Animism, derived from the Latin word "anima" meaning soul or breath, is a belief system that attributes spiritual essence to all t...

In her new book Love, Nature, Magic: Shamanic Journeys into the Heart of My Garden , Maria Rodale takes the reader on an unusual autobiograp...

An excerpt from The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney   In the old days, the beasts, birds, fish, insects, and plants could ...

First grown in Mexico some 5,000 years ago, corn soon became the most important food crop in North and Central America. Throughout the reg...

Peter Wohlleben, a German forester and author, has a rare understanding of the inner life of trees, and is able to describe it in accessible...

A recent documentary feature, " The Medicine ," reveals the hidden mysteries of one of nature's most powerful and controversia...

The Shipibo are a tribe from the Amazonian rainforest in Peru credited with holding the traditions of the powerful entheogenic brew ayahuasc...

Smudging is the burning of herbs for cleansing, purification, and protection of sacred space. Smudging cleanses the mind and environment by ...

Activists in Oregon are pushing for decriminalizing psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by more than 200 spec...

Aloe Vera Plant spirits are one of the major allies of shamans for healing, seeing, dreaming, and empowerment. Shamans heal using their...

The latest trend in lucid dreaming is the use of herbs to increase dream recall and trigger more dreams where you become aware you are d...

" Owl Vision " is my new video release featuring a track from my Power Animal Drumming CD . The visionary animation was created b...

The hallucinogenic brew Ayahuasca has been used for centuries by South American rain forest shamans as a religious sacrament. The "s...