For a long time now I’ve been immersed in, and guided by, the Heroic Journey archetype. I’ve taught its outline in preparation for vision quests, used its organizational structure as a template for writing a book, and applied it as a… Read More »
For a long time now I’ve been immersed in, and guided by, the Heroic Journey archetype. I’ve taught its outline in preparation for vision quests, used its organizational structure as a template for writing a book, and applied it as a… Read More »
Hearing each day about wildfires raging across the West, I thought to share this piece… written on a vision quest while a fire raged on a mesa above us…
It’s a new beginning, a new day. A barrel cactus blooms, an eruption of vermilion splashed on the sage-green palette of this desert… gentle, subtle, and quiet in its beauty. Sunlight dances on spider webs, and a prickly pear raises its… Read More »
It feels a little bit like things suddenly got really bad — the political order is not working; government agencies are failing; the stock market is collapsing, and the economy turned out to be not nearly as robust as we thought.
(This post is edited, adapted, and taken from The Daily Stoic. (link below) I include it because it speaks an attitude we need to bring to the… Read More »
I’ve studied myths and loved mythology for a long time. The stories themselves are wonderful as well as archetypal… outer representations of deep patterns and energies that make up the human psyche. As such, they’re maps that signify and point to core issues within our inner landscapes that must be explored, accepted, and moved through for us to have meaningful and fulfilling lives.
A theme that appears in many stories… Read More »
In my last post – Medicine – Part I – I wanted to provide a foundation and framework in which to speak about “medicine” – as in plant medicine, medicine journeys, etc. I defined “medicine” as anything that brings us closer to wholeness – physical, emotional, energetic, etc., and I included the image of the whole self (reproduced here), where, the horizontal line marks the division between what is… Read More »
