Fire in the Bush fire in our hearts My thoughts on Australia, on Australia day. As the bush burns and the country is on fire. The Australian bush harbors a monster, not a troll, nor a goblin not the feared Yowie, not the Bunyip. This giant demon sits just below the ground,Read More →
“Can human beings lose the density of their conditioned mind structures and become like crystals or precious stones, so to speak, transparent to the light of consciousness?” Shamans of every era and every tradition around the world have worked with crystals, often with clear quarts crystal or its variants suchRead More →
Dream catchers may be beautiful pieces of spiritual art imbued with healing energies. Originally from the native American tribe Chippewa. These hoops entwined with thin rope or netting into a web or “snare”, were thought to change the very energy of a room by trapping everything negative within the weaving.Read More →
Nature is under attack on many levels. To destroy a culture one needs to destroy its language. The language of our natural environment is being culled. Shame on the Oxford Junior Dictionary . In a new edition of the junior dictionary. A sharp-eyed reader noticed that there had been a cullingRead More →
China has a rich history steeped in shamanic practices. Buddhism assimilated many of these as it has in other historically shamanic cultures such as Japan with Shinto & Tibet with Bon & Nepal etc. Many of the worlds religions are embedded with hidden shamanic knowledge. Much of what attracts peopleRead More →
I sometimes feel like I’m some sort of questing Indiana Jones, but my gold is not physical treasure, it’s exploring and trying to comprehend the sacred vibration, resonance and deep symbolism. of the places and the spirit of place. I have travelled to many parts of the world, notRead More →
Ahhhh … to soar high upon the wind. Eagle consciousness is about seeing with the totality of our being, not getting stuck on the singular, the detail, it’s seeing and feeling at the same time, alert of eye, yet relaxed of mind, getting high above our lives to see anRead More →
” Know thy self “ was inscribed on the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. It has become an axiom of western spiritual teachings, however, do we really understand its true meaning or what it is asking us to do? The phrase was later expounded upon by theRead More →
The empty Cup The student approaches a master and says please teach me. He sits himself down upon the ground in front of the master and the master says. “Let me pore you some tea, so the master carefully takes the teapot and begins to pour hot tea into theRead More →
The Wing Back armchair is a wonderful metaphor for great Feng Shui & Vastu. “I call it the Feng Shui in a box chair.” A little Soulful microcosm of how our whole home should feel. In a Wing back I feel held, supported, safe, comfortable and nurtured, content to withdraw,Read More →