So … my Friend on the River had some interesting things to say when I visited last. Below is the transcript of his … well, sermon, honestly. I think I’d put this up there with the Sermon on the Mount. Pretty powerful stuff. A few big surprises and adjustments that I need to be thinking […]
We got a gully-washer last night, a real midwestern frog-strangler. (‘Scuse my southern Iowa roots showing, I need to go see an heir dresser …) (Sorry about that.) (Won’t happen again.) (Yes, it totally will.) As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted, we got some serious water-works happening in the wee hours,
Ya know what I wanna do? I want to abolish all clocks in my orbit and live exclusively on Solar Time for a solid year, just to see how that feels. It’s not gonna be easy, but man, I really want to. I mentioned it to Michael this morning when the sun was just to
What if the world is both a measurable, finite, material thing that obeys physical laws, and a sacred mythical wonderland peopled with spirits, angels, gods and goddesses? Why not? And how wonderful would it be? Shamans, so it is said, have one foot in each world, ordinary reality and non-ordinary reality (ORspace and NORspace, to
I wasn’t expecting it to hurt. After totality, after the Diamond Ring dazzled us, after the first light began to fade back in … it was just the same, sorry old world it was before, and it felt kind of awful, to be honest. Like … we saw this amazing thing, and everyone cheered and
Silvering light surrounds usas we wait for the momentEach subtle movement softly encroachingLike tentative loversreaching for each otherSun and moon one fleshfor this short whileSuddenly there’s OtherWorldly twilightSuddenly night drops like a stoneThere’s a ring in the sky, signaling silenceBringing the heart-light homeThe towering trees quakingalmost lit from withinas the fading sun beginsto soften for
So turns out, the Neanderthals didn’t die out naturally. Nope. Sapiens happened. I recently read a fascinating book by a French archaeologist Ludovic Slimak, based on his 30+ years of studying Neanderthal remains and sites in the field. Apparently, geneticists recently discovered that some of our DNA is actually Neanderthal, leading to the speculation that
Winter lasted two weeks, and spring is already well underway, and yes … it’s lovely, and yet. And yet. Oh, yet. Regular followers of this blog know I am a fan of winter, of long dark nights and cold days and even snow. And even though all of that stuff wears out its welcome after
You’re getting weak, Old Sun. Not so long ago your slightest touch would set my skin aflame But now … You’re getting weak, Old Sun. And Winter, he’s coming for you, and I don’t know if you have the stones to see him off anymore. I think maybe you threw your weight around a little
I try really hard not to market at you, dear Reader, through these posts, so if this feels remotely markety, please accept my most sincere apology. Truth is, I am having revelation after revelation, and success after success, exploring deeper into Shamanic Healing, and I just want to rave about it. As may have been
