Tag: Shamanism

• Farewell Christmas

  Putting away the Christmas decorations reminds us that even artificial trees may be awake.

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 6, 2013

  Shamanism

  Christmas, Christmas Tree, Joy, Shamanism

• In the Absence of the Other

  What happens to the women when the men go off to war and never return?

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 5, 2013

  Healing, Stories

  England, healing, Shamanism, Winter, World War

• The Long Shadow of Abraham Lincoln

  Even as he was evolving a moral stance against slavery, Lincoln continued policies that pushed against Indigenous people, and the treaties that ostensibly protected their sovereignty as nations. When First Nations fought to protect their legal rights, he branded them terrorists. On December 26th, 1862, 38 Native leaders were hanged at his order.

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 31, 2012

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues

  genocide, Lincoln, Narrative Therapy, Native American, Shamanism

• Christmas Draws Nigh

  In order to truly approach Christmas we must acknowledge both the joy and sorrow inherent in the Christmas story.

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 23, 2012

  First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  Advent, Christmas, Newtown, Shamanism, Winter Solstice