by Chris Kaplan On this strange, wild trip through the Wyrd, I’ve adopted many practices of metanoia, all of which led me to a truth centered around the presence of every moment, the interconnectedness of all life, and the unfurling, living mosaic of the cosmos perpetually being woven. My many paths brought me to shamanism early in my life and to the entheogenic plant experience. It became apparent to me that our inherent sense of separation from our natural world and the divine sense of play so needed with our lives was at the root of our modern ailments, and it is only by fostering this connection that we could see past the illusion of separateness and embrace a unified field. It doesn’t matter whether we use the language of physics, that of astrology, or peer into remnants of once vast civilizations and the myths they’ve left behind; the story is universal and our shared inheritance of one humanity in active participation with the Earth and the universe. Consciousness is a funny thing, and wherever we chase it, it leads us back to ourselves, to the subjective reality of our experience. Read more…