Every Witch Should Be Doing This
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Something important that both practitioners AND non-practitoners seem to commonly overlook this one aspect that not only is important for so many reasons beyond ourselves, but also a great way to really find connection and up your practice.
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What kind of local plants do you know in your area? What kind of properties do they have?
I found purslane (finally!) this week in my garden. Other plants in my garden and yard: mullein, plantain, ground Ivy, Virginia creeper, mulberry tree saplings, milkweed, white goose foot, California geranium maybe(?), and a few others I didn’t note down prior. I’m still learning the properties.
I have a bunch of aster flowers, calendla, yarrow, thistles, lots of varieties of phlox. When hiking/camping theres a bunch more ive come to know!!
Brothers of one mother, two maple trees I planted in me garden couple years ago.
‘Ve been taking care of them from the day I found their saplings in a volleyball field I was cleaning with sum other fellas.
Cheeky bastards grew so quickly..
Feels loike yesterday when I was covering them with glasses just so they’d have easier times surviving winter.
Bloody hell..
‘Nyway the two of ‘em are quite similar really. Though one is just a wee bit more proud and smooth while the other one is but more scrawny but that’s ‘bout it.
Mullein, yucca, nopales, chicory, pine resin I use alot in the front range. Many more up in the mts
So the plants that I didn't know before from our garden and found out through an app are: feverfew, lady's mantle, Canadian goldenrod, swamp violet and swamp geranium.
Which I already knew beforehand, and we have in the garden: A large sage plant, lavender, rosemary, thyme, lemon balm, sedum, oregano, spearmint, horse mint, sweet blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, aronia berries.
I bought these plants myself: 2x cistus and one each of lemongrass, lemon verbena, clary sage, olive herb, jenny's stonecrop, Cretan oregano, Barbara herb, heal all, small agrimony, verbena, mugwort and hyssop
A reminder for my country witches: remember to make sure most of your body is covered if you’re going to heavily overgrown areas to protect yourself from ticks :)
Yes! And always do a tick check when you go back inside!
Not just ticks
Sumac and other poisonous plants could be lurking out there also depending on the area
Basically try to know what area you are going into and what problems you might encounter
Yesss! I've got chronic Lyme, ticks are no joke! Thankfully I'm doing a lot better than I was even a few years ago
absolutely.. for some reason I can be totally covered and still pick hella ticks off of me 😒
And also take caution in overgrown areas during the warmer seasons. Snakes are always my biggest concern.
I would like to add that for those of us with disabilities or energy limiting chronic illness, that this could also take the form of looking out of the window, maybe with a wild window box or seeds for birds... Taking, or asking someone to take, a high quality picture of a local natural area can also be used, zoom in look for patterns, plants, animals to identify and connect with; play spot the difference with photos of the same spot a couple of weeks apart, it won't feel the same as actually being there but with intention you can still make a meaningfull connection even if getting out is hard or impossible.
Love, light and spoons to anyone else out there unable to get out into nature as much as they would like.
Thank you for adding this🫀
I am lucky enough that my own chronic illness doesn't consistently slow me down (I've got fairly well managed Crohn's) but I can seriously advocate for bird feeders being their own helpful way to connect with local nature. It can be almost more meaningful to be enjoying a drink like tea or something on the couch on a bad day and be visited by little feathered friends.
Thank you from a spoonie witch 🦄
Thank you for this! I’m getting ready for a kidney transplant and lately it’s been very hard to walk and get out and had a bit of a gloomy view on my inability to do things, but your ideas shed some much needed light on this. Sending witchy, spoonie hugs and thanks again ❤️
@@sabinaibanescu3113 I hope that everything goes well for you and that you don't have to wait too long for your transplant...
I know you mentioned land guardians being large trees but I like to think the local cryptid is one. It's a much larger then normal owl that's been around for far longer then a normal owls life span we've called Gargoyle. She's not hostile to anyone but she seems to just kinda watch. She's been around since my dad was a kid(50+ year old) yet she's still around watching and always seems curious.
