Seven Principles for The Spiritual Worker

by Jun 9, 2026

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Jaime Meyer

Jaime Meyer

Jaime Meyer is a full-time shamanic practitioner and teacher living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the President of the Board of Directors at Society for Shamanic Practice. His background includes earning a Masters’ Degree in Theology and the Arts from United Seminary of the Twin Cities (1998) and studies on cross-cultural shamanism, mysticism and the spiritual uses of drumming from many cultures since 1983. His book Drumming the Soul Awake is an often funny and touching account of his journey to become an urban shamanic healer. Among others, he has studied with Jose and Lena Stevens, Ailo Gaup, Martin Prechtel and Sandra Ingerman. He also completed a two-year Celtic shamanism training with Tom Cowan. Jaime teaches classes online and in person, and leads shamanic trips to Ireland, Scotland and Mexico annually. His website is www.drummingthesoulawake.com or Jaime Meyer on Facebook
Jaime Meyer is a full-time shamanic practitioner and teacher living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the President of the Board of Directors at Society for Shamanic Practice. His background includes earning a Masters’ Degree in Theology and the Arts from United Seminary of the Twin Cities (1998) and studies on cross-cultural shamanism, mysticism and the spiritual uses of drumming from many cultures since 1983. His book Drumming the Soul Awake is an often funny and touching account of his journey to become an urban shamanic healer. Among others, he has studied with Jose and Lena Stevens, Ailo Gaup, Martin Prechtel and Sandra Ingerman. He also completed a two-year Celtic shamanism training with Tom Cowan. Jaime teaches classes online and in person, and leads shamanic trips to Ireland, Scotland and Mexico annually. His website is www.drummingthesoulawake.com or Jaime Meyer on Facebook
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  1. Leslie Fleming
    Leslie Fleming on June 20, 2026 at 10:57 am

    I really appreciate this article and how it speaks to this kind of spiritual bypass and misunderstanding.

    “Your community doesn’t need to be big, but it is important to find a community that you can serve, and that can both nourish you and challenge you with feedback. ” A pitfall of the community structure in the western world is how it falls too easily into shamans unwilling to be questioned and members who believe they must be sycophants. It is hard to find communities that don’t fall into these dominator culture models even though they supposedly follow shamanic/animist principles.

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