by Sean Imler | Mar 26, 2018 | Ceremony
Thank You for Being There! Jennifer Walls [from newsletter 11] Our Elders and Children can teach us so much about ceremony. If we make ourselves fully available we can sit with them, listen to them, and watch them as they are—playing, learning, helping, and creating...
by Sean Imler | Mar 26, 2018 | Ceremony
Four Parts of Ceremony David Lemon [from newsletter 9] All the things I’ve read about traditional wisdom never made much difference in how I lived until I began to participate in ceremony. Ceremony gives me an intensified experience of where I am in the cycle of...
by Sean Imler | Aug 16, 2017 | Ceremony
Michael Stocker In my family, my Father supplied the food and shelter and my Mother tended the home and prepared the food. The agreement they had regarding their family roles instilled in me the understanding that men are providers and women are nurturers. Due to my...
by Sean Imler | Aug 16, 2017 | Ceremony
Which came first, our Red Road, or Life? I once read a Native American Spirituality book that spoke about the seven rites of passage; it spoke about Praying with The Chanupa, The Sweat Lodge, The Hambleche Vision Quest, and The Sundance. Why do we feel like we have...
by Sean Imler | Aug 16, 2017 | Ceremony
The first time I met this old man I was bankrupt in every area of my life. But this is not about me, it is about probably the kindest old man I ever met, Martin High Bear – Ivan Hokshiela the Rock Boy. The old man was in Coos Bay, Oregon helping some folks out putting...
