Open door

Well hello. How are you? Where are you? Let me explain…

The House of First Light isn’t just another ‘big idea’. It’s what I come back to when everything else crumbles. It’s where my love of nature meets my need for the numinous and the imagined. Where story and spirit come together. I’ve been circling this threshold for years without realising it and now I’m home.

This is my sanctuary for the world-weary Earth lovers. For those of us who believe that the unseen world is just as real as the one we touch and that imagination isn’t escapism, it’s how we bridge between the two and call better things into being. Even just wanting to believe is enough.

I’ll be writing about animist spirituality and nature connection - how they can heal and inspire, and ways to remember our real belonging right here on this living planet. Some of it will come from this world; some from the Otherworld I visit in my journeying practice, and some from an imagined world that’s been creeping into my private writing. The realm of Morën, my muse and guide, who’s shaped this work as much as I have, and whose name will become more familiar as I expand this sanctuary beyond Substack.

There’s something larger being built down the road from The House of First Light, but I’m not rushing it. I’m following instructions so that it becomes what it needs to be, rooted in what we need to be. It’s the slow work of tending what’s sacred, creating what’s beautiful, and trusting our own connection to the universe.

That’s for later. For now, we’re here and the doors are open. The first light is soft, and hints at potential. Enjoy, you’re always welcome.