Going to the Bottom of the Well

Going to the Bottom of the Well

Life is a series of ups and downs. Anyone who’s lived one and thought about it will attest to this universal truth. Sometimes life feels amazing. We’re in flow, high on the joy and achievement of what we’re doing. It seems as though the gods have aligned, and we’re...
The Eleventh Corner: From Big Dreams to Small Steps

The Eleventh Corner: From Big Dreams to Small Steps

For as long as I can remember I’ve had dreams. My mind seems to naturally conjure future visions of how amazing things could be. This is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s a powerful imaginal capacity. It underpins key parts of my mystical and shamanic work....
Meetings with Spirit Guides

Meetings with Spirit Guides

The first time I met one of my guides, I had no idea that’s what he was. He was a strange, hooded figure that showed up in a “journey” during my first weekend shaman workshop. The workshop was full of people I’d tried my best to avoid in life – tribal yoga pants...
Embodying the Future Self

Embodying the Future Self

I must confess, I am slightly obsessed by the future. I think about it all the time. Both mine—how I’m going to achieve all the dreams I have, and what it would be like to live that future? And ours—how on earth are we going to make it through this very odd moment...
The Convenience of Not Setting Goals

The Convenience of Not Setting Goals

I learned a new skill last year. In fact, to call it a skill does perhaps not do it full justice. For it is in actuality, a capacity for a fundamental orientation toward life. One that much to my shame, I had hitherto forsaken. In common parlance this capacity would...