Growing up listening to funk and Motown left my young self with the impression that soul was somehow related to platform shoes, bell bottomed polyester suits, widely splayed lapels with gold chains hanging down on bare chests, and yes, amazing, amazing sounds. How could I have known that witnessing people pulsing out the deepest, hippest rhythms through their Read more about Exceptional Soul Perception[…]
I met Malidoma Some eight years ago. A patient of mine recommended I go and see him. Because I knew my patient had discerning taste, I decided to just go ahead and book what is called a divination. Knocking on this stranger’s hotel room door after racing downtown on my bike for the appointed time Read more about Divining Our Lives Into The Future[…]
Moonlight shines over the dry Mongolian steppes. The expanse is no longer lush with the great green organ that used to feed life. Many decades ago, while the regime claimed control of these areas, the grasslands dried up. First it was the wolves who weren’t welcome. The commanders didn’t like the helplessness they felt when they couldn’t protect their Read more about What Is Sahius[…]
Ralph’s wife died suddenly last year. She was his soul-mate, his partner in work, and life held little meaning for him now. Community rituals were held to grieve her death, and more still to support the living. She left two children behind too, both from a different father and who were adopted by Ralph. Read more about Man’s Tears For His Unborn[…]
“Scientists began with the assumption that they were learning about the physical processes at work ‘out there’ in stars, hurricanes, dinosaurs, and so forth. Then one day, it began to dawn on us that we were actually studying the processes that gave birth to ourselves.” Brian Swimme I’ve recently wondered about the similarities between human Read more about Hurricanes, Dinosaurs, and Birth[…]
In this article I wrote for Currents magazine, a once a year journal dedicated to the work of Body-Mind Centering, I write about a very personal experience. Two and a half years ago, I underwent abdominal surgery to remove a growth, and thanks to the story I tell in this article, I recovered very well. I Read more about Indwelling[…]
You’ve seen them, and maybe even have been gifted them: Philanopsis, otherwise known as orchids. They are stunningly gorgeous for a few weeks and if you’re lucky, for a few months. If you’re anything like me, not all that gifted with plants, you marvel that such rare and exotic beings live alongside you, effortlessly esteeming your aesthetic, and ultimately mourn that Read more about Do We Need Each Other?[…]
Some of you know that Jews believe the Messiah hasn’t come yet, which creates all sorts of different meanings for who Jesus was/is and basically eliminates the term, “second coming” from the Jewish lexicon. I, although Jewish, think of the Messiah more in personal terms, as the amazing miracle of our own showing up here that Read more about Birthsong[…]
Tina and Jay had intended for a child for years, yet no child came. They finally decided to try Assisted Reproductive Therapy (ART) and because Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) had the best success rates for endometriosis, from which Tina was a sufferer, they chose it. For those who don’t know, ICSI involves removing the tail Read more about Assisting Assisted Reproduction[…]
This past week I had a five hour session with my therapist. I booked five hours because I had an intention to clear any last bits of confusion I might have between my mistakenly internalized sense that I’m dangerous/bad/dark and that dangerous/bad/dark things happened to me a long time ago. You might wonder, “What in Read more about Giving Up On Dissociating[…]