We accept many things without thinking about them. Take the idea of prayer. We view prayer as some sort of a conversation with God. In this view, prayer is like making an international toll-free call. But, for very important reasons a conversation with God is unlike any other, and that changes the nature of the thing. As a result, aRead more
You are probably familiar with the work of Dr. Masaru Emoto, the Japanese scientist who found that water reacts to our thoughts and emotions. Emoto would expose water to a thought and then take a picture of a single ice crystal of that water. And as I say, he learned that the water reacted to the thought, almost asRead more
Dealing with “soul loss” is at the heart of shamanic work. We speak of “soul Loss” when an individual closes part of their natural self off to life. Obviously, this can happen for many reasons. And like an individual, a culture can also suffer soul loss. Today many of us are concerned about what has happened to the Western soul.Read more
One of the intriguing things about traditional healing is that its practice is remarkably similar no matter where you go. Traditional healers from different disciplines can often work together because after thousands of years of refinement they have independently distilled the healing process to its essential and most effective essence. Regardless of race, culture or geography, when it comes downRead more