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8 The Journal of Shamanic Practice VOLUME 5 ISSUE 2 FALL 2012 that it is the source of and the same as his own power his own deep con- sciousness. With this realization comes the realization that there is no separation between the power of the individual the individuals consciousness the power of the Universe and Universal conscious- ness. They are one and the same. Conclusion Non-recognition of the animistic nature of the Universe is one of the major stumbling blocks that keeps western science from understanding consciousness. If we think everything is dead we separate it from ourselves. With this point of view it is very difcult to investigate consciousness except as something removed from our own be- ing. From the little Ive learned it seems clear that the place to start to study consciousness is from the inside that is from my own connection to conscious- ness. Something so beautiful so deep so all-encompassing as consciousness cannot be studied from only a western scientic approach. The scientists of the East have been studying consciousness for several thousands of years and shamans by entering shamanic states of conscious- ness have been studying consciousness for perhaps a hundred thousand years or more. The results of these studies clearly show the inter-relationship life and consciousness. Life is consciousness. Everything is Alive. Everything has con- sciousness and it is this consciousness that joins us all together. Literature Cited Cushing Frank H. 1883 Zui Fetiches. Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. Washington DC. Reprinted KC Publications Las Vegas Nevada. 1987 Di Angulo Jaimi 1926 The Back- ground of Religious Feeling in a Primitive Tribe. American Anthropologist ns. Di Angulo Jaimi 1953 Indian Tales. New York Handelman Don 1972 Aspects of the Moral Compact of a Washo Shaman. Anthropological Quarterly 452. Washington DC Lopatin Ivan A. 1940-41 A Sha- manistic Performance to Regain the Favor of the Spirit. Anthropos 35-36. Freiburg Noll Richard 1987 The Presence of Spirits in Magic and Madness. In Nicholson Shirley ed. Shamanism An Expanded View of Reality. Wheaton Ill. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jonathan Horwitz has been studying and working with shamanism since 1972 and has been teaching shamanism since 1986. He is co-founder of the Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies www.shamanism.dk. He lives at his retreat center sbacka in the woods of southern Sweden. He can be contacted by writing to jonathanshamanism.dk Preparing for the Future Audio lecture by Jose Stevens now available TRENDS 2013 Audio by Jose and Lena Stevens pre-order available One-year Shamanic Studies Program Begins May 2013 The Power Path School of Shamanism Please visit our website for more details www.thepowerpath.com