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GreenSpirit Summer 2023 Magazine
In Search of Wild Wisdom
The magazine is free if you join GreenSpirit. To find out more about the magazine and to buy your individual copy, go to:
Spring Equinox – online
Monday 18th March at 19:00 GMT
The Spring Equinox, or Ostara, is also called the Vernal Equinox and has long been celebrated as a time of renewal and rebirth. We celebrate the renewed life of the Earth that comes with the Spring. Maybe bring some thing that epitomises spring for you, and wear bright colours if you wish.
See the February newsletter for full details.
Snowdonia 5 Day Retreat
At Cae Mabon, Fachwen, Llanberis, Gwynedd. LL55 3HB
30th August – 4th September 2024
Reconnect with your body and unwind in nature, walk with friends, breathe fresh air, listen to birdsong, wander in shady oak woods and wild swim in a glistening lake whenever you feel like it, to say nothing of sharing delicious vegan and vegetarian food, songs and stories round the fire and a hot tub beside the rushing stream.
For full details and how to book, click here.
GreenSpirit Annual Gathering 2024
Date for your diary: 18th – 20th October 2024
Shallowford House, Shallowford, Stone, Staffs. ST15 0NZ
www.shallowfordhouse.org
Beltane – online
Monday 29th April at 19:00
Summer is on its way! Everywhere is vibrant with colour and growth. Beltane, the beginning of summer, is a time for new growth and energy, births and abundance. Let’s meet to remember how & why our ancestors celebrated this time of the year.
See the March newsletter for full details.
GreenSpirit Calendar 2024: Living with the Seasons
The 2024 GreenSpirit Calendar: Living with the Seasons has beautiful photographs and inspirational quotations for each month.
GreenSpirit members who receive printed copies of the magazine will receive a free printed copy of the calendar for the following year. GreenSpirit members who receive pdf copies of the magazine will receive a free pdf of the calendar. Click here to join GreenSpirit. Click here for more details of the calendar.
GreenSpirit Reflections
Compiled by Santoshan (Stephen Wollaston)
A meditations book of profound and inspiring quotations on green spirituality. Drawing from a variety of GreenSpirit publications, this little book of reflections gathers together numerous key insights in nine essential categories that can be seen as the core of Earth-centred wisdom.
Click here for more details of this book and how to buy it.
Video: Spring Equinox – the first day of spring – Celtic Festival of Awakening
Enter into the experience and meaning of the Spring Equinox through this short, meditative video. Click here to watch the video:
This is part of a series exploring the months and Celtic celebrations throughout the year.
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Quotations from GreenSpirit Books
GreenSpirit: Path to a New Consciousness / GreenSpirit Book Series
News and Reflections
Play – The Life of Pi – Review
The Quiet Garden Trust by Chris Holmes
Gathering, Flowing and Separating by Judith Bromley Nicholls
Documentary – Earth Series by Chris Packham – Review
Cosmic Mass at the International Parliament of the World’s Religions by Mary Plaster
Festival – Vegan Camp Out – Review
Book Reviews
Natural Happiness: Use Organic Gardening Skills to Cultivate Yourself by Alan Heeks
The author, Alan Heeks, has decades of experience of helping people with their wellbeing through Nature. He is also an experienced gardener, has run an organic farm, and aptly subtitles this book ‘Use Organic Gardening Skills to Cultivate Yourself.’ Click here for the full review.
Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred by Victoria Loorz
This book is a wonderful mix of personal experience, of theology, a deep love of Nature and a thorough dislike of patriarchy and the damage done by the religious hierarchy. Click here for the full review.