Category: Sacred Lands

• An Easter Walk

  Last night we held out family Sedar, the Passover meal at which we remember the Jewish people’s Exodus from slavery, and the many people who are oppressed today.  As we sit together, we think carefully about the strategies of oppression that abide in our world, and the duty of each generation to confront them. Then…

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 5, 2015

  Nature, Sacred Lands, Urban Development

  ceremony, Easter, Passover, slavery, urban development

• For the Love of Open Space

  Colder weather has returned and flurries fill the air. Even so, the snow and ice are increasingly found only in the deeper woods. The maple sap is running only intermittently, although perhaps we will have a strong run later in the week. There is some talk of snow for Easter. This post, like so many…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 30, 2015

  Ecopsychology, Nature, Sacred Lands, Stories, Urban Development

  development, nature, Open Space, stories, Urban

• Downeast

  It’s been a cloudy, raw couple of days. Not even seven in the evening and we have dusk, portents of things to come. The tree outside our office window, an early adopter,  shows more red daily. Given the cranky day, I thought I’d take a moment and share something more about the Maine coast. Last…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 22, 2014

  Nature, Sacred Lands, Stories

  arcadia, Landscape, Maine, seasons

• Ancestors, Spirits, and The Land

  I like to sit with the changing seasons. Today, a lovely summer day, cool and bright, the trees are showing just a hint of the reds and other colors to come. Still, the vista is dominated by a wide range of green. We are grateful for so much: one another, rain, friends, the presence of…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 3, 2014

  First Nations, Sacred Lands, Shamanism

  ancestors, Indigenous, land, Shamanism, spirits