sacred soil

I love these reflections about honoring our sacred soils from The Druids Garden:

“There is something magical about putting your hands in the soil. The cool, damp feeling, the smell of earthy loam, the crumbling of the loam between your fingers. Touching soil, the building block of life, grounds you in a way that is indescribable.  Putting your hands in the earth, to plant, to heal, to grow food or medicine, is always a balm for the soul. Especially when it is rich, nourishing soil. Everything in the world has energy (or in scientific terms an electromagnetic field) and I think we can intuitively sense when that soil has soul.”

and…

“…deepen your relationship with soil is to simply spend time with soil.  I think that a lot of us who practice nature spirituality may spend more time looking at everything growing out of the soil rather than the soil.  We obsess over trees, healing herbs, and mushrooms–and while this is amazing (I do it too!) taking time for the soil is also very good.  Thus, I suggest you spend time to: observe the soil and soil web in action.  Take time to see what soil looks like in different places you go.  Spend time just being present with the soil.  Get your hands in the rich soil.  Pay attention to the soil that is being transformed in the forest from old moss-covered stumps.  Pay attention to how more domesticated spaces like your vegetable garden have different kinds of soil than wild places.  Pay attention to the mycelial networks that run through the soil. Just being present with the soil and observant allows you to unlock the deeper, wild magics of the soil.”