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While traditional initiations rely on elders, priests and an unbroken lineage, self-initiation has emerged as a crucial reality, especially in Western and modern contexts where living traditions are often distant or inaccessible.

What Does it Mean to be Initiated?

Cultures throughout time immemorial have designed rites of passage to mark transitional periods in the lives of individuals within the society.

Rites of Passage: The Journey Home

The elders are always speaking, through the stories of those who came before us, through the trees rooted deep within the earth and the rhythms of the seasons.

Sitting With the Elders: Trees, Ancestors, and the Living World

When you hear the word “spirit possession,” what imagery springs to mind? As autumn sets in and Halloween approaches, cultures around the world turn their eyes toward the unseen. From ancient Celtic Samhain to Catholic All Souls’ Day and Día de los Muertos, this time of year marks a seasonal turning point: a moment when

Demons, Ancestors, or Suffering Souls?

Through the lens of a timeless West African proverb, explore the power of elders, oral tradition, and ancestral memory as living pathways to wisdom, belonging, and cultural continuity.

Elders, Memory and the Sacred Responsibility of Listening

The funeral ritual was amazing. It was very successful. It was safe, clean, and powerful. Elder Malidoma is now with the Ancestors.

Elder Malidoma: The Journey Home (Part 2)

When we begin to regard nature as an elder, the world becomes filled with teachers.

Nature as the First Elder: the Teachings of the Full Buck Moon

Recovering fragmented parts of our essence in this uncompromising world requires catalytic rites of restoration that will touch our deepest soul, awaken our tribal spirit and reclaim the wisdom of the ancient ones.

The Pain of a Fragmented Soul

Explore celebration as sacred practice, honor your growth, and reflect on the journey unfolding within and around you.

Celebration as Sacred Practice

Radiant power is not only personal. It is ancestral. It is collective. It is the living flame that has carried people through generations of struggle, transformation, and renewal.

Radiant Power as Liberation

Women of all cultures are reclaiming their feminine power and the power of the goddess in the modern era. The sacred feminine or reverence for the divine goddess is one that is universally connected to the Earth, to Nature and to sustenance of life on the planet.

The Rise of the Divine Feminine

We owe our life to Earth. It is from her breast that the milk of sustenance is drawn, whether it is water, food, soil, wood, or herbal medicine, and it is to her womb that we shall return in death.

Tenbalu: Mother Earth Always on Call

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