The Sacred Principle Project

 I guess I have been dancing around this one for awhile, without even knowing.  And my blogs and thoughts so far, while they surely have been influenced by authors, speakers, conversations and podcasts, have been my own journey. Now I see (of course!) I am not the first and I am not alone.  I throw myself head first into Spiritual Ecology .  Perhaps all I have said and all I have to say has already been said better than I could ever say. And yet I must document the resonance I feel with spiritual ecology. I feel found. Here it is: "Surely we need to recognize that there is a direct relationship between our outer, physical, ecological predicament and our forgetfulness of the sacred in creation." wrote Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee in 2010 in his article about spirituality as the solution to the climate crisis. " We cannot redeem our physical environment without restoring our relationship to the sacred." YES.  Remember. Redeem. Restore. Relationship.   Of course, this conn

The sacred principle is in all of us. Embedded. Alive. The embers of an ancient fire. Glowing. Warming us. A bit of prodding and blowing can ignite the fire once again. Light it up. This work needs to happen to be able to move into the next stage of consciousness. How can we re-scue the Sacred Principle?   Re-member our ancestral myths. Re-program ourselves from secular to spiritual. Re-set priorities and principles. Re-store our relationship to Nature. Re-pair our separation from the divine.  Re-center our spiritual connection with the Earth. Re-align our purpose.  Re-direct our intentions towards healing. Re-orient our ambitions. Re-vision humanity as part of Nature. Re-flect on our role in creation.  Re-unite nature and spirit. Re-balance masculine and feminine. Re-distribute feminine energy and masculine energy. Re-solve the conflicts of hierarchy and patriarchy. Re-concile nature and nurture. Re-cognize our desire for deeper connection. Re-value the feminine principle. Re-vive the

 I realized recently that my politics are based on my spirituality, and vice versa.  I had never put it in that way before, although my religious ideas have always been a deep inspiration for my social justice convictions. But now, after separating myself from Christian doctrine and connecting more with nature-based spirituality, I recognize that my spirituality and my politics are one and the same.  If I believe in the sacredness of the earth, I must then work for climate justice. If agroecology and food sovereignty are guiding political frameworks for me, the root of them is environmental stewardship. The heart of it is the Sacred Principle. The manifestation is how we live our lives.  The work of Ricardo Levins Morales is a visual reminder of this beautiful interconnection.  My work is political. I would not have it any other way, it is intentional and fulfilling for me. But I also realize that my work can be spiritual. It can be meaningful and satisfying on a soul and heart level.

 One of the main inspirations for this blog-project has been my reading of The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image, by Anne Baring and Jules Cashford . While I had received it as a gift from my partner in 2015, it was not until mid-2020 that I actually delved into it.  Deep into confinement during the Covid-19 pandemic, I was watching my son play in the living room when I looked over to the bookcase and just felt the book pop out at me. I slid it off the shelf and opened to the first pages. Immediately drawn in, over the next few months I used every free moment to read the tome of over 700 pages. And my life was changed.  From the first chapter, I felt as if I was being told a story I already knew, deep inside, but had somehow forgotten. It was like hearing a familiar story, one's own story, but not remembering how it went. Like from a dream you are trying to piece back together but cannot quite recall. Like when you sing along to a favorite song without actually knowing the