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Thank the spirits for their attention.
Ask them why they are not receptive (if it feels right and they are communicative).
Trigger your memory.
Pull back your "roots and branches," return any excess energy you feel into the Earth. If
it feels appropriate, leave an offering of tobacco or other appropriate material, out of
respect for the spirits.
Move to a more receptive site.
If it is hard to find a site that is really receptive, you should: Consider any impressions
you got of why the nature spirits weren't receptive in the area you were in, and re-think
your plans for a ritual, as necessary and appropriate.
It may also be appropriate to look for another general area in which to find a suitable
power site that is receptive to the work planned.
What To Do When Returning
It can be very powerful to purify and center yourself and to attune to the spirits of the
land using the techniques previously described for calling nature spirits immediately
upon returning to the site.
Often, individuals may have found small specific power spots to which they have a
special attunement, where the spirits are interested in participating; but where the site is
too small, has too much vegetation, or is otherwise unsuitable for the main ritual.
Individual attunement to the spirits in such areas and inviting them to participate in the
main ritual can be worthwhile.
Then approach the main ritual site using the previously arranged technique. You should
have the details worked out with the spirits of the land. An exceptionally powerful
technique involves doing a procession through or past receptive power spots, inviting
nature spirits to join as you pass each power spot, and then moving to the central power
spot for the main ritual. If participants are at individual power spots, they can join the
procession as it passes nearby.
When consecrating space in the wild, or casting a circle, do not set up the perimeter as a
barrier to all outside forces; it should be a beacon to attract friendly nature spirits, a
container for holding magical power, and a barrier to spirits who it isn't right to be with.
One thing that is fun and worthwhile in nature is to bring instruments, such as a rattle, a
flute and/or a drum, to tune in to nature's sounds, and to make music in time to nature's
sounds. You may be able to get some very interesting back and forth exchanges of music
going with selected creatures of the wild, and get into an amazing jam session.
After the work is complete, be sure to thank the spirits for their participation. Libations
and other offerings may also be left for the spirits during and/or after the ritual.
Acknowledgments
There are other ways of working with nature spirits. This is one approach. The author
thanks Selena Fox for teaching the basic guided meditation technique for locating and
contacting nature spirits at a tranceworking session sponsored by the Chameleon Club
(part of the Association for Consciousness Exploration) in 1981, Vicky Smith for
editorial review of this article, Isaac Bonewitz for the outline of the expanded tree
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