Tag Archives: Alice Miller

The Eyes of the World

Spiritual Masters teach us that recurrent patterns of relationship offer us an opportunity to learn new ways of acting.  The soul can only grow through experiencing the results of choices.  When we get caught in an ancestral pattern, taught to … Continue reading

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The Daime and the Dark Angel

After a joyous week-long celebration in the Native American tradition, culminating in the peyote ceremony surrounded by loving family and friends, I followed up by attending a Santo Daime Work, a Concentration, the following Saturday night.  After drinking the Sacramental … 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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Red Riding Hood and the Woodsman

In The Woodsman (2004) Kevin Bacon portrays a convicted child molester, who has recently been released from prison. The only apartment available is directly opposite a school. He is re-hired at the lumber company by the son of the previous … 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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