I’m Solomon. A holistic spirituality has been my driving passion and a life-long pursuit which has led me through in-depth study and practice of many traditions. (A full account can be found below.) This work has transformed me, but also has enabled me to bring together a holistic path for our time, assembling the pieces from traditions that are now fragmented or that struggle to fit our modern context.

My goal is to share this understanding and experience with the world — in part because I’m at the point in my path where I feel a calling to teach and give back, and because we live in a time of great urgency, in which reconnecting with the sacred worldview is one of our greatest needs if we are to meet the challenges of the environmental and social dislocations that are beginning to unfold in our time.

My diverse experience enables me work with people from a great variety of backgrounds. I work with those suffering from the heaviness of nihilism and alienation as well as those disappointed by the lack of substance and depth that much new-age style spirituality offers. I work with those who have a tradition in which they feel at home, but could use an outside perspective to help with obstacles they are encountering, ss well as those who are just beginning their search and barely know how to begin.

My training and experience

I have formal education and degrees in Philosophy (University of Chicago), Chinese Medicine (National University of Natural Medicine), and Clinical Psychology (Saybrook University)

Other training includes:

• Buddhism – 20 years of practices and study, with a focus on a Vajrayana path for the past 12 years
• Taoism/Qi Gong – 5 years of serious qi gong practice (spending an hour a day in horse stance)
• Lakota Ways — Regular participant in Lakota sweat lodges for 12 years
• Western ritual, magical, and mystical paths – 20 years
• Orthodox Christianity – 2 years of active engagement and study
• Permaculture, ecology, and mycology – 6 years study and hands-on regenerative land practice

I have completed 3 solo month-long wilderness retreats, 1 month retreat in total darkness, and 1 other month-long silent retreat, as well as numerous retreats of lesser length. I maintain 2 hours a day of practice to maintain spiritual clarity.