Metamorphosis Healing

04/16/2026

St. George is not simply a saint who killed a dragon.

He is one of the oldest archetypal myths humanity has ever produced, found in nearly every culture on earth, thousands of years before Christianity.

The dragon is not an animal.

In every esoteric and psychological tradition, the dragon represents the primitive forces within the human being. Fear. Desire. The unconquered instincts. The unexamined darkness of the unconscious. Jung would call it the Shadow. It is the heavy, untamed weight of our lower nature, the part of us that devours, hoards, and destroys what it cannot control.

St. George is not an external hero.

He is the part of the human being that has chosen to awaken. That has chosen consciousness over automatism, virtue over animal impulse, spirit over instinct. His battle does not take place on a battlefield. It takes place within.

The princess he rescues is the soul, the anima in Jungian terms. That inner, luminous part of the self that is held captive by the dragon of unconsciousness until the hero finds the courage to face what lives in the dark and free her.

This is why the myth appears everywhere. The Babylonians told it as Marduk slaying Tiamat. The Egyptians told it as Horus defeating Set. The Greeks told it as Perseus and the sea monster. And then the Christian tradition gave it the name we know today.

The story is always the same.

Every human being contains the dragon. And every human being contains the saint who can slay it.

04/04/2026

Starting in 1609, owning this drum was a crime punishable by death in the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway. In 1767, while hundreds of them were being thrown into the fire, a Norwegian priest sketched and documented one.

When the Norwegian priest and linguist Knud Leem (1697-1774) arrived in Finnmark (Northern Norway) as a missionary in 1725, he formed a deep bond with the Sámi people.He wore their clothes and learned their language.For years,he observed shamanic sessions and personally drew what he saw.

The engraver O.H.von Lode transferred these drawings onto copper plates. Published in Copenhagen in 1767, the book contained over 600 pages of parallel Danish-Latin text and 100 copperplate engravings. It's the most comprehensive Sámi ethnography published in Northern Europe in the 18th century.

The symbols on the drum's membrane were drawn with a red dye made from alder bark. This color symbolized blood. A single drum could hold up to 150 symbols. The noaidi (shaman) would place a brass ring called a 'vuorbi' on the membrane and beat the drum.The symbol where the ring stopped was the answer to the question asked: the location of a lost reindeer, the luck of a hunt, or which sacrifice to offer...

On Northern Sámi drums, the membrane was divided into three tiers by horizontal lines: the upper tier was the realm of the gods, the middle tier was the human world, and the lower tier was the realm of the dead. In 1692, an almost 100-year-old Sámi shaman named Anders Poulsen had his drum confiscated and stood trial for witchcraft in Vadsø (Northern Norway).

Poulsen played his drum in court. He called out to his gods, asking them not to be afraid of the Norwegians in the courtroom. In his 16-page testimony, he explained every single symbol on the membrane one by one. Before he was convicted, he was murdered in his cell with an axe by a mentally ill person named Villum Gundersen. He became the last victim of the Finnmark witch trials.

Missionary Thomas von Westen had about 100 drums collected all by himself. He sent them all to Copenhagen. In the Great Fire of Copenhagen in 1728, 70 of them burned to ashes. Today, only 71 original Sámi drums are preserved worldwide.

03/25/2026

03/21/2026

Release
Alchemize
Transmute

Free yourself.

“The demon that you can swallow gives you its power, and the greater life’s pain, the greater life’s reply.”

~ Joseph Campbell

Artist:

03/01/2026

I had a wonderful time today, reading Tarot for and doing Reiki based trauma release work with fantastic clients, at Integrative Health and Wellness! I am excited to have met new friends, made new connnections and I am looking forward to progressing a budding new apprenticeship in Shiatsu Massage. Don’t mind my squinty smirk, that’s just what happens when your best friend’s behind the camera. 🌚🌞

Thank you Tara, Isabella, & Anne for the invitation. 🖤

Look forward to healing with you ladies again soon. 💫🌊⚡️🪐

Photo Credit: Tara Crader

11/02/2025

Wise Hermit

10/20/2025

Today’s collective Oracle:

Spirit of the Animals Oracle Deck

Owl is the messenger and revealer of secrets. Their silent flight and supreme vision make them supreme hunters. If they cross your path repeatedly it is a warning to review your situation and see where deception is lurking. If Owl is your totem you are an Old Soul. Be sure to keep your knowledge secret unless asked to provide counsel. The night is auspicious for Owl people. When the Moon is full you are creative and energized. Embrace your gifts and fly with the Masters.

• Are you in the dark about a situation?

• Is Owl asking you to release the past so you can change and take flight?

• Have you allowed yourself to be deceived?

• What secrets do you need to discover to know the truth?

10/13/2025

Today’s Collective read- Divine Circus Oracle featuring the DMT jesters because that’s always who comes through, plus tarot. 🖤🤍

10/13/2025

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