The lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, appeared to me during a shamanic journey focused on releasing the past. His figure loomed large as my shadow self, and as a collective shadow, that wanted to be seen, released, transformed. Our shadow is a denied, buried, unseen aspect of our psyche. When I saw Paul Bunyan’s axe wielding hulking figure, I heard… Continue reading Paul Bunyan Was An Axe Murderer of Trees