• Standing Naked Before God

    Published On: July 1, 2011

    Suffering. Google says it’s the number one search term people use to find this blog. Next up are ayahuasca and vision quest, suggesting – appropriately enough – that this website is a destination for people seeking a way out of their pain. If you’re one of them let me save you some time. Looking back [...]

  • Sweat Lodges in the News

    Published On: October 26, 2009

    No doubt because I have participated in a handful of sweat lodges, a number of friends recently have forwarded me media articles pertaining to the recent sweat lodge deaths at a "spiritual" retreat in Sedona, Arizona. These emails also are understandably implying that sweat lodges are dangerous affairs, especially for something ostensibly designed as a [...]

  • Standing Naked Before God

    Suffering. Google says it’s the number one search term people use to find this blog. Next up are ayahuasca and vision quest, suggesting – appropriately enough – that this website is a destination for people seeking a way out of their pain. If you’re one of them let me save you some time. Looking back [...]

  • Sweat Lodges in the News

    No doubt because I have participated in a handful of sweat lodges, a number of friends recently have forwarded me media articles pertaining to the recent sweat lodge deaths at a "spiritual" retreat in Sedona, Arizona. These emails also are understandably implying that sweat lodges are dangerous affairs, especially for something ostensibly designed as a [...]