As the calendar year changes over, a lot of people get more aware their goals. Something about deadlines, I suppose. We never seem to be as effective as we would like. Sometimes it’s because we set too lofty of a goal, sometimes we aren’t able to shift old patterns of behavior enough to effect a…
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Water: Receptivity in Being
“And God looked out upon the Waters…” In many traditions, water predates Creation. It is the primordial beginning, the thing that begets life. In traditions that have a balanced masculine and feminine, Water, especially the ocean, is associated with the Goddess. The human body is 3/4 water. Consuming enough water increases our coping skills and…
The dangers of practicing plant medicine with poor supervision
I and a number of my colleagues have seen a surge in the number of clients seeking assistance post-Ayahuasca ceremony. Some people present as stuck in trauma trance, and their energy looks like broken mirror shards. The challenge is that many facilitators are not trained well enough, and it is dangerous.
A Tarot Reading for December 2018
This segment originally appeared in this month’s newsletter I pulled a card from my new Starman Tarot deck, to set up a theme for this month’s newsletter. The card I pulled was Strength. I’ve mentioned elsewhere how much I like this deck for so many reasons, not the least of which how incredibly pointed it…
Dood/ette, do you even Gratitude?
It’s that time of the year, when a lot of people talk about gratitude. A year-round gratitude practice is a brilliant idea, as you will see, so why not take the opportunity this week to start creating those habits? When you only focusing on gratitude for a day, a week, or a month, you do…
Healing Requires Change
Many people ask for healing without really thinking about what it is they are asking. The quest for healing brings about change, and change is not always comfortable. I think what most people are actually asking for is comfort. That’s not my field. I can provide temporary relief for a condition, but that will always…
Heading into the Holidays
As the daylight wanes, and our nights get longer, we begin to move inward. Home seems more enticing. Small gatherings, with people we feel warmly towards, are more interesting to us than loud, raucous affairs. And yet, we are expected to be social, to go shopping, to attend All The Things. It is no wonder…
Heads up: Incoming solar activity again!
This note about solar activity came through my inbox today: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory is monitoring a large hole in the sun’s atmosphere, now directly facing Earth. A stream of solar wind escaping from the opening is expected to reach our planet during the late hours of Nov. 3rd, likely sparking minor G1-class geomagnetic storms…
Kabbalah Lecture – Know Thyself: Personality Aspects of the Sephirot
I am offering a series of lectures on Kabbalah and the Tree of Life this fall. Here is the first one: If you are interested in joining me for a future presentation, you can find more information and register for any of the events here
Your World Is Your Reflection
From a Shamanic point of view, what you call reality is really just a Dreaming. You have likely heard this before, possibly from me, but what does that really mean? If you have done much reading on dreamwork, you know that, more often than not, dreams are a way for the mind to process our…
The Full Moon Women’s Circle is shifting
We will be using Jailbreaking the Goddess as a foundation for the Full Moon Women’s Circle in 2019
How to Make a Choice Between Anger and Fear
Anger, as I keep saying, is merely a call to action. Yes, it can mask other emotions, and it’s still a call to action. You can channel the passion and energy of your anger into empowered forward motion. Fear, on the other hand, is a call to inaction; when you are in fear, anxiety, or…