The Web of Life Part 4: Offerings
The apecheta is now a part of the land. It is a reminder that while we can create something beautiful and meaningful, nothing is ever complete. There is always more. After collecting all our belongings [...]
The Web of Life Part 3: Journey Messages & Building an Apecheta
Annette, Mary Jane and I journeyed for approximately twenty minutes after which we talked about what we had individually experienced. It seemed clear to each of us that we were being asked to keep the [...]
The Web of Life (Part 2): The Journey Process
Our work on the sanctuary land was to listen to Pachamama’s (Earth Mother’s) needs…if indeed she had any. Our hope was that she would tell us how she wanted this land to be used. While [...]
The Web of Life (Part 1): We are All Connected
Everything in the universe is alive and we are all related! Shamanic practitioners understand the web of life at a very deep level. We all, and every single thing, come from stardust and therefore stone, tree, [...]
Shamanic Energy Work – Part 4
Distance work Because we are all connected and because, as shamans know, time and space are human-made concepts, energy work as well as other shamanic modalities can be performed from a distance. Phone, Internet and [...]
Shamanic Energy Work – Part 3
The Shamanic Energy Session My shamanic energy sessions are non-invasive and cooperative meaning that I work in tandem with Michael by inviting him to activate his own healing process. By intentionally calling in the universal [...]
Shamanic Energy Work ~ Part 2
Manipulating Energy for Healing Assuming you did succeed in all the previous experiments, you now know that anyone can manipulate energy, including you! Now, let’s go a step further. The very same techniques you [...]
Shamanic Energy Work – Part 1
Energy and Stardust “We are stardust,” as the lyrics go by Crosby, Stills & Nash! These three wise troubadours knew what the ancient shamans knew – that every one of us originates from the [...]
Initiation Part 4: Aspects of Shamanic Initiation
While shamanic initiation may be unique for each individual, cross-culturally, there are similarities. My shamanic initiation experiences had many hallmarks of traditional initiations. Here are those that I encountered: Upper world experience – My sense, [...]
Initiation Part 3: My Spiritual Dismemberment
One initiation is plenty, but, a shamanic practitioner often has many throughout their life. Why would this be? Usually they are each different types of initiation and take the practitioner into a different level of [...]