Preparation: Cleaning up your body, no booze, no weed, no red meat, lots of raw food and exercise. Clean the ceremony space and surrounding areas, do all dishes, vacuum, wash bedding and blankets. Be caught up to work commitments and take the following day off. Ceremony should begin at 10:30pm with pre-smudge meditation. Shower, shave […]
In my last article I discussed the role animal totems play in Native American culture and methods you may use to discover your totems. Among other topics, I examined the Medicine Wheel (earth-based astrology, Sun Bear Publications) and how it reveals each person’s two-animal totems. In summary, based on your birth date, each person has […]
The practice of such individuals is an art of the highest degree and makes use of intentions, thoughts, sounds, symbols, ritual, and countless other factors to generate the sought after experiences and realizations. If one is seeking to learn from mushrooms, it is actually easier to understand what is happening with somewhat larger or stronger […]
While mushroom states of consciousness are highly refined and often transcendent and profound, the ultimate goal is to bring these insights into everyday life. That is the goal of any form of spiritually transformative work. Mushrooms can bring the spiritual seeker right to the heart and root of his personal issues, especially if used consciously […]
Eating entheogenic mushrooms is not for everyone. While many people enjoy these sacred sacraments as recreational entertainments and use them as a means to have fun and magical experiences, they can easily launch a person on a difficult, frightening, and often harrowing experience. While the experiences generated by entheogens are not necessarily spiritual or religiously […]
The experience of our patterns is very similar, there are layers. Some are more superficial and some are deeper. The deepest layers reside in our hearts. This is where the journey needs to take the spiritual seeker eventually, but one may need to work through many more surface layers before getting there. Once one has […]
Fear is a powerful force that convinces us to cling to our illusions and our deceptions because even when they make us miserable, at least they make us feel safe and secure. To truly work with the spiritual nature of mushrooms and accept their spiritual lessons, seekers must free themselves from fear and be completely […]