Embracing Animism: Discovering the World Soul

June 20, 2024 By Dr. Megan Rose

Finding your way back into the soul of the world Ethnographer and archeologist Irving Hallowell, who studied the Native American Ojibwa (Chippewa, Anishinaabe) people said, “The Ojibwa concept of personhood is relational: persons were not classified according to whether they were human or physical, but rather according to their capacity to engage in relationships with other persons.” (1960) In my ongoing effort to Normalize the Paranormal, I want to dive a little deeper into some of the issues we face... Read more

Take a Midwinter’s Respite

January 31, 2024 By Dr. Megan Rose

Find a way to bring enchantment into your life every day Plan time for connection As a psychologist-magician (or psyche-magician as I like to call it) a question I often hear is, “How can I balance my magical practice with the demands of mundane daily life?” Or, “How do I balance having heightened awareness of the world’s subtle realms with the fact that I have to, like, pay bills and buy groceries?” The reply I usually give is that we... Read more

Exploring the Ancient Practice of Spirit Marriage

December 18, 2023 By Dr. Megan Rose

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Developing a bonded relationship with a spirit Spirit marriage is the bonded or intimate relationship between a human and a subtle being such as a deity, spirit, or extraordinary intelligence. In this practice, the consciousness of the practitioner is linked or wedded to a specific entity, and the two beings share a co-creative consciousness as a result. It is a form of embodied spirituality and a transpersonal phenomenon. This practice has appeared in many cultures, among a strikingly large number... Read more

Normalizing The Paranormal

December 14, 2023 By Dr. Megan Rose

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Why your extraordinary spiritual experiences are important and valid. Have you ever had an extraordinary or numinous experience that you didn’t have a context for—like a precognitive dream, a waking vision, or contact with an extraordinary being like an ancestor or spirit? Perhaps it was something so strange or unusual from your regular way of experiencing the world that you dismissed it as something you imagined. Or worse, as something scary or dangerous. Well, you’re not the only one.... Read more