As children, we crave attention and mirroring from our caregivers. The more we receive this attention and mirroring, the more capable we are of developing…
Becoming Adult, Becoming Free
“No one can pressure you to do anything you don’t want to do.” I recently heard this in a setting in which I had sat…
Seven Scorpions, Part 2
Read Part 1. Claiming the parts of us that are disruptive, toxic, and at times underhanded is not easy or pleasurable, though it is empowering…
Seven Scorpions, Part 1
After freeing Isis from Seth’s imprisonment, Thoth advised the goddess to hide in the marshes. To protect the goddess and er unborn son, Horus, Thoth provided…
Seeking the Way of Integration
Decisiveness is not a strong suit of mine, but for much of my life I’ve had this drive to do something. The problem was settling…
Arising, Sustaining, Dissolving
From Western alchemy we inherit a threefold process model. One articulation of the Sulphur-Salt-Mercury triad could be these three phases of process: arising, where processes begin or initiate;…
Commitment
In conversation recently, someone expressed, “I have problems with commitment, and it’s stressing me out.” We were discussing a significant change of circumstances, an investment…
Vicissitudes
Nothing the works the way I want it to. There, I said it, and I ended my sentence with a preposition. There’s an impatient, grouchy,…
Sit There, Then Do Something
“Why are we trying to think less when we need to think more? The neutered, apolitical approach of mindfulness ignores the structural difficulties we live…
Peace
“Peace in the struggle to find peace.” – Sarah McLachlan, “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy” Sometimes what we want most is freedom from our suffering, and we…