How to Create Dream Inspired Artifacts for Ritual Use
Indigenous cultures worldwide use ceremony and ritual to mark rites of passage, celebrate the changing of seasons and fill life with meaning.
The rituals are challenging, too, often taking people to the brink of death so they are reborn a… Read the rest
Finding authentic spirituality in an age of appropriation
In September 2004, I realized you have to grow down before you can grow up.
Spiritually, that is.
The realization came after I woke from a dream with a pounding heart. It wasn’t exactly a nightmare, but it definitely caught my… Read the rest
Initiation Dreams: Ancestral Communication
Right now, I’m a traveler.
I’ve been on the road for three months visiting Scotland, England, Norway, and Switzerland. Back home, I don’t have a job or a house; I’m truly a vagabond.
You could say I’m on the heroine’s… Read the rest
Making Whale Offerings Part 2 of 2
I recently returned to Maui, the land where many Indigenous Mind residencies took place. During residencies in Maui, we were immersed in the spiritual power of the Hawaiian land and were blessed to participate in Hawaiian cultural ceremonies.
Maui was… Read the rest
Dreaming in the Indigenous Mind, Part 1 of 2
“When you’re speaking English and you’ve been disconnected from your cultural, spiritual heritage and power for hundreds of years, how are those ancestors going to connect with us? What’s the way? We don’t have an intact tribal community to contain… Read the rest
