2020

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A Fire in the Desert

Natural world

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 »


Tending the Hive

Wounds of Childhood; Wounds on Initiation

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 »


Paradise Lost – Part 1

Guides or Therapists?

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 »


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