Tag: Shamanism
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Notable Blogs: 8/06/2010
This week’s Notable Blog posts come from a variety of sources. On the home front, Innerbodyexperience commented on the challenges of being a shaman and a parent: “lunch so late, was meditating all morning to lovely drums and seem to be missing a child now, hmmmm” Perhaps the mystical experience, whether drug induced or not,…
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Grandmother Spider, Pregnancy, and Shamanism
The other evening my family and I were having dinner at a local cafe. At one point, a large, undoubtedly female, and apparently, very pregnant, spider, dropped from the ceiling, and hung directly in front of our most savvy waitress. The waitress turned, picked up a glass and piece of paper, scooped up the spider,…
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Shamanism, Indigenous People, and Climate Change
In the Dreaming Mother Earth glows in her perfection. In the Dreaming the Ancestors live happily. In the Dreaming Pachamama reminds us we may embrace Life in all its inexhaustible complexity and feel joy. Yet, also in the Dreaming we are shown the suffering that occurs when we no longer honor and sustain Mother Earth.…
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Noteable Blogs 7/27/10
This past week I have stumbled a number of thoughtful blog posts. The following are some of those: Plant Spirit Shamanism wrote a lengthy piece about the tradition of “sin eating” in the British Isles. I usually don’t refer to sites with heavy advertising, but this post was exceptional. In part he said:
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