Category: Social issues
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Water Is Rising:Dreaming the Renewal of the Sacred Hoop
The cast radiated caring, openheartedness, and sincerity. Through the instrument of the show, they offered us, the audience, a glimpse into their lives and culture, lives centered on the sea, singing, and dancing. They also offered a dream of a healed, caring, humane world. They cast no stones, demonstrated no animosity, occupied only the stage…
Michael Watson PhD
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Shamans, Race, and Story In Our Time of Occupation
Shamanism and, more recently, Narrative Therapy seek to challenge the authority of colonialism and its allies in the lives of those who seek healing. They use differing tools and strategies to do so, yet often their territories overlap. Together they provide evolving maps of the technologies, visions, and behaviors of colonial practice. They challenge the…
Michael Watson PhD
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14 Peruvian Shamans Murdered in Amazonia
This blog is dedicated to healers and the healing of individuals, families, communities, nations, and Mother Earth. More often than I like, I also report on harm done in the world. I do so because I believe naming injustice and brutality is part of bringing healing to the victims of such violence. Friday night marked…
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Healers, Patients, and the Fate of the World
As psychotherapists, shamans, and healers, how may we best serve those who come to us? Can we hold both hope and a commitment to change? How may we, in this new era, fulfill our role as intermediaries between Pachamama and the human community, human individuals and the spirits, and families and the larger matrix of…
Michael Watson PhD
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