Twice I have sat at the Tipi Door, the elder’s seat of honor, in the White Paint Arapaho Fireplace. Last Saturday was the second time. The Chief wanted a good man to be the first thing the relatives and the spirits would see as they entered the ceremony. He asked me if I could pay [...]
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Looking like Buffalo Bill Cody
Posted in entheogens, Peyote Ceremony, sacred ceremonies, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged Indigenous, Native American Church on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Is he really your grandson?
Posted in entheogens, Mentoring, Peyote, sacred ceremonies, sexual conduct, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged Indigenous, Men's Movement, Native American Church on February 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
That’s what the man asked me after a Native American Church Meeting last weekend. I had been sitting up all night praying, singing, and eating peyote in the traditional ceremony of our ancestors. The blond European in his thirties had been watching us all night long. His companion was a beautiful Swedish woman, a Licensed [...]
Honesty, authenticity, transparency, and vulnerability
Posted in I Ching: Book of Changes, Mentoring, Peyote, Psychology, Uncategorized, tagged Native American Church on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Honesty about my feelings brought about confrontation and change. When my brother quit responding to my telephone calls, I was puzzled. What had I done to create his response? I had some ideas, but I needed the truth. So I asked him to sit down with me and explain. He said he would. That was [...]
What are Hermeneutics and Synchronicity ?
Posted in entheogens, Mentoring, Peyote, sacred ceremonies, Synchronicity, Uncategorized, tagged Divine Intelligence, Native American Church on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I handed him my card. He read it. Looking at “Myths, Dreams, Symbols, Hermeneutics, Synchronicity” he said, “I know about the first three, but I’ve never heard of the last two.” How do you explain them? I have been pondering that one since yesterday. Well, here’s what happened today. I was looking for a book [...]
Blood and Water
Posted in Liberal Catholic Church, Mentoring, Psychology, Reincarnation, sacred ceremonies, Theosophical Society, Uncategorized, tagged Reincarnation, sacred ceremonies, Spirituality, Sweat Lodge on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Being a father is more than blood. It is action in relationship. A trip down the mountain to the local church illustrated the importance of maintaining connection with our children. Even in these changing times elders are called to mentor one another and be good examples for the community.
Gender and Indigenous Ceremonies
Posted in Carl Jung, Dreams, entheogens, gnostic wisdom, Peyote, psyche, Psychology, sacred ceremonies, sexual conduct, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged Alchemy, Divine Intelligence, Dreams, Gender, Gnostic, Grandmothers and Aunties, Indigenous, Indwelling Spirit, Native American Church, Old Catholic Church, Psychology, sacred ceremonies, Sophia, Spirituality, Thinking, Wisdom on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Celtic and Native American genes are waking up and informing us of our human, bi-sexual psyches. Discovering our inner world comes through personal experience. Unconscious processes project the inner world onto the “real” world causing paradox. Gender roles morph. This is normal in esoteric literature.
The Self
Posted in Carl Jung, gnostic wisdom, Marie-Louise von Franz, psyche, Psychology, Spirituality, Theosophical Society, Uncategorized, tagged Divine Intelligence, God, Grandmothers and Aunties, Psychology, Self, Spirituality, The Matrix, Wisdom on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Self is our image of god, resulting from cultural context and inner neuro-psychic structure. In the process of maturing as an individual, we often experience numinous, magical, mind blowing events, which can expand us into wholeness or drive us mad. We are summoned from within to encounter our depths.
“Metanoia” a change of attitude not “repentence”
Posted in Initiation, psyche, Psychology, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged Psychology, Spirituality on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Sin”, an old English archery term for missing the center of the target, is a poor translation of the Greek word, “metanoia”. The Christian Gospels were written in Greek. Turning or changing one’s attitude is an active process rather than a description of fact. It is the function of psychotherapy to change our conscious (ego) attitude and turn toward the Divine, which has always been the directing force in our lives. Submitting to this situation is accepting our fate and will transform us.
Dionysos, Hades, and Osiris: One and the Same?
Posted in Carl Jung, Erotic love, psyche, Psychology, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged Erotic love, Myths, Psychology, Spirituality, Thinking on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The ancient divine patterns of the psyche are the gods and goddesses, or “archetypes” which (1) were here on the planet before us and (2) we experience in extraordinary ways. These ancient patterns behave like personalities, who, unlike humans, are “autonomous”, literally “laws unto themselves”. They are power centers which have their own, unique way of affecting us and our environment. They make their own rules of conduct. It is important to be aware of the archetypes and how to be in relationship with them. We can work with or against overwhelming forces of nature and be helped or destroyed.
Riding Coyote’s Tail by Michael Melville
Posted in Carl Jung, Dreams, entheogens, Initiation, men's issues, Mentoring, Peyote, psyche, Psychology, Spirituality, Synchronicity, Uncategorized, tagged Coyote, Deer, Eagle, Hummingbird, Native American Church, Raven, trickster on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
These amazingly true stories are about what happens when we accept a ride on Coyote, the Native American Trickster. Out of nowhere comes the opportunity to laugh and cry through the changes we put ourselves through when magic is invited into our lives. Like Coyote’s magic carpet, the chapters are appearing one by one at [...]
