In thinking about a vision quest, you might consider it as an interaction between ‘set’ and ‘setting.’ ‘Set’ encompasses what you bring to the experience – emotions, expectations, motivations, intentions, etc. – while setting is what appears to be outside – landscape, climate and weather, animals, etc.

Your set, whether positive or challenging (desires and demons, purposes and fears) will likely be the same regardless of where you undertake… Read More »

That question is between you and your physician. There are some medications that it may make sense to lower the dosage or do without during the fasting phase. For some conditions that is out of the question, and many of these medicines should not be taken on an empty stomach.

Many people who have to take medication have undergone vision quests, bringing with them small amounts of crackers, juice, or… Read More »

Everyone has fear when approaching a vision fast, even those of us who have gone out twenty times or more.

Remember that you do not do it all at once. From our living room it seems an enormous leap, but it is in fact many smaller steps, each one do-able. We write a letter of intent, arrange our schedule, make travel plans, pack. We arrive in a new place,… Read More »