shamanism
shamanism
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by Ross Heaven - 2007-05-19
In the creation myths of the world there is always a time of darkness before the birth of the human race and, within this darkness, an undifferentiated oneness where all is God and everything is one. ...
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by Abbas Abedi - 2007-05-21
The longest running religion is considered to be the earth based or 'nature' religions. This category contains all primitive cultures, as they all believe in a fundamental interconnectedness of the ea...
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by Abbas Abedi - 2007-05-21
Shamanism to some is a system of beliefs. However, the goals of a Shaman are very individualized. Joseph Campbell describes in his survey of Shamanism in his book Primitive Mythology, as people who ha...
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by H G Charing - 2007-05-21
After being virtually ignored by Western civilization for centuries, there has been a huge surge of interest in Ayahuasca recently. There is a growing belief that it is a kind of ‘medicine for...
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by Ross Heaven - 2007-05-23
Shamanic healing often employs plants to good effect, though it is rarely about herbalism, per se. Indeed, most shamans are explicit that the pharmacological properties of the plants they employ are o...
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by Leonard Lee - 2007-05-24
After centuries of waiting mustika-pearls are now available to the layman and occult practitioner alike. These mustika-pearls are the magickal stones, crystals and gems described in fairy-tales, folk-...
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by H G Charing - 2007-05-30
In the shamanic worldview, power and maintaining health go hand in hand, if the body is power-full, there is no room for illness or disease. The soul can be seen as the essence or vital nature o...
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by Howard G Charing - 2007-06-11
What is Shamanism?Shamanism is the oldest way in which humanity has sought connection with Creation. The origins of shamanism go back at least 40,000 - 50,000 years to Stone age times. All of us have ...
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by Howard G Charing - 2007-06-12
Shamanism is not a system of belief or faith, it is a system of knowledge, and divination is one of the paths to gain direct knowledge. Direct knowledge can be defined as that which is experienced fir...
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by Howard G Charing - 2007-06-15
The Course consists of the following; Year 1Weekend 1. Shamanic JourneyingA shaman is a 'Master of Ecstasy' (Mercia Eliade). The word ecstasy comes from the Greek - ex-stasis - meaning outside the li...
