Tag Archives: Healing Sexual Abuse

Judas Kiss the key to transformation

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

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 Daime and the Dark Angel

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

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

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

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

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

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

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

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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Sexual Healing of Child Abuse

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Is there a way to stop gay men from hitting on you? Shiva thought so, just embrace a surrogate father. Symbolically that is the problem, not the solution. Here’s Shiva’s story, told from the dad’s perspective. Continue reading →

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Papou, Open the Window!

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

I was sitting talking to my friend in my basement den when I heard my granddaughter shout. “Open the window, open the window.” In the summer months she would often bang on my window. I would open the drapes, open … Continue reading →

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Telling the Story, Healing the Trauma

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

“Why do you tell these stories of abusive patterns? How is this healing? Why talk about sexual experiences, when they make us feel uncomfortable? Shouldn’t we protect ourselves and our loved ones from contact with these persons who have these … Continue reading →

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I feel better now. How do you do that?

Posted on October 27, 2010 by

Her guru told her just to focus on good things, light and higher conscious thoughts. Dreams were a waste of time. After returning from Asia, she had a dream of a protective medicine man in white eagle plumage. Then she … Continue reading →

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Just be yourself Dad.

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

Since my divorce in 1999, communication between me and my biological children deteriorated. My wife and the twins (our eldest boys) stopped talking and responding to emails in 2004.  I saw the Bear (our middle son) once in 2007.  I … Continue reading →

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