Hopi Tradition, Shamanism & the Medicine Wheel
The first course where inner and outer appear openly in the same symbol. Two distinct traditions are studied side by side rather than merged into one: the Hopi emergence and prophecy tradition, and the medicine wheel as taught across the Plains nations — kept separate deliberately, since they come from different peoples and shouldn't be flattened into a single system.
The Hopi account of emergence through the worlds and the prophecies tied to it; the medicine wheel as a map of the four directions, the seasons of a life, and one's place among other beings; and shamanic practice as a method — journeying, and the role of the practitioner as an intermediary between the seen and unseen.
Working with the medicine wheel as a personal reflective tool — placing your own current life circumstances against its four directions — followed by a written account of what the exercise revealed.
A working relationship with attention helps here, though it isn't assumed.
The medicine wheel is studied as a personal reflective tool, not only an academic subject.
The course is explicit about not flattening two different peoples' knowledge into one system.
Work through the short, curated reading list above at your own pace.
Follow the specific topics of investigation raised by each text.
Complete the course's practical activity and exercise.
Your exercise becomes the basis of a personal 1-to-1 tutorial with Benjamin.
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