The Atlas Apothecary Sourcebook
a treasure chest of writing on plant crafts, the natural world and the sacred
~ Monday 2nd June ~
In the dimming light of early June, dhul-Hijjah’s half moon rises as the parties of swifts gather for their last daytime screeches. The first of the snapdragon flowers have emerged today, self-seeded from former broods, four years and counting of tending our humble backyard.
Continue reading “Earth Prayers from June”~ 12th May ~
There is a thinness, like glass, to the gaps between the clouds, and as the swifts rise up through them it seems they could go on through, on and on until the limits of the unknown. I wonder, my chest heavy at the thought, what it must feel to be so limitless. As they disappear back down behind the dark row of rooftops I long for their freedom, the sheer thoughtlessness of their cross-continental migrations. What could there possibly be between the limitlessness of swifts and me? That is a space I pray to open, a gap, cloudless, between all that could be, a space of ascension.
Continue reading “Earth Prayers from May”This may very well be a beaconing in, a homecoming of sorts, but not at any remarkable point on this journey, however, it is a threshold all the same and one which has been brewing for some time.
Welcome to Earth Prayers, a collection of nature writings from deep down the garden. Mostly written from the table my mother gave me when we moved to this house, a little rusted, but a good spot to lean back and watch the bats as they pass, fleetingly before the dusk truly settles.
Continue reading “Earth Prayers: An Introduction”
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