Returning To Sacred World With Stephen Gray – Sep 27,2010
On the evening of Sunday, September 27, I answered the telephone to begin a long and winding conversation with Robert Phoenix on the cultural paradigm shift and in particular the role of sacred plants in this journey of awakening and healing. Listeners may find some very [...]
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Stephen Gray interviewed by Robert Phoenix
Posted September 29th, 2010 by admin. Comment (0).
Ayahuasca: a Remarkable Healer
Posted September 3rd, 2010 by admin. Comment (0).
Although my main practice is the peyote prayer meetings of the Native American Church, the researcher in me is drawn to periodically explore the teachings of other medicines as well. I have a particular fondness and respect for the ayahuasca medicine. For those unfamiliar with ayahuasca, there is no shortage of information online and in books on [...]
Principles of the Paradigm Revolution
Posted August 23rd, 2010 by admin. Comment (0).
I suspect that if you’ve found your way here it’s abundantly clear to you that the juggernaut of the current dominant paradigm is not going much further on this planet. That conceptual framework has at its core the belief that the material realm is all there is and that we are no more than separate [...]
Crop Circles: a Beautiful Enigma
Posted May 13th, 2010 by admin. Comment (1).
At the risk of being filed by some readers under F for flake, I feel compelled to address the issue of crop circles. It’s just too bizarre and mysterious to ignore. Most people have by now heard of these crop formations—”circles” doesn’t begin to describe most of them—and most are happy to put the story down to [...]
Signs of Awakening – Part A: Personal
Posted May 10th, 2010 by admin. Comment (1).
I’m going out on a limb with this topic and perhaps risking accusations—including from myself—of hubris. A long history of practice and study, however dubious at times in its effectiveness, has brought me to a place where I believe I know a little about whether one’s spiritual work is having the effects one would hope [...]
An Interview With God
Posted February 8th, 2010 by admin. Comment (0).
Don’t worry, I’m not turning into a megalomaniac or a fire-and-brimstone preacher claiming to have a direct line to a personal God. What follows is a somewhat playful but nonetheless sincere attempt to imagine what such a conversation might entail on issues of planetary and personal consciousness transformation. It contains direct and indirect references to [...]
Visionary Quotes
Posted November 5th, 2009 by admin. Comment (0).
Note: I’ll be adding quotes here on an ongoing basis. Some may include commentary, like the article ”On Service and Cannabis,” which you can see by scrolling down a little farther on this page.
Scattered Bits of Wisdom:
“Genius is eternal patience.” Michelangelo
“Only connect.” Somerset Maugham
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you [...]
When Prayer Meets Medicine
Posted October 25th, 2009 by admin. Comment (0).
Like many of us in the western world, I grew up in a family that went to church on Sunday mornings. In my particular family it was the Anglican Church in central Canada. Prayer was a core principle of the teachings that came down to me as a child and a significant part of [...]