Posted: November 10, 2004 | Author: sbduncan | Filed under: Metaphysical | Tags: Animals, Chakra, Healing, Nature |
Inga and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with friends this year here in Seattle. Before eating, we conversationally covered a lot of ground, from encounters with wildlife, to a study that measured the attunement of plants to human emotions, to vegetarianism. The mention of deer and plants caused me to remember a healing I had experienced about 25 years ago. My grandparents had asked me to come stay at their home in Northern Wisconsin over the Thanksgiving weekend while they were out of town on vacation. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 10, 2003 | Author: sbduncan | Filed under: Metaphysical | Tags: Freya |
Well, what a year it has been, eh? It certainly has been rich with challenges and blessings for me. I’ve been through so much this year that I had to sit down and chart it out to reflect properly on it all. Here’s a summary of what I came up with: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 10, 2003 | Author: sbduncan | Filed under: Family, Metaphysical | Tags: Elementals, Freya, Journaliing |
Hows this for gratitude?
The strange happenings continue at our house. I opened the refrigerator to check the beer supply after our last open house only to find it fairly decimated and much to my surprise, a defaced ten dollar bill. Grateful guest? Mischievous elemental? Lord knows around here. Stuff has been disappearing and reappearing quite a bit lately. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 10, 2003 | Author: sbduncan | Filed under: Metaphysical | Tags: Astrology, Father/Mother/God, Inga, Transits, Worldview |
I’ve been recently discussing transits with a close friend as she’s been enduring some trying times. She is a very optimistic person and I watch her enthusiastically scanning the transit report for any signs of support for what she wants to have happen in her life at this time. When she finds validation, and she does as synchronicity is at work here, she then proceeds to make plans and set a deadline. Invariably, she comes to see me to report her frustration that the plans did not come to fruition once again. I empathize with her. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 10, 2003 | Author: sbduncan | Filed under: Family, Metaphysical | Tags: Astral travel, Ch'i, Freya, Inga, Portal, Spirit animal, Tarot |
Freyas photo in the adoption ad
We have a new family member, a four legged and furry one. It always happens shortly after the loss of a family member to old age or sickness, despite our fervent protestations that it will not. We start talking about how it will be nice to have a smaller family; a less stress and work sort of thing. Sounds good logically but apparently, our hearts never agree. And so, the Universe and our higher selves conspire and next thing you know, along comes a synchronistic event for us to recognize and then make a choice about whether or not to act on it. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 10, 2003 | Author: sbduncan | Filed under: Family, Metaphysical | Tags: Astral travel, Cats, Inga, Portal, Transformation, White Elk |
Mary Baker Duncan was born on an April afternoon in 1986 on the patio outside our trailer in Tucson, one kitten in a litter of 5. When we moved into this trailer park, we began feeding the many strays and we became especially close with a female cat that we named Branwen, also known as Brownie. When we noticed that she was pregnant, I built her a little cat house in the hopes that she’d choose to deliver her babies in it and that we could help keep them safe in this rough and tough neighborhood. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 10, 2002 | Author: sbduncan | Filed under: Metaphysical | Tags: Father/Mother/God, Healing, Inga, Scottish, Tattoos, Worldview |
Snoqualmie Pass
Capricorn 2002 completes our third year of publishing this newsletter. As I look back at all those newsletters, I’m struck by all the personal growth that I’ve experienced in that time. At the same time, I feel a daily frustration and lack of patience with the rate of progress in my growth and that of the world around me. This clearly demonstrates why Inga advises us all to keep a journal to combat this feeling. That feeling of frustration does serve one good purpose in that it indicates to me that there is more work to be done on my worldview. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: August 10, 2002 | Author: sbduncan | Filed under: Metaphysical | Tags: Astral travel, Chakra, Elementals, Father/Mother/God, Healing, Hypnotherapy, Inga, NDE, Scotland, Shamanism, Spirit animal, Transformation, Vision quest |
I knew I was overdue for a vacation, especially with the extreme chaos of the past 12 months at work. And yet, it really didn’t sink in how out of shape my body/spirit/mind alignment was until I got in the saddle and took off on an 8-day motorcycle tour of Glacier National Park in Montana and the Canadian Rockies. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: June 10, 2002 | Author: sbduncan | Filed under: Metaphysical | Tags: 9/11, Elementals, Father/Mother/God, Shamanism, Transformation |
I’ve been thinking about what benefit I gain from interacting with Elementals. As an adult, if this interaction doesn’t result in some sort of transformation, then it’s nothing more than just a creative exercise for my imagination and intuition. That certainly is beneficial for me but that Virgo sun sign of mine demands that I learn, explore and build holistic systems that yield sustainable, transformative outcomes. As the Summer Solstice came, I wondered what significance it really holds for us and then it hit me — who really cares about the solstice unless their worldview is expansive enough to include it? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 10, 2002 | Author: sbduncan | Filed under: Metaphysical | Tags: Astrology, Healing, Inga, Meditation, Tarot, Transformation |
I discovered a surefire way to dramatically elevate my anxiety level. All I have to do is try to control or guarantee the outcome of a situation. Works like magic every time! If I stick to what I can control, then I’m fine. So what can I reliably control? My actions: what I say and how I move my body and the energy, or emotions, that I hold within my body. Beyond that, I’m pushing others to follow my will and there are a number of problems with that: Read the rest of this entry »
Inga and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with friends this year here in Seattle. Before eating, we conversationally covered a lot of ground, from encounters with wildlife, to a study that measured the attunement of plants to human emotions, to vegetarianism. The mention of deer and plants caused me to remember a healing I had experienced about 25 years ago. My grandparents had asked me to come stay at their home in Northern Wisconsin over the Thanksgiving weekend while they were out of town on vacation. Read the rest of this entry »
