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Jason and Medea
Why do we tell stories? Everyone knows the answer–it’s what makes us human. We’d like to take that one step further and say that we are stories. For each of us, our “identity”, the notion of “who we are”, is a story we are telling ourself. Or our Self, but that’s another story. Stories are…
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Argonautica, part 2
Captain’s log, stardate 100732.01. Our training mission continues as we introduce our Chief Engineer, Second Officer, and Chief of Security. Or, seen in the light of the stories of the Eight Trigrams whose combinations and interactions make up the 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching, we’ll introduce Middle Daughter (離 li Fire/Radiance) and Middle Son…
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Argonautica, part 1
Captain’s log, stardate 100714.62: Beginning a routine training mission with a new crew aboard the starship Argo. Our first stop is in the vicinity of the Crab Nebula. Ahem. Yes, but remember that characters and personalities interacting, as aboard a ship, using the medium of a story, is the basis of all… Well, I was…
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A Paean
We want you to start on your own journey. Are you ready to take the first steps? We’re talking about Shamanic journeying, at least in the way that we practice it. For us, the starting place of each journey is an act of divination. More precisely, for Fox and I, the technique is astragalomancy, but…
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What the Seven Thunders Uttered
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire. And he had in his hand a little book open, and he set his right foot upon the…
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In Honor of MLK
“Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” -Psalm 96:2 [Before we dive in, dear reader, some of you have told me that my method here may need a bit more explanation. This is Fox’s blog and I ask her what to write by casting lots (aka divination) and share with you insights that we…
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The Guardian of the Threshold
When your way eventually leads you to the border of that country, of non-ordinary reality, you should know what to expect, and what is expected of you, if you intend to cross. But before I describe what will take place, please know that everything I say is a lie. We’ll, not a lie exactly, but…
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So you call yourself a shaman?!
Fox has given me the luxury of being able to just sit with you from time to time, dear reader. I don’t have anything of value to give you that you could not anyway give yourself. I don’t need to make money by selling you something, thank the Great Mystery! I really am nothing more…
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The Uncarved Block
Q: What’s our next post? A: ΞΥΛΟΝ; Water::Heaven; Hexagram 5. Waiting; Tarot Five of Swords I suppose I deserve that–ask a vague question, get a vague answer! Fox: But if you take your time, dive deeper, roll up your sleeves, do the work… Okay, I get it! Here we have the proverbial blank slate. We…
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