#soft pagan

[sacredlittleember]

some prayers are spoken.

some are planted.

some are poured into the soil and answered years later as green.

[sacredlittleember]

a tiny beginner animist practice:

go outside or sit near a window.

choose one living or natural thing: a tree, bird, cloud, stone, plant, patch of sunlight, rain, wind, or soil.

do not ask for anything.

just notice it.

what shape does it have? what mood does it carry? what has it survived? what does it give? what does it ask you to respect?

then say, quietly or inwardly:

“i see you. thank you.”

that is enough for a beginning.

[sacredlittleember]

to be held by the animal world is to remember that kinship came before language.

fur, breath, antler, claw, heartbeat — the old family never left us.