Temples of the Jaguar
By Phoenix the Elder – It’s funny where life leads you, even when you think you have no interest or connection to something, life reveals its depth, your purpose, and the clashing of the two. In the Quechua language of the Inca, Cuzco means ‘Navel of the Earth‘ and for the 14th century Incas, Cuzco […]
The Doctrine of the Mysterious Female in Taoism: A Transpersonalist View
Phoenix the Elder – I’ve always done some Tao work, either martial arts in the Buddist way (a few times) in my long journey or the I Ching practice (one I Ching Hexagram a year) and practiced that all year long as a medicine. It’s been good. I’ve always known that the Tao is truly […]
Pelican Spirit and Wisdom: The Water Bird’s of Silent Reflection
By Phoenix the Elder – In my spirit and soul animal relationship as a shaman, I not only with my own personal animism souls have mystical experiences for decades, but also have helpers in nature – such as birds, wasps, insects, animals and oceanids etc., which I have been blessed with this lifetime as messengers […]
Influences of Chinese Tao Shamanism
By Phoenix the Elder – This is a story of some of the ways my personal shaman life is intertwined with the Chinese mysticism and its presence that seams to weave in and out at certain cycles through the decades. A lot of my work was healing my karmic Roman soldier who was stationed in Egypt […]
Mythical Phoenix and Swans
By Phoenix the Elder – I am a dreamer and when I was 32 years old, my mother died (1990). I was spending the night at her home. That night as she slowly departed I had my first real Spirit Dream and that was the basis to know the few and powerful Spirit Dreams that I […]