Category: Shamanism
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Indra’s Web: A Meditation
There is an ancient story from India. It goes something like this: The god Indra constructed the universe as an infinite number of intersecting nodes. At each nodal point, he placed a pearl. Each pearl reflects, and is reflected by, all other pearls. Thus, the universe contains an infinite number of beings and dimensions, each…
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Initiation: On Being Introduced to the Spirits
We are initiated many times in our lives. First loves, school graduations, and marriages are initiations, as are illnesses, broken hearts, and job losses. Death may be seen as yet another initiation. Thirty years ago I worked for three years with Dhyani Farmer (now Wyahoo) and Louise Sunfeather. I had landed in Vermont, after fleeing…
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A Walk in the Marsh
The past several days were chill and damp. Today is sunny and warmer, and I was drawn outside. For untold eons Medicine People have known and taught that we are the world. We are each, and all, connected to all that is. To experience the natural world is to encounter both oneself and the Creator.…
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Intrusions, Part 2: Narrative Therapy
The post is a continuation of the discussion begun in the previous post. I was lucky enough to spend several days, spread over several years, with groups listening to Michael White. Within those days glow a few alone times; ten minutes here, ten there. Each of those alone time memories is rich with contact, humanity,…
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