@journeywithme2 Oh so awful. So so sad. I grieve with you. The red woods are the gods of the Western forests.
@jouerneywithme2 oh lord why:-((
I should have seen this beautiful section much sooner as I have always had a deep spiritual connection to trees, forests, and honoring our intrinsic spiritual connection to nature in all its beauty and grandeur.
I grew up in the Tongass Rainforest of southeastern Alaska, where trees not only grow in abundance but sadly gave their lives for civilization to enter when gold was discovered on both sides of the Gastineau Channel which separates our capital city of Juneau from Douglas Island my childhood home.
The natural spirit world was part of my DNA with parents and grandparents on both sides from pioneer families choosing to come to America for new lives in new lands. The same is true for my husband's family coming across the Oregon trail in the "lower 48" as we called anything south of Alaska.
I started a thread here called Panpsychism in January of 2018 after joining this site early Spring of 2017 when flowers poking their lovely little heads up were calling to me as was no doubt our cottonwood fluff as we went out to do spring pruning to prevent complete tree loss during our yearly windstorms as they wreaked havoc and created loss and grief in our own creation of a tree kingdom by splitting off major limbs creating often massive damage to trees. First things we planted when we built our home in the 70s were lots and lots of trees.
Panpsychism was my core without my even understanding as a very young girl that such a thing even existed.
Imagine being a child in the 50s trying to tell anyone that trees, birds, deer, or even my cats called out to me much less rocks or seashells.
https://www.jeannemayell.com/community/understanding-prediction-and-consciousness/pansychism/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panpsychism
@michele-b, that's so cool!
It's that line of thinking that is very much apart of Druidism and Shamanism (although @Coyote is more of an expert on the last one) as well. However, those were thrown on the pile of 'pagan religions', when it is indeed more in line of philosophy/way of life and a deep connective spirit. It isn't just rooted in Ancient Greece, but (imo) much older.
Amazing that you had that connection at a young age already. You must have had a rich childhood, vibrant with calls of nature ❤️
Will read your thread asap! Thank you for the link.
Thank you for your connection and your reverence for the innate spiritually of the natural world!
I was indeed blessed with a rich childhood. Our parents both loved the outdoors and we spent large amounts of time exploring wild forested woods, picking wild berries for jam or pies.
Even when I was sad I was never lonely. I would go out into unsettled city blocks with ferns taller than myself and just let my imagination and energies free. I might have only been one block from home but that's all the farther i needed to go to find unspoiled wild trees, plants, and flowers! It was glorious! Thats where listening is the very best. Not just the birds and insects and small scurrying things but the quiet silent voice we all have inside. I grew up knowing i was always loved by everything everywhere. That is magical in all ways.
@Michele-b sounds like magic. The reason why I moved to the forest, a year ago, and started all over was this. I want to create a childhood like that for my daughter.
It's inspirational to read the impact it had on you. Thank you! ❤️
its to early to tell how much damage they have taken, I take hart that they are very fire resistant, and the cool sea fog keeps them very well hydrated all year long.. there is still hope. I live just across the bay from those majestic and very long lived sentinels of light. The majestic redwood has seen much, and lived threw much, don't loose hope just yet.
@deborah-carey I wouldn't be too concerned about the old giants. I'd be willing to bet that at their ages, they've been through this before and survived.
@tgraf66 If you all ever get the chance to visit the redwoods here on the coast, they are indeed a site to behold. you can see the scars of many past fires and injustices they have survived. Because they mostly live in protected and cherished land, aka A State Park ,and to quote our esteemed president "“We’ve got to take care of the floors, you know the floors of the forest, very important,” We in the bay area, understand forest management and treasure our great giants, I have faith they will outlive us all. The president however, I have doubts he will see the end of the week.. just saying....