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"[Shamanism] is far older than any "formal" religion on the planet. Its heart and soul - the ecstatic journey to the otherworld in quest of wisdom - transcends the names, formulae, and doctrines that are characteristic of organized religions. Any religion may include elements of shamanism, and most of them do, but shamanism itself cannot be contained within the confines of any single religion." (North Star Road - Kenneth Johnson)

Shamans have long believed their powers were the powers of the animals, of the plants, of the sun, of the basic energies of the universe. In the garden Earth they have drawn upon their assumed powers to help save other humans from illness and death, to provide strength in daily life, to commune with their fellow creatures, and to live a joyful existence in harmony with the totality of Nature. ~(The Way of the Shaman - Michael Harner)

The shaman, female or male, is the community specialist in direct dealings with the Beyond —underworld, upperworld, or inner world; a wielder of numinous power; a master of ecstasy (Mircea Eliade) who whether healing, warring, predicting, weather-making, cooking herbs, arranging hunts, making masks, accompanying dead souls, or locating lost ones, performs as master of the operations of the unconscious.

Shamans are women and men who are spiritually alive, and who experience different levels of existence from everyday reality. Shamans learn to work with cosmic forces, and the forces of nature which are in us and around us. A true definition of a 'shaman' is elusive, for the shaman exists in her actions, and it is more helpful to think of shamanism as something one does, rather than 'being' a shaman - it is much more a dynamic, function than a precisely defined role.

"What is a shaman?
He dreams like all men do
But he remembers" (19/5)

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Comment by Brock Ware on March 14, 2013 at 10:03am: I thought some people would be interested to know that on the website spellsofmagic.com there is a online coven for shamanic ways. I am the priest and we teach herbalism, spirit communication, astral projection/spirit journeying, and the basics. So if your interested join the site and mail me and the high priestess the application in order to join.

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Comment by Rx Bandit on December 15, 2012 at 1:12am: to all my friend, i want to tell you about, the Big day which is the Dec 21, 2012. has been said from the Mayan "The Great Circle" will end. This Translation has been mistranslated by some sore loser whom can't seem to understand indigenous culture from North American. its not blame the White people for not landing in India, but end up in the Americans. I truly believe that there is still life after Dec 21, 2012. cause hey? i have to work during the nights. and if you still believe that "Soo Call Indians live in Teepees", well you're damn straight stupid for listening to Media and Film. Not All Native North Americans live in Teepee you got total complete tribes, and if you think Mayans live in Teepee...Than you must think Asian originally migrated from North Americans, Cause i don't think Native are Asians. since I'm coming from a culture totally different and geographically located in another place of the North America, We Navajos have our prophecies, and you don't see any white person trying to make a buck or make up a chaotic theory to make the world go crazy, mad, causing hell on earth about Navajo Prophecies.

so you're not Mayan, nor do you fellow Mayan Culture, or practice Mayan spiritual healing/rituals, nor do you even know a god damn thing about Mayan Mythologies. Im sure you don't even know Navajo Myths.

So Mayan Calendar has nothing to do your daily activities, so continue your daily stressful life, and consume, buy your latest iPhone 5, galaxy s3 and complain how difficult your life is. and medicate yourself to sleep.

Comment by Rev. David Cobb on December 11, 2012 at 8:06pm: After more than a year in planning, in 10 days the CSD School of Shamanism's 1 year 100% on-line Shamanic Practitioner Course will be open to the public. Powered by Blackboard Learning Systems and based on my book 'Call of the Sacred Drum'. For more information visit www.sacreddrumcircle.org/school-of-shamanism.html

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