If you’ve read Returning to Sacred World you probably recall a number of references to and quotes from Kanucas, a spiritual elder in the Native American Church (NAC). Kanucas was my first contact with the NAC in 2003 and in the years since I’ve had a lot of interaction with him.
Returning to Sacred World makes [...]
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A Good Way to Teach
Posted January 7th, 2012 by admin. Comment (0).
Iboga Interview—in three parts (audio version)
Posted May 11th, 2011 by admin. Comment (0).
A few weeks ago (Mar. 2011,) I received an email informing me that two iboga ceremony leaders, Steve and Sean from Britain, would be coming to my area to lead a three-day healing ceremony with the iboga root, sometimes called “the wood.” I found this exciting news since Kanucas, my friend and spiritual elder from [...]
Stephen Gray interviewed by Robert Phoenix
Posted September 29th, 2010 by admin. Comment (0).
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go and do that. Because what the [...]
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 [...]
Grandfather Peyote and the Native American Church
Posted October 22nd, 2009 by admin. Comments (2).
We know whereof we speak. We have tasted of God and our eyes have opened.1 Albert Hensley, Winnebago
My first encounter with the peyote medicine spirit, ten years before I met it again in the Native American Church (NAC) ceremonies, demonstrated and presaged in a gentle and humbling manner what it’s capable of accomplishing. I [...]
Deep Versus High
Posted October 4th, 2009 by admin. Comment (0).
In my forthcoming book Returning to Sacred World: A Spiritual Toolkit for the Emerging Reality (publication fall 2010 by O Books) an important aspect of the thesis—and the total focus of the last several chapters—is an attempt to enter the spiritual benefits of a few key spirit/teacher/medicine plants more openly into the discussion about valid, [...]