Peace in the Morning

I woke up this morning and there was peace. No buzzing in my head, nobody bothering me for this or that. It was nice for a change. Crow was telling me it was time to get up but what else is new? LOL. I sat down and wrote some in my blog on another forum hoping maybe some of my friends might "get it" I doubt if any of them will but hey, life is fun because we are all different right?
After getting the library and the art studio done, My friend called with a proposition.
I have much to do with my time now. I have been commissioned to sew...HA! this is going to be interesting I assure you. I would rather extract alligator teeth for a living but at least this task wont cost me more in health and life insurance.

My time in the spirit world has taken a back seat to the mundane of getting a life the world wont see as "out there". I still have Mr Man and who I now know as Sophie the playful one around to remind me of my duties. I could use a little advice on a new one who has shown up and likes to be noisy. So if any of you know how to handle a pesky one let me know. I have tried to tell it to hush and be polite and even said if it cant be quiet then it has to go. That didnt work. I have told it out-right to leave and it hasnt gone. Ugh! the only reason I want it gone is because my dog is getting jumpy when its around. The fact I cant get a feel on this one bothers me.

Its not my fault

Its not my fault my voice heals those who listen.
Its not my fault I see visions from the past and future.
Its not may fault spirits talk to me.
Its not my fault. Its not my fault.

Its not my fault deer trust me.
Its not my fault dog obeys me.
Its not my fault Raven comes to me.
Its not my fault cat loves me.
Its not my fault its not my fault.

Its not my fault my people left Europe.
Its not my fault they took your land.
Its not my fault they did what they did.
And its not my fault I am what I am.

I choose to listen to that unheard
I choose to pay forward what I have learned
I choose to be what was meant to be
I choose to be nothing other than me

I choose kindness over hatred
I choose truth over lie
I choose education of all things
I choose heart over mind

I choose life over death
but if death does come
I choose what is beyond it
where the ancestors are from.

knowing what you practice

I was reading today. something about Voodoo and Shamanism and herbal healing all in one. I am one of those people who says, look, as long as it works who cares. But to give repect where respect is due. Voodoo is very specific. Shamanism also has specific roots. herbal healing can be a part of many cultures and not all cultures have the same herbs used for the same healing.

I understand that using a title gets notoriety and people might pay more attention to it or you but lets be fare and respectful. Eclectic magic and healing does work, it just isnt looked at with much respect. The reason it doesnt get respect is because people tend to call it something its not.

If you are eclectic and have borrowed from other traditions...thats ok, just say you are eclectic and know what you are doing and know that it works. People will respect you more and your reputation will be better for it.

spell for the addict

this time is desperate
his time has come
to learn the lessons
for what hes done

crime and drugs
and self destruction
a lazy body
and confused heart

bind him and break him
and remold his mind
lay down the right path
that he can find

guide him away
if this wont change
if his path is chosen
and already named

give us the strength
to say good bye
and let him go
let trauma subside

we seek peace
when love has to be tough
but comes a time
when enough is enough

reasoning the psychic/spirit walker

It is said that some people see and speak to ghosts and other spirits. Those of the Shamanic teachings say that in order to see and speak to spirits you have to have come close to death or died and come back.

When you think about it this makes some sense. After all, if the spirits have seen you and you have seen them in the spirit world, would it not stand to reason that the spirits who have something to say, know who to contact now?

I believe that spirits communicate through what they know and how they know it. It doesnt mean that how they are able to express what they know is the way we would like, or understand. What might be scary to us is nothing more than description, clue, or fact to them. We living here in the mundane and so called civilized world are not accustomed to the ways of the dead and deathly. Accepting that though life can be beautiful, death is a part of it and isnt always pretty.

Whether or not you believe in ghost, spirits, or the other worlds, might have to do with if you have been there or not. I dont believe that everyone who dies comes back a believer. Only those the spirits can trust or those they believe who will understand have that privilege.

doing what I love

In thinking I might need to improve my lifestyle I have been considering going back to school. At this time in my life school is an option "if"
1. i could finish in a timely manor and apply my education to a career
2. my career choice pays more than the difference of the cost of school.

Taking this into consideration I have to say no to school. Its just not financially practical. I would have to take pre math and science classes just to pass the entrance. So I have been thinking of other ways to improve things. Asking myself questions like "what am I good at that people would pay for?" and "how would I build a business on doing what I love?" What is it that I love to do?

This....this is what I love to do. Spiritual awareness discovery of life and life beyond. How do I improve my life in a financial way with this? Art? maybe. I dont want to be one of those people who opens a shop and sells what could be mistaken or accused of being fake or fraudulent.

This is just another step in discovery I suppose. "how to apply who I am to what I should do with what I know" and another step in my journey arrives.......

Fluff in Shamanic Works

OK here is why I blame Christianity on the fluff in shamanic works.

if you look back in time Shamans were the tribal council head on how to rid the tribe of witchcraft and its curses. By doing this they would work their own brand of magic and warding.

Christianity says that magic and warding is no different than what the witch does so it is ALL witchcraft and will not be known as a "good" thing.

My take on much of the new age fluffyism is that because of the persecution made upon all who stray from "gods way" and the bible, made up crap was spoken to keep a practice alive. In turn i think its been taken as "fact" over the years and become more accepted by the general public (which are the Christians) Now that its all been misspoken by the laymen "anyone" can achieve shamanic trance work with practice and money can be made by writing on it.

so yeah I blame the Christians for making the original practice an evil thing and the practitioner having to hide the truth to stay alive without persecution.


Quacks are something else altogether. There are those who have achieved the ways of being a shamanic practitioner. They can do anything a Shaman can do. The problem is they do it for a lot of money for people they dont even know.
1.) Payment is always something of a controversy because a Shaman is supposed to be family or tribal. We as Americans have lost the idea of honesty. Getting something for free is not honest, its robbery.
2.) a Shaman is supposed to know the person s/he works on. If a person isnt ready emotionally, and foolishly seeks out a healing they arent ready for it is the shamans job to either prepare the person for the work to be done or turn the healing away.
2 b: preparing can take months or even years depending on the work at hand. I have seen so called Shamans charging as much as 1000 dollars for a healing or soul retrieval to a perfect stranger. a single one hour session of counseling does not let a person "know" another person.


I call these people quacks not because of the work they do, but why they do it. They are irresponsible and careless to the talent they have and give "real" Shamans a bad name.