Visions, adventures, Medicine Teachings, articles,
shamanic practices and their practical application in
facing the challenges of daily life using humanity's
most ancient path of psychospiritual "technology".

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• Comprehending Shamanism
  - A short introduction by Tomás to shamanic beliefs and practice. For more in depth information about Shamanism, check out Tom's book on Shamanism: Flowers of Wiricuta - a Gringo's Journey to Shamanic Power
  
  
• Shamanism Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Shamanism General Overview FAQ
• The soc.religon.shamanism FAQ
  
  
• New! Shamanism, shamanic counseling and self-esteem
  - Article on how shamanism and working with Tomás can help you raise your self-esteem
  
  
• Making Your Medicine
  Shamanism, Wisdom, Relationship and Questing for Vision
  
  
• Turtle Island Speaks
  Native American consciousness, shamanism, as modern survival paradigm - a model for defending and sustaining the "living systems of planet earth"
  
  
• Hiking Coyote’s "Elastic Trail"
  - Mt. Tamalpais Pilgrimage--August 2002. Coyote teaches us about "pilgrimage" and to pay respect and to "feed" or "give back" to Nature in sacred reciprocity for all the gifts it feeds us with through its constant "give-away" of beauty, power, teachings, protection, food, shelter, etc
  
  
• Healing the Sacred Hoop
  - Heeding the Wake-Up Call of Terrorism - "There can be no sides in a round world"
  
  
• Get a real life: The Work of the West
  - How do we get a meaningful, real life? An article exploring various sources of guidance to these questions, wisdom from people facing life-threatening illness and other life-death-rebirth lessons of the West.
  
  
• Things work out for those who...
  -The urge for personal artistic expression comes from deep inside our humanity. These expressions aren't intended to be judged as performances, only expressions of feelings, images, and ideas flowing through my mind, body and spirit. How does one work within a shamanic framework, thankful for these opportunities to co-create with the Mystery...
  
  
• Tcok - a river runs through
  - a story by John Littleton about "tcok" (creek in Miwok) lessons from Marin water systems that drain the east and west sides of Mount Tamalpais
  
  
• Imagine a world...
  - Prayer that May Peace Prevail on Earth
  
  
• Shamanism, Oppression and Social Justice Work
  - Shamanism is humanity's oldest expression of spirituality... It is important that modern students and practitioners of shamanism realize the persecution that their shamanic ancestors had to face, and that indigenous shamanic cultures still face today.
  
  
• The Guadalupe de la Cruz Memorial Page
  - a tribute to a renowned Huichol mara' akame shaman - a gifted teacher, healer, singer, artist, ceremonial leader who Tomás studied and worked with for over fifteen years.
  
  
• Modern Day Explorers on the Shamanic Path
  - The Common Ground Interview with Tomás covers many subjects including shamanism, shamanic apprenticeship, ayahuasca inspired Amazonian art and Indigenous perspectives on sacred use of hallucinogenic power plants, "Iyari - heart memory"...
  
  
• Coyote Sez
  - This article investigates the many forms of Coyote as the archetypal trickster. For people of the Northwest it is the raven, in the western occult tradition it is the first card of the Tarot deck, the fool...
  
  
• You Can't Have the Light, Without Having The Shadow
  - Tomás discusses how examining the darker aspects of ourselves can be a doorway to the light of conscious awareness.
  
  
• Sacred Feminine
  - Wisdom Grandmother, Mother Earth, feminine Goddess, Sacred Mother, creative principle of creation lessons and learnings from Native American, Huichol and Joseph Campbell female myth traditions and teachings
  
  
• Nature and Psyche
  - Tomás's insightful article on the role of Nature in Childhood and how nature shapes Soul and Psyche
  
  
• Sacred Ecology
  - An article describing spiritual, ecopsychology teachings from wilderness journies: a climb on Mt. Shasta, a quest for vision in Yosemite, and a shamanic journey with blue whales in the Pacific.
  
  
• Soul Of The Wilderness
  - Wilderness Vision Quest Wisdom to Save Our Souls -- And the Planet
  
  
• Shamanic Art
• Huichol Visions
  - a photo essay of Huichol shamanic practices, shamanic art and villiage life by Vita Rose Shooting Star
• The Storytellers - The Shamanic Art of Sheryl Cotleur
  - mythic shamanic bone art
• Art of the Huichols
  - beaded masks, medicine bags, yarn art inspired by shamanic vision
  
  
• Climbing the Shamanic Path
  Stories and Insights from 12 Years of Pilgrimage To Mt. Shasta
  • New!! Tales from the 12th Cycle of the Mt. Shasta Pilgrimage
  • Tales from the 11th Cycle of the Mt. Shasta Pilgrimage
  • Tales form the 10th Cycle of the Mt. Shasta Pilgrimage
  • Tales from the 9th Cycle of the Mt. Shasta Pilgrimage
    - Listening to Mis Misa
  • Tales from the 8th Cycle of the Mt. Shasta Pilgrimage
    - Did You Make It To The Top? An article describing the psychospiritual teachings of shamanic mountain climbing.