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So, after years, I've made a new journal to focus on my search for everything from native cultural perspectives (current social to mythological) and to spiritual ecology. LJ's system has its issues, but it also has its resources, and it's worth some good effort. My journey to the far north has yielded both much peace and insight, but also a call to ( Read more... )

"In many tribes, owls were seen as most closely allied with medicine men, rather than warriors or hunters. Lakota medicine men or peju'ta wica'sa respect the owl because it moves at night when people sleep, and the medicine men get their power from dreams at night, clear dreams like the owl's sight, so many Lakota medicine men wear owl feathers and ( Read more... )