Tag: Shamanism
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Vernal Equinox
Today marks the vernal equinox. Vernal is a lovely word, meaning pertaining to spring. Spring derives from the Old Norse and means to jump or rise. It seems appropriate that we spring forward into the season, a time in which new life appears to literally spring into being. Among my favorite places to visit as…
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The Medicine Wheel: Learning to Walk
The fog is burning off. Being March, it is warm one day and cold another; rain, sun, and snow take turns moving across the landscape. Sunday marks the Vernal Equinox, a time for remembering to walk in balance. Of course, this walking is no easy task. When we watch children learn to walk, we notice…
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The Soul of Country
“….Country is figured as infant. Country is starving without care. Country can only remain fertile, productive if in fact it is looked after, tended to, fed, properly. And that means work. Ritual, ceremony, what Warlpiri call in English ‘business’, is a labour of lifetime attachment. Ancestors are dependent on humans for the making and keeping…
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At the Bird Feeder
This post was published earlier this month in Into the Bardo, an online magazine. I hope you will take at look at the zine, and maybe say “hi” to the wonderful people who work so hard to being it to us! Earlier today I went out back to refill the bird feeder. I walked through…
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