“The names we use
for rocks and other beings depends on our perspective, whether we are
speaking from the inside or the outside of the circle. The name on
our lips reveals the knowledge we have of each other, hence the sweet
secret names we have for the ones we love…. Outside the circle,
scientific names for mosses (or other natural beings, CT)
may suffice, but within the circle, what do they call themselves?”
- Robin Wall
Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
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