Maria Sabina was an amazing ceremonial leader in Oaxaca, Mexico. When I was a graduate student at Pacifica Graduate Institute, I found several old audio tapes in the bookstore. I bought a speech by Rolling Thunder, the Cherokee Medicine Man, an ayuaska ceremonial recording called “Songs the Plants Taught Us”, and a tape of Maria [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Coyote’
Magic, Mushrooms, and Maria Sabina
Posted in entheogens, Erotic love, Peyote Ceremony, sacred ceremonies, tagged ayahuasca, Coyote, Native American Church on May 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Spirits Have Already Arrived
Posted in entheogens, Liberal Catholic Church, Peyote Ceremony, Reincarnation, sacred ceremonies, Spirituality, Synchronicity, Theosophical Society, tagged ayahuasca, Coyote, Dreamwork, Native American Church, trickster on November 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Synchronicity is a way the soul is making meaning of personal experiences. This morning, the first day of Advent in the Liberal Catholic tradition, was focused on Discrimination. The visiting Celebrant scheduled to perform the Liturgy canceled last night and the Rector gave his sermon “from the hip”. He began with a quote from the [...]
Clowning Around
Posted in Mentoring, Peyote Ceremony, tagged Coyote, Indigenous, Native American Church, trickster on May 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Sacred Clowns could make fun of the chief or medicine man without fear of reprisal. That was the way it used to be. We read about it in books. But is it still happening? Sunday morning, at the end of a Native American Church Ceremony, we were shaking hands, saying “Good Morning” to the participants. [...]
Coyote’s Christmas
Posted in Dreams, entheogens, sacred ceremonies, Synchronicity, tagged Coyote, Dreamwork, Hermeneutics, trickster on December 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
She apologized with, “my son’s coming with the Christmas tree and should be here any moment, could you help me put this plastic on the carpet?” I hadn’t met her son or his wife and their nine-year-old daughter, but I got to within minutes. While the guy in the brown suede coat got the tree [...]
The Magic of the Medicine
Posted in entheogens, Peyote Ceremony, Spirituality, tagged ayahuasca, Coyote, Native American Church, Synchronicity on November 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Thirty one years ago a Papago Medicine Man named Meyalo gave me the name “Teacher of the Stories of Life”. Along with the name came a feathered headband. It was simple. It had a butterfly design made out of pheasant feathers in the center, a symbol of transformation. Superimposed upon that was a circular silver [...]
Thank you Susanne
Posted in Dreams, entheogens, men's issues, Mentoring, tagged ayahuasca, Coyote, Men's Movement on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Susanne, When my blue eyed Hermes knocked on the window tonight, I let him in and shared your site. Showed him your Postcard to Hermes http://susanneiles.com blog and he said, “he’s even got his head on his hand”, which is a common gesture for my young friend. At thirty and the father of a [...]
The Little Green Frog
Posted in entheogens, Peyote, Peyote Ceremony, sacred ceremonies, tagged Coyote, Deer, Grandmothers and Aunties, Native American Church on October 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My granddaughter had found us seats on the north side of the crescent moon altar. My nephew was tending the blazing fire. The coals were bright orange. I was sitting beside a young man who was new to these ways. His lover was on the other side of me, next to my granddaughter. As we [...]
Is Daddy ever coming back?
Posted in Mental Health, Mentoring, sacred ceremonies, tagged Balancing the Opposites, Coyote, Divine Intelligence, Grandmothers and Aunties, Healing, Shadow on October 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was four years old, standing at the screen door, looking out at the road. There were no cars to be seen. My mom, who was sitting in a chair behind me, burst into tears saying, “Mikey you know so much more than we think.” I had put her feelings into words. We both felt [...]
Thanks Uncle for giving my friend a ride
Posted in Burning Man, Dreams, entheogens, Peyote, sacred ceremonies, Spirituality, Synchronicity, tagged ayahuasca, Coyote, Eagle, Magic, Spirituality, The Sorcerer's Apprentice on July 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes picking up a hitchhiker just connects everything, especially when he synchronously knows everyone in your circle. Magic happens when we listen to our dreams, my grandson does, and he shares his dreams with me. This is the story of what happened when he got back from his trip to Peru and the Amazon.
The Masked Man
Posted in Burning Man, Dreams, Initiation, Mentoring, tagged Coyote, Dreamwork, Eagle, Men's Movement, Spirituality, Sweat Lodge, Synchronicity, Wisdom on April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Coyote and the False Face Healer showed up at the Mystery School Initiation. Here’s what I made of it.
