Comparing a vision quest today to traditional quests of centuries ago, the range of issues in modern life is far greater than in the small, tight-knit communities of the past. Communities of the past were relatively homogenous and lacked wide diversities of
1. Wealth, class, and economic status.
2. Racial, ethnic, and gender identities.
3. Family dynamics, upbringing, and personal history. Read more »
The average teenager can recognize over 2000 corporate logos and less than 10 native plants. Americans spend 95% of their time indoors… ”
The Toltec teachings of Mexico stated there were three things that determined a person’s level of energy. 1) The amount he or she was born with. 2) The routines and habits of your life, whether they sustained or wasted the power of the life force. 3) Your… Read More »
In boldness there is genius…
There’s a lot written these days about soul and the need to descend to the underworld as opposed to looking up and seeking “higher awareness.” I have written about this for years, and the ideas are useful, but they’re relevant only because we’ve – personally and culturally – committed to ignore the body, live in our heads, and examine it from the ivory tower. Read more »
… and Transforming the World.
Joseph Campbell said (before the Internet) “It’s an absolute necessity to have a room, or a certain hour in a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers this morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth… Read More »
When I was the stream, when I was the
forest, when I was still the field,
when I was every hoof, foot,
fin and wing, when I
was the sky
itself… Read more »
