Printed in Shamanic Applications Review, Issue 3 Much has been written about the role of near death experiences and healing from prolonged illness in the shaman’s receiving his/her spiritual calling. It is my belief that prolonged trauma can be a contributor as well. Psychologist Colin Ross found that patients with multiple personality disorder (origins of […]
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Complementary Therapy for Addiction: Drumming Out Dr...
Article written by Michael Winkelman, PhD, MPH Republished with Permission from Winkelman American Journal of Public Health | April 2003, Vol 93, No. 4 Recent publications reveal that substance abuse rehabilitation programs have incorporated drumming and related community and shamanic activities into substance abuse treatment. Often promoted as “Drumming out Drugs,” these programs are incorporated […]
Behind These Walls Where Spirit Dwe...
From Shamanism, Spring/Summer 1999, Vol. 12 No. 1 “There comes a time when we must stop crying and wringing our hands and get on with the healing that we are so much in need of” —Art Solomon, Ojibway Elder [1] Introduction This article focuses on bringing shamanic understandings to problems related to prisons. It is […]
Practicing Shamanism in a Community Health Cen...
From Shamanism Spring & Summer 1993, Vol. 5 No. 4 & Vol. 6 No. 1 For six years I worked openly practicing shamanism in a community mental health center. I was able to do this work with the support of my supervisor and the administration. In the course of that time, there were many successes, […]
From Revenge to a Healing Pe...
SHAMANISM—Spring/Summer 2004—Vol. 17, No.1 The smallest vengeance poisons the soul. —Yiddish proverb If you want revenge, dig two graves, one for your enemy and one for yourself —Middle East proverb In May 2002 and 2003, I traveled to present workshops about shamanic approaches to peacemaking and participate on several panels at the International Conference on […]
The Spirit of Place and the Healing of Hist...
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you are not lost. Wherever you are is called here And you must treat it as a powerful stranger. Must ask permission to know it and be known The forest breathes, listen. It answers. I have made this place around you. If you leave it you may […]
Community Shamanism: Youth, Violence, and Heal...
Historically, shamans have been viewed as mediators between the life of the ordinary world and the extraordinary world of the spirits. Beyond being healers of disease, their concern with restoring balance and harmony to the collective soul of the group reminds us of the critical role shamans play in community peace. This article explores the […]
Shamanism and Peacemak...
“We did not take up weapons for that is not our way, but in the strength of our minds we stood against them offering healing where there was pain and returning kindness for anger.” —Waitaha Elder speaking of the invasion by the Maori long ago Introduction Shamans have been utilized to help heal the conflicts […]
Shamanic Work with Cancer and Other Aggressive Illnes...
“The words we speak of are powerful. They have their own power. When we treat them—use them dishonestly or without care—they can do serious harm to ourselves and others.” Ratu Noa in The Straight Path Introduction Words have power and few words evoke more fear in people than “cancer.” As a word, it is used […]
