The Spirit of the Night
I seek out the shimmering portals between Earth and Sky; the doorways for us to step through into the secrets of ancient and ever-present wisdom.
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Carla Meeske’s Milky Way and starry night landscape photography captures the mystical connection of sacred land and infinite sky.
My mission is to bring the stars home into our consciousness, and our homes! We are beloved expressions of the Milky Way and the Cosmos, and these images capture the Spirit of our entire universe, known and unknown, seen and unseen. View these images with a dreaming eye and experience the loving presence of Spirit in our fabulous home. Earth, nestled in the Milky Way, one of a billion galaxies in our incredible cosmos.
![Bartlett Starlight image 9-14-23 w sig](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Bartlett-Starlight-Carla-Meeske-9-14-23-w-sig-1024x512.jpg)
![old cedar tree in the starlight, Arizona](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cedar-Nights-819x1024.jpg)
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![Night image of the Milky Way at Page Arizona on the Slick Rock](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Milky-Wave-Carla-Meeske-7-12-23-flat-copy-1024x1024.jpg)
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![Ghostly old oak tree with lava and stars at Sunset Crater, Arizona](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ghost-Oak-Tree.jpg?ver=1689892020)
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![image from the Mogollon Rim in Arizona overseeing a highway of light with the Milky Way.](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Guiding-Light-Carla-Meeske-20x28-copy.jpg)
![Yucca Elata at night in the Sonoran Desert](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Elata-Love.jpg)
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![Cactus on Christmas Night at Bartlett Lake Arizona](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Tonto-Brothers.jpg)
![night sky image of borax wagon at Death Valley Nation Park](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Borax-Night-1024x1024.jpg)
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![Venus reflects in Roosevelt Lake at dawn](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Venus-Rising.jpg?ver=1694183427)
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![Watchman Mountain in Zion with a Prickly Pear Cactus](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Midnight-Watchman-1x2-10-11-23-512x1024.jpg)
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![Bryce Canyon with the Milky Way](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Bryce-Lights-682x1024.jpg)
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![Watchman mountain in Zion Nation Park](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Watchmans-Wish-4x5-e-10-17-23-1024x819.jpg)
![Ponderosa Tree with the Milky Starry Sky](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ponderosa-Sky.jpg?ver=1695255245)
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Take Me Home
starlight stories
Shamans connect the creative energy of the heavens with the nurturing spirit of Earth. Carla’s compassionate Spirit Guides lead her into the landscape, and delight as she gathers images that honor heaven and Earth. Earth and sky tell the stories of their mirroring life force, embodied in the land, the trees, the animals, and us! Carla gathers those stories from the Spirits of the Land as she photographs through long starry nights. Listen as you look deep into these images, and you will hear the stories too!
Carla Meeske
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Shamanic guide offering healing and teaching modern shamanism for 25 years. Carla captures the beauty of nature, guided by the compassionate Spirits who walk with the earth and sky. Join her dreaming through these images, and in workshops she leads in person and on zoom.
Carla’s Magical Nightscapes express the mystical connection of Sacred Land with the Infinite Sky. View these portals with a dreaming eye, and experience the Spirit’s breath in you.
SpiritHealer.com
Carla’s homepage, where you can request healing sessions and learn all about Carla.
spirithealercircle.com
SpiritHealer School of Shamanism site, with all our courses.
Shaman’s understand that the truth, beauty and wisdom of the sky is alive in our bones. We are expressions of this grace. Carla honors the Spirits of the land and asks their permission to make photographs. They respond by showing her a sign, like a pottery sherd on the ground that wasn’t there before – was it? As the sky casts to night and the stars come out, night sounds rise, and Carla sings with them. The whole world comes alive with the music and the dance. These images are treasures of our sacred living moment, mirrors of our souls and affirmations of our beauty. Cherish them as your own. Because the living treasures we see today can so easily be gone tomorrow.
![image of 4 runner at lake at night](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/4runner-at-bartlett3ab.png)
star adventures
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shamanic workshops
![image of Carla with her drum](http://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Carla-Smile-Crop.jpg)
Shamanic healing
More magic
![image of the big dipper](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/w_200,h_200,q_lossy,ret_wait/https://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Dipper_Cameron_Blue_Grey--scaled.jpg)
![image of star trails at Bumble Bee Ranch](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/w_200,h_200,q_lossy,ret_wait/https://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BHstar-trails-full-copy-scaled.jpg)
![Saguaro Sky Saguaro at Burro Creek Campground](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/w_200,h_200,q_lossy,ret_wait/https://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Saguaro_at_burro_creek_1-copy.png)
![image of healing prayers in Milky Way Spiral](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/w_200,h_200,q_lossy,ret_wait/https://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Virginis-Spiral-3-28-22.png)
![Roosevelt Venus image of Roosevelt Lake at predawn](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/w_200,h_200,q_lossy,ret_wait/https://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/roosevelt_tracked_venus-2-2-scaled.jpg)
![Soft stars on the Colorado River, calm now, before the Grand Canyon awakens her power. Lees Ferry Beach](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/w_200,h_200,q_lossy,ret_wait/https://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/LF-Beach.jpg)
![image of the Colorado river at Lees Ferry](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/w_200,h_200,q_lossy,ret_wait/https://milkynight.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/dsc06890-colorado-dock2000x1570.jpg)
reconnect to the heavens
Step outside and experience the wonder.
Connect to the Spirits through shamanic journeying.
Bring it together with your own magical art.