Part II Admiring the soldiers and their machine guns from a distance I walked through Athens airport, sweating and tired. It had been a 22 hours flight and I had not slept well. I was hungry and starting to get cranky. Seemingly out of nowhere two lanky and dark men had intercepted us. My relatives. […]
A Greek Odyssey (part 1)
Way back when I was 9 years old my Grandparents returned to Greece after 25 years of exile. They took me with them. I had grown up being told the kids in Greece were a lot tougher than us Aussie kids. They had survived a civil war, famine, a dictatorship and when they reached 18 […]
A Primal meditation experience
The easiest way in which I can meditate or go on a journey is through sound, or more specifically certain types of atmospheric music, something with a repeated and/or subtle rhythmic pattern. One of my favourite pastimes was to listen to indigenous music, i.e. traditional music of indigenous people recorded by anthropologists in the field […]
Christmas 2018
I am lucky enough to have always had someone in my life who knows exactly the kind of material things that make me happy. This year was no exception. I received an awesome gift pack from The Holistic Sage, containing all the kind of stuff that support and enhance my journey I have a heightened […]
The crystal cave
My first nations spiritual teacher continued to instruct me, or rather introduce me to new ideas with minimal practical exercises, via email. It turned out to be quite an effective way of communicating as he didn’t have to justify why he was teaching someone outside his tribe, (which he went to great lengths to apologise […]
A spiritual teacher from across the world
I have been fortunate enough to meet many spiritual teachers from different traditions. One which had a particularly profound effect on me was a First Nations shaman. Being from the other side of the world I knew nothing about First Nations people other than what I ‘learnt’ through Hollywood… The sanitised, somewhat Disney like Dances […]
Dreamcatchers
A dreamcatcher is a commonly known object of Native American origin. However, its modern use amongst New Age Spirituality is slightly different to its original purpose. The Ojibwe nation, one of the largest in North America, called them ‘Spiderwebs’ and were used as protective charms for infants. In Obijwe lore, the Spider woman takes care […]
Encounter with Death
I have been profoundly aware of death, perhaps the greatest of all journeys, ever since I can remember. Indeed my entry into this world was precipitated by the death, to the day, of my Great Grandfather, after whom I am named. I remember crying over a flyspray commercial when the fly finally died and was […]
Recurring Dreams I
I don’t know what meaning, if any, you place on dreams. Despite having an advanced degree in psychology, I had to do my own learning about dreams from a psychological point of view. Despite years of reading I’ve only waded in ankle deep. However there several ways of looking at dreams. Freud basically hypothesised that […]
Stirrings of a spiritual awakening
I had a very sheltered childhood. In my childhood naivety though it was blissfully happy. There were ups and downs but I never thought there was anything else. I was happily spoilt by two sets of adults both trying to raise me as best as they knew how: My parents of course. Hardworking, young and […]
The Spiritual Journey 