by Norman W Wilson, PhD Recently, I have had the wonderful privilege of meeting a delightfully charming woman who is a trained shaman. However, unlike many shaman, Vicki Dodge is not a healer. Even though she is a home economist with a Master’s Degree in Art, much of our conversation during our two-hour lunch...
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by Norman W. Wilson, PhD Hundreds of websites exist purporting to provide psychic healings, readings, and manifestations of one’s desires. The problem, as with so many of these kinds of things, is garnering basic reliable information. Like the number of websites, the number of definitions of psychic healing proliferates the internet environment. Theatrical performers...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD Have you walked into the Camano Library at Terry’s Corner and met a lady with a warm smile and sparkling eyes that said ‘welcome’? That’s Mary Jennings. Have you been there and heard the soft plunk of guitar strings? That’s Mary playing during Children’s Story-Time. Mary came to the...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD On January 26 the Sno-Isle Library System inaugurated its first community ambassador training program. The three-hour workshop held at the Library Processing Center at Marysville was funded by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation. The workshop was open to twenty members of Friends of the Library groups in the area. Cheryl...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD Toward the end of the last century, the Washington Post published an article by Alfie Kohn: A Look At . . . Getting Back to Basics First Lesson: Unlearn How We Learned. (October 10, 1999.) Mr. Kohn’s opening sentence rang true then and unfortunately rings true today. He wrote,...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD The Center on Education Policy issued a report (December 14, 2011) which states, “Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, making the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No-Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago.” Kevin Spac, Newser staff reporter, has...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD Earlier, this month Donna Gordon Blankinship (Associated Press) reported Washington State Senator Rodney Tom (D-Medina) as saying that “charter schools have proven to be effective in every state.” He plans to introduce a bill that would allow for public charter schools in this state. Evidently, Senator Tom has not...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD Nanci Drew is a charming young woman—the kind everyone immediately likes. However, she is different from other people. Nanci is an intuitive, or psychic healer. She was kind enough to answer my questions. What does it mean to be a psychic healer? To me it means that I, Nanci...
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by Norman W. Wilson, PhD I’ve written extensively about shamanic healing here as well as other places. I even have a book out on the subject, Shamanism: What It’s All About. In our beautiful Pacific Northwest, we are endowed with wonderful medical doctors, with one of the most outstanding naturopathic universities in the world,...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD On Friday, December 2nd, the Greater Everett Community Foundation invited members of non-profit organizations to learn how to tell stories to raise funds. Approximately thirty-five people attended. From our area, representing the Stanwood-Camano Friends of the Library were Suzanne and myself. Karen Schmidt represented the Camano Island Friends of...
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