Author: Marge Hulburt
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A Most Awesome Spirit of Nature: The Sun
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On August 21, 2017, “The Great American Eclipse” swept across the United States from Oregon to South Carolina. As it happened, the Zone of Totality – the geographic strip where the moon would fully block the sun – crossed just 200 miles south of us in southern Idaho. I had heard stories of inspiration, endorphin…
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“Living in the Heart of the Universe” – Book Review
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Over the past 14 years, my shamanic training and exploration has carried me along two simultaneous and complimentary paths. One of these paths has been journeying to the Upper and Lower spirit worlds for wisdom and healing power. These journeys are where the compassionate healing spirits hear our requests of them and give us help…
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Why Apprenticeship
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This fall will mark the beginning of my fifth year offering a shamanic apprenticeship program. To date, 60 students have participated with me in some combination of foundational and continuing apprenticeship group programs and individual apprenticeship trainings. Each year, and especially as I begin to teach new advanced shamanic classes and workshops outside of the…
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Words that Harm, Words that Heal, and How to Tell the Difference
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As we move out into the world as spiritual beings, to tell our stories, live our values, and cultivate a healing presence, it is good to pay attention to our words. Words carry power. They can bless us or curse us. We can bless or curse others, without even knowing it, unless we are fully…
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Spiritual Burdens that Are Ours and Not Ours
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Everything has a spirit – from the slow and simple spirit of a pebble, perhaps, to the angry bit of war spirit darting from someone’s eyes, to the hidden wisdom of our personal spirit helpers, to the unbounded embrace of the spirit of the universe. Everything that is, is alive. In the course of our…
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Shamanism, Symbiosis, and Transgenerational Illness: Taking our medical decision-making into a whole new realm
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Whenever I read or hear about dealing with serious illness, there is the exhortation for us to become the directors of our own health team, including all the various doctors, nurses, care-givers, associated practitioners, and supporters who are involved in our journey back to health. With all the wisdom, information, and recommendations laid out before…
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Shamanic Divination
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Are you stuck on a problem, in a rut, or need a more creative insight to a life challenge? This is a good time for shamanic divination. Creativity is all about leaving structure, assumptions, and expectations behind and allowing ourselves the freedom to see patterns in a new way. This is what divination is all…
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Owaje
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The power of a journey circle, where several people who practice shamanism come together to journey as a group, is that the more people who compassionately give of themselves, the more strongly the spirits become engaged. A journey circle is a powerful place to take a request for healing or wisdom. Once in a while,…
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The Power of Belief
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Six months ago, I completed a set of White Papers exploring shamanic self-healing of physical illness, and I am currently teaching an experiential class on the same topic. A fundamental principle of healing that comes up again and again is the power of thought, visualization, and belief to help us heal. Physiology shows us the…
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Patterns
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To my mind, the most beautiful thing in the world is patterns. They are restful, mesmerizing, they leave me awe-struck, and draw me in to the vastness and simplicity of the universe. Patterns are comfortable and comforting. At their heart, they are simple and predictable. We can relax into their rhythm with full abandon and…