Eight years ago my sister gave me a rattle from Maui. It was a Kahuna’s type of rattle. I have carried it with me for years and eventually gave it to my spirit son from Hawaii. He left it in his brother’s apartment and thought he had lost it. When he showed it to me [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sweat Lodge’
911 and the Faerie Princess
Posted in Dreams, Elder Activities, Initiation, Synchronicity, tagged Indigenous, Native American Church, Santo Daime tradition, Sweat Lodge on April 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Sailing the Divine
Posted in Carl Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, Spirituality, tagged Alchemy, Divine Intelligence, Dreams, Gnostic, Healing, Indigenous, Self, Sweat Lodge, The Feminine on October 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Healing comes from the Great Mystery, the Divine, the Spirit, That of which we are not conscious (the Unconscious). Healing comes on its own and when it wishes. Those of us who work with this Power must wait patiently and accompany our friends and relatives on their individual paths. We wait for a vision, a [...]
Living on Cloud Mountain
Posted in Initiation, Peyote Ceremony, sacred ceremonies, tagged Capoeira, Cherokee Nation, Native American Church, Spirituality, Sweat Lodge on November 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ten years ago my therapist asked me to journey toward my situation in the future. She told me to see myself “10 years from now, where are you? what are your surroundings? what is your space like? the town? the climate?” So I went into a light trance and entered the imaginal world. There I [...]
Resolving disputes, Indian style.
Posted in Mentoring, sacred ceremonies, Spirituality, tagged Indigenous, Spirituality, Sweat Lodge on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few months ago I was hurt and angry with my spirit brother. Over the last eleven years, we have confided in one another. We met in a Native American Church Ceremony, where his spirit dad officially ended a period of mourning for his wife, who had died in an automobile accident. I shared my [...]
Charles Who?
Posted in Leadbeater, Liberal Catholic Church, Peyote Ceremony, Reincarnation, Theosophical Society, tagged Avatar, Eagle, Krishnamurti, Native American Church, Raven, Spirituality, Sweat Lodge on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes we need to listen to the spirit, which speaks in strange ways. Like women pastors continually calling one by a different name. After too much synchronicity we eventually pay attention. Why do all these spiritual leaders call me Charles? Who or what are they responding to? Is the Spirit speaking through them trying to tell me something?
Cafe Gratitude
Posted in sacred ceremonies, tagged Indigenous, Native American Church, Sweat Lodge, Synchronicity on September 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes the spirit really surprises us. My son wanted to treat me to lunch at the Cafe Gratitude in San Francisco, but on the way there he wanted to connect with an old girl friend. We stopped for 5 minutes as she greeted us and rushed off. Her new lover/companion got a ride with us [...]
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.
Holding Together, Leading and Following
Posted in Burning Man, entheogens, I Ching: Book of Changes, Peyote, sacred ceremonies, Spirituality, tagged Indigenous, Organic, Sweat Lodge, Wisdom on April 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As Indigenous people we understand we are part of an interconnected weaving of life. We are born into a complex family system which reflects the environment and its processes. Just as we have a personal mother who nourishes and cares for us, we have an environment which mothers and teaches us. Observing our surroundings we [...]
Light, Love, and Open Communication
Posted in Burning Man, entheogens, Liberal Catholic Church, Mentoring, Peyote, sacred ceremonies, tagged Native American Church, Raven, sacred ceremonies, Sweat Lodge on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whether it’s sizzling hot or freezing cold for Easter, change is happening. Mixing the Native American Ceremonies with the Christian celebrations leads to prayers manifesting, silence broken, families mending, and Love ascending.
Just say “Yes”
Posted in men's issues, Mentoring, tagged Men's Movement, Sweat Lodge on March 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes we need to respond in the positive to an invitation for greater closeness and connection instead of the usual unconscious response. Modeling the good father is rather tricky business when we are tired, sometimes saying “Yes” is really the medicine we need to feel better.
