…We need the magical powers within nature in order to heal and transform our world. But awakening these powers would mean that our patriarchal institutions would lose their control, as once again the mysterious inner world will come into play, releasing forces once understood and used by the priestess and shaman, whose existence the patriarchal world has forgotten. The science of the future will work with these forces, exploring how the different worlds interrelate, including how the energies of the inner can be used in the outer. The shaman and the scientist will work together; the wisdom of the priestess and wisdom of the physician renew their ancient connection…

~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Fall into Winter, Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite – photo by Gary Hart Photography, used with permission