In March of 2005, I attended the first five day Visionseeker 1 retreat (VS1) taught by Hank Wesselman and Jill Kuykendall, at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA, titled “Shamanism” and the Modern Mystical Movement,” and I thought I would share a few experiences with you. The following is a description of the VS1 retreat [...]

In Dreamtime healing part 1, I told you about a dream I had one morning in November, 2005. In the first dream I shifted from being an observer to being the one that was healed, and the effects of the healing were immediate and dramatic. In this second dream, which occurred right after the first, [...]

We use dreamtime for a host of things including exploration, consulting with our cosmic committee, figuring out how we are doing in our lives, problem solving, and healing ourselves, physically, mentally, and spiritually. It is a time when we are unfettered by a physical body; a time when we can quite literally fly free. One [...]

This post was delayed since we had a substantial spring snow storm Thursday and Friday and it took a little while to dig out the neighborhood. Life today is quite complex for most of us. There is work, and the family, the kids have sporting events and practice, there is homework and PTA meetings, laundry, [...]

I have included footnotes which reference additional reading with far more detail on the Sacred Garden and the Spirit Realms at the end of this post. I had two incredibly meaningful meetings with the spirit of the stone, and the second lead to a meeting with the spirit of the earth, the earth mother. It [...]

Hank Wesselman, my shamanic teacher, has been writing monthly articles for “The Meta Arts Magazine” since November of 2004, and they are a wonderful source of information on shamanism and the modern mystical movement. His first article, The Spiritwalker Program, has a wealth of information and well worth a read.If you would like to read [...]