“Of course the Chinese mix everything up – look at what they have to work with! Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoist alchemy and sorcery. We take what we want and leave the rest, just like your salad bar.” — Egg Shen in John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China
(Disclaimer: I am, to quote Jim Jarmush’s [...]
…hoodoo’s no different than regular praying. The prayers are always answered, just that sometimes the answer’s no.” — Bill Fitzhugh, Highway 61 Resurfaced
(Disclaimer: This is not a how-to guide for spell-casting. It’s a quick look at some of the background and theory. I take no responsibility for the results of anyone mistaking the below text [...]
Shrine to Dead Critters
Recently, my husband Taylor and I moved to a new home. This, of course, meant uprooting everything, packing it into boxes, bins and bags, and trucking it across town (thankfully the day before Snowpocalypse 2008 hit the Pacific Northwest!). After about a week of recovery, I had the time and energy to [...]
Modern Shamanic Living: New Explorations of an Ancient Path
by Evelyn C. Rysdyk
Weiser, 1999
ISBN 978-1578631254
110 pages
Reviewer: Lupa
There are numerous introductory texts on neoshamanism out there; most have the usual material – what is shamanism, how to journey, what are the three worlds, how to find a power animal, etc. Evelyn Rysdyk offers up her own interpretation [...]
“What is truth, man? You heard the weirdo…” — Zaphod Beeblebrox
Earlier, I made the point that there’s a difference between what is (for want of a better word) real and what we can actually describe. This is an idea which many find a little troubling.
It’s not a new idea. Plato’s Cave model is a couple [...]
