Category: Shamanism
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Advent: Waiting for Jesus and the Holy Ones
May we remember during Advent, and at Christmas, the gifts we give one another with love, are also gifts to Jesus, the other Holy Ones, and the Spirits. May we each create some things of great beauty to give directly to the Christ Child and the Others, in appreciation for their care, generosity, and their…
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The Good Road
This way of Balance and Beauty requires much of those who would walk it. Yet it offers many rewards, and the possibility of profound healing for self, other, and Earth. It is a Good road.
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Decolonizing Self and Nature: Part One
We live in a time when we are offered endless opportunities to abandon Self, and to feel diminished in doing so. Yet, Nature is always close by, inviting us to turn to her, to find renewal and healing in her presence. We are after all Nature, unimaginably wild, and profoundly complex.
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Decolonizing Self and Nature: Part Two
I think Michael White understood Narrative Therapy to be essentially a decolonizing process. (He often seemed to suggest we consider Depression, Abuse, and Anorexia as colonizing processes.) As such, it acknowledges the values, concerns, and Self of those who seek the therapist’s aid. Narrative Therapy, at its best, also acknowledges the bonds between persons and…
