We recently received an interesting inquiry from one of our colleagues—one that we believe has meaning for a wide audience so we bring it forward here. Her appeal was as follows: I would appreciate your knowledge and insight on an aspect of shamanism that I have been...
Hale Makua: The Meaning of Aloha—1993 Greetings to all of you … Distinguished members of the United Nations, and my fellow indigenous peoples in the community of man—aloha. In Hawai’i, and throughout the Polynesian family within the Pacific, “Aloha” is a word used to...
When you form your shamanic circles, you create, as well as receive, the gift of your togetherness, powered by your collective Aloha. And if you are to ‘project yourself’ (with intention and shamanic journeywork) within and beyond these circles, there is nothing you...
Periodically we sit at the breakfast table and discuss portions of our workshop teachings. This is one of the benefits of Hank’s extended periods at home in the winter months. One of us will mention an interesting topic, like the Law of Polarity, and we are off in...
This story is focused upon an encounter that ‘happened’ during a travel group that I led to Egypt in January 2003. Another version of it has been posted elsewhere, yet many of my readers may not have seen it … and this prompts me to share this account with you. I must...
As we move toward the beginning of a new year, many of us are courageously taking stock of what is going on in our world. And as we do, our attention is drawn inexorably, and with discernment, to the storytelling fare that is being presented to us by the major...
