shamans

Core shamanic practices are thousands of years old and are enjoying a current renaissance along with renewed interest all over the world today. For Westerners, it is often a stretch to not just consider but embrace this ancient healing art as legitimate. Part of this reason is because since the early 1900s, there has been a migration from the rural farming orientation that was this country’s foundation to the growing cities for factory work. This social trend was a significant shift away from what had been a centuries old relationship to nature that suddenly was becoming fractured. Most of us became “citified” as urban centers of commerce proliferated and the small family farm began its long decline. The reason this matters is because shamanism is really a nature-based relationship to life and the world. Read More »Consider Shamanic Counseling