Shamandome and its circle of shamanistas has a mission: to help restore humanity’s relationship with spirit through the original, universally ancestral connection to spirit known as shamanism. Our philosophy is that every person expresses this relationship in a unique way, whether through healing modalities, creative expression or compassionate service.
If you've joined us on the playa for a workshop or healing, to visit or to lend a helping hand, please send us a "hello" email at Shamanistas@gmail.com and tell us about your experience.
OUR VISION STATEMENT
Shamandome is an inclusive, collaborative, co-operative collective of diversely skilled and compassionate healers, shamans, shamanistas, spiritual practitioners, body workers and mediums honoring all spiritual traditions and coming together in a ceremony-centered community to learn, grow, heal and serve.
We help people heal themselves by putting them in touch with the energies that are already working through them, and by showing them how to “live in ceremony” through the direct experience of various methods, modalities, rituals, workshops and rites of passage which facilitate a re-centering of the ancestral mind and its connection to all life.
Our growing circle has fluid and flexible roles aligned with spirit, spontaneity and intuition. We work together, play together and facilitate the Great Turning by helping people give birth to their whole humanity. We are a transformational tribe that aids in the evolution of this new paradigm of mindful cooperation.
Our practice is Core Shamanism, as described by Michael Harner. Our intention is to lead by the example of a beautiful, peaceful, balanced, loving, wise, intentional community and a commitment to our own individual spiritual development and practices.
WHAT ARE SHAMANS AND SHAMANISM?
"Shamans are the keepers of a remarkable body of ancient techniques that they use to achieve and maintain well-being and healing for themselves and members of their communities. These shamanic methods are strikingly similar the world over, even for peoples whose cultures are quite different in other respects, and who have been separated by oceans and continents for 10's of 1000's of years . . . Shamanism is a great mental and emotional adventure, one in which the patient as well as the Shaman-healer are involved. - Your shamanic experiences will prove their own value. In Shamanism, the maintenance of one's personal power is fundamental to well-being. . . The techniques are simple and powerful. Their use does not require "faith" nor changes in the assumptions you have about reality in your ordinary state of consciousness. Indeed, the system usually does not even require change in your unconscious mind either, for it only awakens what is already there."
[From "The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner"]
"The oldest spiritual tradition of our species, Shamanism is an ancient and ever unfolding wisdom path that may be up to 100,000 years old. Our Ancestors discovered a way to divine experience through a natural, mystical connection with Nature. Through this quest of outward connection came a deep, inner awareness of new consciousness. Within these realms, the source of life itself became known along with the power to work with the energy systems of the Self, other living beings and the Earth.The word ‘Shaman’ has its roots in the Siberian Tungus, (‘Cam’ or ‘Saman’) which was used to identify the medicine man or woman who was a blend of healer / priest(ess)/caretaker of the earth/wisdomkeeper/counsellor. One of the meanings of the word ‘Shaman” is ‘one who is on fire’, which indicates an even deeper root from the word ‘Sram’, an ancient Vedic Sanskrit term meaning ‘to heat oneself’.
As we know through the ages and traditions, heightened consciousness and spiritual strength have always been associated with light, fire and heat and the healing Shaman cultivates this fire within fearlessly.
Indeed, the Shaman was and is today regarded as a person of power, one who ‘journeys’ back and forth successfully through territories of consciousness to retrieve insight into the true workings of energy, the currency of Spirit.
He/She holds the ability to bring harmony to the living energy systems of the individual human, their community, animals, plants and the greater world. These methods of healing, divining and problem-solving through sensitivity to energy and the ability to balance it, have become known as Shamanism.
The practice of Shamanism calls us to awaken to our indigenous nature. It is the bedrock of almost all healing and spiritual-religious traditions.
However it is not a faith, but a constantly evolving wisdom tradition in which we learn purely from our own, individual and collective personal experience.
Nor is it a religion and it is dogma-free, indeed it supports any existing spiritual practice a person may already hold. The healing shamanic practitioner follows ways that nourish the sacred within and without and therefore comes to see, know and work with all energy as sacred."
John Cantwell, The Way of the Heart Irish Shamanism
https://www.slianchroi.ie/shamanism/
" . . . Aboriginal medicine-men [and women], so far from being rogues, charlatans or ignoramuses, are [people] of high degree; that is, [people] who have taken a degree in the secret life beyond that taken by most adult[s]--a step which implies discipline, mental training, courage and perseverance . . . they are [people] of respected, and often of outstanding, personality . . . they are of immense social significance, the psychological health of the group largely depending on faith in their powers . . . the various psychic powers attributed to them must not be too readily dismissed as mere primitive magic and 'make-believe,' for many of them have specialized in the working of the human mind, and in the influence of mind on body and of mind on mind . . ."
