Ruminations
Quantum Science Concepts
Quantum Science Concepts Quantum science is an umbrella term that studies atoms, subatomic particles and photons. It is an area of physics that brings quantum mechanics, field theory, chemistry, and technology together. Quantum science tells us...
Case Study 6
Case Studies Case 6: Sixty-Nine-Year-Old Ulcerated LegC. was a sixty-nine-year-old woman from a poor country. She presented with a 2 ½ inch ulcer on her lower right inside ankle. Her foot was very dark in color and there was much swelling. C. was...
Case Study 5
Case Studies Case 5: Unexplained Crippling Back PainP. had come in for a massage. He had been suffering with severe back pain for several years which was incapacitating him. P. had seen doctors, surgeons, specialists, but no-one could find anything...
Case Study 4
Case Studies Case 4: Depression & Anxiety M. was an easy going thirty-six-year-old on medication for depression and anxiety, which he reported was not working and, judging by his sallow, depressed expression, I was inclined to agree with him....
Case Study 3
Case Studies Case 3: Emotionally and Psychologically Overwhelmed to the Point of SuicidalIt was late in the afternoon. M., a fifty-nine-year-old, had come to see me because life was becoming too overwhelming, to the point of having suicidal...
Case Study 2
Case Studies Case 2: Post-Traumatic StressG. was a lovely young girl, very bright and presented as a happy, balanced girl getting ready to enter into her teens. Yet despite what shows on the outside, within was a very different story. G. was...
Case Study 1
Case Studies Case 1: GriefL. is a middle aged woman who came to see me for help with her grief. Her husband K. had died one year previously and she hadn’t quite managed to move on. Her doctor had sent her for bereavement counseling shortly after...
Shamanism – A Way of Living
A Way of Living Shamanic healing has been around for thousands of years, not just in the Americas but around the world. It is sometimes dressed differently, it sometimes has different names, but the underlying philosophy remains the same. As...
Quantum Entanglement
Quantum Entanglement The basic particles that make up an atom are electrons, protons, and neutrons; atoms join together in order to make matter, matter is what the universe and all in it is composed of. Electrons, protons and neutrons are...
What Others Say
What Others Say Ken Wilbur speaks in his book: The Marriage of Sense and Soul (1998) about the difficulties between science and spirituality. It was thought that due to the authority given to scientists in empirical science that...
Food for Thought
Food for Thought Quantum science is primarily engaged in understanding the world and how it behaves, but what if we could use those same principles to explain how we, as humans, function as multifaceted beings. What if we look at ourselves as...
A Golden Thread
A Golden Thread Although shamanism may differ in its presentation on the outside across the globe, the techniques used across many diverse cultures are very similar and therefore considered to be core shamanism. It is this core shamanism that acts...
The Axis Mundi
The Axis Mundi In shamanic cultures worldwide there is a world which can be seen with our physical eyes and another world perceived with non-physical eyes. The non-physical world is of primary importance for any shaman. Some native people consider...
Where Two Worlds Meet
Where Two Worlds Meet The medicine wheel or sacred hoop has been used for generations by different cultures but specifically by American Indians to facilitate change and transformation. The wheel or hoop can be used to facilitate healing and to...
One Coin, Two Sides
One Coin, Two Sides As we have already seen, shamans interact with the spiritual world or non-physical world. They interact in order to bring about change, healing, transformation, not only in their own lives but in the lives of others, in the...