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Learn more →A spiritual practitioner who enters altered states of consciousness to communicate with the spirit world for healing, guidance, and community well-bei...
Learn more →A core shamanic practice involving entering an altered state of consciousness, often induced by drumming, to travel to non-ordinary reality for spirit...
Learn more →The spiritual realms or dimensions accessed during a shamanic journey, distinct from everyday waking consciousness.
Learn more →A spirit guide in animal form that provides protection, wisdom, and specific strengths to an individual.
Learn more →A shamanic healing technique to recover lost soul parts due to trauma, bringing back vitality and wholeness.
Learn more →Practices aimed at resolving unresolved issues or traumas within one's family lineage, benefiting both past and present generations.
Learn more →A ceremonial practice of burning sacred herbs (like sage) to cleanse and purify a space, object, or person of negative energies.
Learn more →Plants used by indigenous cultures for medicinal, spiritual, or ceremonial purposes.
Learn more →A sacred circle used in various indigenous traditions to represent the interconnectedness of all life and the cycles of nature.
Learn more →A designated area, either physical or energetic, created and consecrated for spiritual practice, ceremony, or healing.
Learn more →A gathering where participants play drums and other percussion instruments, often for community building, meditation, or shamanic journeying.
Learn more →A spiritual rite of passage, often involving solitude and fasting in nature, undertaken to gain spiritual insight or direction.
Learn more →A sacred table or surface used for placing ceremonial objects, offerings, and for focusing spiritual intention.
Learn more →A system of shamanic practices and methods developed by Michael Harner, focusing on universal shamanic principles rather than specific cultural forms.
Learn more →Benevolent non-physical beings or entities who offer assistance, wisdom, and protection to individuals on their spiritual path.
Learn more →A universal symbol representing the connection between the upper, middle, and lower worlds, often used in shamanic cosmology.
Learn more →A form of shamanic journeying facilitated by rhythmic drumming, inducing a trance state for spiritual exploration.
Learn more →A shamanic healing practice involving the removal of spiritual intrusions or energies causing illness or imbalance.
Learn more →A designated area, either physical or energetic, cleared and consecrated for spiritual work, ceremony, or meditation.
Learn more →A benevolent spirit, often in animal or human form, that assists the shaman or practitioner in non-ordinary reality.
Learn more →An altered state of consciousness, often induced by drumming or chanting, used to access spiritual realms.
Learn more →In shamanic cosmology, a spiritual realm often associated with celestial beings, teachers, and guidance.
Learn more →In shamanic cosmology, a spiritual realm often associated with power animals, nature spirits, and ancestral wisdom.
Learn more →In shamanic cosmology, the ordinary reality we inhabit, also containing subtle spiritual energies and beings.
Learn more →A gift or act of gratitude given to spirits, ancestors, or the land to establish connection and reciprocity.
Learn more →A ceremonial tool used to create rhythmic sound, clear energy, and call in spirits during shamanic practice.
Learn more →A transformative experience or ritual that marks a significant spiritual transition or calling within shamanism.
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Learn more →A person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, especially among some tribal societies. Typically such pe...
Learn more →A core shamanic practice where the practitioner enters a trance state to travel to non-ordinary reality to seek guidance or healing.
Learn more →The spiritual or unseen world, accessed through shamanic journeying, dreams, or altered states of consciousness.
Learn more →A spirit guide in animal form that provides protection, strength, and wisdom to an individual.
Learn more →A shamanic healing practice to recover lost parts of one's soul or essence, often due to trauma.
Learn more →Practices aimed at resolving inherited family patterns, traumas, or burdens from one's lineage.
Learn more →The ceremonial burning of sacred herbs (like sage or palo santo) to purify a space, object, or person.
Learn more →Plants used by indigenous cultures for medicinal, spiritual, or ceremonial purposes.
Learn more →A sacred hoop or circle representing the interconnectedness of all life and the cycles of nature, found in many indigenous traditions.
Learn more →A designated area or environment that is consecrated or set aside for spiritual practice, ceremony, or contemplation.
Learn more →A group of people who meet to play drums and other percussion instruments, often for community building, meditation, or shamanic journeying.
Learn more →A rite of passage in some indigenous cultures, involving solitary time in nature, fasting, and prayer to seek spiritual guidance or a personal vision.
Learn more →A raised structure or surface used for religious or spiritual rituals, offerings, or as a focal point for sacred items.
Learn more →A universal system of shamanic methods and principles, independent of specific cultural contexts, developed by Michael Harner.
Learn more →Non-physical beings or entities that offer assistance, protection, and wisdom to individuals on their spiritual path.
Learn more →Also known as the World Tree or Tree of Life, a mythological archetype representing the connection between the upper, middle, and lower worlds in sham...
Learn more →A method of shamanic journeying utilizing rhythmic drumming to induce an altered state of consciousness for spiritual exploration.
Learn more →The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially in shamanic contexts, showing respect and gratitude to spirits and nature...
Learn more →A sacred gathering where ceremonial grade cacao is consumed with intention, often accompanied by meditation, music, and sharing, to open the heart and...
Learn more →Practices aimed at removing stagnant, negative, or unwanted energies from a person, space, or object.
Learn more →An altered state of consciousness, often induced by rhythmic drumming, chanting, or meditation, used by shamans to access non-ordinary reality.
Learn more →A small pouch containing sacred objects, herbs, or talismans, carried for protection, healing, or spiritual power.
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