About the Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange

Our MISSION is to perpetuate the shamanic wisdom, culture, practice, and traditional ways of life of Indigenous people worldwide.

Our VISION is to bring shamans and healers of different cultures together to both stimulate their own practices as well as encourage new expressions of shamanism to emerge.

We SUPPORT this vision with the creation of events, projects, products and documentary media that promote the continuation of Indigenous song, dance, healing practices, ceremonies, arts, crafts, and teachings.

Our HOPE is that by honoring and supporting Indigenous people, we will re-acquaint the world with its shamanic inheritance and inspire current and future generations to value their unique cultures.

Shaman is a word derived from the Tungus word şamān “One who sees in the dark,” the German word Schamane and Russian word šamán “Traditional Healer.” There may also be ties ...

to the Chinese word shāmén, “Buddhist monk.” and sanskrit word śramaṇa, “ascetic, monk, devotee.” Shaman has become a blanket word referring to indiginous ceremonial leaders, medicine people, and healers. Shamanic belief systems are characterized by common attributes, like the recognition that all things are connected, and people that use non-ordinary consciousness to ‘travel’ or commune with the unseen aspects of reality or spirit world in order to gain knowledge, wisdom, and power. In this way, shamanism dates back at least 40,000 years with each Indigenous culture or tribe expressing its own unique and individual cosmology and epistemology.

Shamanic education from the perspective of the CSEE is about demonstrating to Western culture the validity and critical importance of indigenous knowledge and philosophy....

We strive to demonstrate that the contributions of Indigenous philosophies of the world has yet to be fully explored and appreciated, and we seek to lift up and amplify Indigenous voices. With the understanding that shamanism is a blanket term, we work to support each tribe in its own unique identity and lineage. We collaborate with these tribes as they determine their own course of preservation and dissemination of knowledge.

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