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Once in awhile someone tells me how they’re unhappy with their present job and they want to pursue work that is more spiritual so I usually offer some suggestions gleaned from my own experience in an attempt to be helpful. One of the main pieces of advice I offer is...

Did a shamanic journey and was taken by my spirit guides to an old sitting in a cave. Classic archetype, right? Since it was a lower world journey, where there are mainly spirit animals, I was a bit surprised to find a human-looking spirit there. No matter though. My...

LOVE FOUND, LOVE LOST By Dr. Steven Farmer Ah! The joys inherent in loving another human being! Our hearts leap as we step into the welcoming space of another, one who returns that affection in kind. The bliss, the obsessive thoughts, the racing heart, the warm...

Okay, so I’m driving down a side street in Laguna Beach name of Glenneyre. My Irish friend Tony says it’s pronounced “Glenn-IRE,” but most people who live here pronounce it “Glenn-AIRY.” So what does Tony know anyway? So as I was saying, or more accurately writing, I...

By Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D Men can’t help but be spiritual. The fact of being alive is a spiritual experience, yet many have lost their conscious awareness of this fundamental truth. Gradually over the past several centuries, the rational, logical mind has usurped the...

What Are Power Animals? Power animals are spirit guides in animal form, valuable allies who can help you navigate through life’s challenges and transitions. Perceptive and trustworthy oracles, you can turn to them for advice and counsel on any questions or...

By Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D. I had just come home running some errands that included a trip to the gym for a short but very enlivening workout, had put away the groceries, threw the day’s mail on the usual spot amidst the organized clutter that covered my desk, and sat...

By Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D. The day before Christmas Doreen and I were saying our morning prayers, a sacred ritual we do every morning before we get up and get going into the day, when I caught the flutter of wings out of the corner of my eye and watched as all of the...

By Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D. Joanne is talking with a friend in her back yard and a hummingbird flies up to her and hovers about half a meter in front of her face for several seconds and looks right into her eyes. Talking with her friend about the experience she...

By Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D. (additional contributions by Elephant, Beaver and Whale) Scuba diving was always something that other people did, so I never gave it much thought until my wife, Doreen, gradually and unexpectedly became an avid diver. At one point about a...