I could write a whole essay on the plant ID apps (I also prefer Picture This! of the ones I've tried). I never knew how blind I was while walking even just around my normal area until I started to learn what I was looking at, and how many names I recognized. These weren't foreign mystery plants from the plant nursery factory, they were names I recognized, but didn't know how to identify while they were still growing. The difference in connection while walking either down my (very suburban) street or through a forest or oak savanna trail now is night and day. Or more like walking through a crowd of strangers versus a room of acquaintances and friends.
Yes I needed this🙏🏼
I prefer that app as well! I'll be putting it and Olivia's suggestions to use after my move.
I use Picture This! As well, and while I love the app, and it’s usually spot on, I have had a couple of misidentifications. So be sure to always double check with another source! I like to use local plant life books that include pictures and descriptions. These are usually around $25.
I love Picture This! In the last few weeks I’ve identified dozens of edible and medicinal plants on my very own property that I never even realized were here.
Please be VERY careful trusting plant apps. They are far from perfect and can be fooled by lookalikes. Stay safe and don't consume anything unless you are 100% sure of the identification!
Can we all take a minute to appreciate the breakfast club energy in the thumbnail? ✊
Also, I love this topic. It's so important. Our paths all vary and that's beautiful, but something we should all have in common, witchy or not, is taking care of the land and honoring our ancestors and that includes ancestors of the land we live on. 💚 I love all the scenery b-roll
I started using a plant ID app just for the plants in my front yard, and after finding out that a lot of them are medicinal plants and local flora, I've been trying to encourage their growth!
In two of my languages (French and Welsh) there's different verbs for knowing things vs knowing places/people (savoir/connaître and gwybod/nabod). I know it's technically not grammatical to say I personally know the plants around me, but it feels a lot more natural to say I know these things as friends rather than facts. It's been a really nice way to connect to my new home ✨
it is nice to see a younger person speaking of such things, especially nowadays the younger people ( I am 60yrs old so pretty much everyone is young around me but at the same time I am not saying I know more than them I always do my best to learn new things from everyone and everything) , the younger people have their heads in their phones and not noticing all the life everywhere around them, so many things going on that they are missing because they are not present in the moment and caught up elsewhere possibly in someone else living on the Net with their heads down in their phones :( an example is last night at my job working security I was in my car and people were outside talking away looking at one person's phone on the net and I noticed a shadow coming from the bright light on the wall just behind and above them,so I get out of my car and notice it is a small bat flying catching the bugs that were attracted to the light, but these people were all caught up o something on the net not in the present. I later asked one of those people if they have ever seen a bat and he said never lol, it isn't just animals and plants it's insects like fly's, dragons fly butterflies ants, spiders, and other creepy crawlies doing their job keeping the balance
How did you learn this practice? I’ve always been drawn to these things but had no clear wording to describe the draw
@@Faeriefungus that is part of the thing its more of a feeling that words cannot discribe, like the music of a song can capture you and yopu cannot discribe it to others at how it affects you .
for myself I just went with the true feeling and opened up to it . Mind you I have been practicing Tao Chi Chi kung which uses, senses feeling,energy, but then even before I learned those 30 years ago and I was the outcast the weirdo because I could feel and sense things others seemed to not notice ,I think this was because they were to distracted or unconcerned with noticing those types of things. everyone is unique and does things their own way, and I could go on forever doing my best explaining what I kind of have a grasp for but it is just out of my reach ,like my finger tips can feel its warmth but I cannot touch.
I dont want t oput up another wall of words so I will stop there
@@alwayscuriousalwayslearnin appreciate your response. Any tips on understanding if someone is using magic against me? I feel like my x was a witch
watching this made me feel warm and fuzzy, like “wow, i love witchcraft!!!”. your videography is truly inspiring!!! well done olivia!
I have done this for years and it has always restored me. Little did I know that I was being prepared for my witch practices. I am starting my witch journey and I am excited to learn as much as I can. 🥰
This was a really well researched and presented video- thanks for sharing! I grew up in the southern Appalachian region. My dad and grandpa taught me an appreciation and use for plant allies like Sassafras, Ginseng, blackcaps, and the nearly extinct American Chestnut.
