Plant and Fungus Totems: Connect with Spirits of Field, Forest, and Garden PDF
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About the Author Lupa is a neoshaman, artist, and sustainability geek living in Portland, Oregon. She has been working with nature-based spirituality in various forms since the mid-1990s, and while her path has wended through various experiences over the years, she has spent most of her recent time developing Therioshamanism, a self- created and spirit-directed neoshamanic path with a strong bioregional focus. She possesses a master’s degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis on ecopsychology, as well as her Wilderness First Responder certification, and integrates elements of this education into her practice and writing. She has several publications on shamanism and related topics under her proverbial belt, such as 2012’s New Paths to Animal Totems, and various writings all over the Internet. When not breaking keyboards with her furious typing, Lupa is most likely hiding in the Columbia River Gorge, making ritual tools and other art out of hides, bones, and other such things, and finding ways to make her apartment greener without making the rental company look askance. She may be found online at http://www.thegreenwolf.com and http://therioshamanism.com. Llewellyn Publications Woodbury, Minnesota Copyright Information Plant and Fungus Totems: Connect with Spirits of Field, Forest, and Garden © 2014 by Lupa. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any matter whatsoever, including Internet usage, without written permission from Llewellyn Publications, except in the form of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. As the purchaser of this e-book, you are granted the non-exclusive, non- transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. The text may not be otherwise reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, or recorded on any other storage device in any form or by any means. Any unauthorized usage of the text without express written permission of the publisher is a violation of the author’s copyright and is illegal and punishable by law. First e-book edition © 2014 E-book ISBN: 9780738741079 Book design by Bob Gaul Cover art: iStockphoto.com/16368212/Jeja iStockphoto.com/26447776/imv iStockphoto.com/25412165/Risto0 iStockphoto.com/3181161/anilakduygu iStockphoto.com/4117463/portishead1 iStockphoto.com/3933690/JodiJacobson Cover design by Kevin R. Brown Editing by Laura Graves Llewellyn Publications is an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. Llewellyn Publications does not participate in, endorse, or have any authority or responsibility concerning private business arrangements between our authors and the public. Any Internet references contained in this work are current at publication time, but the publisher cannot guarantee that a specific reference will continue or be maintained. Please refer to the publisher’s website for links to current author websites. Llewellyn Publications Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. 2143 Wooddale Drive Woodbury, MN 55125 www.llewellyn.com Manufactured in the United States of America This book is dedicated to all of those who helped me to connect to the land here in Oregon. To Scrub Jay and Steller’s Jay, Douglas Fir and Western Hemlock, Beargrass and Sword Fern, Black Morel and Black Mold, the mighty Columbia River and Mount Hood, and all the meandering trails that led me to discovery and adventure. To all the people who work to protect this place from overzealous development, and to those displaced by such. And to those who weave the magic of wonder that still wends its way through the world we live in, and share it with our fellow beings. And to my beloved S., for teaching me greater compassion for myself and others, for being able to reframe even the worst of my faults in a positive light, and for being more adorably hirsute than any muse has any business being. Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Christopher Penczak A Note to Readers Introduction One: What Are Plant and Fungus Totems? Two: What Makes Plant and Fungus Totems Different from Animals? Three: The Bioregional Model Four: The Correspondences Model Five: The Archetypal Model Six: Combining the Three Models Seven: Leaves and Caps—The Sacred Remains of Plants and Fungi Eight: Giving Back to the Totems Conclusion Appendix A: Plant and Fungus Totem Guided Meditation Appendix B: Beneficial Nonprofit Organizations Appendix C: A Bit of Recommended Reading Glossary Bibliography Acknowledgments To Elysia Gallo, for walking me through the process of making yet another book happen, and dealing with surprise deadlines with enviable grace. Thank you again to Laura Graves for once more attending to the details of proofreading and related maddening minutiae. To Christopher Penczak, for responding to my tugging on his sleeve at PantheaCon by writing a foreword of such beauty that it almost needs to have its own introduction. To the many and sundry and awesome Pagans and festival folk and fey beings in Portland and beyond who have been cheering me on as I maintain a careful balance among three and a half careers. And to you, the reader, who has chosen to give this book a try, for whatever may come of it. [contents] Foreword
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