( I wrote this article a few years ago. As this blog is relatively new I thought you, the reader might find this perspective helpful) Exorcism (from Late Latin exorcisms, from Greek exorkizein - to abjure) is the practice of evicting demons or other evil spiritual entities from a person or place, which they are … Continue reading Exorcism and Mental illness (A Contemporary Shamanic Perspective)

Some symbols just hang with you for a while and are an analogy of where you are. For this blog entry I will use the pirate ship to tell this passage of conflict. Pirate movies in my mother’s era were all the rage. Errol Flynn and his tights and sword made women swoon. He was … Continue reading All at sea (keeping your ship afloat)

The majority of people I meet have issues stemming from their childhood and if you dig down deep enough the same child is inside the adult still feeling very hurt and misunderstood.  We tend to get frozen in places that made a traumatic impact on us emotionally. When we arrived here in body, we already … Continue reading Honouring & Letting Go Of Your Ancestral Programming

If you go into a bookshop or library and head to the travel section there are loads of travel books with hundreds of destinations in the world to choose from. The lonely planet guide is the most well read. It’s like a well read bible for most travellers on a shoe string. Within the guide … Continue reading The Astral Planet Travel Guide.

Through all my practices and teachings in this life (and very probably others) there is one practice that I count as one that has built my resilience and ability to overcome adversity; Being a witness to my life through the path of meditation. The only way the witness can be developed within is by the … Continue reading Awakening The Witness

Many of our ancestors were taught that emotions came last in the in the need for survival. The men went off to war, many of them terrified but they had to swallow their fear and vulnerability, disown it so they could keep up with the rest of the soldiers. The only time you knew when … Continue reading The Vulnerable Self

One of the main differences between contemporary and traditional shamanism is that of the title of ‘healer’ which is often mentioned in the same breath when visiting or talking about a traditional shaman.   Those called ‘Shamans’ have the ability to see through into other worlds and pick up what is out of balance within … Continue reading Contemporary Shamanism and Traditional Shamanism

 From earliest times people have believed that the dead can return from the grave to visit their loved ones. Certainly an evil criminal or someone, who has been the victim of such a one, can return after death as a ghost. These tormented souls can haunt the world of the living until someone helps them … Continue reading Befriending The Dark

People are talking about the significance of this date as with the previous post I wrote on the end of the Mayan Calender. On the 28th there was an opportunity to let go of old patterning and belief systems that have bled through the collective into our personal lives. On that eve I led a … Continue reading Walking to 11.11.11. A Day Of Peaceful Intention

Depending on what you read or who you talk to there is much chatter around what will happen at the end of the Mayan calendar. People are debating at what dates the calendar ends on depending on what stream of belief they are following. I have had quite a few people ask me what should … Continue reading The End Of The Mayan Calendar