Now I live in NYC, and see some of the same plants in a totally different environment. I find Mugwort in so many places, (growing out of cracked sidewalks, along entire paths in Prospect Park, etc.) and I use it frequently since it’s invasive. As a result, I’ve learned more about its ties to the moon and feminine, protective energy. It’s now one of my favorites to work with! I’m really enjoying exploring the city for plant allies and learning just how adaptable they are.
Yes! I love my plant allies!
I clicked on this as an outsider hoping for a peak into a culture I was unfamiliar with. What I got was an incredibly wholesome reminder to take nature walks, and to be mindful, environmentally conscious, and plugged-in to the world around me. It isn’t hard to see how old religiously-based practices led to sciences like botany, entomology and alchemy/chemistry. Not to mention the wonders this must do for someone’s mental health, to be emotionally closer to nature and feel comfortable with the world around them. I even heard recently that the lateral eye movements made while walking helps the brain to deal with trauma. All while getting a little exercise. Really cool stuff.
I gather fallen sticks from the trail (never off trail - don't want to disturb habitats) and I am always sure to bring fruit to offer to the animals of the woods. I think of them as messengers for the spirits of the environments I visit, and hope by supporting them I support the spirits as well.
I just found a book "Weeds of the West". I cannot wait to use this book to know my area better!
I don't know why the youtube algorithm landed me on witch content tonight, but I really enjoyed this video. It is super-relaxing and approachable (even for someone like me, who has very little existing context). Thanks for making a cool, encouraging video!
The music is 🤌🏾mwa, chefs kiss. It gives such a nostalgic feeling of an era & time of Witches & Magick that we never got to experience; truly magical✨. The way you discussed everything in this video was truly inspiring🙌🏾. I recently found your channel & Love your content🩷.
There is so much truth in what you say. I´m born more or less in the woods in the mountains in germany. As a child I was playing in the woods. The trees were our companions, our sitters, our friends and our mothers... Mom told us to come back before duskt, but we never did. The trees were taking care about us, gave us shelter and lot of freedom. I never thought deeply about this, but since I´ve relocated from the place I´m born many years, I try to find peace, but it´s impossiple. I´m a very sensitive person and I can feel all the energies around me. My alianation from home brought me to a point, were I´m recogniced that we are working against our inner voice so often. My land ist calling me, I fill my home with plants, everyone feels so compfertable with it, but I´m still here, longing for the voice of my soil, my mother earth and my trees, which I´m missing. The more I ignore this voice, the louder it screams, the older I get, the urgent the call is. I have to go home to find my peace and I hope y'all can come back to your place too! Peace my friends.
I go out to my forests here but if I can't...I've got my potted plants, wild birds, giant crows, squirrels, javelina and mice etc and some stray kitties that I feed as well as my pets lol. I go for walks when I can. I LOVE our ponderosa trees and milk thistle. I respect the elementals over here.
I moved from California to the woods in North Carolina and it feels like there is soooo much more life here. 70 ft+ tall oaks. Every summer it just explodes and feels like a jungle, and I now have a whole collection of arthropods that passed away fully intact that I just stumble across quite often when out walking the dog. Every autumn there are large orb weavers that make webs right outside the windows of the house. We even had a piebald deer around for a while.
It's awesome.
This is lovely!
I’ve been enjoying some “weeds”-wild lettuce in my yard, some are taller than I am! I eat them raw in salads or cooked. Lots and lots of interesting fungi and mushrooms around here that I don’t forage, but do observe. Plenty of biodiverse fauna by the tidal creeks, marshes, and the ocean. Drastic differences in soil, wind, and moisture conditions at each of those, and they’re all only a few miles apart. Endless fascination!
I moved from the south all the way up to the Pacific Northwest. Talk about culture shock! I have folklore and Craft info that people up here are trying to say I'm appropriating (my ancestry??) I normally can't find most of what I used to use, so now I have to improvise or make my own. I love the hiking trails out here and love that I feel like I've been welcomed by the spirits out here.
This video has kicked off a series of wonderful and powerful events for me in the last week. I sincerely thank you for that!
Thank you so much, I watch your videos all the time and you help me so much throughout my spiritual journey
My family has a beautiful blue larkspur plant in our back garden, and I recently asked if I could use some of it for a self love charm. I could, but first I got the strong feeling that I had to clarify I wasn't doing a baneful working with it (larkspur is toxic, and I think it knew I knew that). Not sure if it's larkspur as a species or just that particular plant that really didn't want to be part of doing harm.
