LETS-Land of Enchantment Tarot Symposium VIDEO of The Birth of The Oracle of Initiation

I want to share the wonderful video Carrie Paris and I created today from my presentation for LETS- Land of Enchantment Tarot Symposium that was here in Santa Fe this October. Below is also an update about The Oracle and my travels, projects and upcoming adventures. Life is good. LETS-Land of Enchantment Tarot Symposium VIDEO …

NEW Painted Body Series #39-Turquoise Pendelton Blanket with Mudcloth

I am in LOVE with this newest set of photographs taken here on the land in New Mexico. The Painted Body ritualistic photography series has been one of the great loves of my life, as is the powerful earth here in the land of enchantment. It is not an easy place to live. The desert …

COMPLETED EVENT: Way Weaver and Pattern Walker Coleen Renee’s Painted Body Initiation

My sister Coleen and I met the call of the Red Earth together through my Painted Body ritualistic photography process here in New Mexico. Enjoy Coleen's first hand account of this transformative,  fierce and joyful experience: Red Earth Calls By Coleen Renee Red Earth calls… Primal stirrings… Awakening self I do not recognize. Oh. It’s …

COMPLETED EVENT: Margi Halfon’s Painted Body Initiation into the Hidden Petra-like New Mexico Desert

Petra is a DreamTime place. It is a magical and cloistered city tucked away in the desert cliffs of Jordan. The first time I saw an image of the huge temple facade peeking though a slender opening in the canyon walls I was stunned. I have yearned to walk through that portal into that otherworldly …

COMPLETED EVENT: Water like Fire-Lyric Kali’s Water Spirit Initiation

I. Water in the desert is extremely precious. I grew up in the lush and mossy Northwest where the water element could be overly abundant at times. Moving to the Southwest has completely changed my relationship to this fundamental structure of life. Many times I will go exploring in the wild and not hear or …

Oracle of Initiation cards on the land of their emergence

I took these images Sunday in Abiquiu where the "above ground" Painted Body ritualistic  photographs were taken for my Oracle of Initiation deck. The canyons, waterways and mesas of Northwestern New Mexico are my home. There is a calm, a beauty, a resonance for me in that place that rewires my nervous system whenever I …

COMPLETED EVENT: Land of Enchantment Tarot Symposium in Santa Fe with Mary K. Greer and The Oracle of Initiation as a Cover Girl

Land of Enchantment Tarot Symposium Santa Fe, New Mexico October 29, 30th and 31st 2010. Attendance available in Santa Fe or Online! Local Tarot Meet-Up hosts Carrie Paris, Margaret Letzkus and Robert Hahn have organized the first tarot symposium in the southwest and you are all invited! The Land of Enchantment Tarot Symposium (L E …

COMPLETED EVENT: Amy’s Painted Body Golden Beetle Initiation

Amy has been a good friend since I moved to Santa Fe. Her Spirits told her last winter she was to do the Painted Body initiatory photography work with me,  but the weather necessitated waiting until now. It was a very powerful experience, a landmark, a gateway into the embracing the beautiful new life she …

NEW Painted Body ritualistic photography series in New Mexico

I romped through the lush fields of one of my favorite locations here in Santa Fe  creating the 33rd shoot in the Painted Body ritualistic photography series. The Painted Body process brings me profound delight, a way to play with nature in a way I knew as a child. And yet the woman also plays, …

COMPLETED EVENT: Initiating The Oracle on the land of it’s Emergence: Santa Fe Tarot Meet-Up

What an incredible evening. The Oracle of Initiation and I were blessed to be invited by Divining Goddess Carrie Paris to present the deck to the Santa Fe Tarot Meet-up group. This was the largest group I have shared The Oracle with, and everyone got to play with a deck. It was such a powerful …