The passions of the soul work magic
The passions of the soul work magic. This observation, attributed to the great Dominican scholar and magus Albertus Magnus (and loved by Jung) is eminently practical guidance for living your juiciest and most creative life. There are two conditions for working positive magic this way. The fir

posted 6:52:20pm Jun. 10, 2013 | read full post »

The shaman as poet of consciousness
Poets, it’s said, are shamans of words. True shamans are poets of consciousness. Journeying into a deeper reality with the aid of sung and spoken poetry, they bring back energy and healing thr

posted 5:21:44pm Jun. 09, 2013 | read full post »

Listening to children's dreams
Young children know how to go to Magic Kingdoms without paying for tickets, because they are at home in the imagination and live close to their dreams. When she was very young, my daught

posted 2:48:12am Jun. 08, 2013 | read full post »

Unless something goes wrong, you don't have a story
We know this is true of the tales that thrill us or entertain us, whether on the screen or in the pages of a book, or told to each other: unless something goes wrong, you don't have a story. In every quest, the hero or heroine is required to face ordeals and survive perils. Misadventure, screw-ups a

posted 10:52:36am May. 29, 2013 | read full post »

Dreaming our way to the heart of the world
If we could fold time, travel forward a century or two, and then look backward, I believe we would find abundant confirmation that the rise of the dreamwork movement

posted 12:15:40pm May. 15, 2013 | read full post »