This video really seemed serendipitous for me: after a long break, I finally have the mental space to pick up my practice again. Just discovered I have all kinds of cool local plants in my new backyard (like Virginia creeper!) That being said, if anyone has any suggestions on how I use some of the fleabane growing back here, I'm all ears.
I really love this video, thank you so much! My partner has been super into walking lately and this inspired me to go to the local fair trade place cause they have some local plant, sky, animal, etc books and I know they would love it:) You definitely accomplished your goal of getting people curious!!! Thanks for the tip about litter as well!!!!
I always have a squirrel in my pecan tree. But Jackrabbits choose me & my home. They come & sit close to me for a while every day & I spend a little time just sitting & talking gently to them. This year I had a Momma Jackrabbit move under my trailer to have her babies.
This was a beautifully edited video. Well done beautiful lady. And a great message as well. I’m very lucky to live off-grid in the woods so I wholeheartedly agree with getting in touch with and learning about your biosphere. Big love to you x
I haven't seen you in a long time. I'm glad you're still there.
Thank you for the environmental conscience! Awesome. Thank you and blessed be!
I go to the legacy trail here in sarasota. It's literally magical and fun to go down the trail. The parks in my area are close to most businesses. Even just leaving my docs office and walking a short distance to the store really is fun and saves money.
Loved this! Seen a huge moth in my garden the other day and when it opened it wings it had the eyes on either side like this emoji 🧿🧿 was the most beautiful moth Iv ever seen! All brown then those blue emoji’s on the wings when opened! 😍😍🙏🏼❤️
Hi, just recently moved from one side of the country to the other
Thank you for the help
I love the app "picture this" I subscribed, it's not that much a year I dont think and if I want it saves the pic so I can add to my plant catalog on the app. It has helped me identify exactly what's around me plus I can go back to the info and keep a running list for everything.
It's a really great app!!
I think some Basic Safety items are a necessity!!! (a small 1st Aid kit, a water bottle, and a small survival kit at the least!!!) you never *know* what may happen even a little bit into the Wild!
Thank you 🌈 Beautiful video. I am inspired ✨
Great video! I love the format, I love the binding idea, I love the advice. Nothing can match getting in touch with the land!
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Loved this so much! The beauty in nature, what is does for us is so amazing. It is so healing. Thank you for sharing this with us. Such a beautiful and calming video. I have shared it with my group. You share such great content. Thank you so much.
That was great, thanks Olivia
GOALS :] I love walking outside anyways - it will be nice to incorporate my practice with it.
Also find out who’s land we are occupying. It’s important to know the the name of the indigenous tribe so we can honor and learn from them as well. I’m in southern ca and I’m on Kumeyaay territory.
Yes! There’s a link in the description to help with that!
I love this so much. I’ve been this way for a very long time and it’s thrilling to see others feel the same way. Sometimes I think I’m the only one who cares about weeds. 🥰🤗🌾
great video, i spent yesterday walking and gathering.
This crone says to the maiden…you go girl!
I love everything about this video!!! I'd love to see your new desk set up and about pinning insects. Blessings
Thank you 🌿🍃
Thank you for this!!!!
Girl I am at a culture shock I am from CA and we are in AZ desert land and it makes me depressed I have to drive hours for trees .. however I am embracing my new area.. bought a forging and plant book because it all matters its just different surrounding for me to explore 🖤
i love these types of videos so much🥹
this was such a wonderful video! Thank you so so so much for sharing this with us
Oh how I adore this.
Thanks for this awesome video.
I grew up in LA, and now live in Fort Collins, CO.
So many awesome trails and nature to enjoy here, I could never go back to LA.
I do miss the ocean, though.
bro I have no idea what this is about I feel like I just slid into an alternate dimension
I loved this video. I can't wait to walk part of my trail again. Bind weed is so effective at binding spells
Really inspiring! I noted what I learned here into my Book of Shadows and I will definitely try it! I hate the city where I live and I believe that this might help me to find a nice spot where I will feel nice and safe.
