The Many Faces of Heroic Journeys …
Yeah, though I walk through the Valley of Death … Made a decision to turn my will and life over to a higher power … The way out is through…
To me, there’s a consistent message here.
The first dispatch comes from the 23rd Psalm: “Yea, though I walk through the Valley of Death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with… Read More »
It’s autumn… the equinox is long past. The sun keeps moving further South and the days, inexorably grow shorter. Darkness is coming.
A few weeks ago, I took myself on a walk in the late afternoon, and by the time I turned around to head home it was quite dark. I live on a dirt road high on a hillside in a small, southern Vermont town. Stone walls and trees… Read More »
Myth and Reality
This linkage with the infinite has of course been the intent of the great mythologies and religions; the healing creative and expressive arts; and the dreams we dream at night” … Joseph Campbell
Myths are more… Read More »
The Great Mystery is not to be Solved!
Carlos Castaneda applies a simple and elegant distinction to reality: He divides the field of action and awareness (the world) into two spheres — the known and the unknown, the right side and left — and associates corresponding practices with each. These practices are called stalking, the art of handling ordinary reality (the known) in non-ordinary ways; and dreaming, the art… Read More »
I was recently at a men’s group gathering of about a dozen men, where the meeting was started by “creating sacred space.” As someone who’s guided vision quests for 35 years and been on over 30 quests of my own, I’m familiar with the concept, know the feeling of, and have spent days sharing time-honored wisdom and teaching about ritual, ceremony, and practices for creating and being in sacred space.
