Animals – Page 2 – NaturalPagans

Bella Morte

February 26, 2019 lupa Animals, Artwork, Creativity, Ethics, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Skin Spirits, The Green Wolf, Vulture Culture, Way of the Scavenger

Note: This was first published on No Unsacred Place around 2011-ish, which went defunct a few years ago (RIP–it was a good site). Then it was on Paths Through the Forests, but I split from Patheos a couple of years ago due to philosophical… Continue Reading

The Importance of Nearby Nature

February 21, 2019 lupa Animals, Anthropocentrism, Ecopsychology, Environmentalism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, The Green Wolf

Note: This was first published on No Unsacred Place around 2012-ish, which went defunct a few years ago (RIP–it was a good site). Then it was on Paths Through the Forests, but I split from Patheos a couple of years ago due to philosophical… Continue Reading

The Importance of Nearby Nature

February 21, 2019 lupa Animals, Anthropocentrism, Ecopsychology, Environmentalism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, The Green Wolf

Nature’s Lovely Imperfections

February 13, 2019 lupa Animals, Cosmology, Meaning, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, The Green Wolf

Recently I had someone contact me about a deer antler headband that I have in my Etsy shop. They asked whether the antlers had come from the same deer, given that one antler has two tines and one has three. I explained that yes,… Continue Reading

Nature’s Lovely Imperfections

February 13, 2019 lupa Animals, Cosmology, Meaning, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, The Green Wolf

The Magic of Manure

January 24, 2019 lupa Animals, Anthropocentrism, Cosmology, Environmentalism, Fungi, gardening, Magic, Meaning, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Plants, Rituals, Science, Sustainability, The Green Wolf, Way of the Scavenger, Wonder and Awe

How’s that for a title? So over the past couple of years, as I’ve been spending time on a farm on the coast where my art studio is, the level of manure I encounter on a daily basis has increased quite a bit. It… Continue Reading

The Magic of Manure

Spirits in the Kitchen: Honoring the Remains of Our Food

January 10, 2019 lupa Activism, Animals, Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Cosmology, Death, Environmentalism, Food, Fungi, gardening, Gratitude, Magic, Meaning, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Paganism, Plants, Rituals, Science, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf, Way of the Scavenger

[Main photo: rice and cheese stuffed crimini mushrooms, roasted acorn squash and red onion, and sauteed vegetables and mushrooms] The older I get, the more important food has become to me. For the first quarter century of my life, I couldn’t have cared less… Continue Reading

Why Pagans Need Field Guides

October 3, 2018 lupa Animals, Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Books, Environmentalism, Fungi, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Plants, Science, The Green Wolf

I was talking to someone on Facebook today about how I’m a field guide nerd. I have an ever-growing collection of identification books on the fauna, flora and fungi of the Pacific Northwest, as well as its complicated geology, climate, and other natural features…. Continue Reading

Commissions and a Brief Update!

June 18, 2018 lupa Animals, Artwork, Creativity, Crowdfunding, Fungi, Plants, The Green Wolf, Writing

Hi, all! Long time, no chat! First, I wanted to let you know I’m open for commissions on something that’s not my usual hide and bone art. This month my $15 Patrons at http://www.patreon.com/lupagreenwolf got these awesome 3″ x 3″ mini wildlife paintings in the… Continue Reading