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Review – Sacred Reciprocity: Courting the Beloved in Everyday Life
The Poetry of Jamie Reaser The beauty of Jamie Reaser’s poetry causes my heart to thrill, to ache, to still—with each turning of lyrical phrase. In Sacred Reciprocity she is both transparent seeker,...
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Spiritual Responsibility? Duty? Cargo?
I’ve been toying with terms to express what I mean and the process I’ve been evolving through in the last year. Responsibility or duty: both have a heavy connotation, not something done freely but...
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Eugene O’Neill and Me
I have a relationship with Eugene O’Neill, and it has endured over fifteen years. Like some other close friends I have, we live apart. There may be long periods when we don’t see each other. But when...
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Lifepath Dialogues Gathering: The Question of Spiritual Responsibility (Audio...
The Lifepath Dialogues Gathering was a local monthly gathering held in Prescott, Arizona. The intent was to build like-hearted community and dialogue about what truly matters. I chose monthly topics...
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Respite
I take daily respite in the morning. It’s my habit to arise quite early, usually before the sun is up, and sit cross-legged facing the east, to the hills just across the way, above the preserved land...
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A Tribute to Sue Woody
I’m fortunate to have my mother. All the years of my life she’s been by my side—even across many miles. Both my parents have. When they couldn’t fathom what in the world I was up to or, in some cases,...
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Worthy of What Really Matters
I particularly wanted to post this note on Independence Day, our national celebration, as a call for remembrance. The Prescott, Arizona area—my home community—has been devastated by loss. A week ago...
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Film Review: The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Documentary by Judy Irving Before I watched this documentary I thought it might be an interesting piece on wild parrots in an urban setting. It’s that but much...
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Reflections on Fire and Allies
We all need allies—fellow travelers on the path—to connect with deeply. This is especially so when words don’t express what takes you beyond the everyday life to the one that has no form. Yet your...
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What You Can Do in the Face of Devastation and Make a Difference
I received a very disheartening message. I want to share it with you—even though research statistics show that most people would prefer to see uplifting blog content. My feeling is there are just...
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Seed Intelligence: Indigenous Perspectives and Our Collective Birthright
In October 2010, Flordemayo was in Los Angeles attending a conference. At break she returned to her room on the 23rd floor. Before lying down to rest her eyes, she noticed an emerald green glow on the...
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Book Review: The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
In The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, Louise Erdrich has written a book that transports the reader not only to another time, but also to a field where all could dwell with increased...
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When Hopi Spirits Come to Life: Home Dance at Moenkopi
In July 2009 I was invited by Harold and Char Joseph to Home Dance, the first one in the Hopi village of Moenkopi in 50 years—a very historic event. It’s during this July dance ritual that the Katsina...
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Interview with Dianna “Snow Eagle” Henry, Seed Saver
Grandmother Flordemayo documenting seeds.Photo credit: The Path Grandmother Flordemayo had twice mentioned Dianna “Snow Eagle” Henry to me during my visits to the Seed Temple in Estancia, New Mexico....
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Holy Intent, Invisible Threads
This season is a holy time for many peoples in the world. While multitudes participate fully in—what has become—frenzied materialism, others take a pause or at least strike a balance. Hopi Ceremonial...
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Book Review: Indigenous Message on Water
In 2012 a call went out from the coalition of Indigenous leaders of the Indigenous World Forum on Water and Peace (IWFWP) to Native elders, writers, artists, activists—Knowledge Keepers—for poetry,...
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Unexpected Developments
Have you ever had a sense that something is bubbling beneath the surface? That you don’t know what it is…but something is getting ready to give birth…to step forward…to unfold? If you focus on it, you...
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How the Dreams of Chief Hawk Pope Came True
In the late 1980s after my return to Ohio, I took oil painting classes for a couple of years from Chief Hawk Pope of the Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band. I valued his sheer presence and laser-like...
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Book Review: Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
People are often surprised when I say that I’m an introvert. They’re fooled by the fact that I’m articulate, do public speaking, work with groups and engage socially. They assume that I’m an extrovert....
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Lifepath Dialogues Interview with Maya Daykeeper Apab’yan Tew
Apab’yan Tew is an Ajq’ij, a Day Keeper, spiritual guide, dancer and musician, of the K’iche’ Maya tradition from the village of Nawalja’ in Sololá of the Guatemalan highlands. He approaches his sacred...
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