An interview with Torrey Lystra: On Spirituality

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If there is such a thing as a starting place, given that all of life is a circle, Torrey Lystra considers the roots of his journey on the red road (spiritual lifestyle) to have developed in his life as a naturalist. After graduation from college, his career included work as park ranger, wilderness preserve manager, and park manager. In this process he developed over 500 programs in ecology and wilderness appreciation, lectured extensively to school and special interest groups, consulted for … [Read more...]

Ron Mangravite transmits healing energy

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Sometime during his 30s, Ron Mangravite attended a party where the conversation centered around a topic called bioenergetics. As he listened, he felt a familiarity with the concept, though he'd not heard it before, and found himself saying "1 can do that." So they all formed a circle, holding hands. To everyone's surprise, some people began to fall over when he did "that." Though he'd had an unusual childhood, marked with serious illness, Ron had, up to that point, lived a fairly conventional … [Read more...]

Ariel Spilsbury: Herald of the “new Myth”

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A "new myth" for mankind is evolving and The Mayan Oracle, Return Path to the Stars, by Ariel Spilsbury and Michael Bryner, illuminates its constructs. The new myth is about discovering who we really are. The Mayan Oracle states, "Up to now, most of our familiar myths have been centered around separation and duality: light and dark, good and evil, beauty and ugliness, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, King Arthur and the Black Knight, Beauty and the Beast. In this new myth, we have access to a … [Read more...]

Overcoming Shame – A Big Step on a Man’s Journey

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I moved to Minnesota in February 1989 for all of the wrong reasons. I thought it was for a woman. I was wrong. I thought it was to complete a CD counselor training program at Hazelden. Wrong again. With the grace of hindsight, it is easy for me to see why I moved to Minnesota. The move was simply the next step in my journey of healing, perhaps the first in my awakening as a man. But let me back up a few steps to give you a broader perspective. I officially began this journey of … [Read more...]

Goddess Consciousness

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When it’s cold I put on a long, wool cape and take my drum to my deck where I dance, my head sandwiched by headphones blaring Celtic songs. I hope my neighbors hear me drumming and dancing, twirling the hem of my cape up to the crisp night and the moon's edge, out of focus in my crone's eye. I pant hard, and hear the breath expelling itself into the darkness, or onto the moonbeam. Something in me wants them to see and hear this spectacle, to shock them, to declare the "good news," a fresh, … [Read more...]