leah*bumbles

earthy things and metamophesis

[sempervirens]

Alethopteris, a fossil fern #ferns #botany #paleontology #paleo #fossils #science (at Humboldt State University)

[lifeoffset]

Amethyst Deceiver || Laccaria amethystina

[fuckyeahpaganism]

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[gacougnol]

Natalia Kovachevski

[nimbuscat]

Oak Leaf

photo: Philip Krayna    www.instagram.com/conifercreative

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[borealisbon]

[binahbeat]

Jenny Holzer, It is in Your Self-Interest to Find a Way to Be Very Tender, White Danby marble imperial footstool, 1983-85 (Collection of Jessica and Frank Lonergan).

[jedavu]

Mountains of the Sea by Ray Collins

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[fuckyeahpaganism]

Artist & Photographer: Alfredo de Stefano “Circle of Fire in the Dessert” 2002

[binahbeat]

Hopi Maidens by David Bradley 

[nativeamericannews]

National Park Service Proposes Rule For Tribal Gathering and Removal of Plants

A proposed rule that would allow members of federally recognized American Indian tribes to gather and remove plants for traditional purposes within U.S. national parks was published in the federal register on Monday. The rule would modify current regulations against it.

[themagicfarawayttree]

sacred geometry

[mypubliclands]

Gypsym Addiction

For Endangered Species Day we want to highlight the dwarf bearclaw poppy, which has been a federally listed endangered species since 1979. A plant or animal is listed as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 when it is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. 

The dwarf bearclaw poppy (Arctomecon humilis), is a gypsophile or gypsum-loving plant, having a distinct preference for the gypsum rich soils found in the upper layers of the geologic Moenkopi Formation. It is endemic- or found only in a certain locality or region — to Washington County, Utah, growing at elevations between 2,600 and 3,300 feet. Today, there are only five small populations of dwarf bearclaw poppy remaining, all within a ten mile radius of St George, Utah! 

Photo: Melissa Buchmann, Recreation Intern for BLM-Utah

[lovetiquette]

“We knew the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love, and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.“ 

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

[binahbeat]

I was once told how to recognize a teacher of light from a teacher of darkness, and it has helped me immensely in my own discernment. It sometimes can be difficult to tell merely from the words a teacher speaks or the way they appear. To use the vernacular, everybody has a good rap. Many teachers are charismatic and exciting. Many can do various kinds of healing, various kinds of magic. Universal power is, after all, neutral. In the short run, the students of many teachers feel expanded and liberated. But it can be useful to look at the students and ask yourself if the students are, over time, becoming more or less empowered in themselves? Is the relationship leading to more or less spiritual and practical maturity? Are the students becoming more or less independent in their thinking? Is everybody being energetically fed by the relationship or is the teacher feeding off the students?

Jonathan Goldman, preface of Forest of Visions