Blogs
Dark Night of the Soul… and Understanding the Layers of Reality
One of the things that I find it vital to understand is the difference between lived, embodied experience and conceptual ideologies. Put more simply, you can understand something from a book on an intellectual level, you can repeat it often to others, you can say it...
read moreBeyond the Hedge
It is quite understandable to think of the spiritual path as a spiral. The structure of a spiral or other toroidal forms point to a realization that we return to the same point again and again, but with different perspective– a...
read moreOn Meditation (and the Meditation Course)
This is a self-guided course. You can sign up for it here. Please read the course description and policies before signing up. By signing up for the course you agree to the policies and FAQ’s listed below. One of my favorite descriptions of the purpose of meditation is...
read moreKundalini Awakening: Feeling overwhelmed, devastated, clinician advice
I did a Q & A last week on Facebook about kundalini and spiritual awakening to celebrate the release of my new book, Working with Kundalini (out Tuesday, or April in the UK). I am not accepting any new questions, but look forward to everyone receiving the book,...
read moreAwakening and the Tri-Brain Model
There are many models that can be utilized to describe the awakening process. One of the ones that I have been sitting with for a period of time is the tri-brain model. To be somewhat simplistic about this, the tri-brain model (or triune model) divides the brain into...
read moreBringing in a New Self
As we are coming upon a New Year, or may have just crossed the threshold into a New Year (depending on when you are reading this), we come upon the inevitable thoughts of change, of becoming anew. On my Facebook page a few weeks ago I talked about why resolutions...
read moreDark Energies, Projection, and Reconciling Trauma
Recently a student asked me about the prevalence of “dark energies”, and showed me some varying blog articles and so forth from people claiming that everything we do is as a result of (evil archons, ET’s, demonic forces, sorcery, occult black magic, possessing...
read moreEnergy Vampires and the Internet as Animist Being
On my Facebook page a while ago I posted a description of what Energy Vampires are. Most of us are aware of the basic definition, or can sort of suss it out by the label– they are people whom we walk away from, whether in person, online, or through other forms of...
read morePsychic Capacities and Nervous System Overwhelm
I recently opened up my Facebook page to ask what questions people may have that would make a good blog. I received this email (heavily paraphrased, any identifying info taken out): Hi Mary! I loved your Managing Psychic Abilities book. It was the first book that I...
read moreSpiritual Orphaning, Mythic Realities, and the Biggest Misconception about the Spiritual Path
I recently opened my Facebook page to hear from people what they might want me to talk about in a blog. One of the questions that I got via email was basically asking what the biggest misconception on the spiritual path is. My answer is that unless you are directly...
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