Category: Shamanism

• The New Year: We Are Still Here!

  As we enter the New Year, we are asked to rekindle and nurture the fire of hope, and to remember that we are, in spite of whatever travail that we have passed through in our lives, still here.

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 2, 2012

  native american, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues

  ancestors, hope, New Years, Shamanism, Wounded Knee

• Christmas

  As the light increases, we turn our hearts to the Creator, and to all beings with whom we share life and consciousness, greet one another, and acknowledge our mutual debt and appreciation.

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 26, 2011

  Shamanism

  Christmas, Grandfather Fire, Hunukkah, Shamanism

• Christmas Eve

  In which we feed the animals and spirits, and listen to praise music from Africa.

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 24, 2011

  Shamanism

  Burundian, christian, Christmas Eve, music, spirits

• Advent: Joy, Hope, and Suffering

  So we wait. A child will be born. Hope will return to the world. Suffering, even genocide will follow. Then, after a period of longing, a child will be born.

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 18, 2011

  Shamanism

  Advent, Christmas, Jesus, Joy, Shamanism