I LOVE the idea of picking up after others as offering. There is a paved bike trail near me where I take my dogs. The amount of dog poop people just leave 😡😤because picking up after your pet would be respectful and responsible and they can't be bothered. I pack many bags for my own dogs but just rage about other's neglect. I think a weekly clean up would make my land spirits, and my own peace of mind, much better.
Thank you for your work and energy. Do you use any apps to find trails or areas to walk? I use a couple plant apps and All Trails for places. It's a glorious day today with storms forecast for tonight. You've inspired me to go out today 🥰
(Oh, and ticks are REALLY bad around here. What do you use for repellent, if anything. Looking for more natural, non-chemical, methods.
I like to sit near the bee hives (not too close lol) on the backside of the woods where I live, and I've noticed a friend who tends to always be around; he's a big strapping fox squirrel which are not super rare but not common either, near the Escatapwa river anyway. I feel like he knows the Guardian if he isn't one himself per-say.
The Red-tail Land Conservancy occasionally offers “walks” through nature preserves here in east central Indiana. Whenever I go on the walks I feel like I’m coming home!
Thank you
Love this video!
As a habitual forager thus video is my daily life! When too many days pass with me inside I get headaches and have less energy. Being a spoonie energy is a precious commodity.
I love watching how the flora and fauna change throughout the year!
I use PictureThis too. And I've been using it for over a year and it's still free. You just have to work around the prompt to pay for it. I'll confirm the identity with a Field Guide to be certain. I've found all sorts of medicinal herbs just growing in my yard! I have driveway Feverfew.
I live in Savannah, Georgia. It’s the oldest city in the state and is also one of the most haunted cities in the country. I’m not able to get out into forest preserves but there are loads of squares and parks rife with spirits. I have found because there is so much death associated with this city, it’s rife with Fair Folk. I have a great many goblins who live in my apartment, and befriended a jasmine spirit! I’m still pretty ignorant about what plants grow natively here, but I work with a lot of oak and jasmine because there’s so much of them in the city.
Nature specially in the morning is really amazing...the smell of the air, the sun light..everytime I do a walk in the morning and in the afternoon and look around do some nature sight seing...thanks for the information that you always give and also the advise to all beautiful witches specially to a begginer like me it's really a help for us to know the things we should learn and thing we should be doing as one of the magical people in this world..I just hope to learn more things and apply it in my daily magical life.. I also want to learn how to stop the sun from reddening.. maybe pheonix can do the help...😁I really think it has something to do why our ozone have hole that is a big risk to our loving earth..thank you again and I hope to hear more about the sun or the spirits that guiding the sun...Blessed be..👼
I make wreaths out of Virginia Creeper root. I peeped that 😉 You can see my Litha wreath in my "Summer Solstice sunrise" short (lol holy moly that's a mouth full!)
How do you use VC in your success workings? Very interested to know - I have an abundance on my land
I have had plantnet for a long time. Love it 😊
Beautiful video and love the helpful information...you never disappoint 🌞🌺
Plant net in picture this are both great apps. Also right next to Google is a camera, so if there's something that interests you and you tap the camera right at the Google bar, it will also identify whatever it may be you know but if you're specifically into plants those two apps that I had mentioned at the beginning of this comment a great apps. And I'm all about my plants my herbs wild herbs that grow in my local area and yeah like all over it I love it. As well as I had this awesome little spot it's an old train trestle bridge, and is water and it's a perfect little cove area where I can actually sit off of the main bike trail and do whatever it is I need to do being witchy. But yeah nature is the best just to rejuvenate recharge and to also ask nature to take away any negativity that needs to be purged. Awesome Olivia I love your channel I've been watching you since day one when you first started. Absolutely awesome love you girl you're great...
Blessed be
This was such a thoughtful video. What are your thoughts about using a plant you weeded in your workings? For example, if I pulled a grapevine out of one of my trees (I didn’t ask its permission, and I’m not leaving any part of it to strangle my tree), would it be a bad idea to use that grapevine to create a wreath?
blessing from wheat ridge
hi ive heard you mention in a couple videos about the discord and that its in the description but im not seeing it, would love to join the community!
How does everyone feel about local spirits? That is to ask, if you are trying to have a relationship with Celtic spirits, for example, and you live in America, are you screwed? I've always wondered about that.
