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Shamanism Shaman Shamanic Journey Healing
Glossary Terminology
Psychopomp
When a Shaman acts in the
capacity of Otherworld guide to those making the transition from this phase of
existence to the next. The Shaman makes sure that the soul separates from the
body after death (important when the person who dies is senile, confused,
does not realize they have passed on, or has been traumatized by a sudden death),
and often directs the deceased to the place they need to go on the other side.
In cases where a person who has died is stuck between worlds because they are still attached to someone they love, the Shaman works with spirit helpers to release them so that they may continue their soul journey.
The Shaman also works
with those who mourn for people they've lost to retrieve soul essence lost
through shock and grief. Part of the Shamanic work involves helping others
consciously, gracefully, and holistically undergo the process of death and of dying,
bringing them to a serene sense of forgiving closure.
Sacred River
The spiral flow of the
universal river of life can be seen and heard by those who resonate with
the pure frequencies of light and empowered love. It is the Spirit stream that
infuses and permeates all levels of Being. Shamans have the ability to move into
the waters and follow the eddies and currents on journeys of healing,
restoration, and wisdom seeking.
Shaman
As spiritual technicians
both male and female Shamans act as a bridge between worlds and live day to day
at the edge of threshold boundaries. A state of ecstasy was at the heart of
traditional shamanic experience and custom, while, journeying in its many
manifestations was common to Shamans worldwide across the ages.
To be a Shaman is to embark on many trips of transpersonal transcendence beyond ordinary states of consciousness where the Shaman easily perceives multiple levels of simultaneous existence.
Although Shamans wear many masks (magickian, healer, metaphsyician, priest or priestess) each Shaman walks an individual Shamanic path, a path for the resilient, the hardy, and the daring.
Shamanic Call (Shamanic Sickness)
Shamanism is a path one is called to in diverse ways to Walk and Travel upon: by Spirit, the Spirits, and/or their Soul. When the call comes from the
depths of one's star core, it is the voice of the most primal essential Self,
yearning for home, for a sense of Wholeness.
Not everyone who hears the call, chooses to make the journey. A common experience that accompanies the call (and it acts as an impetus for change and growth by the potential shaman) is a physical, psychic, or spiritual crisis where the shaman often has to heal herself or himself. (Healer heal thyself).
The Dreaming of the
prospective shaman often is the venue for initiatory experiences as well as
spontaneous trance or waking dream states. This Shamanic Sickness (marked by
solitude; visions; singing; eccentric behavior; mood swings; and periods of
illness and melancholy as one forgives the past and releases pain,
forgetfulness, and illusions) may go on for days, months, or even years,
providing the shaman with necessary between worlds experience...Continue on
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