nature worship | Michelle Simkins

Michelle

Apr 238 min read

Lovers of the Land: Living with Ecological Grief Part 2

A look at the way we think about our relationship with the land, and how reconsidering this relationship might be helpful.

Michelle

Feb 14 min read

When Nature is a Mother: The Sacred Mile Project

We forget, in all our idealizing of Mother Nature, that mothers can - sometimes, must - be fierce.

Michelle

Jan 14 min read

Every Mile is a Sacred Mile (Sacred Mile Project, Week 1)

Welcome to week one of the Sacred Mile Project. If you don’t know what The Sacred Mile Project IS, you can read the introductory post....

Michelle

Dec 28, 20239 min read

Introducing the Sacred Mile Project

Join me in a project to get closer to the land you call home.

Michelle

Sep 25, 202314 min read

Wallowing and Worshiping: Living with Ecological Grief, Part 1

This series of posts is an expansion on an article I wrote for Hagstone Publishing’s Stone, Root, and Bone . Some portions of the posts...

Michelle

Jan 6, 20233 min read

Meditating with Western Red Cedar: Plant Spirit Ally Challenge Day 2

It’s cold, but for the first time in days it’s not raining, so I bundle up and step outside to have a visit with my red cedar ally. They...

Michelle

Nov 27, 20225 min read

But Do You Love Them? Polytheism and Sacred Animals

Crows seem to be very popular in the pagan and polytheist world right now, simultaneously serving as sacred companions to many ancient...

Michelle

Oct 5, 20224 min read

It's Enough to be Invited In: Animism, Agency, and Expectation

It’s just a little pocket of a park, tucked between some houses and a middle school, kind of hard to find unless you spot it on a map and...

Michelle Simkins