Ceremony

It was ceremony with its colours, sounds and scents that made my early religious experiences memorable. Every word and chant was in Latin, giving ceremony a necessary otherworldly feel. Working with Native American medicine people, of both genders, reminded me how ceremony was missing in our lives and how it would enhance my healing work with groups.

Brown Bear Dreaming Lodge

An introduction to the Bear spirit that had been present at my birth led to my forming the Brown Bear Dreaming Lodge – a teaching circle involving ceremony, healing and natural spirituality.
The hundreds of wonderful people who have walked the Red Road with me have given me endless inspiration and helped me in my own development as a person.

The Natural World

A whole new vocabulary emerges in the new millenium  – global warming, climate change, going green, eco-friendly, carbon footprint, etc. We are encouraged to be aware of the power of nature as a force to shape life on this planet. Indigenous peoples throughout the world have been imploring us to cooperate with nature, to see the sacred face of the natural world, to show respect. For we are one with Nature and Nature is one with us.
It has suited generations to use religion as an excuse to deny this in order to dominate and exploit. Now people are returning to natural spirituality, rediscovering the basis of all religion, or at least insisting that their religious system has a place for it.