Magic mushrooms have been used by indigenous peoples around the world for healing, prayer, and divination for at least 10,000 years. In the 1960s, psilocybin mushrooms were popularized as a recreational drug after R. Gordon Wasson, a vice president of JP Morgan, traveled to Mexico with a photographer to the mud hut of the Mazatec […]
One of the most powerful ways of working with sacred plants is through medicine ceremonies. A medicine ceremony is a spiritual ceremony during which a power plant or healer plant is being imbibed or smoked. The participants will pray for healing or spiritual growth, then sit quietly and meditate. The ultimate purpose of the medicine […]
Theobroma cacao, the main ingredient in chocolate, isn’t called „food of the gods“ for no reason – it has beautifully elevating effects, specially when mixed with a pinch of magic. Intuitively we know it: Chocolate makes us feel good. We naturally associate chocolate with sensual pleasure, love, and pleasure, which couldn’t be better represented by […]
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 Elders tell us that all ceremonies, be they tribal or personal, must be entered into with a good heart, so that we can pray, sing, and walk in a sacred manner, and be helped by the spirits to enter the sacred realm. For this reason, we will now perform a smudging ceremony, where we […]
The Elders tell us that all ceremonies, be they tribal or personal, must be entered into with a good heart, so that we can pray, sing, and walk in a sacred manner, and be helped by the spirits to enter the sacred realm. For this reason, we will now perform a smudging ceremony, where we […]
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 […]