For this week’s runic contemplation of Ehwaz and Mannaz, let’s talk about the ‘Self’, and also about our work socially, and how they walk hand in hand. For most of my adult life I’ve spent my time surrounded by lots of people. I’d travel from festival to festival, tea table to tea table, art community […]
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Natural Protocols for Maximum Well Being During the Dark Times Well, It’s that time again. The nights are long, the days cold, and all the things are upon us. Have a cold? Gut busted? Need to relax? As your resident hermit and online advisor this Winter, I’d like to start by sharing some of my
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I don’t wanna do Thanksgiving this year. There, I said it. Just being honest. I mean, I’m sure you all know that the term ‘Thanksgiving’ came from a speech given in 1637 by John Winthrop, declaring it a day to celebrate the slaughter of hundreds of Pequot men, women and children, right? Yeah good old
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Lately I’ve been up in the middle of the night asking myself… How do I get really freakin’ good at saying NO? And also, in tandem, how do I get really good at being told NO? I feel like if we humans could learn to unweave our natural tendency to confuse boundaries with rejection, abandonment,
You know when you’re in therapy, and you wanna explain why you saw an ancestor arrive in the room during the middle of the night’s dream, but you don’t wanna seem anymore ‘crazy’ than you already are? So you just write it off, but inside you wish someone would just show up with a drum
Of sun and cloud. Of yes and no. Of word and tone. Of sword and stone. Algiz My shield Lightning my Sword Grounding the Energy From what has been stored
Today I wanna shoutout one of my greatest friends and collaborators, Eschscholzia Californica. Okay, I know you probably wanna bless me because it sounded like I just sneezed but that’s actually just the latin name for a very familiar and friendly plant known as California Poppy! It also goes by ‘Sun Cup’, which I think
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The Fool, Thurisaz, Poppy, And Perserverance This eclipse period has been one of the most difficult times in my whole life, so I’m sorry If I haven’t been super present. I’ve been too busy curled up in the fetal position in a salt bath crying my eyes out all week. lol And yeah, I’m ‘okay’.
The first time I met Marya Stark I was living at the Temple of Isis in 2008 and she was playing sweet guitar songs in the pavilion as I happened to walk past. Her voice was penetrating and bounced from rafter to rafter as the audience enjoyed their afternoon refreshments. From there I’d hear her
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Bear Shaman, Where are you? I need you and your drum! I need you and your plants! I need you and your song! And your wild fur, Won’t you meet me in dreams? To show me white flowers, And the healing of sleep? Bear shaman I cry, Bear shaman I weep, Bear shaman I mourn,
