The Botanical Mind: A Workshop in Animism, Art, and Resisting Anthropocentrism

Abstract: This one-hour workshop will guide participants through a ritual of plant communion via meditation/trance and drawing. It is a technique taught by a nature-worshipping Mystery School, and requires no prior experience with either meditation or art-making or any particular spiritual orientation. The ritual serves to create a sacred space in which concentrated point meditation on a plant-- combined with breath-work and automatic drawing--will lead to a spontaneous expression of experiential connectivity with a biodiverse consciousness.

Presenter bio: Lijane Davis is an artist, nature educator, animist, and psychedelic integration facilitator. As a misfit seeker, she has studied Soto Zen Buddhism, deep ecology, and a variety of folk and occult magickal traditions for over 30 years. Her lifework is to promote wonder, creativity, healing, and ecological care.