No matter what kind of environment you live in, nature spirits are all around you. They’re embodied in trees, flowers, and animals, the wind, the rain, and all other natural phenomena. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just because they’re ever-present doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re always easy to connect to, however — it can be very difficult to feel the presence of nature from inside of an office building in a city! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fortunately, you can easily connect with nature spirits with just a little bit of effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The term “nature spirits” is a catchall. It covers everything from the spirits of the elements, to any of the beings behind what we experience in nature. In some contexts, they serve as a kind of “collective soul” for a species of plant or animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elemental nature spirits are the four groups of beings that personify each element. Sylphs are the nature spirits of the element of Air, gnomes of Earth, salamanders of Fire, and undines of Water. These are also generally just called “elementals.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next, there are soul archetypes for each species. The white willow, for example, is represented by a group soul archetype. So are dandelions, roe deer, and amanita mushrooms. Every living thing that exists in nature is represented by its species archetypal soul. These are sometimes referred to as “devas.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In some schools of thought, faeries are also nature spirits. It’s not known whether faeries are a holdover from ancestor worship or paleolithic minor deities, but their modern incarnation shares many characteristics with other types of nature spirits: They’re often tied to specific locations or natural features, they have an affinity for certain plants or animals, and their powers often involve natural phenomena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some deities could also be considered nature spirits, particularly those associated with specific groves or springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n