Tagged with Healing

If the body seems influenced by events in the lucid state, could a consciously aware dreamer heal his or her physical body in a lucid dream? Incredibly, the answer appears to be yes. (more)

In this interview, author, healer and psychologist Ross Heaven explores the magic and mystery of San Pedro, its relationship with ayahuasca, and the cross-cultural use of plants for healing. (more)

The call to indigenous shamanism is similar to the vocation of the Western medical professional. But medical training can disconnect the trainee from the larger community. Shamanic practice brings the trainee back to his or her healing roots. (more)

Psychedelics are back in the labs, where researchers hope to develop treatments for chronic depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and drug and alcohol dependency. (more)

Art-making is a sacred act. Art attains its greatest numinosity and ability to affect others when the creator of the work of art is being transformed by the act of creating. One can mimic sacred art for a living (many people get paid for this) but this is mere forgery. There is a world of difference between copying, imitating, and aping sacred art, and living our own creative experience. When we live creatively, guided by our daemon, our life itself becomes a living work of art. (more)

Our wounding is a numinous event that can initiate us into a deeper level of our being. When consciousness is guided by feelings of gratitude for the wound's offer of self-realization and personal evolution, it reveals itself as a worthy object of veneration. Our wound manifests as a doorway to our healing, a portal through which we can glimpse our infinite potential. (more)

Author, sex educator and contemporary mystic LaSara Firefox talks about her work with addictive behaviors, her approach to Middle East peace, the breakup of her ten-year marriage, and the clairaudient experiences that guide her healing work. (more)

The archetype of the wounded healer reveals to us that it is only by being willing to face, consciously experience, and go through our wound do we receive its blessing. To go through our wound is to embrace, assent, and say “yes” to the mysteriously painful new place in ourselves where the wound is leading us. This is a genuine death experience, as our old self “dies” in the process, while a new, more expansive and empowered part of ourselves is born. (more)

In that first week after the diagnosis of my wife’s recurrence of cancer, the greatest stretch to my cynical flexibility was the Shamanic Spirit Channeler. There was no way I was going to waste my Saturday night at some Shamanic Spirit Channeler. We got the diagnosis and Rebecca felt she needed to find a spiritual path through this latest struggle. I was a willing, supportive and loving husband. I would love to go Saturday night to the Shamanic Spirit Channeler. (more)