Within this unknown town teems hermetic people. They wander in robes as hooded figures, streaming to the bottom of the hill, as the midnight bell knells. On the hilltop, John the Baptist stands silently surveying the dense crowd of believers below, then takes notice of the horizon beyond. So begins the wry smile as clouds form above. Soft rain begins, gentle and soothing. What follows; thunder, lightning, and impenetrable rain. […]
Tag Archives | Shamanism for our times
Anna M. Alkin | Telling the bees
One winter I spent lying in bed, suffering from the darkest episode of depression in my life. For months, I was unable to work, read, or eat much of anything. I managed to avoid almost all contact with the outside world. The only relief I experienced, if you can call it that, was looking at the tree outside my third-story window. It felt as if that tree were my only […]
Zohara M. Hieronimus, DHL | White Spirit Animals
White Spirit Animals, Prophets of Change explores the practice of shamanism and trans-species telepathy with regard especially to five land mammals, all of them matriarchal societies, where mother and offspring are the centerpiece of each animal’s culture and longevity. This ethos of care has been lost from human society in general, which these terrestrial mammals urge us to restore. White Spirit Animals are all white-coated unlike their other family members. […]
Emily Reid Green | The landscape
We can be blind for some things. I remember midnight porch swings, inking our eyes closed, listening to the pitch of our firefly secrets in this seedtime, scattering cautions, caffeine in our teeth, awake among the moonbeams. Not in the light of day when pedestrians clutch building facades, tired of pretending safety on a sidewalk, when bodies wearing motor oil stain a city street. Why must we continue in this […]
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