by Mikkal | Apr 12, 2015 | Mikkal's Blog
The power of age-old entheogenic medicines ceremonies to facilitate deep healing of addictions, traumatic stress, depression is increasingly being confirmed. It gives me great pleasure to share this deep and moving story of Erica Baran Fasano, and her finding profound...
by Mikkal | Apr 9, 2015 | Mikkal's Blog
PSYCHOSHAMANISM AND TRAUMA The shamanic image here is of a shamanic power animal finding and retrieving a lost part, usually referred to in the shamanic idiom as a “lost soul.” The Bear clasps the child part closely, safely, and lovingly as...
by Mikkal | Feb 17, 2015 | Mikkal's Blog
Creativity and Healing: Some Jungian and Shamanic Perspectives C. Michael Smith, Ph.D. © 2015 “Art is the proper task of life.” -Friedrich Nietzche If you live from the heart, you will continually dip into the immensely creative Dreaming Field, and from it...
by Mikkal | Jan 30, 2015 | Mikkal's Blog
DEPTH IN ANY DIRECTION: Imagination as the Door In the previous blog on “DEPTH AND THE MEDICINE OF THE HEART, PART 1,” I mentioned my conception of depth as not confined to the downward direction alone, as James Hillman richly, and usefully made it...
by Mikkal | Jan 21, 2015 | Mikkal's Blog
Heart Depth vs Surface Appearances. The way to the depths is the way to the heart, which results in true selfhood and aliveness. To connect with the heart, tend it, explore it, mend it, and live from it is a spiritual psychology of depth. To make this...
by Mikkal | Jan 8, 2015 | Mikkal's Blog
The Four Acts of Power ™ For Transforming Your Life C. Michael Smith, Ph.D. (Mikkal) © 2010 “The Great Spirit dwells in the heart of each creature, even the tiniest ant.” -Black Elk, Lakota Sioux Medicine Man Based...
