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Interview Published in THE SPEAKING TREE in Bangalore, INDIA March 18, 2012 STEVEN FARMER, author and Shamanic healer, answers questions from POONAM JAIN on the subject of animals as spirit-guides. He tells her that earth, animals and gods are all extensions of the...

A few months ago my niece Jordan, 16 years old at the time, indicated she wanted to find an agent and receive some training so she could start working as and actress and model. She and her two younger sisters had gotten some print modeling jobs a few years back so she...

Here we are in the second month of 2012 and depending on where you live, you may be seeing some hints of spring. Perhaps the days have warmed slightly, or some buds are starting to show on the trees, or at the least you’ve begun planting seedlings indoors to...

In the northern hemisphere we now enter the season of the harvest, marked most obviously by the celebration of Thanksgiving here in the U.S. It’s a time to gather with family and friends and pause to appreciate the abundant bounty that is available to us. It’s a time...

I was driving to meet Jesseca and her girls at the Apple Store, one of our favorite haunts. It was an incredibly busy day, lots of cars, but my buddy Turtle spirit has been gently and consistently reminding me to slow down and take my time. Sort of like the tortoise...

Although I don’t care to make New Year’s resolutions, I do set intentions and write them out at the beginning of each year. One of these is to do a shamanic journey at least four times a week or more. Though I occasionally have lapsed with this commitment, this year...

I watched a fascinating show a few months ago called How the Earth Was Made produced by the History Channel and available on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOW5A7t5-Zo. This 90-minute program captured beautifully the evolution of the Earth from its inception...

In the past few days it seems like many of my plans have gotten sidetracked. Jesseca and I were looking to take a brief get away and had planned it for a few weeks. Three days, that’s all. With the various demands on our lives we finally settled on a date two weeks...

“Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”— Viktor E. Frankl The past few months we’ve seen a number of calamities...

In light of the recent death of Osama Bin Laden and the variety of reactions it has triggered, I find myself overwhelmed by the continual reporting of details and analyses such that I have to ignore much of it, As I contemplate these events, somewhat surprisingly John...