By John Flynn As a shamanic practitioner, my relationship to the tools I use is of vital importance. Let me back up to explain this statement. I start with the understanding that during
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What is a Shamanic Practitioner?
What is a Shamanic Practitioner? A Shamanic Practitioner is someone who acts as a bridge between the shamanic indigenous world and the modern world and borrows the medicine and wisdom of these shamanic
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Herlinda Agustin Fernandez, a Shipibo Shaman
by Katherine Skaggs And it seems with my commitment to go back to the jungle in November (2013), I was finally able to finish the painting of Herlinda, which I began in 2011
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Shamanism: Approaching Indigenous Wisdom with Care and Respect
by Ben Boomer Shamanism has grown in popularity as an idea and practice in the modern world. Shamanism is defined by the recognition of a common wisdom based on ancient or indigenous spiritual
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Shipibo Shaman Enrique visits the Andes
Q’ero – Masters of Ceremony – The Despacho Ceremony
Cultural Diversity
Bio-diversity is where there are enough different crops to maintain a healthy, balanced and sustainable ecosystem. Mono-culture is where a single crop is mass-planted for harvesting efficiency, but a single strain of virus
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Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
The point I am taken with is the value of indigenous wisdom to modern day challenge. Conquering, imposing forces (like big oil and mining) don’t take the time or have the consciousness to
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Herlinda
by Kevin Johnson I first met Herlinda at an intensive shamanic healing. Herlinda is the matriarch of her Shipibo tribe in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. The Shipibos believe that everything was sung into existence
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