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About Deborah

Deborah Jane Milton, Ph.D. is an artist, mentor, writer, mother of four, grandmother of eight. who inspires humanity's Great Turning: our evolution to living as a "whole" human, with headbrain and bodymind collaborating, with science and spirit dancing, with rationality, intuition and the ephemeral co-creating.

False Faces

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Deborah

We gather in the teepee yet again, this time to honor our ancestors and ask to feed and be fed by the living legacy of this northwest coastal region. We will call to the spirits to animate our masks and … Continue reading →

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There’s a Story Waiting

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Deborah

We return to the teepee for three more posture experiences in the next twenty-four hours. I’ll describe two of them in this post. We encounter our mythic selves more deeply by experiencing the birthing posture. One of my favorites, this particular … Continue reading →

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Mythic Beings Arrive

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Deborah

Returning to our process under the bower, we start sharing the stories of our encounters in non-ordinary reality. Quickly, we realize that we are truly setting out on an unknown journey – our ceremony will be peopled by mythic beings. … Continue reading →

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The Woman at the Gate

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Deborah

V, whose bower this is in a manner of speaking, rubs the trance from her eyes. Rising to her feet and shrugging her shoulders, she says, “I need to go to her. I bet it’s our neighbor. She’s deeply religious.” … Continue reading →

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The Following Day

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Deborah

Morning dawns with summer perfection. We decide to hold our next posture outdoors to connect more deeply with the sensory delight of our earthly home. A bower beckons. The dictionary tells me that a bower means both “a pleasant shady … Continue reading →

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Giving Voice

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Deborah

Holding a posture that looks like this,* we tilt our heads, open our mouths, close our eyes and sing, “Ahhhhhh,” when the rattle and drum beat begins. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…Ahhhhhhh…Ahh….Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. The drum and rattle hold the center of the belly rich sound … Continue reading →

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The Journey Begins

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Deborah

Dear Reader, Ten days ago you may remember I began chronicling the journey that eight ordinary people took to birth a living myth for our time. I’ve made a few “text-ural” detours which I hope add dimensionality to your appreciation … Continue reading →

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New Thoughts

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Deborah

I’ve described the group, the setting and the process of Ecstatic Postures. I’ve even written about that which arouses skepticism and often heated argument – the idea that the invisible world surrounds us and is real, mentionned even that the … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Reality of the Invisible

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Deborah

I’m not sure how long anthropologists and historians consider humans “modern.” They probably disagree. Given the quality of ancient artwork found inEurope, I think we are more like our ancestors of 35 to 40,000 years ago than we want to … Continue reading →

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The Posture Itself

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Deborah

So here we are, nervously and eagerly, anticipating what will happen next. We know the rhythm drives our nervous system and the specific posture we hold reliably opens the door to a specific neighborhood of what we call Alternate Reality. … Continue reading →

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