On June 20th, I started talking about a Shift we were approaching, and then again on July 6th. This Shift is like the one we underwent in December of 2012, but bigger or stronger (neither word is completely accurate). Like December, though, this is a paradigm shift. Every time we have one, from now on,…
Category: Practice
Water Water Everywhere, Taking Us Into The Shadows
This is a month of much water… All the Mercury Retrogrades this year are in water signs, which makes them a little different that usual. They’re much more emotional than mental or physical. So, if you’ve been working on your emotional authenticity, or you’ve been doing a lot of emotional work, you may very well…
Shift! in 3… 2… 1…
That next shift I wrote about on June 30th is likely to crescendo this month, between the 17th and the 22nd. As i have mentioned before, grounding, shoring up your foundations, and practicing self care are of paramount importance. I have also mentioned in several places, I think, adding the following to your daily practice:…
Spiritual Depression
Something can happen when you’ve been on a dedicated, spiritual path for a while. There comes a time, in almost everyone’s journey, when they stop feeling the presence of the Divine (in whatever manner they had been experiencing that). They feel alone, abandoned, confused, adrift. Their spiritual practice no longer consoles them, and they wonder…
Solar Storms
I posted last night to FaceBook that Spaceweather said “A moderate (Kp=6) geomagnetic storm is in progress on June 28-29 as Earth passes through a region of south-pointing magnetism in the solar wind. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras. In the northern hemisphere, solstice twilight will sharply reduce visibility; southern hemisphere observers may…
Manifesting During Mercury Retrograde
Mercury goes retrograde on Thursday of this week. It is, however, already affecting us. As a reminder, the protocol before doing anything during Mercury Retrograde is to Stop Breathe Ground It’s always a good idea to take a moment and figure out how you got “here,” whatever your “here” is right now. All actions taken…
Through the Worm Hole
I’ve been talking about how we’re going through a shift right now that is, in some ways, even more intense than the one we had last December. Today, I got one of those “data dumps” of information about it. I will try to unpack it for you. This is a mirror of the Winter Solstice…
New Moon Introspection
This is a New Moon of Trickster energy, of contradictions, and of crumbling foundations. Go inward, into your heart, and get to know yourself. Get the ego out of the way, and get real. Ask yourself the hard questions. Find out what’s really going on. Clear out the cobwebs, throw the windows open, and shake…
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…
What Are You For?
Author’s note: I wrote this back in 2006, but it seems rather pertinent, so I’m reposting. I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there. -Mother Teresa Energy follows focus. If I focus…
Reorganization of Information
I am in the process of rethinking the organization of this website, and it really is a metaphor for what’s going on in my life. I need to change the order of presentation, for one, so that something else is presented when you first come to the site. I am also re-evaluating my masks and…
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…