Another great free app for flora and fauna identification is: Seek
I love it!
Ur the best witch ever!!!
Sort of random question, but what camera did you use for the recording of this video, I like the quality and am looking to purchase a camera, thank you in adavance 😊
my problem is that i cant just ask and feel if it feels right... i have anxiety and always assume im doing stuff wrong. so whenever i ask if i may take something my stomach clenches and all my body can senses is bad vibes. i cant feel how the nergy of the forest is, all i can feel is the energy of myself.
(also sorry for bad english, not my mother tongue)
Hi, lovely video as always. I just have to say that the plant app on the iPhone through the pictures is not very accurate.
I needed some guidance and I hope it’s OK if I could ask your personal opinion. I’m really spiritually close to this natural nature park area, that has like two hiking trails so it’s not big but it’s not small.. And there was a tragedy there recently where someone had lost cruelly their life due to a violent situation. And the area doesn’t feel right anymore. Do you have any recommendations how to settle the air there. I really do love it there and it’s close enough for me to have an afternoon walk there every day. it’s so sad the whole situation and I wish I could do something to help both the land and the victim.
Also a gentle reminder (to audience, not to Oliva ofc), not every witch has to be a nature witch
New subscriber 🔱💚 hello , do another live soon 💐
I adore your videos. Would love to join your coven
I love picture this!
It has helped to identify the type of soil in different areas before planting food-bearing plants by identifying the plants already growing there!
Can you show us bug taxidermy? I found a really cool beetle and want to pin him but I’ve never done this. 😭🥺
im a little confused about the protector in my area, i felt that energy from two trees but one was cut down a few years back, could they be twin protectors, if anyone could please explain that would be very helpful😁
I’m sad that I live in the desert 🥺 but I do have a lot of plants inside my apartment ❤️
The desert used to feel barren to me until I met someone in love with Joshua Tree. They pointed out the hardy and incredibly resilient wildlife there and now it’s inspiring, like all the wildlife are pure warriors.
@@TheWitchOfWonderlust I’m happy you responded, you made my day!! 😆 I love your vids!! ❤️
I love plants and barely feel comfortable with animals.
a while back I was asking the spirits of a graveyard for some graveyard dirt. in that exact moment, a big swarm of magpies scared the shit out of me by starting to scream and fly away.
SO.... that was a "no" for me.
I apologized and left.
So guys, you will understand when nature says yes or no
THIS IS SO FUNNY LMAOO
Plenty of time later for some graveyard dirt. :)
Ah. Eheh, noted.
Why do you need graveyard dirt?
@@te9591 protection spell mostly. but I use it for various rituals and spells.
City dwelling witches dont despair. Industrial areas are surprisingly magical. Oftentimes they are unpopulated by residents. Animals know this. Creatures are everywhere in these areas. Disturbed areas are full of what most people consider weeds but many are useable for magic and herbalism. And depending on your "flavor", old train tracks, abandon lots, bridges, and architectural man made places, are perfect for communing with gods, loa, orisha, or whatever your pantheon is!
One of the most powerful plant spirits actually, I tend to find most in urban esp industrial areas. Datura Strammonium, only once found 'wild' and that was by an observatory. Been on a low one lately, and lo! Dat growing out the mess by Tesco superstore when walkin by. Made near tears to a smile for the day. Our spirits really are where they're meant to be always.
@@SombreroPharoah when I was living in Florida the news was whipped into a frenzy over teenagers "doing angel trumpets". Not saying they cant be toxic but I think the local news sensationalized them a bit 😆
This reminds me of the time I found an entire family of foxes playing near an industrial area in California. I'm originally from Colorado and felt disconnected from nature while in CA, but seeing those foxes made me realize the city has quite a bit of wildlife too if I just know where to look.
@@SombreroPharoah There's so much Datura where I live; found a huge flower right outside a burger restaurant, which caught me off guard. 😆
as a city witch, I make a little offering to Hecate, goddess of crossroads, whenever I drive or go over a bridge! It may not be "traditional", but I think it fits ^_^
As a scientist, I would encourage people to use INaturalist. Your observations are reviewed by researchers and used to study things like climate change.
