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The Horse Boy & Mongol Shamans

If you haven't discovered them yet, I highly recommend the “The Horse Boy” book & movie.

They focus on the true story of how anthropologist Rupert Isaacson (known for his work with African Bushmen) & his wife, Kristin, take their autistic son to Mong

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Best books on Shamanism

I have an entire shelf of books on the topic of shamanism, but for years, I have referred to Mircea Eliade's seminal tome "Shamanism" as my go-to reference for all things shamanistic. That's why I was hugely surprised to learn recently there is a new

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Jung's Self as the Axis Mundi

Jungian Psychology seeks to restore the fragmented self in order to overcome illness and loss of vitality and lifeforce. Jung asserts that there is a deeper call in all of us to become whole. Individuation, the drive toward wholeness, is not a linear

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