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World’s Best Trauma Recovery Podcast interview wi...
Have you ever felt incomplete or not the same after a traumatic event? Christina Lee Pratt joins Anna Maydonova and she shares with us her…read more.
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Monifa Harris Biz Passion Voice interview with Christin...
Watch Christina’s interview with Monifa Harris on Biz Passion Voice about Creating True Community. Biz Passion Voice is a series about overcoming challenges of taking…read more.
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Death, Dying, and The Dead: Ancestral Overview...
It is the rare contemporary person in the USA who knows what to do with death; how to approach death, how to ease the dying…read more.
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Tools for Reclaiming Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma &...
The Deep Liberation Process is time tested over 30 years and fine-tuned online with 950+ people. The core of its uniqueness is a fractal clearing…read more.
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Tools for Reclaiming Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma &...
The Deep Liberation Process is a literal and accessible path forward—from wherever you are—out of your unconscious, everyday repetition of history and into the engaged,…read more.
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Tools for Reclaiming Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma &...
The Deep Liberation Process invites us to discover how we can divest our energy and liberate our imagination from the oppressive systems and broken culture…read more.
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Liberating Our Humanity with Langston Kahn...
So often in spiritual circles we are taught to see our humanity as something we have to overcome or deal with. Even when we understand…read more.
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Rescuing the Heart at the End of the World—Part Three...
Centering the heart’s wisdom is rare in our plethora of movements, traditions, and modalities that we engage to tend our Body, Mind, and Spirit. Many…read more.
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Rescuing the Heart at the End of the World—Part Two...
With all of our Body, Mind, and Spirit practices we still rarely address the heart or our emotions. Even when our emotions are mentioned, they…read more.
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Rescuing the Heart at the End of the World – Part...
Today there are a plethora of movements, traditions, and modalities that promise to help us tend our Mind, Body, and Spirit. However, rarely is the…read more.
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Centering Love as a Place of Power...
At the core of living well is the ability to center love as a place of power in any circumstance. This is equally, and in…read more.
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Liberating Our Imagination with Langston Kahn...
As we navigate times of great uncertainty and opportunity it is more important than ever to be intentional about how we use our energy. The…read more.
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Ancestral Healing: Transforming Persistent Patterns—P...
We all come from the first man and the first woman. Yet we created “race,” a historical story to justify the concept of “white supremacy.”…read more.
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Ancestral Healing: Transforming Persistent Patterns ...
Healing our ancestral lines can bring us face to face with some really complex patterns, woven and interwoven by generations of people before us. Often…read more.
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Ancestral Healing: Where to Begin...
We all have ancestors. Some are the source of great blessings and protection. Others repel us with their legacy of injustice, abuse, and suffering. Either…read more.
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Mental Wellness in Pandemic Time...
Mental wellness extends deep roots into solitude, silence, and a sense of self. In times of quarantine we are cut off from everyday patterns of…read more.
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Fear and Leadership in Pandemic Time...
As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolds around the world we are witness to a range of leadership from truly inspired, excellent leadership to awful, morally bankrupt…read more.
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Fear and Grounding in Pandemic Time...
Pandemics require that we learn to live with ourselves without distractions. For many this feels impossible on a regular day and is especially so now…read more.
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Appropriation and Deep Practice in Shamanism...
Education, respect for all life, and awareness of both history and who writes it allows us to use cultural appropriation as a guide for what…read more.
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What Does “shaman” Mean?...
Stanley Krippner respectfully defined shamans as “community-assigned magico-religious professionals who deliberately alter their consciousness in order to obtain information from the ‘spirit world.’ They use…read more.
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Power and Shamanism...
Where do we learn the right use of power with examples of abuse, misuse, and squandering of power everywhere? As we enter the new year…read more.
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Mental Health, First Responders, & the Nobility of...
The suicide rate for first responders is reported to be 20% higher than the general population. Can we please stop acting like we don’t know…read more.
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Angry Kids, Ancestral Healing & Climate Changes...
There are deeply unresolved ancestral patterns at play in the world today. They keep us from seeing reality accurately and the fullness of possibility. They…read more.
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The Shamanic Craft of Co-Creation with Alida Birch...
There is an art to creating a life you love, one that reflects your deepest values and a future that nourishes all. We all know…read more.
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Ancestral Healing Triage: Where to Begin Without Tradit...
Where do we begin to heal our ancestral lines? What is the first step when we do not have traditions that guide us? How do…read more.
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Ancestral Healing Triage: Where to Begin Without Tradit...
