VERDITER

BOG

Water Element
Kidneys / Bladder, Zhi Spirit

Will/volition, the unconscious, survival instinct, fear centre, our essence. Virtue: wisdom

The bog is a great reservoir. It corresponds to deep storage, the dark and ancient. In the body the kidney’s role is to manage fluids and inherited, ancestral energy. On Fogo Island some bogs have peat reaching depths of more than 12 feet.