So, I finally managed to get some time to walk in the trails in the woods on my campus. I am very glad I did. Nature is absolutely beautiful! I think, as a Pagan or Wiccan or of any spirituality that involves harmony with nature and the things around you, taking the time to become in tune with the wind, the sun, sky, trees, rocks and all of nature around you is very important. I feel that, in a way in strengthens your bonds around everything around you, making you a part of the cycle and renewing your brother or sisterhood with the Divine in nature. Personally, I never feel more alive, more calm and spiritually sound than when I am in nature, in the loving embrace of the Goddess and God. Not only do I believe that nature is the embodiment of the Goddess and God, but also Divine Spirits. I believe that each rock, tree, stream and plant has a spirit of its own, that adds to the collective spider web of energy that we are all connected by. Saying that all things have a spirit within them, I believe that we should respect everything in nature, including the rocks. The rocks are part of the earth, the body of the Goddess and God and therefore are their children as much as we are. This goes the same for the plants and trees. I consider them my brothers and sisters in my earth walk.
I found a lot of cool things on my walk yesterday, not only did I find the Faerie Rocks again, which are a group of really large rocks in a small clearing that are covered in lichen and have a magical aura and ancient spirits, but I also found a lot of really neat flora, like this mushroom for example. I have never seen mushrooms this large or this tall anywhere! They had very cute, and resilient spirits within them and out of respect, I did not trample them. Instead, I took some pictures and thanked them for their beauty. There were little red ones too that seemed to be guarding the hole of some sort of little animal. Around the Faerie Rocks, I found the mushroom that is shown in the picture, and near by was a yellow, old and decaying mushroom. I thought this was very interesting because it reminded me of the cycle of the earth and of life in general, the cycle of life, death and rebirth. The decaying mushroom symbolized the dead and dying, but by decaying it is releasing nutrients into the soil, giving way for the life of newer mushrooms and other flora and giving birth to new plant life, such as the mushroom in this picture here. It is really amazing when you stop to think about it, relating Mysteries to nature around you really puts everything in a perspective that you can appreciate.
At the Faerie Rocks that I mentioned before, I meditated and gave an offering to the Goddess and God and the Divine in general, as you can see in this picture. Earlier in the day I went to the bank and they were handing out apples, so I thought. What a good thing to use as an offering! Now the Faerie Rocks, at least to me, feel absolutely ancient. They are very large and are covered in lichen and moss. They are in a cluster of 7 or so rocks in a small clearing and they just emanate their earthiness when you step into the clearing. I feel like the Veil is very thin here, because I could feel the magic in the air and strongly feel the spirits of each of these stones. When I was sitting there, eating my apple, I could not help but feel calm and relaxed, it turns out it was a very good place for grounding one's self. I feel that whatever worries I had, at least when I was there, were washed away and I was left with a sense of calmness and peace that went down deep in my bones. This is one of the things that I love about being Wiccan, it has opened me up to everything around me and help me to realize the connection that everything has. I mean, before I found Wicca, I thought that we were all connected, but never on this level. I have never felt so spiritually deep before I found my path, and I am glad I did. So after eating my apple and meditating in this sacred space, I found a very pointy and sharp rock that was the size of my palm to carve a pentacle into the surface of the apple. I view my offerings to the Goddess and God as a token of my love, devotion, affection and a promise to stay in harmony with nature and live true to myself. I carved the pentacle onto the apple as a sort of 'seal' to the promise that I have made to the Divine and myself, to protect nature and to stay true to who I am.
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