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eccleraprisma · 4 months ago

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one thing about me is that you will never take the nature loving and nature revering pagan out of me. its been embedded within me since as long as i can remember. it was my religion when i had none and couldn't understand anyone else's. its why it still is now and why it will always make sense to me when nothing else does and im only using 'pagan' and 'religion' as shorthand for what i really mean because what i really mean is undefinable

#i dont fit into this or that category which makes things hard #i have to remind myself not to overuse one lens of understanding spirituality because thats when i inevitably get stuck and frustrated #i have to use my own amorphous kaleidoscope to understand and occasionally reference someone else's #but the woods near my house might be destroyed soon and thats like the foundation of my whole spiritual experience #and ive been so stressed about it for the past few days. they (the woods) have been my friend for two decades #its been present every moment. when i didnt have friends or anyone to play with. i was outside all the time. the trees were always there #when my two favorite trees got cut down one diseased the other just inconvenient to my neighbor i felt like i'd lost someone. one pine #and one white oak. i still miss them. the sound of the wind blowing through the trees is whats kept me sane #they also provide a necessary buffer between me and rest of the outside world. and its home to so many birds and animals and insects #ive prayed about it. i know even if they pass away we have to create something in their place. i have to pick up the slack #make that pollinator garden ive wanted and plant those native trees #bless the woods #🌹#eccleraprisma #paganism

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