Nance Harding 
Rooted in Soul - Informed by Science

In Western cultures where the collective mantra is, I consume; therefore, I am we imagine ourselves beyond such realities as illness and...

Previously published in Cassandra Voices, 2019. In the inner world, time has a way of standing still long enough so you can come to your...

Hannah sat deep in thought waiting for the reception room’s red light to turn green indicating she could open the door to Dr. Dysart’s...

Even the most experienced psychotherapist will discover again and again that he is caught up in a bond, a combination resting on mutual...

The poem In The Mean Time is about inhabiting the liminal space of life-changing illness be it physical, emotional, or spiritual. This...

The pupa stage of a butterfly’s life cycle is a transition lasting from a few weeks, a month, or even longer. Some species have a pupal...

Symbolically, the well taps into the Source, the invisible waters of life that flow through hidden recesses in the unconscious. Unlike a...

I am not Master in this house This exquisite design did not come from me. This house which breathes whether I will or not This house that...

It was the dark god shape-shifting to fit my hubris who taught me long ago to beware of morphing into that which was first found...

The following is based on a dream prior to 9/11. If you track your dreams, you'll notice that sometimes they make no sense until year...

Deep within are buried the unmentionables where kept under lock and key they blend and defend . . . The Heart of the Matter. It takes a...

In Egypt, swans were known as vehicles for the journey to the otherworld, as they are in the shamanistic traditions of northern Asia. In...

I received the poem Oh Say Can You See in 1982. I use the word received because the words woke me abruptly in the early morning demanding...

The last time I ran was at Point Reyes where the green earth slopes down jutting out over the Pacific. There I ran down to the edge to...

Virginia wanted a room of her own, a place to go so as not to be disturbed by the elusive something shapeshifting her inner world. I too...

James Hillman once wrote that psychology, so dedicated to awakening human consciousness, needs to wake itself up to one of the most...

Believe me: It is no teaching and no instruction that I give you. On what basis should I presume to teach you? I give you news of the way...

Anam is the Gaelic word for soul and cara is the word for friend. So Anam Cara in the Celtic world was the soul friend. In the early...

Come and sit for a while in the Shadows of life. Let me be your traveling companion in the place where strange things take shape and come...

Ash Wednesday initiates the penitential season of Lent that culminates in the Easter resurrection. Alchemy perceived ash, like salt, as...