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Category Archives: Introduction to shamanism
Sneaking in at the back… Bison’s Year
It feels as though my last (real) post was way back on May Day of 2018. Everything since doesn’t really count: a rant, a dream, a reblog, a rant, and an accidentally forgotten post, scheduled for a solstice I barely … Continue reading
Posted in Healing, Introduction to shamanism, Zuni beliefs
Tagged animal moments, Correspondences, Family, Healing, humanity, spirit guidance, symbolism, Zuni Beliefs
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An end to darkness
I should have known really… the folklore, like a haddock to the face once you spot it, TELLS you!! But I wasn’t listening, and had to go the long way around… like 10 years searching up hill and down bleedin’ … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Shaman tools
Tagged Ancestors, ancient sites, neolithic art, sacred directions, Search, seasons
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Shell shock
Sometimes, dreams come simply; any symbolic element of relevance bubbling readily to the surface. Some wake you laughing; with ludicrous images arising from apparently disassociated elements and ideas. Yesterday morning’s was neither. Myself and a stranger are somewhere in a … Continue reading
Shape-shifting (Part 1)
This series of posts are based on the outline of an exploration session presented at The Silent Eye (a modern mystery school) “The Feathered Seer” weekend in 2017. Whilst I have attempted to retain some of the flavour of the … Continue reading
Posted in Introduction to shamanism, Self Awareness, Shaman tools
Tagged Awareness, Consciousness, Search
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Unexpected exorcism
Odd. The little things we take for granted. The sanctuary, provided within the walls of our own homes; safe, warm, clean. Yet do we ever pay enough attention to spiritual cleanliness thereof? If we fail to cleanse a space, at … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Healing, Shaman tools
Tagged alternate reality, fear, psychopomp, Search, unintended consequences
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The Feathered Seer – Part 3 (No. Really. The Feathered Seer!)
During the exploration session on Spirit Animals, presented during The Silent Eye (a modern mystery school) “Leaf and Flame: the Foliate Man” weekend in 2016, one of the companions enquired about “Shape-shifting”. Since this was outside the scope of the … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Self Awareness, Shaman tools
Tagged alternate reality, Awareness, Consciousness, dreams, fear, Meditation, Search, spirit guidance
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The Feathered Seer – Song of the Raven Clan
The elders gather; to the stones; all that remain of the Raven Clan. The Shaman, bearing the Mother’s heartbeat, draws to the centre of the assembly; there to be joined by the Spinner, and the Weaver of Lore. The Weaver … Continue reading
Spirit Animals
This post is based on the outline of an exploration session presented at The Silent Eye (a modern mystery school) “Leaf and Flame: the Foliate Man” weekend in 2016. Whilst I have attempted to retain some of the flavour, and … Continue reading
The Feathered Seer – Part 2 (or when foxes come out)
Fast forward a year to the “Leaf and Flame: the Foliate Man” weekend. The directors of the Silent Eye (a modern mystery school), not really knowing what they might be letting themselves in for, honoured me with a request to … Continue reading
Stepping Stones 