Sacred Psychiatry

As the Spring Equinox approaches, I wanted to reach out with a brief update about our upcoming retreat. Our gathering, Threshold Medicine: Ritual, Writing, and Renewal — A Women’s Spring Equinox Retreat, is now almost full. We have two spaces remaining for the circle that will take place March 19–22 in the mountains of New…

                                 Dearest Readers, I just learned that my book “Sacred Psychiatry: Bridging the Personal and Transpersonal to Transform Health and Consciousness” won a Nautilus Award. The core mission of the Nautilus Awards is to celebrate and honor books that support conscious living and green values, wellness, social change, social justice, and spiritual growth. I…

  Though a matter of debate, some believe that the incantation ABRACADABRA originated in the ancient language of Aramaic, from the words “avra kadavra” translated as “I create as I speak.”  As early as the third century AD, there is historical evidence that abracadabra was included in a Roman physician’s magical healing ceremony for the…

Owl symbolizes wisdom and messages to us from Great Mystery Synchronicity was a term coined by the Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung. It is a concept that refers to coincidences that are experienced as meaningful but have no apparent causal relationship, yet would be unlikely to have resulted from mere chance. Synchronicity describes events that inexplicably…

  On Saturday January 20, 2024, Pluto will enter the sign of Aquarius, and with the exception of a brief period next fall, will remain there until 2044. It marks the beginning of a new era, which will catapult us into a brave new world. When Pluto enters a new sign, the themes associated with…