The Well of Living Water

In the I Ching: the Book of Changes it says The well is there for all. No one is forbidden to take water from it. No matter how many come, all find what they need, for the well is dependable. It has a spring and never runs dry. Therefore it is a great blessing tor [...]

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Core Shamanism with Michael Harner

My son Davi got an invitation for dinner and asked me to go as his guest. We met several MDs, PhDs, dreamers, authors, and academics. Then Michael Harner spoke about Core Shamanism and how he found drumming journeys had the same effects as medicine journeys. This means everyone can access the inner world of spirit [...]

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The Search for the Grail

The Grail, symbol of the archetypal feminine, occurs in tales of Parzifal and other Knights of the Round Table. Marie-Louise von Franz, Jungian psychotherapist, is quoted on the archetype of the Great Mother, regression, and rebirth motifs. The ego struggles to maintain consciousness like the hero battling a monster. Personal events mirror these mythic images.

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Medicine Council

Ancient patterns, called archetypes by Plato, can be recognized and engaged in conversation in the artist’s world. Native indigenous cultures might use our word “medicine” to describe this council, since God’s medicine comes from many different sources, yet leads to a lighting up of the personality, an expansion of consciousness.

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