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		<title>Shamanic/Spiritual practice: Holding the Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holding the space]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Harner emphasized the importance of clarity when asking a question prior to shamanic journey or divination.  That&#8217;s a lesson I integrated and still keep in mind.  The ability to state one&#8217;s question clearly aids in setting intention for the &#8230; <a href="http://musingsofaspiritualtraveler.com/2012/05/17/shamanicspiritual-practice-holding-the-space/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shamanic Experience: Circling Totems</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[book excerpt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gathering My Life into Feathers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael harner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shamanic blessing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Setup: The following is a short excerpt from my autobiography Gathering My Life into Feathers. To set this up: I was 30 years old, having spent the prior 3 years struggling with a severe back problem.  I was running very &#8230; <a href="http://musingsofaspiritualtraveler.com/2012/05/14/shamanic-experience-circling-totems/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quirky Contemplations: Non-sequitur Jokes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quirky Contemplations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[QC Koan: If you can see to the level of thought, can you then think to the level of sight? True story: As a young man I worked with a partially blind 16 year-old boy who had a degree of &#8230; <a href="http://musingsofaspiritualtraveler.com/2012/05/10/quirky-contemplations-non-sequitur-jokes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections: Disagreement and alchemy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 21:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agree to disagree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alchemy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disagreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monty Python]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone remember the Monty Python sketch about argument?  &#8220;I came here for an argument,&#8221; says Michael Palin.  &#8220;No you didn&#8217;t,&#8221; counters John Cleese.  &#8220;You came here for an argument.&#8221;  &#8220;I just said that!&#8221; declares Palin.  &#8220;No you didn&#8217;t,&#8221; counters &#8230; <a href="http://musingsofaspiritualtraveler.com/2012/05/03/reflections-disagreement-and-alchemy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cleansing to Connection – Part 4: Connection</title>
		<link>http://musingsofaspiritualtraveler.com/2012/04/30/cleansing-to-connection-%e2%80%93-part-4-connection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soul]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connection is both protection and direction.  There are many types of connection: resonant connections of love and friendship, connections to sacred space and place, connections to healthy lifestyle and spirited activity, connections that line up our personal potential, connections that &#8230; <a href="http://musingsofaspiritualtraveler.com/2012/04/30/cleansing-to-connection-%e2%80%93-part-4-connection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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