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Shaman
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As we know, bears hibernate in caves. They appear almost lifeless. This is an analog to the practices of ancient shamans, and to Sufis who practice the forty-day halvet (retreat), in which the Shaman would enter a cave, have an experience of dying, explore the spiritual realms, and then is reborn as the Initiate or Master (just as the bear is reborn each spring as it “wakes up” and leaves its cave).
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― The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis
― The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis
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The healing hero, therefore, is the one who finds some creative way out, a way not already known, and does not follow a pattern. Ordinary sick people follow ordinary patterns, but the shaman cannot be cured by the usual methods of healing. He has to find the unique way, the only way that applies to him. The creative personality who can do that then becomes a healer and is recognized as such by his colleagues.
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― The Problem of the Puer Aeternus
― The Problem of the Puer Aeternus
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