Category Archives: Child/Parent Relationship

From Beginning to End (Do Comaco ao Fim)

Astrologers have said that unconscious things come to light during a Solar Eclipse. That certainly happened to me during the eclipse. All sorts of unexpressed feelings came flying out of me, ripping at my friend. She retaliated and through the … Continue reading

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Judas Kiss the key to transformation

Keys open spaces.  They give us choices.  And choices build our reality, they create our world. Keystones are necessary to bridge a gap.  Masons use wedge-shaped stones at the top of an arch.  That stone locks all the other stones … Continue reading

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The Story in his Eyes

An elder man told me a story of his younger days camping out near the Anasazi (ancient people’s) dwellings in New Mexico.  He found some books about the old ways, how the men would take the boys down into the … Continue reading

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Upgrades

Computers get them over the air waves, delivered by the Internet.  “Upgrade Available” says the text, “click here to install”.  I usually choose the upgrade.  And a couple of years ago I noticed a new phenomenon in my life, people … Continue reading

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Mom Gave Me Away, so I Found Ways to Ease the Pain

I could feel someone standing behind me.  I turned to see who it was.  There was no one there.  I was sitting on the outside of the group; we were meditating after drinking the medicine.  When the lights went up … Continue reading

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a good way to describe the world of a young boy, whose father died in New York City’s 9/11 tragedy.  In the movie the boy, Oskar, tells us that he “has been tested for … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Prayers

Irene Claremont de Castillejo was the wife of a Spanish Rabbi who was killed in the Spanish Civil War.  She returned to England and became a Jungian psychoanalyst. In her eighties she wrote a book called Knowing Woman: A Feminine … Continue reading

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The Great Goddess and the Water of Life

Thirty years ago Edward C. Whitmont wrote about how human consciousness was becoming more feminine oriented in The Return of the Goddess. Whitmont was a European Jew, whose family sent him to America to escape the Nazi holocaust. He was … Continue reading

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Healing the Inner Child

During the past few months I have been observing a young man in ceremony.  At first he was avoiding me and this behavior was strikingly different from his usually friendly and warm connections to others.  After a trip to South … Continue reading

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It is never too late of apologize.

Little brother,  I remembered an incident when we were children I wanted to remind you of and apologize to you for my not having the courage to speak up and defend you, my younger brother.  Mom was in the hospital … Continue reading

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