- "Aboriginal Men of High Degree" by Australian anthropologist A.P. Elkin
Glossary of Terms
SHAMANISTA : As a form of respect, we reserve the term “Shaman” for teachers and practitioners from native cultures and those who live a life-practice in shamanic healing. Shamanista is a term coined in the seminars of Dr. Barnaby Ruhe to denote a contemporary practitioner and/or follower of shamanism who incorporates a sense of freedom in a variety of healing modalities in a positive relationship that respects ancient traditions. Shamanista is what happens when we as individuals take the initiative to combine our art and expression with our concept of spiritual healing and transformation -- in practice and in our everyday lives.
CIRCLE : A human assemblage, large or small, around a commonality. A ceremonial circle gathers around an altar or fire, and is opened when the spirits of the Four Directions (actually seven: North, South, East, West, Father Sky, Mother Earth, the Center/Void) are called upon to protect and support the circle's work. Circle is the essence of our collective presence, in spirit and intention. The circle holds space, it creates community. It's how we connect, and connection is how spirit works through us. Without circle, we have no community, no "Dome", no Burning Man, no Earth. Ultimately, without circle we have no Self. We experience individual, paired, or group journeys, healing sessions, etc. through circle -- even a circle of one person working with spirits gathered around an altar. Circle surrounds us, supports us, and protects us. Forming circle is creating shamanic space and setting intention. It's the act of checking in with spirit. It's the manifestation of the seventh realm of spirits upon whom we call.
Core Shamanic Modalities
POWER ANIMAL : A metaphysical ally which usually appears as an animal in the Lower World, which is accessed by a "journey" in an Alternate State of Consciousness (ASC) induced by focusing on a drumbeat or rattle, or through the use of sacred plant medicine. This spiritual collaborator has been with you since you were born. It will protect you and guide you on journeys through Non-Ordinary Reality in the Lower World.
SOUL RETRIEVAL : In this healing modality, a shamanic practitioner journeys to the Lower World, where their Power Animal helps them find "soul parts" the client lost or left behind during a traumatic event, usually represented by objects which metaphorically characterize the soul parts. Soul parts can break off during or just before any trauma: violence, abuse, a car accident, surgery, even a bad break-up (co-dependency often displaces soul parts). The practitioner returns to the Middle World and blows the soul parts into the client, returning the client's soul to its fresh state before the trauma.
EXTRACTION HEALING : The shamanic practitioner journeys to meet with their power animal. During a brief diagnostic journey through the client's body, the practitioner perceives stuck energy, bad vibes, nasty little hitchhiking manifestations, anger or frustrations as inanimate (or even animate) objects. The practitioner can then remove whichever ones are ready to be released. We all need a clean out!
SHAMANISTA : As a form of respect, we reserve the term “Shaman” for teachers and practitioners from native cultures and those who live a life-practice in shamanic healing. Shamanista is a term coined in the seminars of Dr. Barnaby Ruhe to denote a contemporary practitioner and/or follower of shamanism who incorporates a sense of freedom in a variety of healing modalities in a positive relationship that respects ancient traditions. Shamanista is what happens when we as individuals take the initiative to combine our art and expression with our concept of spiritual healing and transformation -- in practice and in our everyday lives.
CIRCLE : A human assemblage, large or small, around a commonality. A ceremonial circle gathers around an altar or fire, and is opened when the spirits of the Four Directions (actually seven: North, South, East, West, Father Sky, Mother Earth, the Center/Void) are called upon to protect and support the circle's work. Circle is the essence of our collective presence, in spirit and intention. The circle holds space, it creates community. It's how we connect, and connection is how spirit works through us. Without circle, we have no community, no "Dome", no Burning Man, no Earth. Ultimately, without circle we have no Self. We experience individual, paired, or group journeys, healing sessions, etc. through circle -- even a circle of one person working with spirits gathered around an altar. Circle surrounds us, supports us, and protects us. Forming circle is creating shamanic space and setting intention. It's the act of checking in with spirit. It's the manifestation of the seventh realm of spirits upon whom we call.
Core Shamanic Modalities
POWER ANIMAL : A metaphysical ally which usually appears as an animal in the Lower World, which is accessed by a "journey" in an Alternate State of Consciousness (ASC) induced by focusing on a drumbeat or rattle, or through the use of sacred plant medicine. This spiritual collaborator has been with you since you were born. It will protect you and guide you on journeys through Non-Ordinary Reality in the Lower World.
SOUL RETRIEVAL : In this healing modality, a shamanic practitioner journeys to the Lower World, where their Power Animal helps them find "soul parts" the client lost or left behind during a traumatic event, usually represented by objects which metaphorically characterize the soul parts. Soul parts can break off during or just before any trauma: violence, abuse, a car accident, surgery, even a bad break-up (co-dependency often displaces soul parts). The practitioner returns to the Middle World and blows the soul parts into the client, returning the client's soul to its fresh state before the trauma.
EXTRACTION HEALING : The shamanic practitioner journeys to meet with their power animal. During a brief diagnostic journey through the client's body, the practitioner perceives stuck energy, bad vibes, nasty little hitchhiking manifestations, anger or frustrations as inanimate (or even animate) objects. The practitioner can then remove whichever ones are ready to be released. We all need a clean out!
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