"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
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Evolver Spores: "Shamanic Panic"
In tribal societies, shamans are healers and visionary leaders who go through dangerous initiations to gain knowledge from the spirit world. Modern culture repressed and dismissed shamanism as archaic and irrational. Today, our society seems increasingly irrational, unable to change its course in the face of looming environmental and economic catastrophe. Meanwhile, shamanic practices such as soul retrieval, journeys with sacred plants, and ecstatic dance are gaining popularity. What meaning and value do these techniques have for us today? During an evening of 'Shamanic Panic', we will discuss, experience, and explore.
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Post-Tribal Shamanism
— Jul 28, 2009
There is a growing movement of people who were raised in our modern culture rediscovering the necessity for spirit and ancestral connection in order to thrive. The shaman does not belong to tribal societies alone, but to all of human kind.
Check out Dance of Stones: A Shamanic Road Trip
namaste,
Strange awakening
— Aug 15, 2009
I never considered myself a healer until I took a good at our culture and society. We are putting people in jail because they hold a weed. This is just not right. We need some balance in order for all the tribes to flourish.
Healing society
— Aug 15, 2009
I agree. Putting people in jail because they put chemicals into their own body is not right. Is this a free country or not? Someone told me "the U.S. in the most controlled country in the world. But the control is so subtle (via religion, TV, money control, speech control, censorhip) that nobody sees it'. This is what needs to get healed. We need ourselves from control by others. From government control, from spiritual control, from money (and debt) control. There needs to lot to be healed, not only in the U.S.
Namaste
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Interesting topic
Wish there was a group near me here in Manassas VA.
I am not afraid of tomorrow for I have seen yesterday and I love today.