by Atala | Jun 10, 2021 | Honoring Animal Spirit
Serpent energy is often present around Native American sacred sites. In the standing stone on the right you see a serpent head and on top of that an image of a Native American – the long ago occupants of this area of Rim Rock National Recreational Trail, Shawnee...
by Atala | Dec 5, 2020 | Complex & Grand Stories
Here is a vision quest site that very few hikers recognize. It is located at the Rim Rock Trail, Shawnee National Forest, Southern Illinois. Let’s take a journey to see what the nature realm has created. Native American tradition honors the vision quest. This is...
by Atala | Jun 27, 2020 | Complex & Grand Stories
The Vision Quest area of Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, called to me many years ago, when access was by a lightly marked path up a small incline. I followed the unvoiced instructions and ended in a spectacularly powerful area that I immediately knew, even...