Tag: Shamanism

• Deep Stories, Race, and Identity

  As psychotherapists, shamans, and traditional healers we are asked to aid patients to recall and recollect aspects of themselves, including connections to their ancestors, that have been lost to Trauma. To ignore the politics of Identity is to risk further injuring those who turn to us for aid.

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 27, 2012

  Healing, native american, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Stories

  Elizabeth Warren, identity, Native American, Race, Shamanism

• Dreaming, Elders, and the Languague of the Land

  Sometimes the Elders come and visit. Lately they have been concerned about languages and fevers.

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 24, 2012

  Climate Change, Shamanism

  ancestors, climate change, Shamanism, survival

• Killing of White Buffalo Has Continuing Impacts

  The enduring effects of the killing of the white buffalo calf and his mother.

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 18, 2012

  native american

  ceremony, Shamanism, white buffalo calf

• Teaching Shamanism

  My wife, Jennie, and I are scheduled to teach an intensive course on shamanism this summer. The course is offered by Burlington College, a small, progressive Liberal Arts college where we both teach. The course offers students an opportunity to delve briefly into the world of shamanism as we understand it. Students will not be…

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 14, 2012

  First Nations, native american, Shamanism

  colonialism, healing, Shamanism, teaching, trauma