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SHAMANISM
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THE SHAMANIC JOURNEY
Shamanism is as old as time itself. It is about living in Harmony with the Earth and all Living Beings including in All of the Waters on the Plane. Shamanism is the earliest known Spiritual Practice known to humankind.
The word “Shaman” is actually a Siberian word for Spiritual Healer. Shamanism is practiced in South America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, Greenland and in our native North America.
My teachers are internationally known. Michael Harner, PhD, taught the Basic Course for The Foundation of Shamanic Studies, which he founded. He brought shamanism to America after several anthropological studies. He discovered that regardless of cultural differences and geography, all shamans journey. It is a common practice around the world. Dr. Michael Harner wrote the book, “The Way of the Shaman” and revived the shamanic journey in our Western Culture.
Sandra Ingerman, author of many booking, including “Soul Retrieval, Mending the Fragmented Soul” and Medicine for the Earth, taught me Soul Retrieval and how shamans work with dying and dead humans and animals. She has a book the “Beginner’s Guide to Journeying” and that is the discussion.
Shamanic Journeys allow the individual to communicate directly with their Power Animals, Guides in Human Form as well as other Spirits that are available to be of assistance. To quote Sandra Ingerman “ The Shamanic Journey is the Path to Direct Revelation”
Quantum Physics describes a field of Energy that connects everything. Shamans speak of the Web of Life. In our modern western culture, most people have lost their connection to the Web of All that Is, and feel isolated. When we travel to “Non-Ordinary Reality” in our shamanic journeys, we learn how to communicate with our helpers, guides, power animals as well as the Spirit of the trees, plants, rocks, birds, fish, insects as well as the four elements, Earth, Air, Fire & Water, each representing a cardinal direction. We have Direct Revelation by Directly Experiencing the Web of Life.
A major component of Shamanism is the following and honoring of the cycles and rhythms of the Earth, the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. We connect to the Seasons, restoring the balance and harmony in our lives by living in Unity with the Natural World. One of the ways to reconnect is through the Shamanic Journey.
The Shamanic Journey is Experiential and often ecstatic. The traditional role of the Shaman is to Journey to help the community either by locating food sources for survival, ceremonies that that welcome children into the world, performing marriages interpret dreams and help people be re-born on the other side of the Veil. Healing is a very important duty of the Shaman.
From a Shaman’s perspective there are three causes of Dis-ease, which are:
Loss of Personal Power – causing depression, chronic illness or misfortunes.
Loss of Soul Essences – this is generally caused by trauma, emotional, spiritual, and physical, like surgery, accidents, abuse, war, and natural disasters. Soul Loss often results in addiction, immune deficiency, depression, grief & sadness. In extreme cases is can cause comas and post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Spiritual Blockages or Negative Energies – the person takes on negative energies due to the above losses. These blockages are generally in a specific area of the body.
It is the duty of the Healing Shaman/Medicine Person to remove the Blockages, Retrieve the lost Power, which often returns as Power Animals. Or the lost energy returns to its rightful place in the body.
The Soul is never truly lost. During trauma Essences go to live in the Energy Field of the Person. The Soul Essences carry memories, which would be too painful for survival. The Soul Essences will reveal themselves as the traumatic situation is over. Again, it I s the duty of the Shaman to retrieve the Soul Essences and return them to the body and prepare the person to go forward.
Now is the time for the client to go forward creating harmony in their world. It is time for a regular spiritual practice, integrating Shamanism into their daily lives,
Experiencing and Accessing their own Spiritual Guidance. People want to stop giving away their Power to acceptable authority figures.
We are the only Ones that can Truly Change Our Own Lives.
Wiccans are the Western European Shamans with ceremonies that heal communities and individuals. This is just one of the ways that Shamanism
adapts to the culture. It is always changing and adapting and remaining the
same at its core foundation…. Michael Harner’s “ Core Shamanism”
In Core Shamanism there are three worlds, the Lower World of plants and animals, the Upper World with your ” Teacher in Human Form” and the Middle World which non-ordinary reality of our everyday 3-D world.
In these other worlds there is an invisible reality of the Shaman that is accessed through Shamanic Journeys. In a Shamanic Journey we travel to the steady beat of the singles headed drum. So that there is no shock of return, there is a call back beat & finish.
To learn more about Shamanism and Shamanic Journeys you can:
Attend our Regular New Moon Drum Circles
OR
Schedule an Appointment with Marilee A. Snyder, Shaman, Healer, And Sage To:
Have an Extraction Performed to Remove Negative Energies
Have a Power Animal Retrieval to Restore Personal Power
Have a Soul Retrieval Performed to Restore Soul Essences & Memory
Have a Shamanic Counseling Session
Learn to Journey in One on One Sessions
Learn to Work with Your Power Animals & Helpers
Learn to Navigate Your Non-Ordinary Reality in the Three Worlds
Learn To Receive & Seek Guidance & Personal Healing
Learn Your Own Ceremonies and Rituals Aligned with Your Soul Vibration
To Schedule an Appointment,
Phone:
219-879-3906 or
email: marilee@sagespiritterra.org
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