Tag Archives: Inner Truth

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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The little boy, Christ, and the Catholic Bishop

For several years the grey lawn statute of our lady stood at the entrance to the little Cathedral. No one knew how she got there, Auntie said, “She just appeared one day.” She was an anonymous gift, which had become … Continue reading

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Celtic Catholics in the New Era

Surprise! There is an Old Catholic Ceremony with all the ancient ritual, incense, and liturgy without any of the traditional judgments, shame or guilt feelings associated with the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches. The liturgy consists of choral responses between … Continue reading

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Dragons or Brazilian Faeries?

In the morning after eating peyote, chanting, and praying all night long, I watched a young man sitting directly across the fire from me connect eyes.  He seemed to be communicating with someone through me.  I felt someone, perhaps his … Continue reading

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Men’s lives are governed by fear.

If you can accept that secret and want to heal, men must stop feeling shamed by our fear. James Hollis said in Under Saturn’s Shadow: the Wounding and Healing of Men (1994) “I have always admired the freedom of women … Continue reading

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The Rabbit and the Tar Baby

Walking yesterday with a young father, who is also a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern, I told him the story of Brother Rabbit and the Tar Baby. He had heard it before, like most American boys raised on the Atlantic … Continue reading

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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

Dreams mirror our psychic situation exactly as it is, seen from the perspective of the Spirit. They inform and acknowledge what the conscious personality sometimes does not yet know. The dream of the Blue Lady validated the changes I have felt over the past few days. Continue reading

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Coyote’s Pitfalls: the dangers of mentoring men.

The Native American Trickster Coyote is a metaphor of great power and help. His androgynous nature explains how we act out both sexual orientations in relationships. Experiences in infancy and early childhood create expectations and pattern our future behavior. Preverbal and unconscious, they surprise us as compulsive feelings, desires, and behavior. Becoming aware of how our parents’ ignorance created our patterns is the first step to change. Perception isn’t what we feel it to be, like Coyote it is very tricky. Continue reading

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Invictus and Inner Truth

Clint Eastwood’s latest masterpiece ‘Invictus’ filled the theater last night.  Nelson Mandela’s life in prison and as President of what he called “My Rainbow Nation” showed us the power of forgiveness and acceptance of the enemy’s ways.  He used the … Continue reading

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