Kim Basarab - Conscious Alchemy

12/21/2023

Happy Solstice ❤️

The following word are by Brigit Anna McNeill…

“Winter solstice is here, bringing the longest night & the shortest day, the deepest & darkest part of the year, before the light grows.

As we meet this darkest moment in the year, we know that it will pass, that the feeling realm of the underworld isn’t the only place we are meant to dwell.
The solstice, not only brings dark, but also whispers of coming light. It reminds us that a forest doesn’t just eat from the fertile & thrumming soil, but also, from the sun.
Both are needed in the journey of life, both are needed for wild to thrive. Solstice celebrates the transformative beauty of the wild within and without, so we may bring cheer & hope to our hearts.

It is all too easy, especially in this modern culture of bright electric lights, positive vibes only & a sky dwelling heaven, to forget, the dark. Reaching for the light, until we loose the darks beauty, necessity & sacredness.

If we asked the seed of what they know of darkness, they will show you a story of growth & transformation, of care & motherly holding.

Ask the roots of the magic they know deep within the black, & they will tell you a mineral rich story of nourishment, strength & community.

Ask the mycelium of what they know of darkness, & they will show you a story of connection & reciprocity.

Ask the worm what they feel in that blackness & they will tell you about life that springs from death.

And if you listen to your heart, your body, your knowing, asking your centre what you know of the darkness within, you may also realise & understand the reciprocity, the connection, the nourishment, the transformation, the growth & the alchemy held in flesh, bone, blood, heart & feeling. For they are there, held within, invisible, powerful & beautiful.

On this winter solstice, may you honour the fertility held in soil & soul. The blackness of night, the darkness of winter & all those who work quietly to transform the dead into life.

May you also celebrate the light that springs from your heart, the sky & the medicine the land is full of.
May you remember that for a forest to be strong, for a soul to be strong, they must eat from both.”—————————
* Words by Brigit Anna McNeill *
* Art by Tijana Lukovic *

06/20/2023

Lokah Samantha Sukhino Bhavantu …
May all beings everywhere be happy and free,
and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.
May we honor the four legged, two legged, six and eight legged, the finned ones , the furred ones, the winged ones and the shelled ones, the stone people and the plant people.
May we honor the oceans, rivers, streams, underground and above, mountains, deserts, savannah and swamp.
May we value their songs and rhythms, their gifts and their wisdom.
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti 🙏🏻🤍

02/27/2023

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12/20/2022

'Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through. Winter is a time of withdrawing from the world, maximising scant resources, carrying out acts of brutal efficiency and vanishing from sight; but that’s where the transformation occurs. Winter is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.'
~ Katherine May, 'Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times'

Art- Anna Speshilova