Following the call of the land: ‘Get out of the bath and go up the fell. I need you there’

Harriet Sams researches, teaches, mentors, and facilitates eco-therapy and archaeo-therapy. She is a published writer on such interconnected threads as myth, archaeology, Earth-based spirituality, environmental art, animism, and climate/ecological chaos.

Harriet works for Tariki Trust UK, a Buddhist eco-therapy charity. She also co-hosts Earth Exchange Cafés on behalf of Radical Joy for Hard Times, a USA-based eco-resiliency, eco-art, and landscape-belonging charity, and co-facilitates ‘Through the Door’ imaginal workshops for the Climate Psychology Alliance. Harriet is currently undertaking research for her PhD in archaeo-therapy at Bournemouth University.

Harriet talks about the call from the ‘Voice of the Land’ she heard while sitting in the bath. It told her to go up a local fell (mountain) in Cumbria where she lives, because she was, in some way, needed up there. As ignoring the call did not feel like an option, she did as bidden. In this talk, Harriet tells the story of what happened that day, and what teachings she found in the call. These included teachings about sacred Earth activism, being receptive to Spirit, insights into what it means to be a conduit for the Land and to have a personal faith in ancestors and sacred landscapes.

Website: www.nwyfre-earth.co