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Re-Gratitude Sunday

Our shamanic journey circle on Sunday focused on -rethinking and re-generating and re-joicing ourselves.  This was the first Sunday after the close of our most recent Mercury Retrograde experience, and so an idea came to me for the focus of our two shamanic journeys.  Each week, I ask for our intentions and tools to be revealed,

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Ravenous Divination

The Way of Raven was pondered and explored this weekend at ISA. On Saturday we gathered for RAVEN SHADOWS, a shamanic circle focused on connecting with, and learning from, our old friend Raven.  Wikipedia says many things about the ‘Common Raven’, including- The Common Raven evolved in the Old World and crossed the Bering land bridge into

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A Weekend of Posturing.

As I prepared to move some boxes of books recently, I found the book “Where the Spirits Ride the Wind” by Felicitas D. Goodman .  A note card, written maybe 10 years ago, fell out. In my own writing I read, ”Right Hand above Left, standing. Sounds Came… A sea of ants was coming toward

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Receiving and Feeling Love

A little over a week ago, a friend of ISA ended up in the hospital. Suddenly a wave of concern, worry, sadness and confusion washed over this community.  During this last week, many people, in person and far away, prayed for our friend’s revival.  We worried together, talked together, and as we watched our friend come

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Drumming the Elements…

Last night, 5 spirit travelers joined together to create rhythm for the four elements.   The five called on Romanian, Irish, Punjabi, Native American and African ancestors to help them.  Two humans had drumming experience.  Three had never drummed before. They intuitively connected with Earth, then Air, Fire, and finally Water, and below are some quotes

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ISA’s 2012 Healing Practitioner Training begins January 8!

 Everyone is looking to improve their health.  “Health” includes physical, mental, spiritual, humor, emotional and psychic balance. In these times we need access to as many skilled Healing Practitioners as possible. Those who are “Hallow Bones” for Spirit.  Those who use their natural gifts to help themselves and others do their own sacred ‘healing’.  To this end,  it

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Cracking Open-Revealing

Cracking Open-A Shamanic Evocation What will be revealed? “Cracking open” is a process of bringing forth new aspects of who you are or who you are meant to be. It is not a solitary process.  In fact, it is a mystical communion with Spirit Beings. Now you are being given the opportunity to share in

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Cracking Open Is For You!

  CRACKING OPEN-A SHAMANIC EVOCATION November 26, 2011 6:30-8:30 $7-$13 (a spirit-guided sliding scale; ask within to divine your ticket offering) at Future’s Antiquity Gallery, 19 E Toole Ave, Tucson, AZ The cast and crew is shamanically preparing for a night of energy, consciousness moving, and magic.                Around us the music soars, we twist and

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Ancestor Night

  On Friday, Oct. 28, the eloquent and very talented storyteller, Fetish Dragonfire (practitioner Patricia Bowne), gathered together other superb storytellers for a fun filled night.  Here is what Fetish reported about the event: Ancestor Night: A storytelling circle to share family and/or cultural, spooky stories. Lots of fun, tasty treats and true ghost stories.

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Cracking Open-Individual Sessions

The exciting and spectacular news is that our shamanic evocation performance of Cracking Open is happening very, very soon! In fact, it will be November 26, from 6:30-8:30. Many fascinating, magical, sumptuous, balancing, and fruitful developments have been taking place! One preparation happened recently when Cracking Open-Individual Sessions occurred. The spirit energies of …. “The

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Stoking our Inner Fire!

Friends and supporters of ISA gathered at 7,800 feet up Mt. Lemmon for an overnight Full Moon campout. It was fun, filled with shamanic ideas, and darn cold!  A cold snap moved in, so we desert dwellers went from 95 degrees to 25 degrees. Snow flakes even fell, for  a minute or two. We told

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