The Vocation….
“The old god is dead, with his little world and his little, closed society. The new formal center of …
Tag Archives: The Shaman
Again Hesse’s ‘The Poet’….
“Therefore, I beg you to let me go my own way in loneliness for a while and devote myself to …
Words Of A Genuine Shaman-Type….
I don’t usually quote at such length, but I’ve been returning to the following passage again and again since first …
Old Men And Women….
“Could by any chance culture be the meaning and purpose of the second half of life?”—Carl Jung, as quoted from …
The Plight Of The Struggling Artist….
This is from a response I wrote yesterday, with adaptations, to a comment I received from—with apologies Mame—a compassionate soul …
The Fallacy Of Remoteness….
“That which speaks to us from higher, more distant realms comes clothed in secrecy and mystery.”—Henry Miller, Time of …
Solitude….
“—But I have need of solitude, that is to say recovery, return to myself, the breath of a free …
The Song Of Life….
There is Life, and there is what relates us human beings living as we do in cities back to …
In Praise of the Holy Fools!
I had wanted to begin my latest email with the notion of the Age Old Question for the artist/shaman, because …
Every Challenge is an Opportunity!
What better way to spend a few moment’s time on a rainy day out in Vancouver than writing a few …
