Terre Wood

Stories by Terre

Lavender: Friendship & the essence of emotional union

Monday, Sept. 24, 2007

When traveling in the south of France, you simply can’t miss the relationship of harmony and co-creation that exits between the bees and the seemingly endless fields of lavender. They hum.

The spirit medicine of sage and owl

Feeling the wild harvest within

Friday, Aug. 24, 2007

The mysteries of owl have lived in my memories for as long as I can remember. The golden, brown and white-toned night birds have made their presence known to me in the trees at every home I’ve lived in since I was a young married woman. The suburban neighborhoods where I lived felt confusing to me, energetically, and the old urban community I love, for the beauty in the old growth trees and brick lined streets, embraced me in ways that at times were precarious at best.

Jasmine and the summer moon

To take what we are given with grace

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Right now, the lunar influence and the reflection of Venus are very strong. Change is feeling bittersweet. Mother Earth and Father Sky bring the love, and in the reflection of Venus, one can view the world like lovers do. How could anyone not want that?

Burst of lemon

The power of vitality

Friday, June 1, 2007

Late spring and early summer is here — a timely occasion to purify, empower and renew! The seemingly long and dense feeling of winter is now reawakening as earth mother’s wheel has turned with an effervescent reminder to lighten the load — trust the process, have courage and be happy!

Anointing: simple practice with profound effects

Friday, March 30, 2007

Ceremony and ritual, steeped in history and enriched with tradition, have given us many practices for celebrating and acknowledging the Divine, a divine that represents our sacred truth. Anointing with sacred scent is one such practice that has evolved as an act of faith for passing forward spiritual blessing.

A vintage rose: Essence of love

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007

Rose is Mother Nature’s flower goddess or spirit messenger for true love, devotion, commitment and spiritual beauty. Rose calls forth the divinity that lives within each of us, the essence of love.

Time for inside knowing has come

Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006

We were born at a time when, as Joni Mitchell said, “We are star dust, we are golden and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden." Like the experience of walking in the garden or lying in the grass, the energy of plants provides a sense of peace in a chaotic and frantic world.