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Shamanism Shaman Shamanic Journey Healing
Glossary Terminology
Earth Mother
The whole planet is alive
with Spirit. The wind, the clouds, the stones, the seas, the ocean, the birds,
are all alive with Spirit. All beings, including human beings, have Spirit and
are worthy of respect and consideration. In the Elder Days, our ancestors talked
and mediated with the spirits they shared sacred space with as a way of life,
not as a mythos that only special seers could interpret accurately.
The Earth
Mother provides shelter, food, and healing herbs for everyone. Since she is the
seat of spirituality for us in this universe, the Shaman knows that it is
important to develop a harmonic relationship with her, to respect and appreciate
nature, the land, and the gifts continually bestowed up us from the loving heart
of the Earth Mother.
Ecstasy
A state of focused exalted
consciousness induced by shamans through drumming, fasting, meditation, breath
control, chanting, dancing, or the ingestion of entheogenic plants. This
ultra-ordinary zone of Ecstasy where universal unity and verity surrounds the
Shaman in a shimmering cloak of transformational energies can be used to heal
others.
Traditionally, Ecstasy was
only acheived after the Shaman had undergone a lengthy period of initiation and
training. The Shamanic experience of Ecstasy transcends the perception of the
sacred by involving the Shaman directly in the transcendent reality itself where
both waking and Lucid Dreaming play a significant role.
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Lucid Dreaming
A Shamanic technique for working with and within the dreaming state. It involves
being consciously awake during an out of body experience. While their physical
body is asleep, the Shaman leaves it behind to go into the Dreaming where the Shaman explores inner landscapes, observing personal dreams as they unfold, and
often actively participates in them as they progress by altering and fine tuning
aspects of the dream itself.
Nature Spirits
The elemental spirits of
earth, wind, fire, air, water, streams, forests, plants, trees, mountains,
stones, the land, sky, and sea which are sentient in their own right and how
their own divine purpose and path which often overlaps and intersects with the
path of Shamanism. A Shaman may interact with nature spirits during
interdimensional journeying and altered states of consciousness
Power Animals
An individual person,
rather than a group or clan, forms close relationships with the spirit of one or
more animals who instruct, protect, and guide the individual. As the unique bond
between the person and the power animal continues to grow the person often takes
on the spiritual attributes associated with that power animal to the point where
the power animal almost becomes an alter ego.
Shamans that shapeshift will often
assume the shape of their primary power animal. Each power animal has
distinctive traits which it embodies, for instance, the butterfly is identified
with transformation, the bear with introspection, and the mountain lion with
leadership.
Power animals may appear
as a person performs routine daily activities or in a dream when they sleep.
Each time that they enter a person's life with a sacred communication, it is a
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