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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A very interesting, enjoyable and educational read. Thank you, Tom.
The state of Shamanism has, in moden times, been virtually unknowable to the majority of humans due to the rigid parameters ingrained and accepted into the human mind.
It takes a leap of faith, yes, and ….. it also requires a letting go of our attachment to our own deeply habitual,
human identity to which we are so tightly imprisoned.
Earlier man walked more loosely and open upon our sacred Earth, and knew himself to be an equal member of Her tribes, as each has their own Wisdom and Reason to Be.
Therefore, the willed act of parting the Veil, ‘slipping away’, and changing our valence was much more natural and productive.
Ones can study Shamanism – but to be a Shaman requires a true, living experience, from which much benefit can be had for all the forms of Life.
It has long been shown to me that many of the citizens of the ‘Otherworlds ‘ are mostly very willing to partnership with the Human Lifeform. But, exercising strict discrimination on our part is fundamental to a successful cooperation and outcome during this tandem state of ‘beingness’.
Knowing ourselves to be a valuable piece in Nature’s puzzle, not Her dominator or controller, is paramount for the furtherance of life for all species on Earth.
May we always walk with Great Honor and Integrity.