Do You See the Sacred?

 Hi, I’m Judith Ashley, author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series, soul nourishing romantic women’s fiction with light paranormal elements. My stories show you what life could be like if you had a place like The Circle where you are unconditionally accepted, supported and loved. And where, with this support, you make choices to overcome the darkest nights and choose love and light.

Earth Day is April 22 which is why Nature and Natural are this month’s themes. I’m looking forward to seeing what our creative Genre-istas are doing with this topic.

As for me, I’m sharing some of my favorite photos. These are ones I’ve taken along the road of my life. They bring a smile to my face, a vacant focus to my eyes as I look back and relive the precious sacred moments these pictures captured.

 

 

 One of my favorite places along The Oregon Coast. And The Oregon Coast is one of my Most Favorite Places in the Entire World.

 

 

 

 My favorite Clematis. Love the Dark Purple. I also love geraniums, columbine, dark purple salvia and ferns.

I took my granddaughters on a trip to England and Scotland. We stopped at Stonehenge and I'd love to go back and spend even more time there so I could visit Wales. The other fantastic place we visited that day was Avebury and Glastonbury. 

Although taken on 2010 trip, it reminds me of the landscape in Ireland. That trip was in 1994
and the camera was film and not digital.

 

A Glorious Sunrise. How do I know?
The roof lines and the hanging candleholder.

These certainly are not All of my favorites...sacred places and images that exemplify the sacred to me.  Does it gives you an idea of what in nature I see as sacred? What would your photographs say about you?

To learn more about my view of the natural world, check out my books. The main characters all have a reverence for and see all of nature as sacred.

Read my Sacred Women’s Circle series to learn more about every day women and the struggles and challenges they overcome to find unconditional love.

My Staying Sane in a Crazy World, provides you with a template to create your Personal Staying Sane Plan to help you through the challenging times.

You can find all of my books at your favorite e-book vendor. Be sure to ask your local library if you’d prefer to read my books through that resource.

Learn more about Judith's The Sacred Women’s Circle series at JudithAshley.net

Follow Judith on Twitter: JudithAshley19

Check out Judith’s Windtree Press author page.

You can also find Judith on FB! 

© 2022 Judith Ashley

Connecting to The Sacred

Hi, I’m Judith Ashley, author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series, romantic women’s fiction with light paranormal elements. My stories show you what life could be like if you had a place like The Circle where you are unconditionally accepted, supported and loved. And where, with this support, you make choices to overcome the darkest nights and choose love and light.

My series The Sacred Women’s Circle is a good fit for this month’s topic which is sacred. The main characters come together to create their own spiritual practices that resonate with their views of the world.

And their view of the world?

We are all part of the Divine. We are all sacred.

And what is we? All that is and that includes the rocks and trees as well as animals and plants.

At the time I wrote these stories I didn’t know about animism. When I heard Colette Baron-Reid talk about being an animist, I realized both my characters and I are animists.  Animist (n), Animism (v), Animistic (adj)

Definition: Attribution of conscious life to objects in and phenomena of nature of inanimate objects.

Mother Nature's Contribution to my Beach Birthday Party

I’m not sure if all animists talk to the trees, birds, rocks, flowers when out on a walk but they do recognize a connection. We are all part of the Divine Matrix, Spirit, The Universe, the God/Goddess, Higher Power – in other words, we are all part of The Sacred.

That truth, for me, guides much of my action. I see myself connected by sacred ties to people who are not like me. Even people who don’t like me. Even people who spew hate instead of love. Being an animist is who I am and impacts not just how I pray but also how I interact in the ”real world”.

My questions for you are these:

How would your life be different if you saw yourself connected to all that is around you?

What would you do different if you saw the people you disagree with, the people you fear as not only connected to you, but part of the sacred?

If you not yet on my mailing list, you can sign up for Choices here. I’ve created a new free offering that includes the novella Sarah’s Ankh along with the first chapter of Lily: The Dragon and The Great Horned Owl. I hope you enjoy them.

Look for my next non-fiction Yes, You Can Create The Life You Love this fall.

All of my books are available at your favorite e-book vendor. Be sure to ask your local library if you’d prefer to read my books through that resource.

Learn more about Judith's The Sacred Women’s Circle series on her website JudithAshley.net

Follow Judith on Twitter: JudithAshley19

Check out Judith’s Windtree Press author page.

You can also find Judith on Facebook!

© 2021 Judith Ashley