The Power of Sacred Objects An interview with Mongolian-American Shaman Jade Wah’oo Grigori by Diane M. Cooper Diane: Jade, why are ceremonial objects powerful? Jade Wah’oo: There is a Spirit which resides within sacred implements, and Spirit requires the embodied presence of Power as it expresses itself in the world. Power is life-force collected …
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Earth Renewal Story
Earth Renewal Story Deep within my solar plexus I felt a tug, a distinct pull. Simultaneously the image of my Grampa Pena, my mentor in the shamanic training I was undergoing, appeared in my mind’s eye, beckoning. The pull in the solar plexus got my attention, his image appearing conveyed his intent and verified the …
A Shaman’s Dream
A Shaman’s Dream I’m awake now. Within this once somnambulant realm of images and feelings, fears and fantasies where awareness only dimly had tread have I awakened. Mythos is the name of this land, Soul the populace, garbed in gossamer veils swirling to reveal a sultry eye- the Universe!, auto poetic associations of love and …
Mythos of Consciousness
The Mythos of Consciousness “The question to ask of Myth is not ‘Is it real?’ but rather ‘Does it work?’” ~Joseph Campbell Myth is the reality of the Soul, just as History is the reality of the day-to-day linear world. Mythos is the topography, or cosmology, of the Soul. The terrain of our Soul is …
Men in Balance
Men in Balance First are we all co-inhabitants of this planet: red, yellow, black or white peoples, and tribal cultures; only then are we distinguished as Man or Woman. References of relationship must begin with knowing whom we are before we can begin to accurately perceive our relationship with others. And this awareness of our …
Assisting Spirits in Transition
The Art of Assisting Spirits in Transition All Spirits are pure, unsullied, unsulliable, untarnished and untarnishable, regardless of what one may have done through thought, deed, action or behavior to create a corruption of the Soul thereby. ~Jade Wah’oo ‘Grigori The following definitions are taken from my previously posted article: The Nature of the …
The Eagle and Condor
THE EAGLE OF THE NORTH AND THE CONDOR OF THE SOUTH In the Autumn of 1994, a Spiritual Pilgrimage to Peru and Bolivia was embarked upon. Present in this group were myself and Daniel Giamario, Shamanic Astrologer and group co-leader, as well as Alan Leon, organizer of the Peruvian end of things, and …
Nature of the Soul
I will begin this article with two fundamental descriptive definitions of Spirit and Soul. So very often I hear people speak of Spirit and Soul interchangeably; at other times I find that when discussing Spirit and Soul we are using fully different references, resulting in confusion. The definitions that follow are, for the sake …
Deer as Power Animal
Deer as Power Animal The Song of Deer as taught to Jade Wah’oo Grigori by his Ancestral Spirits Oh Tengre, Tengre, Bonqua Shem Oh Tengre, Tengre, Bonqua Shem Oh Tengre, Tengre, Bonqua Shem Oh Tengre, Tengre, Shem Bonqua! Oh Sacred Spirit Most High, Stag and Eagle Oh Sacred Spirit Most High, Stag and Eagle Oh …
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