Renatus Derbidge’s new book, Spiritual Stone Bothering, invites us to ask questions. Its subtitle, “An Intimate Guide to Scotland’s Sacred...
Art, like nature, is “realized” through those who observe it. Human beings create reality because they can turn something that...
In a cave in the Pyrenees, we can still marvel at paintings dating back 16,000 years and encounter the darkness that hold the images of the world. Behind the layers of words and images, a life remains hidden. Sometimes I feel its faint stirrings. It also appears in eyes which...
Sometimes I let my gaze wander throughout the day. Sense perception becomes speech, and secret compositions resound in the events...
Dunbar, Scotland. Travel and seminars on Scotland’s islands. Sacred Isles is a new initiative by Renatus Derbidge, a long-standing member...
Trees have been celebrated and admired by poets throughout history because they represent so much of what defines us as human beings. Nietzsche’s words are particularly memorable: “But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the...
Among clouds, light, mountain ridges, and a meditative engagement with Rudolf Steiner’s mantric texts, a space of concentration was created...
Between the expansiveness of summer and the tranquility of winter, autumn is a threshold for practicing inwardness. Menhirs, standing stones,...
Go outdoors with a friend. Find a tree. Stand for a moment and gaze at it. Take a deep breath. Consider that you breathe in what the tree releases into the air. And that the tree takes in what you breathe out. What is it like to breathe with the...
Nature is in full bloom, so the bees are also celebrating! We need their work to make it possible for...
Rather unplanned, as life often is, I end up in the “bee house” of a long-time friend and her Goldmund...


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