Discernment
Here is another chapter from the book I am writing. I hope you enjoy! Blog by Valerie As Diné (Navajo) historian and lawman Wally Brown says: You can never conquer fear, it’s always going to be there…Walking in beauty involves…
Valerie Ringland
Spiritual Traps
Adapting another chapter from the Indigenous Science book I’m writing into a blog. Blog by Valerie Cloud Clearer This week we’re going to consider eight common spiritual traps we can fall into that take us away from Indigenous Science, along…
Warriorship
Blog by Lukas Are the most prescient ideas and images that come to mind when you think of the word “warrior” all about physical strength, toughness, and violent conflict? I doubt you’re alone. To borrow a trick from Valerie, if…
Trauma & Healing
Blog by Valerie Cloud Clearer As some of you know, I have been writing a book (or it’s being written through/with me may be more accurate language ), so I have felt less inclined to blog. Today I thought I’d…
Identity politics
At the heart of the Earth Ethos Indigenous Science Dialogues earlier this year was the issue of identity politics. The dialogue of that name was with my friend Shannon Field, a Walbunja woman of the Yuin nation, a traditional owner…
Estrangement
Blog by Valerie Estrangement is something we rarely talk about, and to be out of active relationship with one’s family of origin feels very stigmatised and taboo. Even after many years of accepting this reality for myself, I still feel…
The power of communal dreaming
Blog by Lukas Valerie recently asked me why space exploration so captivated me as a child and still evokes strong emotion for me today. I’ve realised it’s got something to do with the safety of collective achievement. Through the eyes…
Conflict resolution & animism, part 2
This blog builds on part 1 from a few weeks ago, which started by reminding you that in animism, it’s not only not expected, but against our own nature to play nice with certain beings and energies. Earlier today I…
Flailing into freedom
Poem by Lukas All around me And inside me Flailing Flailing across the medicine wheel But only the fix-it mental mind in charge of change Leading our growth. Ideas, always ideas. Never just isness Always the changing sky with its…
Conflict resolution & animism, Part 1
“One of the things that I notice quite a bit is that people who tend to be attracted to Animism (and Shamanism) are often good-hearted people who wish to be kind to everyone and everything…Part of an Animistic practice would…