We all have ancestors. They are with us in our blood. We do not all have traditions that guide us in dealing with our ancestors.…read more.
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Curanderismo in Contemporary Times with Erika Buenaflor...
Modern curanderismo has roots in indigenous Mesoamerican shamans and curanderos, specifically the ancient Yukatek Maya and Mexica (Aztec). This week author and practitioner, Erika Buenaflor,…read more.
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The Fundamental Element of Lasting Change...
There is a fundamental element of internal energy exchange at the root of every process that helps us to create lasting change. Lasting change is…read more.
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Escaping the Bully Victim Pattern...
A bully victim pattern is surfacing publicly as we begin to confront the reality of internalized and unconscious patterns of marginalization. When we are unconscious…read more.
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Crazy Logic and Shadow Transformation...
Effective shadow transformation requires a specialist who knows the terrain of the darkest reaches of the human heart. This specialist must be more than human,…read more.
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Shadow Transformation Protocol with Christina Pratt...
The fundamental assumption about shadow work that blinds us to its true nature is the idea that shadow work is a psychological or spiritual issue.…read more.
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The Cycle of Transformation: Part Five...
The last part of the Cycle of Transformation involves using all the skills you have learned in the cycle to dismantle your False Self. The…read more.
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Ancestral Healing and Activism...
When we change patterns held by our ancestors, we become free to change those patterns within ourselves. Ancestral Healing empowers not only the healing of…read more.
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The Cycle of Transformation: Part Four...
Traditionally, our Ancestors are meant to be a primary source of blessing, wisdom, love and protection. However, when the dead aren’t tended well they hijack…read more.
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The Cycle of Transformation: Part Three...
We are given so many stories by our culture that limit how we use our power. Often these stories involve what it means to be…read more.
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The Cycle of Transformation: Part Two...
What if the juiciest parts of yourself, your humor, your creativity, your sexuality were waiting for you in the shadow realms? What if the parts…read more.
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The Cycle of Transformation: Part One...
What if you had a chance to hit the restart button on your authenticity? To peel back all the layers of trauma to reveal the…read more.
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The Nepalese Shamanic Path with Evelyn Rysdyk, Part Two...
The Nepalese Shamanic Path is a major contribution to our understanding and practice of shamanism. This new book offers the expertise of jhankri, Bhola Nath…read more.
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The Nepalese Shamanic Path with Evelyn Rysdyk, Part One...
The Nepalese Shamanic Path is a major contribution to our understanding and practice of shamanism. This new book offers the expertise of jhankri, Bhola Nath Banstola,…read more.
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Authentic Self, Authentic Shamanism...
Is there authenticity in shamanism without knowing and living your authentic self? Authenticity isn’t always popular or trending. At times what makes you most unique…read more.
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Solstice Fire: Transforming Discord and Division...
The depth of systemic political, financial, ecological, and social divisiveness and abuse of power is revealed more fully each day. Now what? What will you…read more.
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Teens, Shamanism, and Hidden Worlds with Sandra Ingerma...
Our children are inherriting vast challenges to their future played out in the environment, the ecomomy, family dysfuction, and heightening social devisiveness. What if we…read more.
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The Book of Ceremony with Sandra Ingerman...
Ceremony allows us to bring the sacred into ordinary life. Ceremony has been used by cultures around the world for tens of thousands of years…read more.
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Moving into the Deep Water: Update...
We all need to learn to swim in the black water. It is the deep water of life where we are no longer in control.…read more.
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Getting Unstuck Part Four: The Lies We Tell...
We all experience stuckness at some point in life and there is an art to getting out of it. You can become the person who…read more.
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The Runic Book of Days with Kelley Harrel...
“Our most challenging task as humans is finding meaning in our self and the world around us,” says Kelley Harrell, author of Runic Book of…read more.
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Wild Fires, Climate Change, and Shamanism with Ana Larr...
As the wild fires rage throughout the western North America for another season, how do we respond? The destruction is real and truly devastating, and,…read more.
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What is Shamanic Healing? Some Case Studies – Par...
Shamanic healing describes a particular set of healing forms. Many diverse cultures practice these healing forms in ways are culturally specific and still functionally the…read more.
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What is Shamanic Healing? Some Case Studies – Par...
Shamanic healing describes a particular set of healing forms. Many diverse cultures practice these healing forms in ways are culturally specific and still functionally the…read more.
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The Body Deva with Mary Shutan...
Our bodies hold the inherent knowledge of how to heal. We can access this knowledge through the body deva, or the spiritual consciousness of the…read more.
