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Articles, Shamanic Outlook Monthly Forecasts & Moon Updates

The Power Path has an extensive library of Shamanic News & Events, Monthly Forecasts, Moon updates, and Articles to help guide you on the Power Path.

Our Monthly Forecast and its complimentary Moon Update offer a practical shamanic alternative to the more traditional monthly astrological horoscope. We also have articles on a wide range of topics by Jose Stevens, movie reviews, Shamanic Q&A, as well as upcoming events and descriptions of our services and products.

You can scroll down, or use the search bar on the right to find something specific. If you can’t find what you are looking for, please feel free to contact us, and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

A New José Stevens Article

What Makes You Happy?

May 18, 2023 By José Stevens

Begin by asking yourself what makes you happy and just see what comes up for you. A great variety of answers usually crop up. My dog makes me happy. Sunny clear days make me happy. Rain makes me happy. … Well, this list could go on and on as you can probably see. If all these things make me happy, I should be happy all the time or at least a good part of the time, right? Unfortunately, this is not so. … How can a thing, event, situation or experience cause something to happen that is really an experience within you, an aspect of your awareness?

New Moon Update 5-19-23

May 16, 2023 By Lena Stevens

Dear Friends,

New Moon in Taurus is Friday, May 19 at 9:53 AM Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).

The goal during this time is to nurture comfort, ease, security, and the release of tension. This moon is both energizing and contemplative. Tension is caused by the discomfort of growth, change and evolution pushing up against a great need for a break, a pause and some physical comfort and security. The best way to release tension is to move the body. Work with the earth, walk, swim, dance, and be physically active. Remember that tension can also push us to action where needed to move forward.

Full Moon / Eclipse Update 5-5-23

May 2, 2023 By Lena Stevens

Dear Friends,

The Full Moon in Scorpio is Friday, May 5 at 11:34 AM Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).

Known as the Flower Moon, it comes with a penumbral lunar eclipse. This can be a highly emotional time especially for relationships. The tension may focus on possessions, resources, expression of self and anything unresolved from the past. It is best to approach this time with acceptance and gratitude for all your tangible resources and support you have had along the way.

If there are feelings, deal with them. Watch for emotional triggers and potential irrational outbursts. If they come from others, don’t take them personally and stay in your own lane.

May 2023 Monthly Forecast

May 1, 2023 By Lena Stevens

The theme for May is: “TENSION”.

Tension this month is the condition of pressure or a relentless force causing anxiety, strain, crisis, release, and change. We are stretched tight, some of us more than others, as we attempt to hold on to the past and control the future. The emotional center of the year is highlighted as we clear out old stagnation and get things flowing in a more positive direction. Fear of change and fear of the unknown is what keeps us grasping tightly to our defenses, old habits and outdated beliefs…. There can be a very positive outcome to the month but it requires certain disciplines and the willingness to deal with feelings and emotions without blame or judgment. The tension brings up what has been brewing under the surface, sometimes dramatically, much like a volcano finally releasing its pressure. And much like a volcano, the release can be destructive but it can also build new fertile ground. We need to surrender to the process, keep an optimistic attitude, and practice enjoying our life, no matter what.

A New José Stevens Article

Is there any hope for humanity?

April 12, 2023 By José Stevens

Like so many words there is much controversy over the term Moloch, referenced in the Old Testament several times and often referring to a Canaanite god who is believed to have demanded child sacrifice. The term is now being used to refer to AI, artificial intelligence, and its proliferation without proper caution or controls. This came about because like so many technologies various corporations were in a race to develop AI and to be the first to make it viable and capable of turning enormous profits. Therefore, there was the incentive to deliver to the world AI that was filled with bugs, unfinished in many respects, and had not been assessed for potential risks involved. Other corporations with equally unfinished AI quickly dumped their products onto the world stage not wanting to miss out on the profits. At this time this is the way of almost all technologies. The monster is out of its cage.

A New José Stevens Article

The Importance of Shamanic Wisdom Regarding Hallucinogenic Plants

March 16, 2023 By José Stevens

The previous article focused on the problems that can occur when someone combines pharmaceutical medicines and chemical compounds from the laboratory with natural entheogenic plants that have not been altered in any significant way. Here we will continue the discussion about the great interest by the general public in indigenous plant medicines and the need for greater understanding of the knowledge that indigenous cultures have compiled over many centuries, even thousands of years.

A New José Stevens Article

The Explosion of Interest in Medicine Plants: What we need to know

February 23, 2023 By José Stevens

Most of you are probably acquainted with the great interest in a variety of medicine plants or entheogens being researched for treatment with veterans and others suffering from PTSD and a variety of other disorders like obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, anxiety, and various addictions. When interest in some of these plants and chemical compounds like MDMA and LSD in the nineteen sixties and seventies arose showing much promise as healing compounds, great fear among conservative government officials and other traditionalists rendered most of these them illegal and they were made schedule one drugs, a felony if someone had possession or consumed them. Researchers were no longer allowed to study them and they were off limits in every way for quite a few years.

Year of The Water Rabbit

January 24, 2023 By Admin

We celebrate and prepare for the Chinese New Year on the second new moon following Winter Solstice. This year it falls on January 22. The 4th zodiac sign of the lunar cycle, Rabbit fully emerges on February 4th. The last Water Rabbit was 1963. We acknowledge the tumultuous Water Tiger for all his gifts and challenges this past year, and with joy, I wave goodbye as he retreats to the forest!

~ Gaela Morrison ~

Inner Shaman Nature Retreat 2023

The theme for this retreat is ”How to live life from your essence”. Are you living your purpose? Are you sharing your personal medicine? Are you aware, and connected to spirit? Is your personality undermining you instead of supporting your essence goals? These questions and more will be addressed in this powerful Inner Shaman Nature Retreat in Northern New Mexico led mostly by Jose with practices, teachings and philosophy, with a few inputs by Lena. There will also be an opportunity to sign up for an individual shamanic healing with Anna for an additional fee.

The retreat includes excellent and tasty meals (gluten free/vegetarian options available however we cannot accommodate allergies to very commonly used ingredients). Teachings will be a combination of group time, outdoor activities and classroom, hikes and time for rest and rejuvenation. A wood fired group sauna and/or fire circle may be available on one of the evenings depending on current fire restrictions.

A New José Stevens Article

5 Year Cycle

January 16, 2023 By José Stevens

Many of you have shown interest in the Trends talk reference to a special five-year cycle of change that begins in 2023 or, in other words, this year. Not being an astrologer, I cannot speak in those terms about the next five years so I will use my own way of describing the cycle which can best be characterized as change, change, and more change. As we pointed out in the Trends talk, 2023 is a year dedicated to cleaning up all the of the emotional and energetic detritus that has been brought to the surface by the big challenges we have faced in recent times…