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why encounter wilderness for rites of passage?
To live in a way that is attuned with Earth is perhaps the guided-ally to our most sacred-belonging

colleen bishop
May 1, 20242 min read


what is a wilderness vision quest fast?
The wilderness vision quest journey implies a metaphorical death, (severance), a liminal unknown that is pregnant with meaning...

colleen bishop
May 1, 20242 min read


what is a rite of passage?
Inhabiting Your Life by marking Rites of Passage Just as nature moves according to its inborn death and rebirth pattern, so does the Rite...

colleen bishop
May 1, 20241 min read


"edges of calcified ridge and ether cracked open"—a poetic reflection
Entheos Holding Hands with Sorrow The dark night exposed their red stained lips From tasting the fruit of the underworld —digesting the...

colleen bishop
Feb 20, 20241 min read


musings with winter
musings with winter... Those of us living within the northern hemisphere have been—more or less—in relationship with what is known as...

colleen bishop
Feb 19, 20243 min read


entering the portal beneath the surface
By participating in an emergent, attuned liminal experience with the land, we evoke an intersubjective and permeable field of perception tha

colleen bishop
Feb 7, 20242 min read


weaving and being woven: intercorporeal prayer with Earth
The congealed alpine air penetrates the skin of my fingertips and cheek bones, and the fragrance of winter’s approach deliberately opens my

colleen bishop
Jan 28, 20246 min read


a u t u m n . . . psyche's muse
A throbbing magnetism pulls me closer to the core, closer to Earth: I feel gravity keeping me; and, in synchrony, I sense my soul untethered

colleen bishop
Nov 1, 20237 min read


fall vision quest 2023
fall vision quest Colorado

colleen bishop
Oct 16, 20231 min read


a quest at the edge of summer
I feel the edge of spring at this threshold—the trickster, the fire, the spirit, the unseen.

Admin
Jul 7, 20231 min read


new year visioning passage on the mountain
Since 2017, Thompson and Colleen host a visioning passage retreat over the arc of the new year. This retreat is offered for free as an...

Admin
Nov 6, 20221 min read


optimal flow + liberating movement
One thing we learned on the trail was that this is a very vulnerable time—a lot of exposure—

colleen bishop
Nov 5, 20222 min read


marking thresholds: rites of passage
Marking a threshold is considered a sanction of vitality + imagination that can enrich the individual + collective body, psyche, spirit

colleen bishop
Feb 16, 20222 min read


tributaries of attunement
The patterns tell the stories of the journeys of belonging

colleen bishop
Feb 16, 20225 min read


songs birthed out on the 'range'...
i (tbird) walked in the door (returning from vision fast) , sat down after three weeks of not playing, and this fell out......

Admin
Oct 6, 20201 min read
vulnerable harvest at the edge of wonder
I come this way now to write to you from a snowy pine bough valley, west of the Continental Divide in the USA—Greetings and thanks to the...

Admin
Sep 18, 20205 min read


Storytelling...By Way of Sandstone & Water (as told by a vision fast initiate)
Ascending from the eastern ridge, the first, bright, and indescribable wedge of freedom appears, ushering flesh and spirit

colleen bishop
Jun 29, 20202 min read


Viriditas: A Birthing Passage Bridging Flesh & Spirit
Spring 2020 Newsletter Dear, allies, We hope this message finds you well. We've been keeping presence during this transition--cohering as...

Admin
Jun 29, 20202 min read


Earthyear: COVID-19
Earthday 2020 My heart goes out to this beautiful planet, the brilliance of her colors and life. I begin in gratitude and appreciation...

Admin
Apr 29, 20203 min read


distillation: the process of purifying and extracting the spirit, the essence
Winter to Spring Newsletter 2020 Dear, Allies, The transition from winter to spring is one of distillation. The structures, the stories...

colleen bishop
Apr 1, 20208 min read
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