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Earth, the root, the belly of the world, the energy that nurture and gives stability. We live on the earth and within its fertile surface we grow our food, and we bury our deceased. We couldn’t live on this planet without earth and thanks to it humans were capable of cultivate and build and travel. Rich deposits of metal ores are found throughout the earth’s crust and these metals are used in the production of machinery, tools, buildings, and weapons. Underneath the soil, through roots all plants communicate between each other and take the necessary nourishment. Earth represents home for most of the creatures on this planet and its energy is supportive and grounding for all the living beings.

Some of the most common earth spiritual correspondences are:

Orientation: North

Qualities: Stability, Nurturing, Growing,

Magical Weapon: Pentacle, Crystals

Rituals: Prosperity, Fertility, Abundance, Stability, Money, Grounding.

Places: Mountains, Woods, Forests, Caves, Mines, Canyons, Valleys, Fields.

Natural elements: Rocks, Crystals, Stones, Soil, Sand, Dog, Worms, Ants, Horses, Cows, Trees, Plants, Seeds, Dirt, Flowers, Leaves, Mushrooms, Moss, Wildlife, Fruits, Vegetables, Roots, Bears, Wolves, Hares, Gemstones, Minerals, Metals, Stags, Boars, Wolverines, Goats, Ungulates Animals.

Tarot: Pentacles

Rune: Jera, Ur, Othala

Zodiac Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

Spirits: Goblins, Trolls, Gnomes, Giants, Brownies, Dryads, Elves, Fairies, Pixies.

Deities: Geb, Gea, Gaia, Demeter, Ceres, Cupra, Cybele, Artemis, Diana, Dionysus, Bacchus, Liber, Libera, Osiris, Cernunnos, Pan, Ariadne, Kore, Persephone, Rhea, Rhiannon, Adonis, Tammuz.

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Dear dirt, I am sorry I slighted you, I thought that you were only the background for the leading characters—the plants and animals and human animals. It’s as if I had loved only the stars and not the sky which gave them space in which to shine. Subtle, various, sensitive, you are the skin of our terrain, you’re our democracy. When I understood I had never honored you as a living equal, I was ashamed of myself, as if I had not recognized a character who looked so different from me, but now I can see us all, made of the same basic materials— cousins of that first exploding from nothing— in our intricate equation together. O dirt, help us find ways to serve your life, you who have brought us forth, and fed us, and who at the end will take us in and rotate with us, and wobble, and orbit.

--Sharon Olds

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Goddesses in the News

Since Kilauea began its most recent eruption a fortnight ago, we've been hearing a lot in the news about Madame Pele, Lady of Kilauea.

Every pagan should sit up and take notice.

'Ulei: A Tale of Madame Pele

During the 1955 eruption of Hawai'is Mount Kilauea, a large section of Puna was cut off from the rest of the island by two massive lava-flows. As a safety precaution, the authorities evacuated the entire area.

Ride the Wild Eclipse Weather

Eclipses are said to be a closing of one door and an opening of a window. At this past full moon on 6th September I did some Tarot queries using Joanna Colbert Powell's Gaian Tarot. The results were a bit counter-intuitive. A full moon is a culmination, but all the cards were pointing to beginnings and letting go so the new could happen. So eclipse season ain't over yet. Nope! The weather happening globally is the narrative set by the eclipse.

Eriu, Returning to the Great Cauldron

Arthurian tales tell us of the Holy Grail, not the cup of Christ, but a sacred vessel, a symbol of the goddess at the heart of the land, the sacred womb which sits in the center of Annwfn- ‘the deep place’ of Welsh myth. In earlier tales it was a cauldron as mentioned in Preiddeu Annwn ‘The spoils of Annwn’, a poem by Taliesin as a great vessel at the heart of the land which was ’kindled’ by the breath of nine maidens, or priestesses. Here we find the sacred source, the well of Segais in Irish myth, the place where life and wisdom spring eternal and renewed. A sacred place at the center of things.

Ala: The Earth Goddess and Moral Compass of Igbo Cosmology

In the spiritual landscape of Igbo tradition, few deities command the profound reverence and immediate presence of Ala. She is not merely a goddess who rules over the earth—she is the earth itself. The soil beneath every footstep, the womb that receives the dead, and the living conscience of the community all embody her essence. As both nurturing mother and uncompromising judge, Ala stands as one…

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