Many years ago, my Guidance gave me a formula, an adjustable affirmation/mantra of sorts. It has helped me overcome all sorts of adversity, from talking myself down out of panic attacks to leaving an abusive relationship, and all sorts of things in between. Over the years, I have refined it into an empowerment workshop, one…
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October Newsletter
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September’s Newsletter
The monthly special will be updated here on the website when I return from retreat. In the meantime, here is what I had to say about September in the newsletter. If you’re not on my mailing list, and you would like to be, you can sign up here. Blessings to you and yours! September is…
Upcoming class in Storytelling as a Healing Modality
For those of you with some background in Shamanism who have also taken my Psychic Protection class, my Advanced NeoShamanism workshop, A Shaman’s Work, (offered through Matrix International University) will be focusing on Storytelling next trimester. Here’s a video blurb about it: http://youtu.be/kFX28zAg398 If you are interested in joining us, please call the venue or…
Web of Information
It’s the late-night blogs, written when my household is asleep, that can give you insight into my motivations, my values, and how my mind works. They’re not generally the well thought out entries, the ones that get researched and planned. No, these posts are off the cuff, welling up from the darkness, still oozing the…
The Importance of RSVPing
We all get busy. Life happens. Mercury Retrograde or Murphy’s Law can throw a monkey wrench into the best laid plans. We frequently think that our ability to show up (or not) for an event won’t affect anything. We even forget to let people know that our plans have changed (because, well, busy). You do…
Why I Enjoy My Advanced Classes
One of my favorite classes right now is A Shaman’s Workshop, an apprenticeship-style class over at Matrix International University. It’s advanced enough that we can really play with the subject matter. Because students majoring in New-shamanism have to take at least 3 trimesters of it in order to graduate, I set it up so that…
A Very Tardy Writeup of Pantheacon
Over Presidents’ Day weekend, I attended Pantheacon in San Jose. Envision 3000 pagans, 4 days of workshops and rituals (with up to 14 of those being held simultaneously in any given time slot), plus vendors and readers and book signings and hospitality suites, in an airport hotel. This was my second year attending and my…
I am Writing!
As many of you know, at the beginning of 2012, I helped start Matrix International University, and we are working towards accreditation. I am the advisor for two of the disciplines (Shamanism and Earth Magick), and am teaching a significant number of classes. I have a new class starting up next month, and none of…
Angels, Gods, and Aliens
Throughout the known history of the world, we have had stories of encounters with otherworldly beings, who we have called angels, gods, or aliens. Many of these beings have given us the ability to write, to build, to create things way beyond our capabilities. They have shared information with us, helped us to see things…