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INTEGRATION
I’ve been resisting the integration of two very real sides to me: One side is the mystic, the shamanic intuitive, the witch who works with plants and hears their whispers. The other side is the “science geek”. The one that biohacks and loves what technology can offer for humans. The one that is a neurofeedback practitioner. Both expressions of me
SMELLS LIKE TEEN GOSSIP: TALES + TIPS ON PSYCHIC SMELLING
I smell things. Some describe this as extra-sensory scent, clairolfaction or clairolfactance. Others simply call it psychic smelling. My first time was when I was in junior high. A “mean girl” spread some rumour about me (eye roll — I was talking to her boyfriend — correction— her boyfriend was talking to me), and she claimed the rumour was started
HEALING FOOD PATTERNS WITH CORE SHAMANISM
One aspect about shamanism is that the craft is about RELATIONSHIP. I can speak to plants, to animals, to the elements, to the dead, and so forth. In my work, I also speak to what is seen as “objects” and when I am in relationship with those things, there is medicine to be found there as well. Take food for
INVOKING THE CRONE: UNPACKING AGEIST BIASES
The feminist says every woman (and all who identify as) is unique and beautiful in her way, with her personal stories kept as sacred scriptures in her body, her temple. There are feminists EVERYWHERE, in all professions. Females represent an immense pool of economic buying might, yet, it perplexes and pains me that older, naturally aging women are so little
TEA AS PLANT MEDICINE
Tea is a plant medicine. If you’ve consumed it today, how did she hold you? What did she share with you? What did you say to her? How were you changed after you invited her essence in? Tea is a form of alchemy. A collection of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. All five Wu Xing (traditional Chinese esoteric elements)
PLANT SPIRIT MEDICINE SPOTLIGHT: WOMB SUPPORT
I work with common plants. The ones that you can consume often, find around on the side of the road, on lawns and other nearby areas. I hold great regard for entheogens, but my allies are usually quiet and unassuming. A few are listed here, today being plants that support the Womb (energetically and physically): Internally consumed: Red Clover: nourishes
INTEGRATION
I’ve been resisting the integration of two very real sides to me: One side is the mystic, the shamanic intuitive, the witch who works with plants and hears their whispers. The other side is the “science geek”. The one that biohacks and loves what technology can offer for humans. The one that is a neurofeedback practitioner. Both expressions of me
SMELLS LIKE TEEN GOSSIP: TALES + TIPS ON PSYCHIC SMELLING
I smell things. Some describe this as extra-sensory scent, clairolfaction or clairolfactance. Others simply call it psychic smelling. My first time was when I was in junior high. A “mean girl” spread some rumour about me (eye roll — I was talking to her boyfriend — correction— her boyfriend was talking to me), and she claimed the rumour was started
HEALING FOOD PATTERNS WITH CORE SHAMANISM
One aspect about shamanism is that the craft is about RELATIONSHIP. I can speak to plants, to animals, to the elements, to the dead, and so forth. In my work, I also speak to what is seen as “objects” and when I am in relationship with those things, there is medicine to be found there as well. Take food for
INVOKING THE CRONE: UNPACKING AGEIST BIASES
The feminist says every woman (and all who identify as) is unique and beautiful in her way, with her personal stories kept as sacred scriptures in her body, her temple. There are feminists EVERYWHERE, in all professions. Females represent an immense pool of economic buying might, yet, it perplexes and pains me that older, naturally aging women are so little
TEA AS PLANT MEDICINE
Tea is a plant medicine. If you’ve consumed it today, how did she hold you? What did she share with you? What did you say to her? How were you changed after you invited her essence in? Tea is a form of alchemy. A collection of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. All five Wu Xing (traditional Chinese esoteric elements)
PLANT SPIRIT MEDICINE SPOTLIGHT: WOMB SUPPORT
I work with common plants. The ones that you can consume often, find around on the side of the road, on lawns and other nearby areas. I hold great regard for entheogens, but my allies are usually quiet and unassuming. A few are listed here, today being plants that support the Womb (energetically and physically): Internally consumed: Red Clover: nourishes