The Difference Between My Psychiatrist and My Shaman
Dylan Charles – Medicine healers would be appalled at how we approach mental health in our culture.
Dylan Charles – Medicine healers would be appalled at how we approach mental health in our culture.
Gary ‘Z’ McGee – You don’t choose the shamanic path; the shamanic path chooses you.
Dylan Charles – We’re lost in the greatest Truth Gap of all time, and the result is widespread confusion.
Brendan D. Murphy – There are other options than drug treatment in many cases of apparent “mental illness.”
Jan Engels-Smith – Their view is vastly different from the Western perspective.
Phillip J. Watt – Every single one of us inputs our own energy, our own processing of information, into the greater grid.
Julian Rose – How many times have you felt like a hapless onlooker in a world seemingly gone insane?
Sergey Baranov – The Amazon is home to countless species of plants, many of which have incredible curative properties which know no equal in the world.
Gilbert Ross – Contemporary human beings have confined themselves almost exclusively to the identification with the physical body and the idea of being a fragmented unit.
Christina Sarich & Dylan Charles – There are numerous scientists who claim light and sound alter our DNA and directly influence our biology…
Dylan Charles – Part scientist, part mystic, the role of the Ayahuasca shaman is to facilitate personal transformation and healing…
Jed Shlackman – Everything in creation is a form or expression of energy. As humans there are many ways to connect with the spiritual energy of the universe…
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times Humankind once was tuned to their own vibrations to such an extent that they needed little help adjusting when things were a little ‘off.’ Our cure came from within. We would sit in silence and know that something was bubbling up that we needed to clear, or that somehow our …
Jan Engels-Smith, Guest Waking Times “Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by its breathtaking moments.” -Michael Vance In shamanism, the belief that there is no death is a concept grounded in the belief of the soul existing in a never-ending process of regeneration. Our soul remembers our ancient past, engages with …
Keith Varnum, Guest Waking Times Shamanism is a very practical spirituality. A modern-day shaman could live next door to you and the only clues you might have are that they get along well with people and animals and have a green thumb with plants. Also, shamans have a knack for putting people at ease and …
Michael Howard, New Dawn Waking Times Today, especially in New Age circles, the term ‘shamanism’ is often used in a generalised way to describe all kinds of indigenous magical practices in a wide range of cultures worldwide. It has also been projected back into a past that it never had, so we can find modern …
The Shaman’s Well Waking Times Shamanism has been practiced for millenia in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Research by Michael Harner and others has shown great similarity in the practices and traditions between them all. In this post we’ll give a little history on shamanism and then outline some different points of what …
Michael Harner, Guest Writer Waking Times The following is excerpted from Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality, published by North Atlantic Books, featured at Reality Sandwich. Close your eyes, then you will find the way. –from a Puyallup Indian myth Based on archaeological and comparative ethnological evidence, shamanism is believed by many scholars to be at least …
Steve Beyer, Guest Writer Waking Times Amazonian mestizos believe that it is possible to lose one’s soul, or part of one’s soul, through more or less natural processes; indeed, soul loss through susto, fright, is a relatively common childhood condition. The sickness category of susto is undoubtedly derived from traditional Hispanic medicine; indigenous Amazonian shamanic traditions of soul loss appear …
Steve Beyer, Guest Writer Waking Times A lucid dream is one in which the dreamer is aware of being in a dream state while the dream is still in progress. Lucid dreams can be extremely vivid and realistic, depending on the level of self-awareness during the dream. Most strikingly, lucid dreamers report being able to actively participate …