Tom Cowan is a shamanic practitioner specializing in Celtic visionary and healing techniques. He combines universal core shamanism with traditional European spirit lore to create spiritual practices that can heal and enrich one’s own life and the lives of others. He is an internationally respected teacher, author, lecturer, and tour leader. He has taught training programs in England, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia and Italy. Tom received a doctorate in history from St. Louis University. He has studied extensively with and taught for the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.
Tom is the author of Yearning For The Wind: Celtic Reflections on Nature and the Soul, Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit, Shamanism as a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life, The Pocket Guide to Shamanism, The Book of Seance, The Way of the Saints: Prayers, Practices, and Meditations and Wending Your Way: A New Version of the Old English Rune Poem.
Tom Cowan is a shamanic practitioner specializing in Celtic visionary and healing techniques. He combines universal core shamanism with traditional European spirit lore to create spiritual practices that can heal and enrich one’s own life and the lives of others. He is an internationally respected teacher, author, lecturer, and tour leader. He has taught training programs in England, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia and Italy. Tom received a doctorate in history from St. Louis University. He has studied extensively with and taught for the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.
Tom is the author of Yearning For The Wind: Celtic Reflections on Nature and the Soul, Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit, Shamanism as a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life, The Pocket Guide to Shamanism, The Book of Seance, The Way of the Saints: Prayers, Practices, and Meditations and Wending Your Way: A New Version of the Old English Rune Poem.
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Thank you so much Tom ! I did enjoy this !
Tom, your wisdom and generosity are a model for us all. As I round the bend to 70, your words are especially welcome, instructive, helpful…and so very compatible with my practice, which does include both Zen (where Roshi Joan Halifax ended up) and the “inner radiance” lineages of Tibetan Buddhism (which is so obviously shamanic in its essence). Thank you for your kindness and your steady courage.
Beautiful job!
This is an incredible statement Tom, and your comments are on spot. I knew don Jose and witnessed him at work. These intentions were, no doubt, one of the reasons for his success as a shamanic healer.
An exquisite repast for this soul! Thank you!
Thank you for this perspective. It was most welcome.
Thank you for this lovely article. I would propose that no matter what age we exit our human body (permanently) if we walked every moment in wonder, curiosity and interest, awake to the world seen and unseen it would be a life well-spent. Every day when I wake up I thank God that I am alive to greet another day and wonder how I will be called to help others while I learn more soul skills!
Thank you, Tom. I am brought back to this “beginner’s mind” again and again in my own life and practice. So valuable and such a fine avenue to joy and the resilience that joy builds in our minds and bodies. I also think my life will have been well-lived if I meet Death with an innocent, curious, open mind.
Thanks for the comments. I too am grateful for each day. It truly is an amazing world. – Tom Cowan
Thanks Tom. You cited a quote attributed to another famous shaman, Jesus, an itinerant healer, who healed the body through the spirit.