Ruminations
Working with Spirit
Working with Spirit Journeying is the shaman’s gift which entails a high level of responsibility and commitment to their own walk, commitment to their patient and to their community. The ability to be able to divine or see an illness is an...
Soul Retrieval
Soul Retrieval If a shaman diagnoses soul loss, his role in that healing is to seek, find, heal and return that lost aspect safely to the client. This is a complex process. The shaman may need to travel in time and space to find the lost soul. She...
Herbs, Ceremony & Sound
Herbs, Ceremony & Sound Plant medicine has been around for thousands of years. Even if you had never heard of shamanism or shamans, you would have heard of plant medicine or herbal medicine. Traditionally, shamans were expected to know their...
The Divine Within
The Divine Within We are so much more than what we think we are. We are actually the universe, learning and experiencing itself. So often we look out, we look out towards what we perceive as the universe, when in reality we must all learn to look...
Our Intent Matters
Our Intent Matters In 2014, I had been contacted by a young lady whom we shall call Ruth. Ruth was in her late twenties. She visited Sri-Lanka six years previously, where she was a volunteer for eight months with a center that helps street kids....
Time – Does It Exist?
Time - Does It Exist in the Universe? Time - it seems to be the governor of not only our life but our entire existence. But does time really exist or is it just a measure that we use to organise the events of our day, our night, our past, present...
The Power of Breath – Part 2
The Power of Breath - Part 2 It has been suggested that six deep breaths per minute will increase heart rate variability (HRV), and has the potential to improve perception, cognition and self-regulation through heart-mind coherence. Through...
The Power of Breath – Part 1
The Power of Breath - Part 1 Everyday, even whilst sleeping, our body works at making us breathe, we don't have to think about it, we don't have to actively engage in it, it is a natural occurrence based on our need to survive. Many sacred texts...
The Dark Night Of The Soul
The Dark Night of the Soul About a year ago I entered a Dark Night of the Soul, it wasn't the first time I had experienced this and I am sure it will not be the last time; in my journal I wrote: The last two months have been a steep decent into a...
A Cleansing After Suicide
A Cleansing After Suicide It was early evening, I had just heard about a suicide in a trailer park nearby. A youngish man who had become depressed had not been seen for four days. He lived alone other than with his beloved cats. He had put a...
Totipotent Beings
Totipotent Beings We are not the physical person we perceive; we look at our body and think we are looking at the outside of ourself, but we are not our physical body, we are more than that. We are spiritual, energetic beings, and if we could look...
The Medicine Wheel
The Medicine Wheel The Medicine Wheel is sometimes called the Sacred Hoop it is a symbol of the cycles of life and embodies Father Sky, Mother Earth and the Four Directions; it reminds us that each cycle of life should be valued and...
Guardians of the Earth
Guardians of the Earth All around the world there are sacred sites, sites that are looked after (spiritually) by guardians, guardians of the earth. Many people visit sacred sites to take respite from the world of chaos, to gain clarity,...
We Are All Spirit Beings
We Are All Spirit Beings We are all spirit beings, we all have a spirit that survives after our body has completed this cycle of life, I believe our body dies, but our spirit continues on. With modern day living and all the stresses that...
The Divine Within
The Divine Within It was early evening, I was at the local garden that I often go to as it is a nice space to sit and be still, or read a book, or just contemplate. This particular evening a couple came and sat on the adjacent seat, about...