HG Wyndell

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Asking Effective Questions and Talking to Oracles: A Simple Guide to Considerations

In spiritual practice, one of the most powerful skills we can develop is that of asking effective questions. I define this as questions whose answers provide useful, actionable information.  Ask the most specific question possible Remembering that the type of question we ask affects the kinds of information we receive, it is helpful to pick …

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Statement of Ethics In Spiritwork

Guiding Principles These are some of the foundational ideas that help guide my decisions regarding integrity and ethics. Animism – The world is alive and full of spirits. Polytheism – Gods, Spirits, and Holy Powers are individual and possess agency. Multiplicity – Truth, Reality, and consciousness are complicated, multilayered, complex, and at times, contradictory. This …

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Lake Michigan: an Animist Prayer Poem

Mishigami Mishigami the Great LakeMishii’igan the Grand LakeIninwewi-gichigami the Illinios’ Sea Ancestors of PlaceThis space where land meets waterechos of thousands of voices, what came beforecalling on the wavesin rush of air.I call to those who love, have loved this place.I sing to the waves in honor.I remember. I remember. I remember. Why Territory Acknowledgements in …

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