Sunday Series: These Shores, Part Four

Memoirs of A Spiritual Catalyst

Photo By: Ben Williams

I had studied about shamans in college, but I did not associate myself as one until fairly recently. It wasn’t until I was in my 40’s that I heard someone say that shamanism was a path to direct revelation. There have been shamans in every culture since the earliest of recorded times. Shamans are by nature, experiencing revelations from … Source? Ancestors? Guides? Constantly. These revelations can appear in almost anything in nature or the natural world.

In wholistic cultures, shamans often learn about doing this from other shamans, but the need to explore the energetic realms and find your own paths among the stars is required. Shamans are also drawn to helping people re-member themselves (literally to put themselves back together). Perhaps that is because universally shamans undergo some form of being dismembered before they find themselves on a shamanic path.

If you are experiencing feeling torn apart and spread across the four directions, relax, you’re just being initiated! Always, settle as deeply as you can into your body. Generate a sense of peace inside you by whatever methods work. Steep yourself in those feelings.

Imagine them filtering into your body, see your cells spread out in an ocean of peace, floating gently. Rehydrating with peace. Breathe in peace. Maybe it has a color for you. What does that color taste like? Smell like? Stay here as long as you are comfortable. Repeat often.