Tag: Shamanism

• The Resilience of Stories

  A lovely, snow-covered morning. The woods are lovely and dark, and highlighted by the intense white of newly fallen snow; not much snow mind you, just enough to coat the trees. Ours is a remnant forest so it is not deep; there are just enough trees to support hermit thrushes. Under the snow, a layer…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 25, 2017

  native american, Psychotherapy, Stories

  Arts, healing, Shamanism, Social Change

• The Complexity of Reciprocity

  Another very warm day. The snow we had Tuesday night is rapidly melting. Here at the mid-latitudes climate change proceeds at a fast pace. I’ve been thinking about the negative tilt that can occur with reciprocity. Reciprocity refers to the tendency for systems to co-evolve, and is usually used to describe  small-scale human interactions that…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 19, 2017

  Healing, Social issues, spirituality

  healing, reciprocity, Shamanism

• Epiphany

  It’s late afternoon on a Tuesday, a gray, murky, fiercely windy day, shortly before sunset. The aforementioned wind is howling, scouring the deep cold from the valley. I’m listening to a choral concert for Epiphany on BBC3. It’s been a day of cancellations, mostly due to illness of one sort or another; it seems to…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 10, 2017

  Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues

  Epiphany, healing, psychotherapy, Shamanism, wisdom

• A Welcome Rain

  

  This autumn’s warmth has dominated the past two days. Yesterday we, and our neighbors, took the opportunity to complete yard work, retire gardens for the season, and put up holiday lights. As we did so, we were reminded these tasks are much easier when done in warm weather! Last night, new lights blessed the street.…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 20, 2016

  Disability, Shamanism, spirituality, Stories

  Shamanism, stories, Windigo