Wheel of Initiation...
Join me and others while you Enter the Wheel of Initation.
As a Transpersonal Consultant I have lead individuals and groups through the Wheel of Initiation, creating a means for people to create the conditions of an initiated life. The Wheel begins in the South where you set your intention, on to the West, where you move through resistance and release of old patterns; into the North which is the direction of meditation and unity and then the East, the direction of Initiation and new beginnings. My yearlong Initiation Course, as well as The Wheel of Initiation Retreats are available to you and your circle. Please refer to my calendar for up coming classes and retreats.My next Initiation Course begins this October, 2010 in Prairie du Sac Wisconsin.
"Prisons have been described as "houses of failed initiation" and many adults at mid-life feel imprisoned in a life that isn't authentic or fulfilling. What Julie Tallard Johnson does in this fine book is provide a blueprint for grownups seeking a focused, spiritual initiation into their own true lives. It's like an adult version of her previous book for teenagers, The Thundering Years, which I constantly recommend to teachers, therapists, religious educators and teens. Like that amazing guidebook, Wheel of Initiation combines wisdom and practices from multiple religions and belief systems, and gleans valuable insights from a wide range of teachers. Stories of the author's own initiation rituals and daily practices are combined with those from her students, people she has led in year-long initiation circles. This book is both practical and inspiring, and deserves a wide readership." – Meg Cox, ritual expert and author, The Book of New Family Traditions: How to Create Great Rituals for Holidays & Everyday (Running Press)
“The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.” –Joseph Campbell, from The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers
“We have to take personal responsibility for uplifting our lives.”
– Chogyam Trungpa, taken from SHAMBHALA, The Sacred Path of the Warrior
The Wheel of Initiation is an organic template that takes you on a personal spiritual pilgrimage. With the Wheel you incorporate your own chosen spiritual practice and traditions. You create the conditions that give you the foundation and the means in which to initiate yourself and to regenerate your life and community. The aspects of yourself that are frozen in habitual ways, that remain uninitiated, will be thawed and released when you choose practices that create the conditions of an active and initiated life.
Table of Contents for The Wheel of Initiation: Practices for Releasing Your Inner Light
Preface: A Useful Tension—Religious Beliefs and Spiritual Practice
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Entering the Wheel
1. Entering the South: The Power of Agreements
2. In the South: Getting On the Horse of Intention
3. Entering the West: Following the Right God Home
4. In the West: The Symbolic Death
5. Entering the North: Tat Tvam Asi
6. In the North: Taking Hold of the Sacred Thread
7. Entering the East: Crossing the Threshold
8. In the East: Initiation and the Return Journey
Appendix: The Tao of Not Following: Groups and Teachers
Resources
Bibliography
About the Author
Index
"For long years I have kept this beauty within me. It has been my life. It is sacred. I give it now that coming generations may know the truth. "
– Dine, “Sandoval’s Prayer”
"The Thundering Years was the winner of the 2002 Independent Publisher Book Award for multicultural juvenile nonfiction."
"The man pulling radishes pointed the way with a radish."
– Issa, Haiku poet