🗣️ Podcast Alert 🗣️

📢 Step back in time with me to ancient Rome! 🏛️ Join our two AI 🤖 hosts who discover the Fratres Arvales (Arval Brothers), a mysterious priesthood of 12 men 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 from the senatorial class, devoted to the goddess Dea Dia. 🌳

Listen here:
🎙️ https://t.uzh.ch/1Nv
🎙️ https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/aincient-studies-lab/episodes/14-In-the-Footsteps-of-the-Fratres-Arvales-e2tr5ve

Their sacred rituals, including animal sacrifices 🐄🐑🐖 and chanting hymns 🎶, took place in a hidden grove outside Rome, all recorded in the detailed Acta. 📜 These men weren't just priests; they were powerful figures 💪, closely tied to the imperial family 👑 and reflecting Roman society's blend of religion, politics, and tradition. ✨ Intrigued? 🤔 Dive deeper into the secrets of the Arval Brothers and their fascinating world! #Podcast #AI #DigitalHumanities #History #AncientHistory #AncientRome #ArvalBrothers #DeaDia #ReligiousRituals #RomanHistory #MythAndMystery #SacredGrove #ImperialPower #RomanHistory

Title: Sacred Grove (Kami no Mori)

Artist: Toshi Yoshida

#ToshiYoshida #ShinHanga #Art #Spring #Forest #EarthDay #EarthDay2023 #SacredGrove #KamiNoMori #Japan

Dear regular worshippers and visitors to the #SacredGrove:

You are welcome to conduct your ceremony clad in green body paint but please make sure that it is non-toxic and biodegradable. After the last ritual at the stone circle over in Pendlebury it looked as if someone had been playing paintball.

If your practice actually does involve paintball we suggest you contact the local Chaotes, who have experience conducting non-standard workings safely and effectively.

#InsularKingdoms

"there are thousands of sacred forests that have survived thanks to traditional religious & spiritual beliefs. Experts say these places, many now under threat, have ecological importance & must be saved."

#NatureConnection #IndigenousPeoples #Ecology #Biodiversity #SpiritualEcology #Sacred #Spirituality #Forests #Forest #Woodland #SacredGrove

https://e360.yale.edu/features/sacred-groves-religion-forests

Spent some time in the #juniper forest above Great Prespa Lake this morning, including the #SacredGrove around the church of Agios Georgios. These trees, many of which have responded to the hard winters here or to lightning strikes at some point in the past by reorientating their growth patterns in beautifully unique ways, are as much as 500-years-old. Resilient and enduring testaments to ways of being in relationship with living trees that places their protection at its heart.

#biodiversity