by admin | Apr 19, 2021 | Archetypes, Community, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Ecomythic, Elemental, Evolution, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
Your breath is the bellows Breathe down and in and set fire to the body (in the nicest possible way). Your bodymind is the raw material. Bring it to light. The earth is the forge and the crucible. Don’t let it get too hot. The Gold is within you, just as it is...
by admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Animism, Archetypes, Consciousness, Ecomythic, Elemental, Evolution, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
Depth psychologist Carl Jung was fascinated by the medieval Alchemists, who apparently tried to turn lead to gold. It probably comes as no surprise that this was always a metaphor. It is as if they knew that by refining metals they were exposing themselves to the...
by admin | Mar 23, 2021 | Consciousness, Deep Connection, Meditation & Mindfulness, Myth, Nature, Retreat, Ritual, Sacred
At a recent retreat i co-presented, yoga teacher Clare Lovelace from Soul Tribe mused that the word ‘retreat’ can give the wrong idea about what we do. She pointed out that some people think of it as a running away, a retreat into a weekend (or longer) that is...
by admin | Mar 3, 2021 | Community, Consciousness, Deep Connection, Ecomythic, Meditation & Mindfulness, Myth, Nature, Retreat, Ritual, Sacred
That Inner Glow is not merely about our endless fascination with light and darkness, knowledge and wisdom, power and abundance. Because, like Joseph Campbell, I believe we are seeking not so much a meaning of life as an experience of it. We want to be as thrilled by...
by admin | Dec 25, 2020 | Animism, Consciousness, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
Once upon a time, we all lived in close contact with nature. Nowadays, human society is engaged full time in a war on nature. In the green corner, people understand their relationship to other creatures, to local habitats, to more-than-human realities, to our kin in...
by admin | Aug 31, 2020 | Animism, Archetypes, Climate Science, Consciousness, Elemental, Environmental Activism, Evolution, Meditation & Mindfulness, Myth, Nature, Ritual, Sacred
It’s the worst year most of us can remember. It’s 2020 and Covid-19 has sucked the life out of so much. We can’t go out and play together. Everything has become a challenge worthy of a strategic planning meeting: work, school, shopping, home. But...