Also, other naturalists can confirm or correct your identification so you don’t have to rely on AI alone :)
I was thinking about how we personify forces and realized that even if you don't believe in spirits, talking about forces as if they are conscious beings makes more sense to us as humans because of our humanistic perspective. It helps us connect to the land and that's never a bad thing. I decided to lean into that way of thinking instead and it's made things very interesting.
I could write a paper on how beneficial it is to think this way for both humans and nature, and how damaging the loss of this mindset has been for the modern world. The disconnect we’ve created between us and nature is incredibly damaging for both parties and most people have no idea what they’re missing
@@8176kitten preach
I really like this, it’s the basis of animism and I agree even if you don’t believe in spirit respecting nature as if it’s a conscious and powerful entity is significant and if everyone had that state of mind I feel we’d respect the environment a lot better and the world would be better off
It’s a lovely accessible shamanic Way of thinking actually! As stewards of the planet connected to nature!
And who knows, when you begin to respect something it might answer back
As a very introverted person I have indeed been told to “touch grass”, but now as a practicing witch, touching grass is just another way I connect myself to the earth
Maybe that's why it's a common insult. Funny how the people who say it could very well be the least connected to Earth
Wait, you’ve been outside!?
@@heartnsoulintodeglocc9975 😄 this! It's like I've been told all my Life that I have my head in the clouds and then I'm the most logical, practical and problem-solving around 😁
Ditto for being called a tree hugger-I do. But I’ve also held “hands” with them by touching my fingers to the branches. They drain your stress and are far older and wiser than us. The elder ones have seen it all, several times.
My favorite offering is packing out garbage so thanks for the reminder to bring plastic bags. 🤣 Sometimes I forget. But people who litter often "helpfully" leave plastic bags with their garbage (diapers, chip wrappers, aluminum cans, etc.) Thanks, Olivia for promoting plants for pollinators too 🦋🐝🦇
I see cleaning up trash as one way to give back. Only living here for 10 months and we already notice less littering. Maybe our neighbors seeing us clean up after them has helped.
Giving the moths some love too 🤎
Been doing this since I was a child, but I've never delved into land guardians, and now certain trees I know make a lot more sense! Thank you for this video, you're really inspiring♥️
SO glad someone else feels that "culture shock" feeling of not knowing the land or wildlife in a new place. I moved from New England to the MidWest and am honestly really struggling with this.
It’s possible to adapt, it’s tough though, like learning a new language.
When i was on vacation in Arizona it was a shock seeing all the cacti. My dad is from there though, and he knew most of their names, so I would ask him about them. Coming back to NYS i almost cried bc i saw all the familiar trees again
I'm in Switzerland, even one mountain to the other. In very humid places, there's "allium ursinum" and in other places close to the wineyards, we have prickly pear. It feels like traveling when we just took the car for less than one hour.
I grew up in the Midwest and have since moved. I’m so excited for you to get to know (and hopefully love) that land as I do :)
I love this. We moved onto a fairly wooded lot a few years ago and the previous owners didn’t care much for the land so the property hadn’t been selling. We looked at it as an opportunity to heal the land and have been gradually cleaning up all their waste they left behind. These past years we’ve become more aware of wild flowers/“weeds” and much more appreciative of them. Always discovering new thing the earth has given back for our efforts. I love looking at something and confidently saying “Look I found -insert “weed”/plant here”-. I’ll definitely have to start becoming more in tune with the local spirits on the property and leaving more offerings. Thank you for sharing!
Oh, nice, fellow front ranger here. I think there are many of us connecting to the land around here. I just get that feeling from some other hikers and I’ve stumbled upon some ritual offerings before. One time someone left a mandala made of roses and corn, it was really beautiful. I was sitting by it, glad there were people spiritually engaging with the land, when a fox came over to also check it out. She got spooked when I got up. The wild flowers are really starting to bloom up over 8,000 feet now so I recommend a walk or hike up there.
Hey fellow Colorado witch!
@@HighLow_Milo hello there!
I've had dogs my whole life and they're the perfect excuse to be out in nature daily. If you need a push to get out there and it's feasible, get yourself a rescue dog! Bonus points with Hekate if you work with her too.