#shamanics

dispelling the misconceptions and stereotypes...

In addition to being a communicator between the world of we the living, and the Otherworld or Spirit Realm, a shaman is an emotional, psychological, physical, and spiritual healer.

The modern shaman is not a distributor or pusher of drugs and intoxicants.

A shaman is a friend to a soul who has no friends. He is a companion to a soul who has lost his companion. He is a brother to the souls who have lost their brethren.

The modern shaman is an individual who helps other individuals to help themselves.

He is more akin to a counselor, or a therapist, or a psychologist, than to the old stereotype of a pusher of hallucinogenic drugs or a snake-oil salesman.

Modern Shamanism is more about recovery than it is about getting high.

 A shaman is a guide to those who may feel lost, and to those who are truly lost.

He is a living guidepost, a man who will assist you in finding your own path, whichever path is the right one for you.

He is a defender and a protector to a soul who has no defender or protector.

He will teach you how to be your own defender and protector. Then, when you are healed and able to take care of yourself, it will be time to say goodbye to him. It will be time for both of you to move on so he can assist the next person, and so you can live your new, healed and healthy life.

A shaman is a teacher of self-sufficiency and self-reliance. When both you and he realize that you are strong enough to take care of yourself, you need no shaman…

…and so the wheel keeps spinning, and turning, and growing.

That is a shaman.