An Online Event of Interest this Sunday
- mjdaley
- Jul 25
- 4 min read
Greetings Fellow Earthlings!
Here is an online event that I will be attending this coming Sunday that I thought some of you might wish to join:
Our Spiritual Evolution is Being Guided by the Plants! A Conversation with Earth Elder, Pam Montgomery Sunday, July 27th, 1:00 pm ET
The plants know how to evolve without force. They are light beings that adapt through sensing, responding, and cooperating with everything around them. They don’t dominate ecosystems, they collaborate. The wisdom they offer us now is not just nourishment for the body but mentorship for the soul.
Plants have always proceeded us in evolution and their current evolutionary impulse is of a spiritual nature - that vital principle held to give life. They are guiding us in our spiritual evolution where we can raise our consciousness to the point at which we stop destroying each other and the planet. They are helping us to remember our original brilliance so that we can become the “enlightened beings” we are designed to be.
Join internationally-known Earth Elder, plant communicator, herbalist and author Pam Montgomery in this dynamic conversation where we will explore:
* Spiritual symbiosis with plants * How we are designed to be “enlightened” * Stepping into our original brilliance * Our next iteration of spiritual awakening - the New Earth story (All who register will be sent the Replay link.)
Bio: Pam Montgomery is an herbalist, author, international teacher, Earth elder and new-paradigm thinker who has passionately embraced her role as a spokesperson for the green beings and has been investigating plants and their intelligent spiritual nature for more than four decades. She is the author of three books including Co-Creating with Nature; Healing the Wound of Separation and the highly acclaimed Plant Spirit Healing; A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness. She teaches internationally and virtually on plant initiations, spiritual ecology and co-creative partnership with Nature. She is the founder of the Organization of Nature Evolutionaries or ONE and was a founding board member of United Plant Savers. ~~~~~  A review of Pam's most recent book - Co-Creating with Nature: “A truly remarkable book in every way, indeed, an incredible gift for the world. There is so much wisdom and hope encoded in these pages. There is also scientific research and information to satisfy the most questioning of minds along with beautiful imagery, poems, and quotes to ignite one’s imagination. For those searching for a deeper meaning to life and a pathway forward, Pam provides practical guidance and tools. Amidst these chaotic times, it renewed my faith that we are capable of healing our wounds and the wounds of the Earth with the help and guidance of Nature and her healing plants. This beautifully written and utterly important work shows us the way and guides us on the journey.” ― Rosemary Gladstar, renowned herbalist and author of "Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs" |
I have always been a ‘plant person’ and have admired the work of Pam Montgomery for decades.
Likewise, I have studied with Joanna Macy and want to remember her to you in case you do not know of her work for Earth:
On Saturday, July 19th, eco-philosopher, Buddhist scholar, and dear friend Joanna Macy passed away at the age of ninety-six. Undoubtedly one of the most influential leaders of deep ecology, she dedicated her long life to the Work That Reconnects—a body of practices fostering a remembrance of the interconnectedness between people and the greater web of life; and frameworks for alchemizing despair, anger, and apathy towards loss and harm into constructive change and action. Of our current cultural and ecological polycrises, Joanna said, “The darker the circumstance, the more brilliant the invitation.”
I receive into my email inbox every day a poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. Here is one I think you might like:
Poem for My Daughter & In-Person Reading in Bennington, Vermont on Friday, June 25 at 6pm
Just Before We Say Goodbye
The song we’ve been singing
is gone from the air.
We walk in satisfied silence now.
And it’s beautiful,
the trail lined with sego lilies
and purple fireweed.
This morning’s raindrops
cling to leaves.
How easy it is in this moment
to believe in forever,
the wild roses
endlessly blooming,
the sound of your footsteps
keeping time in front of mine.
—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
An evening of poetry
with
James Crews and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
North Bennington, VT
Friday, July 25, 6 p.m.
Join poets and friends James Crews and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer for an in-person evening of poetry at the Carriage House of the John McCullough Mansion (1 Park St, North Bennington, VT 05257).The Carriage House is just behind the mansion, and right near the gravel lot where you park. We'll be sharing new and old poems with a theme of Grateful, Anyway.
And a final reflection on our Abenaki Friends
I was reminded of the controversy about ‘the real Abenaki last week and wrote this in response:
"I wonder if ALL the Vermont Abenaki moved north. Would that even be possible that every single Abenaki migrated? Or did some of them stay behind, like the Cherokee who hid out in their original territory while so many were herded onto the Trail of Tears.
My vote is that some families or bands stayed quietly in Vermont, intermarrying with Europeans as all Native people did and do even today. We are all mixed bags.
I support our native Abenaki who are reviving and spreading the language and customs, which include honoring Earth and all Nature. What’s the harm in that? Modern folks can benefit from seeing nature as sacred and seeing all of it as connected. It’s a good thing. Who cares whose ancestors were whose? As long as folks are not trying to milk or bilk the system, where’s the harm? and if one’s grandmother said she was Abenaki and therefore in tune with native customs, I would accept her word as true, especially if she taught me some of the customs and ways of being. Why ever not?”
That’s all for now, Earthlings! Have a wonderful weekend!
with love
from Living Earth Action Group
and
Caitlin Adair
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