How Consciousness is Structured and the Purpose of Shamanic Process In Part 1 of this article discussed the concepts of reality, the mind field, and how triggering sets one toward operating from an alternate reality state. Now, how do we fix this? Nicholas Breeze Wood (shamanic practitioner, writer, and editor of Sacred Hoop) made a post on Facebook recently stating: "Shamanism and sacred...
How Consciousness is Structured and the Purpose of Shamanic Process Disclaimer One: this is my perspective on reality, pulled from various sources, teachers, and lineages from around the world.This viewpoint does not represent any one group or people. Disclaimer Two: due to the subjective nature of consciousness, this perspective is subject to change from day-to-day, moment-to-moment. Oxford Dictionary refers to the term reality...
What exactly is a mesa and what is it used for? I am going to attempt to concoct the most comprehensive of definitions (with a little explanation of course). Courtesy of Ej Johnson Put very simply: a mesa is an altar that is used shamanically for healing and connection with the natural world. One way to see the mesa is as "a living...
The Flammarion Engraving (1888) The other day I was in counsel with one of my fellow apprentices in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition Apprenticeship Program. She had sent me a raving email earlier in the day venting about the bombardment of negative feelings in her life. We had met for coffee later that evening to discuss it; by that time she was calm and...
This interview was published on Reality Sandwich at: http://www.realitysandwich.com/beat_shaman_interview_byron_metcalf In their book The Universe Story, mathematical cosmologist Brian Swimme and historian Thomas Berry discuss how our primal ancestors used the drumbeat to establish an integral connection with the psychic or spiritual dimensions of the universe: "Their aim was a life in resonant participation with the rhythms of reality." Byron Metcalf is a musician...
One of the long-term projects I have been working on the past year or so is my own Tarot deck, a version of the Tarot that is cross-cultural and represents the the indigenous shamanic cosmology inherent in all spiritual modalities. For those that are not familiar, the Tarot is an occult tool-set in the form of playing cards that is used for divination and/or mapping...
The Daedalus Thread has been updated with a new, easier-to-get-around look. Due to the high-volume of new readers from the past year the demand was there. Also, the site will be a more all-round comprehensive access point into everything I do, including my teaching into shamanic practices (see Casa de la Runa). It is likely to grow and change more in the year,...
