A Walk in the Mountains This morning I walk in the mountains. I feel like abandoning life, beating a path of rugged undulations into the mountain, to erase the outside and explore the vast, empty wilderness inside this dark and fertile void of my being. The morning...
Beloved Shaman Shamanism knows and breathes nature in her entirety. Shamanism is fed by the spirit of nature and in return it feeds nature’s spirit. The shaman and nature are like one breath, they inhale and exhale one another throughout time. This breath is a bond of...
Oceanus “To live, to breathe, to die, we all need the mercy of the sea” – Peter Kingsley Last night I dreamed of Poseidon. He, the great god of the sea and the rivers, said to me: “I give and I destroy.” Blue-eyed tempestuous raging power and strength. You are...
Mother Africa, Earth Medicine The continent of Africa is a vast treasure trove of traditional medicinal wisdom. The people that live here continue to rely strongly on plant medicine for their wellbeing and the practice of traditional herbalism is an important...
A Story about Dying It is not often that you get to die. I tasted death once. It was excruciatingly beautiful. The taste of death turned me inside out, the vast emptiness of my existence laid bare. All vestiges of my small self dissolved into absolute darkness. Ground...
