Tag: Self

• 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

  November 9, 2011

  native american, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues

  colonialism, Narrative Therapy, Native American, Occupy Wallstreet, Self, Shamanism

• On Hunting, Pilgrimage, and Caring For the Self in Others

  What are we to do when traditional practices, both Native and non, come into conflict with a rapidly urbanizing world, in which an ever growing list of creatures is endangered or threatened? How are we to continue subsistence practices that are essential to the maintenance of Self, both individual and collective? How are we to…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 4, 2011

  First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  autumn, hunting, pilgrimage, Self, Shamanism

• Animals, Heart, and Self: Part One

  We are connected to all that is, has been, or will be. Self touches all species across all Earth time, the gods, and our Ancestors and progeny across all generations. To forget these things is to be diminished, and to risk losing soul.

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 27, 2011

  Other Subjects

  animals, Self, Shamanism