Category: Healing

• Finding Balance

  Spring is near, although the weather remains cold and snowy. The maple sap is flowing intermittently and, on warmish, sunny days, birdsong fills the air. The equinox arrives Friday, and Passover and Easter follow. This morning I had coffee with a dear friend who is Mohawk. He was adopted into a European family and, like…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 16, 2015

  First Nations, Healing, native american

  civil rights, healing, Native American, Selma

• Conversations With The Ancestors

  Conversations with the Ancestors can change the way we understand the world.

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 8, 2015

  First Nations, Healing, Shamanism

  ancestors, healing, Shamanism

• A Thorny Problem

  A while back I received the Spring edition of Contemporary Shamanism. The first article was a piece by Hank Wesselman, Ph.D., entitled Australian Aboriginal Wisdom. I read the piece, or most of it, put the journal down, and forgot about it. Last night Jennie was rummaging through our magazines and brought it out. In his…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 25, 2015

  First Nations, Shamanism, Social issues

  Australian Aboriginal, Shamanism

• The View From the Orphanage

  Last night we were honored to be invited by our Abenaki brothers and sisters to drum as part of the opening ceremony at an all city meeting. The event was a  Neighborhood Planning Assemblies meeting called to discuss the proposed development of a large lakefront parcel of land presently owned by a local nonprofit educational…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 22, 2015

  First Nations, Healing, Shamanism

  development, healing, land, Native American, orphanage, Shamanism