Your “wheel” helps you see where you are in the world. It enhances your strengths and bolsters your weaknesses. It can show you your path. It can protect you. There is this tendency for a teacher or an author to say “this plant/element/color/critter/season is in the North and this one is in the East, this…
Tag: shamanism
Butterflies & Grackles & Bees (oh my)
I’m on the island of Roátan this week. It’s a magical place. My husband scuba dives, and I tagged along. I managed to get up in time for breakfast today. I’m not a morning person, and we’re an hour ahead here. It’s taking me longer than usual to clear my head and get grounded. It…
What the heck is a sacred gyroscope?
A Sacred Gyroscope is a shamanic way of looking at and interacting with your world. It helps you see where you are in the world. It enhances your strengths and bolsters your weaknesses. It can show you your path. It can protect you. It includes the relational directions like left, right, up, and down, as…
The Vernal Equinox and the Wheel of the Year
It’s the Vernal Equinox! I like to look backward before I look forward… I live in Southern California. Celebrating the Celtic calendar creates cognitive dissonance for me. As a shaman and a witch, I work to align myself with nature’s cycles, but those cycles, at least in my surroundings, don’t match up with the High…
[Meditation] Shamanic Journey: Clearing, Releasing, Awakening
I’ve uploaded a new Shamanic Journey to my YouTube channel. I’d love to hear (read) about your experience with it, if you would care to share! I upload a new meditation to my YouTube channel every Wednesday, and I’ve got a Meditation Playlist, if you’re looking for a collection. The recordings are from my twice…
[Meditation] Shamanic Journey of Discovery and Awareness
I’ve uploaded a new shamanic journey to YouTube. I’d love to hear (read) about your experience with it, if you would care to share! I upload a new meditation to my YouTube channel every Wednesday, and I’ve got a Meditation Playlist, if you’re looking for a collection. The recordings are from her twice weekly live…
Totem Visitation: Crow (Part Two)
(part one is here) Before I start with the automatic writing, I felt the need to go and see what some other folks had said about crow. While I like to have my relationship with Spirit be fairly organic, I don’t operate in a vacuum. Besides, I like data. Spirit Animals & Animal Totems agrees…