by Mikkal | Jan 19, 2012 | Mikkal's Blog
“Nature herself demands a death and a rebirth.” -C.G. Jung, CW 9i par 234 The death/rebirth archetype is crucial to the understanding of the dialogue and syntheses of Jung and shamanism. It is activated in the shamanic journeying process, in holotropic and sacred...
by Mikkal | Jan 5, 2012 | Mikkal's Blog
The intent of the Crows Nest communities and shamanic training programs is to help us move, in 2012 and Beyond, towards transforming and healing the soul of individuals so we can heal and care for the soul of the planet (Anima Mundi, Pachamama). This has an urgency...
by Mikkal | Dec 31, 2011 | Mikkal's Blog
I am continuing the discussion that moves toward a shamanically informed psychology, one illumined by an ontology of the heart, what I call the “ontological core.” My books and articles are indebted in no small part, to my work as a medical anthropologist...
by Mikkal | Dec 31, 2011 | Mikkal's Blog
Wise people don’t operate in an individualistic vacuum. Always the community and the tradition are cared about. There are two wellsprings of wisdom involved together or alternately in their inward processing of things. One well spring is the heart itself, and the...
by Mikkal | Dec 30, 2011 | Mikkal's Blog
July 14th -21st 2012, Mikkal will be presenting at the 8th International Amazonian Conference on Shamanism: http://www.soga-del-alma.org/2012/ Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to...
by Mikkal | Dec 29, 2011 | Mikkal's Blog
…the world is neither mute nor opaque,…it is not an inert thing without purpose or significance,….the cosmos ‘lives’ and ‘speaks,’ -Mircea Eliade The Ontological Dimension We all long for connection to what really matters, to what we can experience as absolutely real,...
