The Sacred Path, Mythical Places and Geomantic Power

11/1/2023

Pegi Eyers

VENTO E ÁGUA – RITMOS DA TERRA 47
WIND AND WATER – RHYTHMS OF THE EARTH

Labyrinth of the Goddess Serpentine Energy – mixed media by Pegi Eyers

My latest article, with original art, in Vento e Água~!

Sacred sites are powerful places where the veils between our world and the spiritual world are thin enough to observe the luminous whole of nature, to sense unusual forces, and to exchange messages with resident ancestors or the spirits of the land. As an animist, I consider all earth to be sacred land – even the broken and disturbed places – and my greatest joy is spending time interacting with wild nature.

With my proximity to antediluvian landforms here in the Kawarthas region of southern Ontario, Canada, I feel rooted in the Earth's natural processes. Long before the arrival of European settlers, the vast terrain of the Canadian Shield held secrets in the form of pilgrimage trails, serpent mounds and petroglyph sites – all sacred landmarks well known to local First Nations. From oral tradition, the work of other scholars, and my own travels, I have felt the weaving of ley lines and experienced firsthand the serpentine energy patterns or “telluric” currents that flow underground in response to the magnetic field of the earth.

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Revista Vento e Água is a project that invites a change in perception, created by the passion for the rhythms of places, nature and cycles. The magazine covers ecopsychology, eco-philosophy and ecospirituality, decolonization and multiple forms of art. We talk about mythological and philosophical post-activism. Activism is draining, tiring and tends to leave us feeling very sad and heavy. There is a precipice that separates activist hyper-realism from the mystery of things. Activists are depressed and anxious due to the excess of reports, news and constant tragic reports. Always trying to find, plan and organize actions and solutions, and act responsibly. It's exhausting.

It is essential to recover medial management tools, both individual and community, of bonding and connection, where, despite the grief and pain we go through as a collective, we can recreate rituals, stories and mystery. It is urgent to remember the cooperative practices that sustain and bring meaning. Myths and lived experiences bring exactly that. And told in our native language, according to the energy of this territory. We work with local authors but we also invite collaboration from other corners, experiences and perspectives to nurture and sustain the necessary and urgent actions of resilience and deconstruction today.

This mythopoetic magazine is a treasure to explore.