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...
