ACCESS TO THE CONTENT LIBRARY REQUIRES A MEMBERSHIP TO SSP
Pursuing a Shamanic Path? Our Community is Here to Support You!
Deepen Your shamanic knowledge by becoming a member of the Society for Shamanic Practice!
Connect with a community that is passionate about contemporary shamanism. Share ideas, gather inspiration, and foster a deeper understanding of shamanism in the modern world. Whether you are new to shamanism or a seasoned shamanic practitioner, SSP works to empower those on the shamanic path with resources, ceremonies and events.
JOIN OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE DEDICATED TO WALKING A SHAMANIC PATH
BECOME A MEMBER of The Society for Shamanic Practice. CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE THE MEMBER BENEFITS
Click below to view two free articles as an example of what you can expect with your membership!
Utiseta: The Northern European Art of Plant Communication
A Selection of Daily Spiritual Practices
Hello Deana,
Thank you for this, interesting article, I loved especially about the Mesa. It sounds a beautiful practise. So much love & patience.
I would like to ask you, do you leave the stones wrapped while on the Mesa all the time, or do you unwrap to use for different things?
Cant wait to put this to practise. Julie.
Hi Julie, thanks for your comments and question. The traditional way of working with the mesa by the Q’ero of Peru, is to most often work with the mesa as a whole, since they often travel around to different altitudes. However, when doing healing sessions, they will often open up their mesa to work with specific items, such as stones for cleansing dense energy from a client’s energy field, other stones might be placed on the client’s body to empower and support a healing intention. Overall, there are techniques used by many practitioners for both working with the mesa wrapped in its bundle form, and for working with individual items as well. Hope that helps!
Deana – this is an outstanding article that outlines the importance of extended dedication, skill, practice, respect and sacredness – in shamanic work across the board, and on this topic specifically. Thank you for sharing your experience, knowledge and skills in this. This is an article that is both educational and authentic, with very valid points. Thank you for writing this, excellent.
Hi Jess, thanks so much for your kind words. It was very important to me to share as much as I could about the authentic and traditional practices, vs. what we might do as contemporary practitioners with a blending of practices and traditions in our tool belt. Thanks for your support!
Hi Deana! I loved the article and the beutiful way the Andean people have to connect to the land. Moreover, knowing that many years are requiered to collect the sacred items for the mesa is a great reminder for all of us who live in a society of “quick, fast, now”. Good things take time and dedication. Thanks a lot for sharing the information!!!
Thank you for this great and very well put together and thought out article just loved it I had a question about how I go about finding a mentor or a spiritual teacher to assist me in my journey to becoming a true shaman and to fulfilling my life destiny I have been studying for almost 2 tmyears now and I fill I have reached the point we’re i must find a experienced shaman to help guide me on my path and someone who can help me with the questions and things that come up in the souls journey tand help in my practice thank you any help would be greatly appreciated thank you and many blessings to you and your family ayho