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Holy Ground

holy ground

The average teenager can recognize over 2000 corporate logos and less than 10 native plants. Americans spend 95% of their time indoors… ”

The Toltec teachings of Mexico stated there were three things that determined a person’s level of energy. 1) The amount he or she was born with. 2) The routines and habits of your life, whether they sustained or wasted the power of the life force. 3) Your… Read More »


Just Begin!

Just begin

In boldness there is genius…

There’s a lot written these days about soul and the need to descend to the underworld as opposed to looking up and seeking “higher awareness.” I have written about this for years, and the ideas are useful, but they’re relevant only because we’ve – personally and culturally – committed to ignore the body, live in our heads, and examine it from the ivory tower. Read more »


Crossing the Threshold

Sunset

… and Transforming the World.

Joseph Campbell said (before the Internet) “It’s an absolute necessity to have a room, or a certain hour in a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers this morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth… Read More »


The “Natural” World

Natural world

When I was the stream, when I was the
forest, when I was still the field,
when I was every hoof, foot,
fin and wing, when I
was the sky
itself… Read more »


The Journey Ahead

Journey ahead

Something’s not working. Everybody knows it. The turmoil and breakdown of order, sustainability, and basic sanity in almost every natural and human system is overwhelming and disheartening. The list – war, economic injustice, environmental disaster, poverty, decline of democratic ideals and decency – goes on and on. When the system itself is at fault and every problem is interconnected, it can appear like there’s nowhere to start and whatever we… Read More »


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