themselves, Their Colony, and the World
II. The Song of Belonging: The Sacred Work of the Queen, Drones, Maidens, and Pips
III. The Song of Communion: How Bees Create a Perfect Home
IV. The Song of the World: The Communion of Bees and Flowers
V. The Song of Increase: The Blessings of the Swarm and the Ascension of a New Queen
VI. The Song of Abundance: The Generosity of Bees
VII. The Song of Sharing: How We Can Help Our Bee Friends

• By offering a vision of sacred actions, or the integration of sustainable living with Earth-based spirituality, learn how to combine the three ethics: people care, earth care, and fair share, to execute comprehensive sustainable living through the lens of paganism.
• Find a wide variety of accessible sustainable-living activities, rituals, stories, and tools framed through the neopaganism eightfold Wheel of the Year.
• Each chapter is tied to one of the eight holidays, offering specific themes that deepen topics, including home and hearth, lawns and gardens, food and nourishment, ritual items and offerings, reducing waste and addressing materialism, and much more.

Consider this your manual of personal empowerment through sustainability as a spiritual practice.

Embark on the Path of Folk Herbalism & Earth Membership

Is there a longing in your bones to know, love, and make medicine from plants? Seasonal Herbalism provides an accessible entry into the magical world of home herbcraft, restoring our ability to walk in alliance with the plants to bring healing to our people. Readers will embark upon a lifetime of relationship with the plants, the seasons, and belonging to the Dream of Mother Earth herself.

Designed for those who crave in their bones to be given permission to connect with the Earth, to learn the plants that are growing around them, to use their hands and hearts to make medicine for themselves and their loved ones, Lauren serves as a gentle yet deep guide to the world of plant kinship and Earth belonging. She provides just the right amount to get folks started, in a truly heart-centered, ancient and interconnected way. Open your heart, invite them in, the plants are here for us. The Earth is here for us. We belong here.

Identify, harvest and make medicine from 19 common medicinal plants.Learn to make teas, tinctures, vinegars, syrups, oils, salves, flower essences and more.Deepen connection with the Earth, the seasons and all of life.Ground deeper into the power and magic of dreams.

Lauren Morgan is an herbalist, dreamer, teacher and author filled with passion for the Earth, plants, dreaming and the ways of wise women. She leads popular introductory folk and plant spirit medicine classes, helping students ground the proper foundation to launch a lifetime of knowing, loving and making medicine from the healing plants of the Earth. She hosts dream circles and ceremonies, and is a dedicated student/steward of the plants, the dreams and the Mother Earth.

A rich panorama of our native heritage which allows the seeker access to the heart of the Path of Beauty. Ed McGaa has walked this path so that all people may live in harmony.

Samie Sams, Hancoka Olowanpi, author of Midnight Song: Quest for the Vanished Ones

Ed McGaa is one of the first persons who can write about 0glala religion in the first person because he has lived it. For years anthropologists have hoped a Native American would portray that society from the inside out. Ed McGaa has. It's about time.

William K. Powers, author of 0glala Religion

Fascinating as well as inspiring reading. Ed McGaa makes an excellent spiritual guide and intellectual teacher . . . The information stimulates the mind, the drawings delight the eye, and the ideas soothe the spirit.

Jack Weatherford, author of Indian Givers

Profound and insightful . . . Mother Earth Spirituality will be of great importance to those of us, both 'rainbow' and non-Indian people, who walk over land in search of a deeper spiritual life . . . For us, this book is an invaluable guide showing us how to do it.

Fred Alm Wolf, Ph.D., author of Taking the Quantum Leap

Taking you on a personal and spiritual deep dive, this book will lead you on a powerful journey to uncover all that keeps you from living your most authentic, purposeful life. Kirsty Gallagher, the UK's leading spiritual voice, provides her tried and trusted goddess path to help you reclaim your self-worth, establish boundaries, cultivate your intuition, step into your feminine power, and uncover who you truly are.

The Goddess Path features:

• 13 easy-to-follow steps, filled with ancient goddess wisdom across different cultures and countries, to help you discover your Divine Feminine and reclaim the goddess within

• Detailed introductions and guides to all the goddess archetypes

• Effective self-love and shadow work practices to help you heal your witch and sister wound, befriend your shadows, and embrace all your seasons and cycles

• Practical rituals and affirmations to activate your feminine energy

You already have

the light you seek; you just have

to within dive deep.

YOU: A Universe

contained in skin; unique soul

created by Him.

SOUL SOURCE is a collection of Rosie's earlier works, from the time she had a featured column so called in BFW Magazine. It is a little more fitness (and training) based than other SOUL SERIES volumes, but as she too has evolved, so does this (and they).

We are just one little family on a small homestead deep in a wild place. What we can do is small, but perhaps through this book we can impart the wisdom we have discovered. It is just this: spirit and enchantment and reality are bound together in a green world full of wonders.

Living Green with the Spirits of the Land

In 2007, the Seruntine family relocated to a secluded Nova Scotia homestead. They made it a point to live gently upon the land by growing and raising their own food, living in balance with the surrounding forest, and honoring Nature's spirits. In return, the land and the spirits looked after them. Seasons of the Sacred Earth follows life deep in their woodland hollow through a magical year. It is a marvelous journey into a place where gardens grow by love and magic, where children romp through enchanted forests, where mystery beckons by light of fireflies. And living close to Nature, they discover an ancient truth: the magical and the mystical are never farther than Earth and Sky.

Dive into a world of tranquility and beauty with Stress Relief Nature Landscapes, an adult coloring book featuring captivating landscapes from around the globe. Immerse yourself in the serenity of paradise islands, where palm-fringed beaches meet crystal-clear waters. Explore lush forests with hidden waterfalls and ancient temples nestled among towering trees. Journey through the heart of the jungle, where overgrown roots embrace ancient pagodas and temples. Discover the vibrant colors of coral reefs teeming with marine life, and unwind in the calm oasis of desert oases. From tranquil mountain valleys to sun-kissed shores, each page invites you to relax, unwind, and escape into a world of natural wonders.