: dedicated to deepening our human connections, so that we lead more spiritually and emotionally fulfilling lives; by exploring the wisdom and secrets of our ancestors, and unveiling the beauty beyond the veil and within ourselves.
Spirituality, Mysticism + Esotericism
Magic, Ritual and The Natural Connection
Magic is a shapeshifter. The alchemists described it as “the ability to turn lead into gold” or in other words, it is the ability to turn something mundane into extraordinary. At its true essence, magic is a way of perceiving our world in a new way – engaging with it and falling in love with it again. It runs wild and free but it is not found outside of us – it is rooted and threads in our everyday life, in the soil of our soul…
The Cherokee Story of Two Wolves
We need to feed them both. Because when one is starved, it will wait around the corner in the shadow and come out craving for attention. Denying parts of ourselves essentially means rejecting ourselves. And anything suppressed becomes our master controlling us. Trust with Wolf. Let it guide you and free you. Peace is the mission…
The Importance of Receiving and Interdependence, as Reminded by The Monks’ Alms
I wonder – how many of us have this kind of trust in the universe; that life will find its way to channel through the right people on our path who will support us; to accept that we will still survive even without our “control”…
Faces of God: Holding Life through its Waving Phases
Life has its own pulse. To see the face of God, may be we need to accept all of life’s aspects as they wave. Is there a purpose? Of course. But maybe it is just something beyond the understanding of our human condition; of a perception much higher than we will ever be able to fully realize in this life…
Nothing is as it Looks, as Reminded by a Sparrow
As I pass through the backyard heading home I see a little sparrow lying on the walkway. Not moving. I kneel next to it as my heart sinks hoping it’d move and fly away; hoping it isn’t dead but may be it is just … resting? But still, the sparrow is not moving. I look...
