Our ‘Teachings & Stories’ audio content focuses on teachings and stories from traditional shamanic cultures as well as teachings some of our authors have received through their own experience of walking a shamanic path. You might also be interested in our ‘Teachings & Stories’ articles.
For the last several weeks, my days have carried the soundtrack of chainsaws and trucks. The woods behind my house have been undergoing a constant cutting down. The pause of the grating buzz of the chainsaws has stopped only brieflyto give way to crashing thuds as...
Though Mary is often depicted as a naive virgin caught off guard by the news that she was pregnant, she was actually an advanced energetic practitioner in a long lineage of sacred temple adepts. In this teaching we'll explore Mary's own birth and childhood, her mother...
Join SSP Board Member Dr. Karen Ward and John Cantwell of Ireland for our next Cross-Quarter Celtic Holiday Ceremony, Bealtaine (Beltane). Our Ancestors would have looked to the skies in their observation for a season’s dawning. They also would have looked to the...
Join SSP Board Member Dr. Karen Ward and John Cantwell of Ireland for our next Cross-Quarter Celtic Holidays Ceremony, Imbolg. Imbolg (also Imbolc) is the the Celtic Festival of Spring and like all Irish indigenous celebrations is a transition, an initiation, a...
Below is the video of the Samhain Celtic Cross-Quarter Ceremony by Dr. Karen Ward and John Cantwell, originally aired live on October 31st, 2023. *Please note that there is a blurred background at the beginning that will be removed soon into the recording. THE CELTIC...
Originally recorded July 31, 2023 We are thrilled to welcome all in the SSP global community to this extraordinary online ceremony: The Mosoq Chaquy. It is a ceremony performed by Andean Paqos once a year to renew their vows to Mother Earth, which is a way to renew...
In almost 50 years of combined healing and curative practice, Dr Karen Ward and John Cantwell of Ireland have been sought with increasing frequency to treat the ever-growing symptoms that originate from severe or serial activation of the Fight-Flight response in human...
This video is an interview with John Lockley, an African Sangoma (Shaman). This is an African Shaman's experience of walking between two worlds and fully committing to Nature and ancestors. The natural world is calling us through dreams, omens and signs. How can we...
The feminine is the medicine for our time—but how do we access it in the business of life? Also, in this time of massive repair, where do we even begin? As a healer and voice for the female body, Tami Lynn Kent will share some key aspects of the feminine so that you...
Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage was inaugurated in a moment of divine inspiration as a non-profit venture by a tribe of volunteers together with many additional helpers. Those who honour Brigid, as a pre Celtic Goddess or Christian Saint, come to walk in her footsteps...
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...
Here is the Shipibo Solstice Ceremony for Abundance and Prosperity. Please enjoy! Please view it as many times as you wish, especially on the Solstice on Sunday, June 20th. HOW TO PREPARE Create sacred ceremonial space in a quiet place where you will not be disturbed...
This audio features beautiful Celtic storytelling, poetry and song. We then turn to ask ourselves, how are we similar to Beara, Brigid and Angus and how can these Celtic allies support us and others during this time of year?...
This Bedtime Story imagines the Lifecycle of a God, of which dragon and human are parts. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/31105516/Bedtime-Story-by-Shannon-McArthur.mp3
"From oak I come to oak I go, I sit amid the ancient flow. From oak I come to oak I go, I look, I watch, I see, I know...." ~Tom Cowan https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/13120105/The-Acorn-Meditation-by-Tom-Cowan.mp3 [media-downloader...
Vegetalisa is a term used to refer to a practice of mestizo shamanism in the Peruvian Amazon in which the shamans — known as vegetalistas — are said to gain their knowledge and power to cure from the vegetales, or plants of the region. Dr. Steven Farmer interviews...
"Your prayer is like an arrow. Walk behind it as it clears the way for you." ~Mona Polacca On her mother's side, Mona is Havasupai, the people of the Blue Water. On her father's side, she is Hopi from the Sun Clan and Tewa from the Tobacco Clan. An important...
From time immemorial the medicine person’s job was to help the community reconnect with their ancestors and thus find their vision and soul’s purpose. For it is well known that all people come to earth for a particular purpose and when that purpose is realized then...
Dr. Steven Farmer interviews Gretchen Crilly McKay about the wisdom obtained from working with a Sangoma (African Shaman) through a divination process called throwing the bones. Gretchen is reunited with her African ancestors as she begins to cultivate the healing...
Jaime leads us through a transformative story about Boann, goddess of the River Boyne, a river in Leinster, Ireland. Although Boann was instructed otherwise by her husband Nechtan, she unleashes a power that has been keep still and protected. These actions and...
In this audio Tom explores the wisdom and secrets contained within the innocence of childhood. https://cdn1.shamanicpractice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18141929/Shamanism-and-The-Secrets-of-Childhood_Tom-Cowan.mp3 [media-downloader media_id="3621" texts="Download...
The Shipibo peoples of the Amazon believe everything has its own song and pattern. Anna shares the basics of their understanding of the universe and ends by offering a icaro, a sung prayer....
This "audio" is a filmed interview with SSP's Eagle Feather Award Recipient, Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow). Mr. Rael is an Artist, Teacher, Author and Visionary. SSP Board members Lena and Jose Stevens traveled to Southern Colorado to present the award to...
Tom Cowan, Jane Burns and Jaime Meyer discuss what drew them to Celtic Shamanism. Each shares some of their favorite Celtic practices and how they integrate these practices into their daily lives. Together they discuss how Celtic traditions are relevant to our times,...