Tag: mystery

From Inside These Wild Ones and Other Foraged Goodies

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Ryan Van Lenning

This summer I released 4 collections of earthy poetry. The first two are books 2 and 3 of the Re-Membering Poetry series. The third, Trust the Ceremony, is one I’ve been excited about for a while, and released 8 years to the day I… Continue Reading “From Inside These Wild Ones and Other Foraged Goodies”

Category: UncategorizedTags: animals, books, desert, earth, ecosensuality, ecospirituality, ecotherapy, grief, more-than-human, mystery, nature poetry, poetry, rite of passage, silow down, wilderess ceremony, wilderness

POLYPOETIC PRODUCTION IN PROCESS

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Ryan Van Lenning

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“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘤𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘴.” – 𝘙𝘶𝘮𝘪 It’s been a polypoetic productive wow of the den time. I’m happy to have both tended the delicious darkness & liminal rest and… Continue Reading “POLYPOETIC PRODUCTION IN PROCESS”

Category: UncategorizedTags: belonging, earth, ecotherapy, mystery, nature, poetry, poetry for the great turning, rewild, the great turning, wholeness, wilderness

MYSTERY OF RED

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Ryan Van Lenning

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Oh the mystery of red in the world! These darkest weeks of the year evoking the brightest reds. Pomegranates, amanitas, witch’s hat, madrone berries, rose hips, apples, pyracantha, Russulas, maples, oh my! I Had a dream last night I Woke up in a Library… Continue Reading “MYSTERY OF RED”

Category: UncategorizedTags: anthocyanicin, apple, autumn, madrone, mystery, pomegranite, pyracantha, red, witch's hat

THRESHOLD: UNRELENTING MYSTERY

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Ryan Van Lenning

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Intention can be an important part of crossing the threshold during a wilderness rite-of-passage, life change, or any liminal transition, including our current collective initiation. My way of holding intention and threshold has shapeshifted over the years. Intention is not a goal. It’s good… Continue Reading “THRESHOLD: UNRELENTING MYSTERY”

Category: Class, Rite-of-passage, UncategorizedTags: ecotherapy, intention, more-than-human, mystery, nature, rite-of-passage, threshold, wilderness

Opening to the Mystery of the East

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Ryan Van Lenning

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It was the final session before his solo wilderness rite-of-passage ceremony next week. But for now, we were in a redwood and bay forest along a creek and Opening to the East.

Category: UncategorizedTags: east, ecospirituality, ecotherapy, four shields, Inner wilderness, mentoring, mystery, rite of passage, soul work, trickster