Spirit Animals: SUPREME SNAKE
Every single culture of man has more than one myth about a snake and most societies have a creation myth including a snake. Snakes and us, we go way back. Few animals reign supreme like the […]
Entries by Josh
The Detective Archetype
We often think of archetypes as careers at first, but they are actually bigger in that they are ways of viewing and ways of being in the world. There are more armchair […]
In Memory: Caruso’s Puer Spirit
There is one character in my book Gracious Wild that I didn’t have enough pages to share about. That is the small, sweet chestnut Arabian horse named “Caruso”. The only […]
Spirit Animals: EARNEST ELEPHANT
The Matriarchy Elephant society is female dominated, what is otherwise known as a matriarchy. Each herd is lead by an elder female who is at once the older sister, the […]
Dreaming the Law of Attraction
With the enormous surge of study into the law of attraction lately, so many people are learning how the act of dreaming can attract what they desire. Some teachers and coaches focus their entire practice on […]
Spirit Animals: DARING DRAGONFLY
Dragonfly’s Gift of Agility Dragonfly symbology is intimately linked with the ability to move quickly and swiftly in all directions. Like hummingbird, dragonfly is an agile flyer that can hover, go […]
The Legend of Purity of Heart
As a child I harbored secret fantasies about horses. Standing in the Colorado State Fair stable with the gigantic nose of a Budweiser Clydesdale cradled in my small hands was […]
Spirit Animals: FLEXIBLE FOX
Foxes are versatile and diverse. Did you know that there are five species of fox in the continental United States alone and over 20 worldwide? Some species like red foxes […]
Angel of Fiery Red Trees
This excerpt from Gracious Wild: A Shamanic Journey with Hawks is near the end of the book and shares some of my most intimate and beautiful moments with the red-tailed […]
Spirit Animals: WOLF the WITNESS
Wolf Symbolism Wolf spirit animals embody a wide range of qualities in the human psyche. Just think of how many stories you’ve read and movies you’ve seen that have wolves or […]
