The Allurement of Nature: A Spiritual Journey with Victoria Loorz

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January 29, 2025 • 62 mins

“We have lost relational language for the natural world and lost part of our own souls along with it.” - Victoria Loorz, author of Church of the Wild Wild Church Pastor, Eco Spiritual Director, author and founder of Center for Wild Spirituality Victoria Loorz wants us to reimagine our own wildness and our interconnectedness to the earth. Victoria’s invitation to reciprocity, relational language, and choosing to belong wherever you are is a breath of fresh mountain air in these tense times. In the face of looming empire Victoria honestly talks about what we’re facing and also imbibes us with the hope that can be found when we recognize the innate and inherent value in every living being. We are grateful for Victoria, her work around rewilding, and her reminder that the earth deeply loves us.

Cool stuff we mentioned this episode (or meant to anyways):
Church of the Wild by Victoria Loorz
Seminary of the Wild Earth
Eco Spiritual Direction
Braiding Sweet Grass by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Matter and Desire: An Erotic Ecology by: Andreas Weber

Chapters
00:00 The Allurement of Nature and Spiritual Connection
04:30 Journey to the Center for Wild Spirituality
09:00 Exploring the Sacred in Nature
12:55 The Role of Conversation in Spirituality
17:40 Grief, Connection, and the Presence of the Holy
21:59 Finding Belonging in Unfamiliar Places
32:36 The Spiritual Connection with Nature
38:07 Language and Worldview: Nouns vs. Verbs
44:46 The Role of Religion in Shifting Worldviews
51:01 Reciprocity in Nature and Relationships

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