Sacrament

Fire in the Life of Plants

Dennis Collentine

By Dennis Collentine Awareness of the elements has been a part of my life for most of it (and since I am now 74, that is a lot of years). I have breathed the elements, walked and danced the elements. But somehow fire has always puzzled me…

Could This Be a Form of Ziraat?

By Zardusht Chet Van Wert I work in the heart of New York City, at a business school no less, and yet I think of the work I do there as a form of Ziraat. My work focuses on finding ways to improve the accessibility and affordability of fres…

Wazifah Guidance from the Garden

Maboud Swierkosz

By Maboud Swierkosz This year there was one raspberry bush that offered a bumper crop. It was dusk, and I went to harvest and eat some of those orange orbs of sweetness. I have to admit that there was lust, a sugary hunger that drove me to …

Video - Abuelita Ayahuasca - Plantas Maestras

Martina Vega

By Martina Vega Taking Ayahuasca in ritual ceremony is part of the South American shamanistic tradition. Please click here to view the video Abuelito Ayahuasca - Plantas Maestras (English Subtitles Available)

Video - Abuelito Tabaco - Plantas Maestras

 By Martina Vega Please click here to view the video  Abuelito Tabaco - Plantas Maestras (English Subtitles Available) 

Video - Abuelito San Pedro - Plantas Maestras

Martina Vega

By Martina Vega Taking the San Pedro cactus in ritual ceremony is part of the South American shamanistic tradition. Please click here to view the video  Abuelito San Pedro - Plantas Maestras (English Subtitles Available)

Haiku

Shivadam Adam Burke

By Shivadam Adam Burke Early summer wind Deposits last winter's leaves Atop fresh green shoots.  A seed, intact, grows a tree. The pulverized seed grows into a bird. Watering garden. Casting reflective puddles -- Painting with …

The Power of Nature Within Us

Grace D. Marie

By Grace D. Marie We are born with natural instincts and power that remains in our bodies always. We access these instincts at any time. For example, a “gut” feeling may tell you about a person or situation. When we feel and smell moistu…

Moineddin on Ziraat

From Pir Moineddin Jablonski : Ziraat is a heart-based approach to gardening and food production outwardly, and to spiritual growth inwardly.  The heart, like the earth, is regarded as sacred soil to be prepared for planting. Rocks and …

Sacrament - Food as Gift (not product)

Darvesha Victoria MacDonald

by Darvesha Victoria MacDonald “ Each morsel of food is an ambassador from the cosmos, ” says Thich Nhat Hanh. He is telling us that in each bite we know the warmth of the sun and the moisture of the rain. Who can imagine that this morsel…

Heritage Seeds in Community Life

Greg Schoen

by Greg Schoen Most of us are aware that there has been for years a vibrant movement regarding the preservation of heirloom seeds, or as I prefer to call them, ‘heritage seeds’. Through the thousands of years of human civilization, there wa…

Awakening True Identity

Shivadam

by Shivadam Rather than looking broadly and perhaps too vaguely at our responsibilities toward "the earth," we might specifically look at our relationship with animals (not only our pets) and recognize their essential equality with us, aw…

Spirituality Rooted in Nature

by Shafiya Majid Sharon Mijares, Ph.D. “I have become an artist in the music of the plants.” Don Juan Flores Salazar The Ruhaniat is founded upon the ideal of universality of world religions, following the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Kha…