Category: Nature

• The Sacred Mundane

  

  Unlike the Western worldview in which the sacred and profane are divided, the everyday becoming profane and distant from the scared, in the shaman’s world, they are interwoven

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 6, 2016

  Climate Change, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  profane, psychotherapy, sacred, Shamanism, Winter

• Traces

  We went downtown last night to walk and enjoy the lights. As we drove home the snow began. This morning, for the first time this season, there are a couple of inches of snow on the ground. It appears to be snowing still in the mountains where snow fell most of yesterday. Christmas Eve the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 20, 2015

  Climate Change, Ecopsychology, Healing, native american, Stories

  Aldo Leopold, healing, Lauret Savoy, Native American, racism

• Autumn Comes to Vermont

                  Autumn came swiftly this weekend. Early yesterday morning we went to the farmers’ market, winter jackets drawn up tight below our chins. Wind blown sleet and rain drove everyone to cover, where we commiserated with the already frozen vendors.

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 18, 2015

  Nature, Stories

  autumn, nature, seasons

• Equinox

                    Yesterday was the Autumn Equinox, and I joined a goodly group of other folks who had gathered at the fishing pier to watch the sunset.

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 24, 2015

  Nature, Shamanism

  autumn, equinox, nature, seasons, Shamanism