Elisabeth P. Sikie, PhD

Shamanic Practitioner | Poet | Philosopher

Summer Solstice 2023 – Resurrection in the Heat of Summer

In the middle of last summer’s heat, the multi-year drought affecting my state wove it’s cyclical death spell deeper into our lives. My thriving garden suddenly turned brown, withered and died. This happened to my company’s flourishing garden as well. It felt like the dying happened overnight and I felt a horrible sense of dread…   Read More

Summer Solstice 2023 – Depression in the Moment of Radical Evolution

Kurt Vonnegut wrote that “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” Conversely, insanely out of balance, distorted and crazy-making mental states may be the completely sane reaction of a sane person to her insane society. This is how I understand my own bouts with psychic disturbances such as depression and anxiety that…   Read More

Imbolg 2023 – Stimulating Seeds in the New Year

I’m stuck! I was thinking this as I face an increased work load in a job I want to leave and because I am at a loss to manifest the many new avenues of creation I desire to explore. I have been fighting futility because I can’t envision what could be next for me in…   Read More

Solstice 2022 – Sailing to Mexico at Year’s End

Finally, after the years of pandemic we were able to take another cruise, something we enjoy because it gets us out and onto the sea in search of adventures. The compression of living during this especially difficult time has taken a toll on everyone as we have been forced to release old ways of releasing…   Read More

Faery Summer Garden! 2021

In the garden one can find everything–food, communion, beauty, healing, knowledge and joy. This is a share from my personal garden journal as I teach myself how to tend this space and become a better steward in the world. Hopefully, this photo essay transmits the absolute joy I feel being intimate with plants, and cultivating…   Read More