The self that appeals to me is the self that has not been conditioned solely by culture, whether family, religion, education, or economics, but rather the one found under these systems of domestication --the wild self, the self at once sovereign and entwined with the living world. It is this self that can extend its reach into the surrounding rings of connection--with vacant lots, watersheds, returning salmon, with children and struggling communities--and sense its intimate bond with all of them. This self is co-mingled with all the others that share this shining planet. When we can step into this wider and wilder state of identity, our isolation falls away and we return to a state of participation and belonging.
Simultaneously hidden and revealed, the Viridis Genii is the green spirit, intelligence and ineffable life force - the green gnosis one receives from their deep connection and communication with the Genius loci. It is the animating force of the wild wood and the depths of the sea. It shrouds us, engulfs us with its veiled green mist, awakening the heartbeat that delivers fecundity to the earth, the very essence of life.
