Elise Dirlam Ching - Faces of Your Soul: Rituals in Art, Maskmaking, and Guided Imagery with Ancestors, Spirit Guides, and Totem Animals

Electronic Edition: ISBN 978-1-58394-876-7

Copyright 2006 by Elise Dirlam Ching and Kaleo Ching. All rights reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief review, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout the written permission of the publisher. For information contact North Atlantic Books.

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Cover art by Kaleo Ching
Cover design by Suzanne Albertson
Book design by Lyn Unihipiliowailelepualu Hilliard

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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE PRINTED EDITION AS FOLLOWS:

Ching, Elise Dirlam.
Faces of your soul : rituals in art, maskmaking, and guided imagery with ancestors, spirit guides, and totem animals / by Elise Dirlam Ching and Kaleo Ching.
p. cm.
Summary: Faces of Your Soul is a journey of inner adventure, sacred guidance, and self-empowerment on lifes path. Guided imagery takes us on a shamanic exploration of subconscious realms. Journal writing, art and maskmaking give voice and form to our inner mysteries and hidden wisdom for self transformationProvided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN-13: 978-1-55643-590-4 (trade paper)
ISBN-10: 1-55643-590-8 (trade paper)
1. Spiritual life. 2. Ritual. I. Ching, Kaleo. II. Title.
BL624.D5884 2006
204.46dc22

2006009922

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To the Divine Spirit in Each of Us

Mahalo nui loa to the Acupressure Institute, California Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts, California Institute of Integral Studies, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics Jail Psychiatric Services, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, John F. Kennedy University, Naropa University-Oakland, New College of California, Oakland Festival at the Lake, San Francisco Bay Area public schools, San Francisco Jail Health Services, San Francisco Sheriffs Department, San Francisco State University, and the University of Creation Spirituality and to the caring staff and faculty of these institutions where we have done much of our work and to the students who have contributed their images and stories that so greatly enhance this book.

To the special people who have been inspirations to us in processes involved in the evolution of this book: Lanakila Brandt, Dane Kaohelani Silva, and Makaala Yates for their sharing of aloha, lomilomi, and Hawaiian healing arts and culture; Bre Carrington and Sas Colby, artists and educators for the Oakland Festival at the Lake 1,000 Faces Maskmaking Project; Randal Churchill, Marleen Mulder, and the late Ormond McGill of the Hypnotherapy Training Institute; Jackie Clark, Joe Goldenson, Barbara Sutton, and all of Elises colleagues at San Francisco Jail Health Services; Ruth Cox, holistic health educator; Mardena Creek, the late Frances Mayhew Rippy, and Thomas Thornburg of the Ball State University English Department; Jane DeCuir, our maskmaking model; Sharon Dirlam, sister, and her husband, John McCafferty, advisors; Aileen Donovan and Andy and Mary Franklin, our prayer family; Don Dugal, Jeff Dunn, Murray Turnbull, and Maile Yawata of the University of Hawaii Art Department; Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Jungian analyst, storyteller, and healer; the Acupressure Institutes mentors of Traditional Chinese Medicine, especially founder Michael Reed Gach, Joseph Carter for his consultation on the acupressure contents of this book, Candace Coar, Alice Hiatt, Sylvia Nachlinger, and Brian ODea; the late Ray Gatchalian, peace activist; Deborah Gee and Blair Gershkow of 9 Star Productions; Jose Hobday, Franciscan sister; Jeff Kitzes of the Empty Gate Zen Center; Lynne McCall of WildCare; Ruth Morgan, art activist; Jo Robinson, director of Jail Psychiatric Services; Deborah Schwartz, our cupid; the late John Sommers of the Tamarind Institute and the University of New Mexico; Luisah Teish, priestess of Oshun; the late Michael Tom, artist of Kaimuki; Rodney Yee, yoga teacher; and to our many teachers of Taiji and Qigong.

To Michael Grady, for his enthusiasm, support, and leadership as chair of the Arts and Consciousness Program at John F. Kennedy University, where we have taught for the past fifteen years. To Matthew Foxauthor of many books and founder of the University of Creation Spirituality and Naropa University-Oakland, where we taught for nine yearsfor his support and encouragement so eloquently articulated in his foreword for this book. To Gilles Marin, healer and founder of the Chi Nei Tsang Institute, for introducing us to North Atlantic Books. To everyone at North Atlantic Books who makes the sharing of this book possible and the producing of it a delight, especially publishers Richard Grossinger and Lindy Hough, project editor Anastasia McGhee, art director Paula Morrison, cover designer Suzanne Albertson, and copy editor Adrienne Armstrong.

A very special mahalo to Pili (Lyn Unihipiliowailelepualu Hilliard) for his abundant aloha, for his mastery in designing this book, and for his contributions to this books Hawaiian language entries.

To our ancestors, our families, and our parents, James and Nancy Ching and Art and Edith Dirlam. To the people of Hawaii and their spirit of aloha. To our guides from the spirit world. To the winged and four-legged creatures, especially our Australian shepherd companion, Teekkona.

The Journey by Kaleo (mixed media lithograph, 28h 20w)

Seventh-grade students at Albany Middle School

Intimacy with the Night: Vesta

Peles Lair by Kaleo (mixed media acrylic painting, 36h 28w)

Embracing the Tiger by Kaleo (mixed media drawing, 40h 30w)

Morning prayer at Halemaumau crater

Kumu Dane Kaohelani Silva, Big Island of Hawaii

Okika Kea (White Orchid)

Elise heading over phoehoe to the Puu lava flow

Nn (Hawaiian geese) at Halemaumau crater

Fresh lava flowing from Puu

Elise doing Qigong ma ka ae kai

Randy

Alchemy by Kaleo (mixed media mask, 18h 12w 7d)

Sacred Purpose Journey: Cynthia

The Vessel: Pua Mohala

Raptor by Kaleo (mixed media drawing, 30h 22w)