Tag: Shaman
5 Ways a Parent Can be Like a Shaman
"There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one." ~ Sue Atkins Being a parent is not an easy...
4 Steps to Make the Most from Your Ayahuasca Experience
Ayahuasca is not a magic potion in the sense that it will fix all your problems in one gulp. Many who imbibe the...
Fox Medicine: The Power of Camouflage, Shape-shifting and Resurrection
“As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark...
Lone Wolf Medicine: The Power of a Peripheral Lifestyle
"The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. Those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in...
7 Signs You May Be Experiencing Soul Loss
“Phrases such as "I'm beside myself," "I was frightened to pieces," "I feel lost," "I feel like part of me is missing," originated from...
Connecting with Pain: The Shaman as the Wounded Healer
"The analyst must go on learning endlessly...it is his own hurt that gives the measure of his power to heal." ~ Carl Jung The shaman...
Four Shamanic Questions to Reanimate the Soul
“In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four...
7 Signs You May Be an Urban Shaman
"All of us, Westerners and indigenous peoples alike, are descended from tribal ancestors if we go back far enough… and they all had great...
Disaster Shamanism, Addendum: Bringing Water to the Wasteland
“To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.” ~ William Shakespeare In Six Signs You May Be a Disaster Shaman, I wrote about the various characteristics and what...
Random Enlightenment
The Philosophical Wrecking Ball: Protecting Us from Our Yearning for Certainty
“What I understand of “philosopher”: a terrible explosive in the presence of which everything is in danger.” ~ Nietzsche The thing that makes philosophy useful...
