L I N E A G E S

A L L   R I V E R S   F L O W   T O   T H E   O C E A N

This list of resources is meant to give you a flavoring of my philosophical orientation, interest, and a snap shot of my educational experiences thus far. I consider these lineages as influences and do not subscribe to any one tradition without discernment. If you have questions about any aspect of my educational journey, please ask me. I’m happy to elaborate.

My studies range in depth from extended formal in-person programs, to weekend seminars, to online classes and shorter more informal programs, to countless youtube lectures, books, and podcasts. As well as on-going in person studying with elders and peers within my spiritual communities. Here is a general timeline of my story and studies. All in all, I am deeply grateful for the many rivers flowing to and through me, as I continue to be shaped by their currents.

Shamanism

Portrait by Starseed Studios ~ summer 2023 at Becoming VESSEL ceremony

MY FOREVER TEACHERS

(no certification required, only commitment to listen, practice, and be in continual relationship with)

 

Spirit(s)

Sìth, the Good People

The land, beings of place

My beloved child

My IRL relationships: clients, colleagues, friends, blood family, chosen family, medicine family, and wider community members

Second sight, in-sight, already-here inner elders

Star beings, ancestors by blood lineage, milk lineage, culturally (including adoptive cultures and way back ancestral cultures), and beyond human kin

Many deities (not limited to): The Primordial One, Shiva + Shakti, Yin + Yang, the Elementals (Wind, Fire, Water, Earth), the many faces of the Goddess (Sheela na gig, Cailleach, Bridget, Isis, the Black Madonna, Mary, Kundalini, Kali, Sky Woman) and God (Odin, Dagda, Jesus, Pan, Dionysus, the Green Man), the Tree of Life + the Serpent, the Sacred Waters and Wells, the Fates/Norns, the Muses, the natural forces otherwise known as the Old Gods.

Grandmothers, Grandfathers, entheogens, plant and fungi teachers

Many animal and plant totems, all of which wish to remain unnamed here.

My medicine bag full of stones.

Music, art, dance

Ritual, ceremony

Trance, altered states of consciousness, direct experience

Dreams, visions, stories, myth

Resonance, sensations, emotions, eros

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION / MENTORSHIP

(people + Institutions that I’ve studied with via in-person and/or online learning)

 

SELF DIRECTED STUDY

(people who have influenced my praxis via their books, youtube lectures, podcast, and other media.)