Posted on Wednesday, 14th June 2006 by Maritzia
It comes as no surprise to anyone who has read this blog for more than 5 minutes that I consider myself at least somewhat Pagan and am very attracted to Wicca and to the Reclaiming tradition. The one thing I’ve always felt a disconnect on is this whole idea of “earth based religion”. I mean, when I think about earth based, I think about camping and hiking and being generally outdoorsy, which I *so* am not. Nope, don’t like the whole outdoorsy thing.
Except, I was reading some other blogs today and several were talking about their gardens and how they reconnect them with Mother Earth. Well, that made me sit back and think, because I actually do love my garden. I’m not much into flowers and what not, but I love growing food. I’d love some day to have a big place outside of town where I can have a big garden, maybe some livestock and chickens. My grandfather had a small farm when I was a kid, and I loved spending time with him in the garden.
After reading the blogs, I was thinking about why I didn’t put a garden in this year. The short reason, of course, is that I don’t have much energy this year. I put in a garden last year with flagging energy and it was just a disaster. The weeds mostly ate everything, because I just didn’t enjoy getting in the garden last year. I was so anemic that it took everything I had just to go to work every day, so the garden was neglected. I thought to myself, “I didn’t get as much energy out of the garden last year as I was putting into it…..” That’s when it struck me. I really *do* get energy from working in the garden. Yeah, I get physically tired when I do gardening, but in the long run, it gives me more energy than I put into it. That’s why I didn’t enjoy it last year. My energy levels were so low to start with that I was too drained to pull energy back from the earth as I worked.
I really do connect with Mother Earth, in my way. Maybe I’m not such a bad Pagan after all *grins*.
I’m looking forward to next year when I can put in a really nice garden.
Posted in Religion/Spirituality | Comments (7)
June 14th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
ahhh, may the Goddess bless you…
thanks sooo much for your comment..made me feel so good…it’s a great thing to make people laugh…especially when I manage to piss so many people off…but then that is a great thing too…
camping??? my idea of roughing it is being without my own pillow…and I finally gave up on my pots of tomato and pepper plants..even the birds wouldnt eat them…so I have 2 different kinds of basil, and an ivy that thinks it is a redwood…I am a plant serial killer…
anyhow..I will link you up too…I like pagans…Christians make me want to double check my wallet and press my ass to the wall….jackie
June 14th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
im trying to add you to my blogroll.but when i click on you from it it says i need to enter by domain name..help…..jac
June 14th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
*shrugs* You’ve got me, hon. I’ve never used blogroll. Let me do a little research and see if I can figure out the problem.
June 14th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
A garden is a wonderful thing - and really - it doesn’t take that much work - less than trying to keep the house clean. I think that anyway - (with 2 dogs and 2 cats - it is a constant hairfest) know any “spells” to get rid of animal hair? HA!
June 19th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
I know what you mean. I just got back from witch camp. I cabin camped, because the idea of sleeping on the groun and pooping in the woods makes every part of me itch.
I am very much a suburban witch. I apreciate my garden. I’ll walk in the woods any day. But I want to have a clean bed when I go to sleep.
Oh and Mosquitoes and Poison Ivy? I know they are part of our earth, and a creation of the God and Goddess…but if they make me scratch, they need to die.
June 19th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Hahaha…you’re a woman after my own soul!
I so want to go to Witch Camp. I was going to go this year, but with the hysterectomy, I don’t have the leave time from work. *sighs* Well, maybe next year.
June 23rd, 2006 at 2:34 pm
You could just start with a few plants, maybe some herbs. Something small that doesn’t require a huge amount of energy to maintain and as you’re feeling better you could make it larger.