{"id":32733,"date":"2026-02-20T02:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=32733"},"modified":"2026-02-20T02:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:41:15","slug":"codys-column-water-is-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2026\/02\/20\/codys-column-water-is-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody’s Column: Water is Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings readers!<\/p>\n

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This column is an absolute pleasure to write each month.\u00a0 I explore land spirits, rune whispers, animal and plant wisdom, divination tools, nature love, dragons, ancestors, dahlia farming, tree spirits, mental health tools, Cernunnos, and beyond to find the words to bring you each month in a moment of your time.\u00a0 I am grateful to have a place to share and explore with you.\u00a0 Your conversations with me inspire these articles and this month I want to explore why it is we even get to have these moments.<\/p>\n

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I see it in the reflection, I see it as it is, I wonder what it will look like tomorrow?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Water is life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Water and Light, Life Dancing in the Skagit River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every cell in our body contains water.\u00a0 Every cell!\u00a0 Gerald Pollack, a University of Washington Professor, will say “Life is water, dancing to the tune of solids.” (The Fourth Phase of Water, G. Pollack, 2013).\u00a0 Have you ever seen waves ripple across a lake or swirl in a river and mesmerize your subconscious?\u00a0 What about photos of snowflakes, holding on to a geometric reality at the smallest of scales?\u00a0 Now imagine water organizing itself to perform important functions for your cells.\u00a0 Add sunlight to water and watch water begin to move in response.\u00a0 These are not obscure Hadron Collider experiments.\u00a0 You can perform and watch these happenings every day.<\/p>\n

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A visit to one of my favorite places in Bellingham, WA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The way water is structured, slightly polarized, comprised of two of the most reactive substances known, yet stable enough to wash your hair without melting it off.\u00a0 The way water reacts in the environment, shapes our reality on multiple levels.\u00a0 As a cosmological substance, water is abundant in the universe, yet the exact conditions our lives depend on is a little less common as far as we can tell for now.\u00a0 There is another unique property of water.\u00a0 It remembers…not on it’s own…but in correlation with the solids it interacts with.<\/p>\n

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How do you play in water?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I want to ask you to tune into the water in every one of your cells.\u00a0 Listen to the humming of the water taking care of all the actions your cells need to function, hear the rhythm of water as it coats your DNA molecules giving them structure and stability.\u00a0 Perceive the circulation of water through your body as it travels many paths much like it does on earth.\u00a0 Now open your eyes and look at the first thing you see…How has water been a part of that objects’ journey?<\/p>\n

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Snow visited us late this year up on Sauk Mt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We live in the delicate balance of water in the cosmological universe.\u00a0 It is our life.\u00a0 Go on a search for water deities across the world.\u00a0 Isn’t it telling that every continent and people group has water mythology?\u00a0 How can we separate water from our lives?\u00a0 Distract, hide, forget, ignore maybe for a short while…but sooner or later our psychology finds itself circulating on thoughts, motivations, and actions that circle around water.\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n

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Photo by my son Dresden Johansen. Flood waters swept into the forest and lower field in December.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Water is life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo by my son Dresden Johansen. Mists rise above the Skagit River, the magic flows and has no end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, now that the flood gates are open, now what?\u00a0 That’s it!\u00a0 We must tune in to water, our life source, ponder, find a way to live along its paths not because of these words you read, but because your DNA resonates this truth along with all life.\u00a0 Water connects us all, and water does not perish with our mortal bodies…<\/p>\n

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Let water whisper its magic into your being, speak through your runes, communicate with your DNA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let us be present in this moment, on this pale blue dot, in a spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, right down to the rain drop that falls back upon the earth releasing the petrichor aroma of life itself resonating with each and every cell in our body.\u00a0 This is music, medicine, dance, spirit and you are aware of all this because of water.<\/p>\n

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Looking across the river is like looking into one’s own soul. It only seems far away, but you can go there anytime you want.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just a friendly encouragement to reflect on your practice as it relates to water, your intuition as it resonates quite possibly with water itself and the story water tells.<\/p>\n

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I am a husband, father, farmer, and friend. I live on the banks of the Magic Skagit River, ancestral lands of the Upper Skagit people. I practice rune reading, tarot, land magic, and work with many spirit guides. My life began Pagan, but I veered off into the Christian church in college. I found my way back to my Pagan and ancestral roots in 2005 and have journeyed along this path since then.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greetings readers!   This column is an absolute pleasure to write each month.\u00a0 I explore land spirits, rune whispers, animal and plant wisdom, divination tools, nature love, dragons, ancestors, dahlia farming, tree spirits, mental health tools, Cernunnos, and beyond to find the words to bring you each month in a moment of your time.\u00a0 I am grateful to have a place to share and explore with you.\u00a0 Your conversations with me inspire these articles and this month I want to explore why it is we even get to have these moments. Water is life. Every cell in our body contains water.\u00a0 Every cell!\u00a0 Gerald Pollack, a University of Washington Professor, will say “Life is water, dancing to the tune of solids.” (The Fourth Phase of Water, G. Pollack, 2013).\u00a0 Have you ever seen waves ripple across a lake or swirl in a river and mesmerize your subconscious?\u00a0 What about photos of snowflakes, holding on to a geometric reality at the smallest of scales?\u00a0 Now imagine water organizing itself to perform important functions for your cells.\u00a0 Add sunlight to water and watch water begin to move in response.\u00a0 These are not obscure Hadron Collider experiments.\u00a0 You can perform and watch these happenings every day. The way water is structured, slightly polarized, comprised of two of the most reactive substances known, yet stable enough to wash your hair without melting it off.\u00a0 The way water reacts in the environment, shapes our reality on multiple levels.\u00a0 As a cosmological substance, water is abundant in the universe, yet the exact conditions our lives depend on is a little less common as far as we can tell for now.\u00a0 There is another unique property of water.\u00a0 It remembers…not on it’s own…but in correlation with the solids it interacts with. I want to ask you to tune into the water in every one of your cells.\u00a0 Listen to the humming of the water taking care of all the actions your cells need to function, hear the rhythm of water as it coats your DNA molecules giving them structure and stability.\u00a0 Perceive the circulation of water through your body as it travels many paths much like it does on earth.\u00a0 Now open your eyes and look at the first thing you see…How has water been a part of that objects’ journey? We live in the delicate balance of water in the cosmological universe.\u00a0 It is our life.\u00a0 Go on a search for water deities across the world.\u00a0 Isn’t it telling that every continent and people group has water mythology?\u00a0 How can we separate water from our lives?\u00a0 Distract, hide, forget, ignore maybe for a short while…but sooner or later our psychology finds itself circulating on thoughts, motivations, and actions that circle around water.\u00a0 Why? Water is life. Well, now that the flood gates are open, now what?\u00a0 That’s it!\u00a0 We must tune in to water, our life source, ponder, find a way to live along its paths not because of these words you read, but because your DNA resonates this truth along with all life.\u00a0 Water connects us all, and water does not perish with our mortal bodies… Let us be present in this moment, on this pale blue dot, in a spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, right down to the rain drop that falls back upon the earth releasing the petrichor aroma of life itself resonating with each and every cell in our body.\u00a0 This is music, medicine, dance, spirit and you are aware of all this because of water. Just a friendly encouragement to reflect on your practice as it relates to water, your intuition as it resonates quite possibly with water itself and the story water tells. I am a husband, father, farmer, and friend. I live on the banks of the Magic Skagit River, ancestral lands of the Upper Skagit people. I practice rune reading, tarot, land magic, and work with many spirit guides. My life began Pagan, but I veered off into the Christian church in college. 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