Tag: Shamanism

• Ghosts

  Every now and again I meet a ghost, a spirit that has, for whatever reason, not moved on after death. Maybe sometimes I can be helpful to them. Natives are perceived as have a long relationship to the spirits, as being engaged on a day-to-day basis with family and Ancestors who have passed on. (This…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 28, 2014

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  ghosts, Native American, psychotherapy, Shamanism

• Thanksgiving

  As I write, the season’s first snow is falling in the November night. It is cold and the streets are empty. Downstairs, Jennie is cooking for tomorrows feast. I’m taking a few minutes to write as tomorrow promises to be very busy, being Thanksgiving Day here in the US. Given the news this week from…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 26, 2014

  First Nations, Shamanism, Social issues

  colonialism, Native American, Shamanism, Thanksgiving

• Held by All-That-Is

  It is good to situate ourselves within All-That-Is, understand ourselves as part of Creation, and give a sacred context to our lives. To live in relation to All-That-Is is to reside in the unfathomable and holy immensity of the universe. It is to be part of, and held by, a great unfolding mystery.

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 17, 2014

  Ecopsychology, First Nations, Shamanism

  All-That-Is, Ecopsychology, Native American, psyche, Shamanism

• Spirits, Shamans, and the Unsettling of Ecopsychology

  I’ve been thinking about the links between Ecopsychology and Shamanism. It makes sense to me that Ecopsychology would be drawn to the wisdom of Indigenous people. After all, we Indigenous tend to see ourselves in the context of both human society and the natural world. The attraction of shamanism is that it attempts to maintain…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 14, 2014

  Ecopsychology, First Nations, Shamanism

  Ecopsychology, Shamanism, spirits