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Peace, Justice, and Shamanic Activism...
Traditionally shamans are activists. It is the role of the shaman to see where the people have lapsed in their ways for living well. Working…read more.
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Getting Unstuck: Finding the Vein of Gold Part Three...
We all experience stuckness at some point in life and there is an art to getting out of it. It begins with changing our chemistry,…read more.
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Why Energy Body Mastery Matters...
The wisdom of the body is an extremely complex system that translates and integrates multiple languages, including the language of your physical energy, emotions, felt-sense,…read more.
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Winds of Spirit with Renee Baribeau...
Wind is an invisible force of nature that leaves an indelible mark on time and space. In ancient times the winds influenced our lives and…read more.
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Engaging our World in New Ways: The Yachaks of the Ande...
In 1993 the new Pachacuti, a correction of Time and Space began for the Americas. For the Kichwa people of the Andes this is a…read more.
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Are We Changing the Spirit World? With Kelley Harrell: ...
Our personal focus and practice must move out from inner work into ever-widening circles of collective work for our personal/spiritual transformation to be truly effective…read more.
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Moving into the Deep Water...
We are born as an answer to the prayers of our ancestors. We are the medicine for our time. But what does that actually mean?…read more.
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Getting Unstuck Part Two: Seeing into your Blindness...
There is an art to learning to get out of your own way when you are stuck. That art begins with stepping out of denial…read more.
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Embracing Uncertainty with Michael Stone...
The lie of separation keeps us from experiencing the rich empathy and compassion for self and others. It keeps us from the experience of being…read more.
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Bridges to Earth’s New Era with Will Taegel...
Walking with Bears: On Bridges to Earth’s New Era, by Will Taegel, PhD, completes a trilogy including Wild Heart and The Mother Tongue, that addresses…read more.
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The Lost Art of Learning from Stories...
A true teaching story is about the mechanics of transformation. To learn from them, you must pay attention to the function of the parts of…read more.
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Empowerment and Sovereignty: 2017 Solstice Fire, Part F...
In preparation for this upcoming Solstice Fire Ritual, we create two arrows, Life and Death. The Trickster’s alchemy and wisdom about true sacrifice helped us…read more.
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Empowerment and Sovereignty: 2017 Solstice Fire, Part T...
In preparation for this upcoming Winter or Summer Solstice the Healer asked us to stir our old stories. The Warrior guided us to sort through…read more.
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Empowerment and Sovereignty: 2017 Solstice Fire, Part T...
What will you do differently and how will you make the desire for change in your heart real in your world today? This week we…read more.
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Empowerment and Sovereignty: 2017 Solstice Fire, Part O...
The depth of the systemic political, financial, and social misuse and abuse of power at the core of the old story is revealed more fully…read more.
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The Way of the Leopard with John Lockley...
John Lockley is one of the first white men in recent history to become a fully initiated Xhosa Sangoma, the traditional healers of South Africa,…read more.
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Integrating Shamanic Peak Experiences: Part Two...
Integration of transformational processes is an intention process that requires the conscious awareness of bringing together something new into somewhere new over time. The liminal…read more.
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Integrating Shamanic Peak Experiences: Part One...
Shamanic peak experiences, whether experienced in ritual, ceremony, or shamanic healing, often feel as if they have changed our lives in the moment. And then,…read more.
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Listening to Ayahuasca with Rachel Harris, PhD...
Rachel Harris believes there is a new hope for depression, addiction, PTSD, and anxiety. Her hope is deeply grounded in research and clearly expressed in…read more.
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PTSD is Not a Mental Illness...
PTSD is an illness of the soul, not the mind. Today PTSD is considered “an anxiety disorder.” However, the cluster of symptoms used to diagnose…read more.
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Self Help and Shamanism...
The soul sickness experienced by many in our modern day can be remedied by living as ancient, animistic, shamanic people did. This requires creativity to…read more.
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Should I Learn Shamanic Journeying?...
Shamanic journeying is a practice, like other meditative practices, that allows the practitioner to access a non-ordinary experience of sight, sound, sensation, and self…in other…read more.
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Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Hea...
The blood lineage ancestors, who carry the unresolved issues of the family line, can change when met by a skillful person. The dead can finally…read more.
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Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Hea...
Your blood lineage ancestors, irrespective of religion, race, or culture, include the thousands of women and men whose lives weave a story back to the…read more.
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Getting Unstuck Part One: Real Life Shamanic Practice...
We all experience stuckness at some point in life. Whether we do precisely what people expect of us or choose a different path that flows…read more.
