Secrets of Shamanism

188 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM Remember the goal is balance, not a parody of the opposite extreme. The power is always in the middle p ...

Jose ATID LEIIA STEVENS 189 Take walks in nature and make a point of noticing the details. Realize that everything you are looki ...

190 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM ever is needed to begin to handle these things for yourself. This may require you to study or take a cl ...

JOSE ATID LEIIA STEVENS 191 or cunningly dangerous. Again you may have to approach it many times before you can befriend it. Fee ...

192 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM have opened yourself up to a major change, go back to Chapter 7 and review the section on change. Use s ...

CHAPTER 10 Transformation Through Ritual and Ceremony: Practices The meeting had been heated and intense and when it was over th ...

194 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM to her chest, and from there over her head and then around the rest of herself. Next she carried the bo ...

Jose ATID LEIIA STEVENS 195 Invoking the power of smell by burning incense, sage, salt crystals and the like. Invoking the powe ...

196 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM conjunction with the invocation of the medicine wheel, the sacred circle that honors the spirit world a ...

Jose ATID LEIIA STEVENS 197 OPENING RITUAL FOR JOURNEYING OR OTHER SHAMANIC PROCESS Using a rattle, stand in the center of the r ...

198 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM Opening Ritual: The Steps Using a rattle, stand in the center of the room. Face east. Pivot clockwise, ...

Jose AMD LBIIA STEVENS 199 Fill me with your power, Fly me, bear, fly me, bear Surround me with your fur, Hah hey, hah hey, hey ...

200 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM Power songs are valuable because they introduce a new element to your approach. Singing bypasses the us ...

Jose ATID LEIIA STEVENS 201 The many forms of shamanic dance range from group- oriented methodical movements to wild spontaneous ...

202 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM Dance Ritual #1: The Steps Set up the environment. Begin to drum or rattle (or start tape). Begin to m ...

Jose AND LENA STOVERS 203 rattle to describe events and activities in the vision. The challenge here is to lose absolutely all s ...

204 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM burying them in salt, bathing them in sage smoke, or freezing them are all methods of cleansing crystal ...

Jose ATID LEIIA STEVENS 205 more powerful than you ever thought possible. Here is one of many crystal configurations: You will n ...

206 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM you wish. Place rocks also at the midpoints of the directions: northeast, southwest, and so on. You may ...

JOSE ATID LEIIA STEVENS 207 CHOOSING THE TIME Decide how long your journey will be. Longer is not nec- essarily better. There ar ...