I recently returned from New Mexico, having spent most of the month of October there leading a vision quest. Most of that time I was in wilderness without any connection to the Internet, so I haven’t posted in a while.
I was there over Columbus Day, recently relabeled and repackaged as Indigenous Peoples Day, and I want to address some of the assumptions — mostly incorrect — that people make… Read More »
The well-known yin-yang symbol represents two snakes, the head of each one pursuing and devouring the tail of the other. The white snake (yang) is usually seen as masculine, and it creates rules, structures, and form (order). The black snake (yin), is generally seen as feminine, and represents nature and wildness, the forces of chaos and disorder.
Order (yang) creates agreements and the stability, safety, and predictability that follow, but… Read More »
Our oldest archetypal image – the World Tree – has roots that reach deep into the earth while its branches stretch upward to the sky. At its base, a spring – representing the Source of Life — bubbles up from beneath the ground, providing life to everything in “the garden.” Institutional spiritual traditions of the West habitually look up…… Read More »
Discover a Dream Worth Living
We live within a magical universe, and yet we’re often unaware of what’s within and all around us. In this workshop we’ll dive deep, immersing ourselves in dreams and nature, moving beyond the boundaries of personal reality into broader, fluid, and more imaginative experiences of ourselves and the world. Read more »
The traditional elder’s journey is a rite of passage — the end of one thing and the beginning of something else. The endings associated with aging can be stark and challenging… the loss of friends, prestige, strength, social validation, or dreams that were once so important…In this unique Passage Experience for Elders, we will not shy away from the inevitable transition as we discover ways of being fully alive within it. Our deep intentions will be bold and uncompromising: “living as if our last.” As the wheel turns, how will we live? Read more »
