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Ritual and Renewal: The Element of Water

In the song “Rock Star” by Nickelback, there are a couple of lines that hit home with some things I’ve heard from others and, quite frankly, some things I feel from time to time. The song is about a guy who wants to change his life but feels it's too late, so he's asking for [...]

By |2016-11-10T10:01:39-05:00April 13th, 2011|Shamanism|0 Comments

Toby Christensen My Adventure To Burkina Faso Part III

This part of the journey, resulted in a time of great reconnection. Reconnection to the people that I had met before, and reconnection to new shining faces, to the  youth that will be the next generation to carry on the ancient wisdom of Dagara. As we walked through the countryside it was apparent [...]

By |2016-11-10T10:01:39-05:00February 3rd, 2011|Indigenous Traditions|9 Comments

Toby Christensen My Adventure to Burkina Faso part II

On To Dano On the next leg of our adventure, we headed from Ouagadougou to Dano the village where Malidoma was born. For those of you who have read the book "Of Water and the Spirit", this is the village where Malidoma's grandfather lived, and the prophesy of Malidoma's life was given. It [...]

By |2016-11-10T10:01:39-05:00December 20th, 2010|Indigenous Traditions|0 Comments

Toby Christensen My Adventure to Burkina Faso part I

Traveling from Ouagadougou to the Bush I just returned from an amazing adventure in Burkina Faso West Africa. On my trip I encountered a very different experience than I had when I visited 12 years ago. The video in this posting was taken while riding out of Ouagadougou the capital city of Burkina Faso out [...]

By |2016-11-10T10:01:39-05:00December 15th, 2010|Indigenous Traditions|0 Comments
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