A long time ago when the Cherokee people were new upon the Earth, they thought that life would be much better if there was never any night. They beseeched the Ouga (Creator) that
Read More
The Circle People and the Square People
By Ben Boomer In the mid-nineties I traveled to Zacatecas Mexico with Hopi artist and Architect Dennis Numkena. He was working on a museum exhibition that explored the relationship of the Hopi to
Read More
Transforming Fear of the Future
by Deva Powell The stones spoke, a low frequency grumble not unlike the moan of a hungry belly. The ceiling perspired, oozing liquid mineral enzymes like an enormous rock giant’s digestive tract. My
Read More
Cacophony of Chaos
By Ben Boomer, CSEE Board President Coyote plays a big part in Navajo culture, and was very much a part of my childhood. Those coyotes are an hilarious and tricky bunch with their
Read More
The Q’ero Despacho Ceremony
How to Create an Altar as a Focal Point for Awakening Your Spiritual Self
By Katherine Skaggs, CSEE Board Member Creating an altar is a spiritual activity of intention as much as it is a physical endeavor. Altars can be communal, public or absolutely personal and tucked
Read More
Icaros: The Power of Song
by Stephen Vierra (CSEE’s newest Board Member) Quantum physicists will tell you that the reality we experience everyday is made up of different frequencies of vibration. High vibrations and low vibrations, creating the
Read More
The Role of Art in Shamanism
By Visionary Artist and Shamanic Practitioner Katherine Skaggs As an artist, and shamanic practitioner, I have been interested in the healing powers of art for some time now. Growing up as an artist, I
Read More
Shamanism and Its Benefits in My Life
by Mary Ann Eddowes Lima – Perú Shamanism is a way of living, of being aware of the unity and the inter-relationship of all in the Universe and work with the light energies
Read More
What do the patterns on the Shipibo textiles mean?
The pattern you see below was created by the Shipibo, and indigenous tribe that lives in the Amazon Jungle in Peru. The Shipibo see and hear these geometric patterns in nature and reproduce the designs
Read More