Resources

Vision Fast

Fasting in the Wilderness - by Steven Foster, written in 1986
Rites of Passage and Culture - by Betsy Perluss
QUEER FUTURISM: DENIZENS OF LIMINALITY by PINAR ATEŞ SINOPOULOS-LLOYD
Re-wild Interviews Petra Lentz Snow on Rites of Passage
Playing coyote: a ceremony of relationship, distance, and subjectivity: by Charles R. Carlin
The Great Ballcourt Initiation: A Field Visit - by Kaysie Dannemiller
Wilderness Rites of Passage by John Davis
A Desert Fast ~ by John Davis
Earth Lullabye by Trevor Thomson
How to Prepare for Your Vision Fast Ceremony
Elderhood Initiation: A Personal Story by Larry Hobbs
The Nature of Intent by Joseph Lazenka
Rev. Kristin Powell- speaks about her 2010 CA Summer Vision Fast
An interview with psychotherapist Anne Yeomans
Hunger on the Mountain: by Kurt Caswell
Huffington Post: What is a Vision Quest and Why Do One?

Vision Fast Training

You are beautiful - Song by Charlie Angelo
Where is My Tribe? by Scott Eberle, M.D.
The Wild Imaginal World of Storytelling and Mirroring
Cultural Relationships by Gigi Coyle
Joseph Lazenka interviewed by Welde- Ian Carmichael: Modern Rites of Passage and the work of the School of Lost Borders.
Rites of Alignment in a New Global World: By Meredith Little Transcribed for her talk at the, Into the Wild Conference, Eastern Germany, 2011
THE MEDICINE WALK An Exploration of Ecopsychology and Rites of Passage By John Davis
THE FOUR SHIELDS OF WHOLENESS:[ Excerpts from The Four Shields: Initiatory Seasons of Human Nature, Lost Borders Press]
Great Mystery- Chant- by Josie Bohling
How Then Shall We Live? by Virginia Coyle and Roger Milliken, Jr.
Vision Fast & Four Shields Booklet
Meredith: Holding Sacred Space and Marking Rites of Passage

Youth

Wilderness Rites Of Passage: Healing, Growth, and Initiation John Davis, Ph.D.
2016 Youth Passageways Summit Reflection - by Siri Gunnarson, Will Scott, and Gigi Coyle
Successfully Claiming Adulthood: Washington State University 4-H Rites of Passage - by Larry Hobbs, Michael Wallace, Scott Vanderwey
School of Lost Borders Nature-based Rites of Passage by Gigi Coyle
Designing and Giving ROP Context and Content to a Youth Program – November 2015 – Gigi Coyle
TOWARD AN ADEQUATE RITE OF PASSAGE INTO MANHOOD By Steven Foster, Ph.D,
Lost Borders: Coming of Age in the Wilderness (excerpt #2)
Youngers to Elders: Please Help! by Eric Utne
Stories from the Youth Vision Quest ~ By Trebbe Johnson
#4- Sacred Hoop Interview
#3- Sacred Hoop Interview
#2- Sacred Hoop Interview
#1- Sacred Hoop Interview
The Teaching of the Wild Place- Interview with Steven Foster and Meredith Little
Modern Day Rites of Passage for Boys/Men - the ultimate form of preventative medicine
Passage Into Manhood: by Steven Foster
Lost Borders: Coming of Age in the Wilderness (excerpt #3)
Lost Borders: Coming of Age in the Wilderness (excerpt #1)

Living and Dying

Meredith Little And the School of Lost Borders By Ann O’Shaughnessy, from Issue 47 of Heron Dance
On Being A Mortal Animal- Scott Eberle being interviewed by Daniel Vitalis of Rewild Yourself
Living it forward - Cancer Survivorship Audio Clip - Petra Lentz-Snow
Cancer Treatment - An Underworld Journey, Audio Clip - Petra Lentz-Snow
Cancer Diagnosis as Severance, Audio Clip - Petra Lentz-Snow
Cancer as an Initiation, Audio Clip - Petra Lentz-Snow
Cracked Open: The Nature of Grief, Loss and Illness - by Petra Lentz-Snow
Illness as Initiation by Laura Weaver
Releasing the Past in the Death Lodge By Ron Pevny
Die Daily, Live Fully Rev. Kristin interviews Joseph Lazenka
Cancer as a Rite of Passage: Petra Lentz Snow
Grief as a Rite of Passage: Wilderness as Teacher By Roy Remer
Exploring Consciousness at the Lost Borders of Hospice and Wilderness - the InnerView with Scott Eberle, MD by Werner Brandt
Exploring Consciousness at the Lost Borders of Hospice and Wilderness - the InnerView with Scott Eberle, MD by Werner Brandt
Learning to Die in Order to Live, Video Clip, Dr. Scott Eberle with filmaker Michelle Mahoney
The Inner Work of Conscious Eldering: By Ron Pevny
An interview with Scott Eberle about his book The Final Crossing
Scott Eberle - Doctor and healer
Meredith Little and Scott Eberle - Upaya lecture
The blessed and cursed catastrophe we call death and dying: An interview with Joan Halifax Roshi by Clea Mcdougall
Practice of Living and Dying radio interview featuring Scott Eberle, John Davis and Meredith Little

Living Practices

Remembering Rites Of Passage
Psyche, Nature & Cosmos: Interview with Stanislav Grof and Betsy Perluss.
2013 Meredith interviewed by Clinton Callahan
The Deep Wells of Pedro's Planet: Rev Kristin and Pedro McMillan about poetry, vision fast and beauty
Joseph Lazenka interview by Clinton Callahan
Walking My Medicine by Sage Abella
Heron House : The building of a round earth-bag council hut.
The Red Thread ~ Dr. Scott Eberle
Surfing the Creative ~ Rites of Passage through dance, art and council
Where Have All the Wise Men Gone? by Michael Mead
Beyond the "Big Lie": How One Therapist Began to Wake Up by Sara Harris
THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE MEETING ANCIENT WISDOM IN COPPER CANYON Copyright by Ron Pevny
Self-Generated Ceremony by Meredith Little
Coming of Age in the Olympic Wilderness
Rites of Passage: van Gennep and beyond by Merri-Lee Hanson
Diamond Approach, Wilderness, and Primitive Ecopsychology : By John Davis
Aging Consciously: Claiming our Elderhood: By Ron Pevny
Turning Prayer into Action
Council in the Holy Land
Solace: The Wisdom of the Dying (excerpt 2)
Solace: The Wisdom of the Dying (excerpt 1)

Academic Papers

Academic Papers
Being With the Wilderness Within by Duncan Souchon
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Cultivating ecosophy: a dialog with the contemporary vision fast company by Charles Carlin
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A Vision: Remembering and Reclaiming our Indigenous Soul
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Rites of Passage through a Psychosynthetic Lens By Jon Keen
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Ecopsychology Medicine Walk ~Susan T. Robertson
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Coming Home: The Vision Quest as a Healing Modality for Cancer Survivors Corinna Stevenson
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Rites of Passage and the Story of Our Times by Will Scott
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Inside Out: Towards a Concept of Relational Education for Our Times by Will Scott
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DISCOVERING PSYCHE IN NATURE: ByPatricia Pint Patricia Pint
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INDIVIDUATION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ECOLOGICAL IDENTITY: OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND THE PASSAGE RITE INTO ADULTHOOD ~ by Rupert Marques
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The Practice of Council in a University Human Development Course by Betsy Perluss, PhD.
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Touching Earth, finding spirit: A passage into the symbolic landscape. Betsy Perluss, E. (2006).