A Site Dedicated to Shamanism, Sacred Plants, the Written Word, Self-Discovery, World Travels, Tantra and the Quest for Ultimate Truth and Enlightenment
Posted in The Path of Enlightenment on Dec 15th, 2009
As we noodle down the treacherous and oft overwhelming path ala enlightenment, many of us pound our heads against spiky walls out of sheer paradoxical frustration. It seems every luminous enlightenment being speaks a different language. Sometimes it feels like no one is really pointing at the same moon – that this is all a [...]
Posted in The Path of Enlightenment on Nov 3rd, 2009
Enlightenment is a gas, really. Line up 10 enlightened peeps, and they’ll give you 10 different explanations for what it is. AND they’ll argue that some of their peers ARE and AREN’T enlightened, thereby flummoxing the surrounding seekers all the more. This is, of course, a gigantic favor. Since I understand unequivocally now that my [...]
Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jun 19th, 2007
We all ascended from the Lanzon viewing, full of divinity and transformative power. Night had fallen, and the Chavin valley felt like a cocooned, other-wordly heaven. We shuffled back at a brisk pace, feeling humbled and yet undeniably regal. My head was high, that’s all I knew – with the energy blasting from my heart, [...]
Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jun 18th, 2007
Howard led us all to the top of the Temple, stopping to share the wisdom of each brilliant area. Everything about this place was perfectly poetic; planned to an absolute T, remarkably symmetrical and symbolic, and just all kinds of sacred. I couldn’t really ponder the ultimate power of the place, I just had to [...]
Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jun 13th, 2007
We took a moment to gather our belongings there at the river’s edge, completely sucked into the Huachuma vortex. This was my fourth dose, and yet, it was like I had never been inside the portal before; it was so bloody strong, so absolutely consuming — I relinquished any semblance of control and just surrendered.
Howard [...]
