Aster's Pictures

Nature spirits are wild, unfettered and sometimes mystified by our attempts to fit them in to our belief systems and hierarchies, following their own natures regardless of our metaphysical pruning. As both Hindu tradition and our own native spiritualities teach, plant spirits in particular hold the ‘perfect’ pattern of the plants that are their physical aspect, just as our souls do. But while they do not see themselves as separate from or superior to their physical form, they too rely on the cycles of growth and decay. They embody vitality and primal knowing; more ‘present’ and existent in ‘the now’ than many humans. If we can only free ourselves from human-centric thinking, where everything in creation exists merely for us, they can teach us about connection, and harmony with nature. From that core experience, all else may follow as surely as summer follows spring. The spirits of trees and flowers are as individual and intelligent as the more obvious souls of animals and humans. Sometimes the experience of connecting with devas is described as contacting a place of light, and indeed this is a part of reality for these beings. But it should be remembered that the realm of devas and dryads is also supremely primal, ultimately physical, a place of deep nurturing earth, the restful darkness of the mother and her endless pulsing fecundity.Copyrights:Danu Forest