Matter vs. Consciousness as the Chicken & the Egg

April 23, 2017

In our current age of the almighty Reason and Logic, everything has been about matter. You know, stuff — the physical world. If you can see, touch, measure it – then it is real. Our reality is made up of atoms and photons, wavicles and quarks that form earth and stars and plastic, music and … Read More

Winter Solstice

December 21, 2014

  YAY!   This day has always been special to me.  Where I live on the planet, the Winter Solstice  in December is the shortest day and the longest night.  After the Solstice, the days start to become longer, nights shorter.  Light is in ascendance.  For this I celebrate. A bit of factoid trivia:  “solstice” … Read More

Core Shamanism

November 14, 2014

Some people’s eyes glaze over when one brings up the term “shaman”, or shamanism.  That’s the best case, actually.  Many others equate it with superstition, woo-woo crazies or witchcraft. Shamanism exists everywhere on the globe, and has for thousands of years.  It is about humankind’s relationship with the natural world and our spiritual connection with … Read More