Tag: Shamanism
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Ancestors
On Saturday I met with a small group to teach practices for acknowledging, and working with, the ancestors. The time seemed propitious as the weekend coincided with sacred days honoring the dead in both the Catholic and Indigenous practices of the Americas. I was honored to spend time with these women, all of whom have…
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Humor: When Cultures Go Bump In the Night
Humor is at the heart of many shamanic traditions around the world. Indeed, Indigenous people, contrary to popular perception, are very funny. We like to laugh; at the same time, our humor often has teeth. A splendid example of this is the writing of Sherman Alexi. Another, more recent set of poignant, heartbreaking, often hilarious…
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A Dream
A few nights ago I found myself dreaming about my relationship to All That Is. In the dream, I was deeply embedded in All That Is. From that place, I could see that all of my concerns were unimportant, that all was well; there was simply nothing worth worrying about. Then my perspective in the…
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