The mind can sometimes wander a bit while you're out hiking around, which may explain why I recently asked myself, "What would Johnny Appleseed think?" when I laid my eyes upon some snow plants growing in a mountain forest. Known as a somewhat essentric individual, Johnny Appleseed (aka, John Chapman) was a member of The New Church, also known as the Swedenborgian Church. According to Micheal Pollan, in Swedenborgian theology there is "no rift between the natural world and the divine." In fact, their belief is that there is a one-to-one relationship between natural and spiritual facts, so that through close observation of nature it is possible for one to become edified concerning spiritual truths. Thus any plant or animal may be seen as a "living sermon from God." (Quotes from The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan.)

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