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Clients sometimes come to a shamanic healing session with a vague sense that a piece of pain they are experiencing is ancestral. They may have a general awareness that a parent or grandparent struggles with a similar issue. In the diagnostic journey, I ask my helping...
Follow me on a winding journey: 1. Authenticity: People like to argue over what is authentic and what is not. In shamanism, in all religion, in art, in science. In my world of Western-urban-neo-shamanic practice, it’s always “how the indigenous masters do it or did...
Join us as we learn more about this powerful master plant. We will explore the fundamentals of working with tobacco with our prayers, to call in new power, for cleansing, for energetic protection, as a diagnostic tool and a teaching ally. Presented at the 2023 Society...
We sit here in the South, the season of Fire and highest point of Yang. A time of expansiveness, connection and support. Ruled by the Heart and guided by the Shen, in the Summer we can experience great joy, laughter and connection when our Fire is balanced or we may...
Tom Cowan, a highly experienced shamanic practitioner shares with us a technique for seeking wisdom from the world around us. A way to find signs from Nature and Spirit. This presentation includes a 20-minute lesson on Omen Hunting, followed by a 15-min opportunity to...
This month we are republishing “Australian Aboriginal Wisdom,” an article by Hank Wesselman that we first published in our Spring 2014 issue. In it Wesselman reflects on the concept of dadirri, a word that means deep listening and quiet stillness of the soul. This...
I was first trained in Soul Retrieval back in 1993 through the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and then later through The Four Winds. These organizations formed the foundation of the style of soul retrieval work I do, however, cross culturally, there are many ways of...
This month of December we are republishing an article that Itzhak Beery, who presented at our conference this past fall, wrote for us in 2012 about the discernment of spirits, particularly what many call “evil spirits.” As Itzhak says, evil energies feed on darkness...
This video was presented at the 2022 SSP Conference and we share it here for the Monthly Member Audio/Video: Vibration is the essence of the Universe. And the human voice could be considered our most powerful, versatile, and healing shamanic tool. Song and tone are...
This is an audio describing the shamanic healing techniques of Mary Magdalene and a story on the shamanism of Mary Magdalene and Jesus. An explanation of the technique of clearing matching pictures. Rev. Cindy Pincus, A Shamanism Without Borders Community Leader, SSP...
From time to time we plan to republish earlier articles, especially those that appeared while we were producing hard copy back in the 2000s. We have many new members who have joined in recent years and they may not be aware of the earlier issues. Nevertheless, all the...
In order to open up a new story in your life, you have to understand where the current story is coming from. The best approach to a new story is to ask the questions that will open up the dialogue. What and whom do you serve in this life? What do you fear? How are you...