A Normal Day

This one comes from the “A Day In the Life of a Shaman” category. Most of the time I forget that my life with its inherent synchronicities, miracles, and Divine Interventions is not ‘normal’ - That most people’s days do not include such things as conversations with dead people, deities, or dragons, or experiencing the Universe directly responding to what I may do, say, or think. I seriously find myself thinking, “Isn’t everybody’s life like this?”

And this is why the directive from White Buffalo Calf Woman to me during my first Vision Quest was to “share my path.” Not that I am in any way special, but my path as a Shaman is different from most, and in sharing it, hopefully, others get an inkling of how much bigger the possibilities for their life are when they step outside the narrow spectrum of normalacy, and begin to expect the extraordinary. 

As Dr. Wayne Dyer would say: “I am a realist. I expect miracles.”

And thus is this comic page an ‘ordinary’ day for me.

 

Visit from Artemis

Applausibilty

 

Closure

For those of you just joining us... 

It'd been nine months since Valerie and I walked away from what was the best relationship I'd personally been involved in up to that point. It'd been nine months of recalibrating, redefining, and wading through a mire of mental and emotional ambiguity, which is admittedly still in full force. But sorting out your own shtuff is difficult enough, let alone dealing with emotional attachments of someone else, and at this particular point it was obvious to both of us that we needed to clean things up energetically and put to rest any loose ends and entangled cords. It was time to officially be, as my very first celebrity crush, Marlo Thomas, would say, "Free to be you and me."

Thank you for reading, and please follow my blog to stay updated on my latest comics!

 

Our Guest Today Is…

Things have been a little crazy lately, so it’s been tricky finding the time and energy to post anything, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been working on my comics. 

Here are my three latest, random pages that I have finished in the past couple months. The interesting commonality between them is that they each have a different celebrity guest star - Tarzan, Mary Tyler Moore, and Mr Rogers! 

Enjoy, and thank you for reading! ❤️

 

Piping Hot

 

Smoke and Mirrors page 4

Here is page four of my latest comic series, documenting a current onslaught of soul-searching around my spiritual path and who I am. To read the rest of the pages thus far, please click on the Smoke and Mirrors label below, and to read more comics about my relationship and lessons with White Buffalo Calf Woman, click on that label below. 

Thank you for reading! 💖

 

Smoke and Mirrors page 3

Here is the third page of my most current comic series as I do some soul-searching to sort out, through the magick of cartooning, recent events that have had a couple people calling into question my integrity around videoing my sacred pipe videos, something that I know goes counter to tradition but which I've been consistently guided to do by my helping spirits, especially White Buffalo Calf Woman.

This is not an attempt to justify or excuse myself, or to make myself the good guy and cast aspersions on others. It is an honest look at what I do and why I do it -- a seeking of the truth, and of integrity. 

To read the other pages thus far in this series, please click on the Smoke and Mirrors label below. And to read other comics where I've dealt with similar issues, please click on the White Buffalo Calf Woman label below.

 

Smoke and Mirrors page 2

Presenting the second installment of my current (well, one of my current) comic projects, as I sort out for myself, through my comics, recent challenges from outside and from within, concerning my path. 

To catch up with both pages so far in this series, please click on the Smoke and Mirrors label below, and to read other comics where I wrestled with similar issues, please click on the White Buffalo Calf Woman label below.  

And again, as always, thank you so much for reading! <3

Smoke and Mirrors page 1

There's an issue that is never far away from my conscious mind that I've been dealing with since the beginning of the pandemic, which I find necessary to revisit from time to time in order to maintain my integrity around it in what I call my "Golden Lasso" moments. That issue is the videoing of sacred ceremonies, namely the Sacred Pipe Ceremony, which, if not outright forbidden by tradition, is definitely frowned upon.

I don't want to say too much about it at this point because this blog is largely about utilizing my cartooning skills to work things out. I'll just say that recently I've had a couple people, one indigenous and one not, requesting I stop because they felt that according to tradition it was disrespectful. This comic series is not to explain or justify myself, but to honestly look at what I do and why, and to find the balance, as well as the strength and courage, to continue forward when the guidance on my Shamanic path says one thing while traditions tell me something else. 

I have written about and drawn other comics on this subject, and to see those comics you can click on the White Buffalo Calf Woman label below. Please stay tuned for the unfolding of this comic series, and, as always, thank you for reading and for sharing this journey with me! <3