Patterns in Nature is a beautiful book by the wonderfully lucid and insightful science writer Philip Ball. He explores the many ways the natural world, both organic and inorganic, manifests principles of order that derive from fundamantal properties of the physical…
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The sacred use of symbols and the imagination is a time-honored and effective way to find healing and purpose, and live a fuller, richer, and more connected life. I think it’s central to Soul Cartography work, so it will help…
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I’ve invited participants in the Soul Cartography class starting this week to acquire a journal and write daily for fifteen minutes about their experience of the class as it progresses. This task warrants a bit more explanation. The main purpose…
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A new Soul Cartography group is starting this Tuesday! After a number of months backing up and thinking about the process and its context, I’m looking forward to putting it all to use with the intention of helping my students…
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I last wrote a post here just before the Solstice, planning to resume as usual in the new year. On January 1, I developed a severe medical condition that knocked me out of commission for most of the month and…
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The Solstice is about 36 hours away. At that moment the sun ends its southward journey (from an earth perspective) and starts to swing back north, bringing new life and possibilities. Like a pendulum, the sun’s movement in this direction…
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Last night the moon was full in the sign of Gemini. This morning when I went out in my backyard early to do tai chi (cold!) there she was, hanging ripe in the misty western sky between the sleeping branches…
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We move backward and forward through time, scurrying ahead into our future, shuffling back to the past. Unlike our roamings in dimensional space, with time there are only two directions to go. However, both of the directions are rich and…
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Today I came across an astonishing offer of a rail journey: the Silk Road Express will take you from Beijing to Moscow in 21 days! Volgograd, Tashkent, Merv, Dunhuang, Xian…wow! On closer investigation I found any number of reasons why…
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It turns out that offering water blessings has its challenges. After my wonderful Ocean experiences in early November I have been going every weekend now for three weeks to sacred water locations in different places in Seattle. Last week, however, I…
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