Jim's writing on the Antahkarana 8/8/2007:

In case anyone has not noticed, for the past couple of weeks, the Earth has been ringing like a bell from earthquakes from Japan to Russia to the Aleutian Islands off the Alaska cost. This is, of course, the Ring of Fire, which spans an arc of the Earth Mother.

We will be holding our Medicine Wheel ceremony this month to attempt to cool the fires, with a special weeknight ceremony, rather than the usual weekend, on Tuesday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m. This is two days past the New Moon, to push the energy forward. We can use the ancient Antahkarana symbol to provide healing for the Earth. See the illustration. This particular Antahkarana symbol was drawn by Annette Waya and is located across from the first page of my new book, "Finding Sanctuary in Nature: Simple Ceremonies in the Native American Tradition for Healing Yourself and Others," which is in bookstores now.

You can print it out for ceremonial use. You may focus on this symbol, or put it in your prayer circle or medicine wheel to do ceremony for the Earth. (The procedure is more fully outlined in the book.) In this way, you may do Earth healing at any time, with others or apart (though we are never truly alone, with all our guides, spirits and power animals with us). You may wish to join us in our ceremony here Aug. 14, in concert, even if you are physically far away; we will begin at 7 p.m.