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Winter Solstice – Sun’s Nesting Day I – VI: remember
II see Sun standing stillA shadow to follow on the face of my wallI mark the placeDay in, Day outOver years.I follow Sun passing throughA late rising farther in the southeastA fast setting farther southwestI mark her coming and going in the white snow blanketWith the shadows of TreeExpectation in heart of There She Comes!I Continue reading
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Song of Birds
Today the birds sang in the forest In the back stretch of home Are the birds still singing in Gaza? Are the birds still singing in Yemen? Are the birds still singing in Afghanistan? Are any birds still singing in Canaan? Continue reading
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Bear Woman Golden Woman
Golden figure, golden woman, golden bear woman of great ancestry. There, Look! Bear woman has a cynt, the opening womb. Look at her expression. Look at her breasts. Look at her hair the headdress. Look at her legs. Look at her hands. Look at the zig-zags up and down her legs, ancient women sign. Look Continue reading
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Songs to a Faraway Sky – The Use of Blessings in Tuvan Shamanism
Article by Christiana (Aro-)Harle, originally in Sacred Hoop, Issue 64, 2008 Blessings are an important part of the role of most shamans, bringing the gifts and grace of the spirits to the people to help them in their daily lives. We are all stuck in our own stupidity and narrow-mindedness, in our own limiting and Continue reading
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The Mother Night – The Deer Mother – Light Bringer
The Give-away story of the Deer Mother or Goddess and Sun is very different. Continue reading
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How to make a Staff
That is a long question. There are many responses, many experiences. Gleaning, I find a few. First, I ask from Spirit(s) – my helping ones – I ask from the Land. Very simply, to the point, for a staff. Continue reading
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The Thing with Ceremony
Why am I special? I am not. What is real ceremony? You are in the center You are the one giving A place of honour A place of sacrifice You always have a payment There is a cost for being In the centre of ceremony To being the main dancer To be the main story Continue reading
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A Questionnaire of Sacred Places
Wanderings, wonderings and ponderings on questionnaires, the land, gifting, purpose and power of stories of sacred places. Continue reading
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Birthing a shamanic healing drum
many different hands. In my understanding of shamanhood if you hold and use a drum it is for shamanic healing. One has a sacred contract with the spirits which you are showing to the world by your use of the drum. Continue reading
Christiana Aro-Harle 