Shamanism, What Is It?
The word Shaman, pronounced Shah-man, was first recorded by an exiled Russian churchman in 1672 as coming from the Tungus people of Siberia
. It has since become a commonly used word in the west, spread by anthropologists when describing any number of people in non-western cultures who practice healing arts. They would once have been thought of as witch doctors or medicine men, even seers.
The timeline of Shamanism is the history of humanities earliest spiritual journies through beliefs and their practice. In all corners of the world you can find cave paintings dating to prehistory that pay tribute to the Shaman as they work with their Gods, Godesses and nature.
Shamans have always referred to the web of life (or now known in Quantum Physics as the Matrix). The belief is that there is a bond between all forms of life and this has been recorded for many centuries by the use of pictographs on cave walls.
There have been many references to the spiritual belief system of Shamanism recorded in many ancient cultures, i.e. the Egyptians, Greeks and also spiritually in Buddhism, Sufi, Hinduism.
Entering an altered state of consciousness, the Shaman will commune with the spirits to perform healing rituals or to change some other aspect troubling the community, perhaps a restoration of power or the de-possesion of a harmful spirit.
Fuelled by compassion and with a clear desire to help those in need, he/she focuses with divine intention.
Communicates with plants, animals and all of nature
Using rythym, song and ritual, the Shaman builds up a sacred space in which to perform the ceremonial or trip into the non-wordly reality.
Every Shaman has a guardian spirit whom he or she will regularly travel or communicate with on a journey and in addition to the guardian spirit, he or she will have a number of spirit helpers from any of the kingdoms - the Rock, Plant, and Animal kingdoms.
Behind the basic principles of Shamanism lies a rich Animism which grows out of the Shaman's experience of working and communicating with "spirits" of whose existence he has practical experience.
Animism is the theory that all things have living souls and spirit, even objects without life, inanimate objects. This view was, for a long time, considered quaint or primative, but since the growth Quantum Physics this view is taken far more seriously.
Taken from the view of the principle of Shamanism, spirits as as real as the rocks and trees that surround us in our world.
Through the process of development and growth, taking place through training and practice, the Shaman will fully activate his conscious matrix and will be able to undertake the trials of the soul into the sacred spots to be found both on the earth and in the spiritual realms, so that he can return with healing wisdom and guidance.
The Shaman is the middleman, the intermediary between all the realms of spirit and Godhead and the everyday world around us.
My original training was that of the Inuit Shaman in which I was ordained. Since then I have worked for many years with core Shamanism linking many cultures. But now I am focused on the traditions of Celtic Shamanism, the result perhaps of my Scottishness.
by: Graham Watt
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