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Are We Changing the Spirit World? With Kelley Harrell: ...
Is there a parallel between our effect on the physical world, like climate change and polluting our elemental resources, and changes in the spirit world?…read more.
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Shamanic Healing: Traditional Medicine for the Modern W...
“Why is it that Western medicine doesn’t have the answers and proper treatments for contemporary people?” Asks author, teacher, and healer, Itzhak Beery, in his…read more.
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What is Soul Loss? Part Two...
What is soul loss? In Part Two we explore why other modalities that are effective in healing other physical and emotional wounds simply are not…read more.
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What is Soul Loss? Part One...
What is soul loss? Is it real? What causes soul loss? How do I know if I have it? And most important of all, what…read more.
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Survival Skills for Sensitives With Mary Shutan...
Humanity manifests a broad spectrum of sensitivities and psychic abilities and many struggle with how to manage the gifts and awareness they were born with.…read more.
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Heart-Centered Work in Challenging Times...
In these times that require sustained action to create change simultaneously in multiple arenas: political, spiritual, social, economic, and cultural, how do we sustain ourselves.…read more.
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What is a Working Relationship with Spirit?...
Working with spirit is at the heart of what defines shamanism as shamanism. What does “working with spirit” mean? What are shamans talking about when…read more.
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Encounters with Power: Part Two...
What is right relationship with power? Once we make a successful bid for power how do we use it? And, perhaps more important, how do…read more.
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Encounters with Power with José Luis Stevens...
What is power? How do we make a bid for power? And, perhaps more important, how do we recover when our bid for power goes…read more.
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Shaman as Activist: Part Two...
Shamanic practitioners could direct our current wave of energy for change into actual manifest changes in our everyday lives, if they would work together. To…read more.
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Shaman as Activist With Evelyn Rysdyk...
Literally millions of women around the world of all ages, with children, men and other loved ones, marched peacefully for an awe inspiring, record breaking,…read more.
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Are We Changing the Spirit World? With Kelley Harrell: ...
The fixed and constant idea of the invisible world ordered in upper, middle, and lower worlds is a fundamental assumption of neoshamanism. However, if the…read more.
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Messy Initiation and Transformation Confusion...
One of the great challenges and ongoing questions in contemporary shamanic practice is “what is initiation?” or more accurately “am I initiated?” It is messy…read more.
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The Fundamentals of Shamanic Practice...
The shaman’s working relationship with spirit defines the practice or the healing as “shamanic”. It is the basic working relationship of shamanism and it is…read more.
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Doing the Impossible: Tools for Change...
The ability to face the impossible and do it anyway is at the core of what it means to be human. At their best humans…read more.
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Solstice Fire Between Stories: Tools for Change...
The solstice of 2016 gives us the opportunity to step off the wheel of the Old World whether we are enjoying winter or summer. A…read more.
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The Psychedelic Marine, PTSD, and Tools for Change with...
The Psychedelic Marine is a vivid portrait of both the anguish of war and the power of entheogens and shamanic ritual to help combat veterans…read more.
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What is Shadow Work Now? Part Two...
Shadow work is the sacred ground of decades of men’s work and women’s work pioneered by early visionaries like Jean Houston and Robert Bly and…read more.
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Cultivating Immunity to Evil in the Time of Chaos: Tool...
Advertising seduces through free-floating anxiety. Hatred seduces through cowardice of the heart and the fear of risking acceptance of the Other. Greed seduces through the…read more.
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Love in the Time of Chaos: Tools for Change...
How do we find the eye in an intensifying storm of disorder, unrest, and fear? Shamanic people, traditional and contemporary, know that Trickster had a…read more.
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The Norse Shaman with Evelyn Rysdyk...
Many in shamanic practice seek to deepen their relationship with their own ancestral lines and, in this, to reconnect with the shamanic roots in their…read more.
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Warriorship, Shadow, and Shamanism...
What actions are required to unite a nation divided? If we are not insane (and one wonders these days) then we must innovate and take…read more.
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Healers, Shadow, and Shamanism...
Now that the ugly racist, sexist, violent, ignorant underbelly of America is exposed for the world to see, will we learn to heal the wounds…read more.
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Visionaries, Shadow, and Shamanism...
True visionaries are a dime a dozen. Humanity is full of great ideas. What we find in short supply are those people who will actually…read more.
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Leaders, Shadow, and Shamanism...
Leading is a thankless job, whether you lead a community garden or a nation. People criticize, blame, and project their unacknowledged flawed selves onto leaders…read more.
