Nature Narrates its Wisdom

When you seem to have lost purpose in life, give yourself permission to spend four moments every season to reflect on your inner wisdom. Tapping into the well of your inner wisdom by reading a mythological story. Being challenged to interpret it. Getting guidance on how to work with mythology and archetypes. And last but certainly not least, to use the technique of dream incubation  you’d be tuning into the wisdom that is locked in mythology.

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The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman

Book review of The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman. Danielle Dulsky asks us to look at our own stories and “tiny soulful treasures long-buried” for spiritual truth and to embrace our right to an authentic relationship with the sacred.

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The Hidden Worlds: Book Review

The Hidden Worlds is an easy to read book aimed at teen readers about using shaman techniques to address environmental problems. The Hidden Worlds introduces power animals, the four elements and mutual dreaming to enter the hidden worlds of perception.

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Trickster Archetype: An Exploration in Writing the Tale

The Trickster carries an enormous number of opposites and many of the adventures could be seen as arising from the tension that is found between these opposites. Let the Trickster inhabit the darker side of life, while we use that force, through his stories, to bring us to the good side of life. Let us have balance by leaving evil in the realm of the gods and keeping good in the realm of humanity.

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Civil War and Dreams: The Home Voices Speak Louder Than the Drums

Wanda Burch re-writes the American civil war in terms of dreams. She has collected a multitude of dreams that make you realize how important dreams were in that time period. Newspapers published dreams about the end of the war as a way to shed some light on the question when the war should end. A book filled with remarkable dreams. If you like history and love dreams, this is a book for you.

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Wonder Woman: A Female Perspective

Wonder Woman, the film entered the cinema’s and got a lot of positive feedback. Women have even reported that they were crying when they saw the film. I wanted to see the film to investigate if it isn’t an ultimate form of misogyny to admire a woman simply because she can fight like a man? Is Wonder Woman just a male soldier with big breasts and a vagina? Or is something else going on?

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Multiverse: a Dream come True?

I have this lovely theory that in my dreams, I visit a multiverse. In my dreams I step into this multiverse, live life and solve problems according to the laws that are applicable there.
Today’s Mindfunda tries to see if such a charming notion might be supported by recent scientific research.

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Cailleach: Dreaming about Archetypical Energy

The Cailleach is an ancient mother Goddess associated with winter and rejuvenation. Cailleach means “the Veiled one”. She is the giant blue faced goddess of winter, associated with death as well as with rebirth.

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Dream Song: 5 Mental Notes that Might Help You Attribute Meaning

There are days I wake up humming a certain kind of dream song, playing in my dream. This blog explores the possible meaning of dreams and music.

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Catcher in the Rye: One Dream, Two Layers

I have never read The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger. When I had to prepare a reading list for my English class, I felt that the yearning and depression of a young teenage male was far beyond my scope of interest.
So why would this book all of a sudden appear in a dream of mine?

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The Spiritual Body: Our Connection to Food

In this second blog of a four-part series on the body, Susanne van Doorn explores the connection between the spiritual body and food. Discover how our relationship with food, influenced by early experiences and the Mother Wound, shapes how we nourish and care for our bodies. From childhood comfort foods to the struggle with unhealthy food relationships, this blog delves into how food and nourishment are deeply linked to our sense of identity and connection to Mother Earth. Learn about the impact of food on health, body image, and self-acceptance as we embrace the spiritual body in harmony with nature’s cycles.

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Environment: 3 Ways a Place can Have an Impact on your Well Being

Your environment has got more impact on you and your state of well being than you’d imagine on first sight. Grounding Religion, a Book Review. It was only after reading this book that I could get a grip on how many aspects are involved in the intertwining of Ecology and Environment.

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Woman Most Wild, 3 Keys to Liberating the Witch Within

Danielle Dusky explains in Woman Most Wild, Three keys to Liberating the Witch Within that there are not one, not two, but three keys to unlock your broom closet and fly away to kiss the moon.

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Byung Chul Han: Agony of Eros, a Book Review

Explore The Agony of Eros by Byung Chul Han, a profound analysis of love’s decline in modern society. From Eros’ connection to the Other to the ‘inferno of the same,’ this book challenges our views on love, relationships, and individuality in a consumer-driven world. Is Eros truly dead?

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Yoga Practice for Enhanced Dream Recall

Discover how a simple yoga practice can enhance your dream recall and deepen your connection with your subconscious. This easy-to-follow exercise, practiced over just four days, can improve your ability to remember and interpret dreams. Whether you’re a yoga enthusiast or a dream explorer, this technique offers a unique way to bridge the two practices.

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7 Common Dreams: Exercise the Dream Muscles

Just like a hand is necessary in life, your dream muscles need exercise at a regular basis. And just like the hand, most of your dream muscles are not located in you dreams but in your daily life. This blog is about 7 common dreams and new ways of approaching them.

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Easter Origin: A Pagan Eastern Fertility Goddess?

Explore the true origin of Easter, from the myth of Eostre and Ostara to the connection with fertility and spring celebrations across cultures. Learn how early monks, such as Beda Venerabilis, helped shape the Easter calendar, and discover the fascinating history behind Easter traditions like the Easter Bunny and eggs. Uncover the historical and symbolic significance of these customs, which have evolved over centuries into the Easter we know today.

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