Eight different podcasts from Circle Sanctuary, connecting all who follow nature-centered paths around the world, including the Blue Marble Podcast and the Circle of Nature Podcast.

Ecopsychology Voices is an interview series with some of Ecopsychology’s luminaries. This month Carol Koziol is in conversation with Bron Taylor about his book Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future. Bron Taylor is Professor of Religion and Environmental Ethics at the University of Florida, a Fellow of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig- Maximilians- Universität, Munich, Germany. Taylor’s research focuses on the connections between what people construe as “nature” and “religion,” and especially, on the emotional and spiritual dimensions of environmental movements.

In this episode, Don Murphy has a conversation with Bron Taylor. Taylor, whose scholarly work engages the quest for environmentally sustainable societies, has written a compelling book, Dark Green Religion: Nature, Spirituality, and The Planetary Future. This conversation explores a wide range of groupsradical environmental activists, lifestyle-focused bioregionalists, surfers, New Agers involved in “ecopsychology,” and groups that hold scientific narratives as sacred.

Dana returns to talk about her new book, Land Healing: Physical, Metaphysical and Ritual Practices for Healing the Earth, and she and the host get into some very practical tips on helping to heal the Earth: refugia gardens, rituals, communication and much more. They also get into a fun discussion on personalizing rituals like the “Sphere of Protection,” how it differs from the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, and nerd out on ritual magic.

In this video, David Thurfjell and Filip Holm explore the special relationship that many people today (especially in Northern Europe) have with nature as a source of spirituality and the sacred, sometimes even as a kind of alternative to the organized forms of religion rejected by secularism. Viewers may also be interested in Granskogsfolk, Thurfjell’s book upon which this video is based.

Tea with Druids formed a worldwide community of like-minded people interested in nature-based spirituality in the exploration of a spiritual topic accompanied by a meditation. A collection of over 200 informal conversations and meditations on Druidry, spirituality and life in general.

Starhawk is the author or co-author of twelve books on Goddess religion, Earth-based spirituality and activism, including The Spiral Dance and The Fifth Sacred Thing. Jon Young has been mentoring folks in the nearly lost art of understanding bird and animal language and is the author of books including What the Robin Knows and Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature. In this conversation (moderated by Konda Mason) Starhawk and Jon Young discuss rekindling our connection to nature in order to heal both the Earth and humanity, which are one in the same. Our speakers explore the importance of teaching children to connect with nature, reclaiming traditions of Earth-based spirituality, and restoring hope for our future through nature connection.

Starhawk, contemporary witch, activist, and permaculturist, spoke at HDS on March 7, 2013, about how Earth-based spirituality can inform and empower efforts to build sustainable communities and societies. Starhawk is a founder of Reclaiming, a contemporary Pagan tradition that blends Goddess spirituality and social activism, and of Earth Activist Trainings, which equips people to combine permaculture design with political organizing and spiritual practice. A leading interpreter of feminist Wicca, she is the author of The Spiral Dance, The Fifth Sacred Thing, The Empowerment Manual, and many other books.

Scott Cunningham’s ultimate course in herbalism introduces the timeless practices of herb magic as taught by this master herbalist and renowned author.

Author Starhawk has reached across barriers of skepticism and orthodoxy to initiate thousands into the practice of authentic magic, the ability to tap the ever-present enchantment of the world. On Earth Magic, listeners now have an unprecedented opportunity to hear this legendary figure in Wiccan and Pagan spirituality teach rituals for connecting to and channeling the elemental forces of nature. Starhawk imparts specific rites for drawing on the power of air, fire, Earth, and water; celebrating sacred holidays such as the Solstice and the Equinox; and for giving gifts to the universe that return to people a hundred-fold.