Explorations of the Wild and the Human Spirit

Journey into a collection of essays, reflections, and field observations that seek to uncover the deeper truths hidden within the desert and ourselves.

These writings weave together natural history, survival wisdom, philosophy, and personal experience — offering a window into The Way of Things.

Presence and Awareness

In this video lecture we learn and experience how to understand one’s presence in the environment and maximize your awareness. And we do this with some of the old Masters of presence and awareness the desert bighorn sheep.

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Vision quest

All hunter gatherer cultures throughout the world past or present inculturerated a tradition of a vision quest in one form or another. They usually culminated in a dream or vision that was interpreted as a message from the spirit world. These dreams and visions derive much of their power and

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Icons of a Lost Society

In traditional Christian iconography the quality of the art is secondary to importance of the message. In view of this the Native American rock art of the great basin has long been viewed as largely mysterious. With a debate as to whether it was art for art’s sake or a

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Newberry Cave Site

Newberry cave was not a tomb or burial site. What was there, was the physical remains of a human- bighorn sheep relationship that was uniquely specific to time and culture. This relationship, as it is revealed in the Newberry cave, was a predator- prey relationship steeped in technology, art, and

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Me and Bigfoot

In the past Bigfoot’s existed exclusively in the myths and legends told around the glow of the campfires of North America. Now “Bigfoot / Sasquatch” lives like the rest of us in the glow of the electronic campfire that is television and computer screens around the world. In light of

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Some thought experiments on bighorn sheep and minerals

There are many issues that one can explore when dealing with bighorn sheep and minerals. Some of these are in the realm of established science but few if any have been applied. I believe it is the volunteer organizations that will eventually bridge the gap between the knowledge we already

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Some thoughts on wildlife and livestock management

There’s been a long-running controversy in the Western United States. This involves three factions. They are wildlife enthusiasts, the cattle industry, and those that champion the wild horse and burro populations. Wildlife people have a straightforward desire to increase wildlife but this excludes invasive species. The cattle industry also has

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