Last week I had a dentist appointment. During the examination, the dentist looked at my X-Rays and noticed a considerable jaw deviation that wasn’t there six months ago. As we brainstormed reasons why this would suddenly occur, he rushed to his office to get a book of anatomy. What was quite interesting was how this book spoke of “dentistry” through time. It seems the humans of yesterday were anatomically different in comparison to the people of today. Of course what is anatomically different often has an influence on what is socially, culturally and spiritually different. Dr. D. couldn’t explain why I suddenly had a jaw deviation but as he gave me exercises to do for the next few months, he did say: “… we don’t ever think of showing our children how to chew properly; sleep or dream; but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a proper way of doing it.” When I lecture on Indigenous Dreaming I always share pieces of my personal story. I...
Stories about shamanic experiences.