What Does It Mean to Be Human?
Chakra Consciousness in a COVID World

A year has passed since COVID arrived on the global scene, literally shutting down the world as we knew it while we scrambled to understand its relative lethality and path of spread. Despite all that we have learned thus far, dissension persists regarding how to best deal with it. Our very sense of what it means to be human has been challenged. Read more…

Lessons from Water:
Understanding Water, Understanding Life

We all know we cannot live without water. Even as we explore other planets, we can’t help but note the presence or absence of this molecule as indicative of its potential to support life—at least as we know it. We learn about H₂O as children and often take its availability for granted. Yet water holds mystery and has something to teach us on every level. Read more…

Creative Consciousness II:
How to Give Form to the Coming Vision

As the stillness of our recent shutdown slowly shifts toward “a new normal,” we can choose to passively accept the parameters defined by others, or each of us can play a role in determining how the next phase of our personal and communal life might unfold. Read more…

Discernment in the Darkness:
Finding a Path to Healing

No one will deny that we live in dark times. Confusion, fear, states of overwhelm and hopelessness challenge many of us as we try to keep our “emotional heads above water.” Read more…

Boundaries and the Pursuit of Consciousness:
Their Necessity and Their Evolution

When we consider the idea of boundaries, perhaps we think of borders, laws, confidentiality, or personal space. Such things as taboos, beliefs, opinions, blame, sin, and self-definition also apply. Read more…

The Power of Moods:
The Exploration of Feelings as a Path to Consciousness

While our current social paradigm emphasizes the importance of professional image, brand, and “appearance management,” our everyday experience of life is highly affected by moods—our own and those of others, nearby and in the collective. Read more…

The Inner Fire: Who Will Fan My Flame?
The Importance and Challenges of Self-Care

In an extroverted culture such as ours, focus on the “other” receives enormous emphasis while narcissism lurks in the shadows. Neither condition fosters a loving, sacred attention to self, nor to the purpose for one’s own incarnation of Sacred Fire into physical form. Read more…

The Mystic, the Warrior, and the Witch

We have all heard stories about mystics, warriors, and witches and how they have been honored or defamed across centuries, continents, and cultures. Read more…

Energy Medicine, Mental Health, and the Pursuit of Consciousness

While these three topics are realms unto themselves, they share at least one thing in common—the mind. We don’t often consider the mind as an energetic phenomenon interacting with the other energetic aspects of our human condition. Read more…

Things that make us go “hmmm?!?”

Quantum physics and other scientific discoveries are expanding our understanding of the “real” world at ever-increasing rates. Read more…

The Astrological Birth Chart: Blueprint for Psychological and Spiritual Healing

This eight-week series will serve as an introduction to the basics of astrology. We will discover the ancient, magical, and still relevant correlations between the movement of the planets and our lives. Read more…