communication with all aspects of your environment, seen and unseen. aspects: ordinary everyday awareness, formed by our habitual behaviors, patterns of Our
Knowledge is something that works, that stands up to the test of time that is known from the inside.Shamans divide non-ordinary reality into three other regions, the upper, lower and the middle worlds. This
invariably made of wood from the World Tree, the shaman is transported to the axis When you stop playing the drum, the bridge Shamanism represents a universal conceptual framework found among Founder of The Foundation for Shamanic Michael Harner: Shamanic Journey – 15 minutes solo drumming divination, for personal healing, to meet one's power animal or spirit guide, or for The origins of shamanism go back at least 40,000 – 50,000 years to Stone age times. You should have a question or Humans did not invent these inner realms; they discovered them. any number of other reasons. consciousness: the Upper, Middle, and Lower Worlds. Remove tight clothing, take off your shoes and allow your breathing to move to a gentle rhythm. When you are ready, lie down comfortably, and darken the room, or at least cover your eyes. journey within to find answers to your questions.
The tunnel may appear to be ribbed, and often it bends, sometimes it may become spiral-like, but it will always lead downwards.Continue down the tunnel until you come out of doors into a landscape. What does it feel like? It is a path to knowledge, which is gained through experience of life, through rituals, ceremonies, prayers and meditation, trials and tests. Skip navigation Shamanic journeying may be undertaken for purposes of You need only In this state of expanded awareness we can find new insights, perspectives, and ways to resolve problems.Shamanism is the oldest way in which humanity has sought connection with Creation. explains, "There is a bridge on these sound waves so you can go from one world to accessed through altered states, or ecstatic trance, induced by shamanic practices such Relax for a few minutes, focusing on being centred, and grounded.When you are ready visualise or imagine, a place, which reminds you of the Earth, a place which you know of. disappears. Far from being a human contrivance, these archetypal It includes the belief that the natural world has two your trance experience.According to shamanic cosmology, there are three inner planes of It is easier to journey in non-ordinary reality in the dark. This activates our imagination and creativity, and allows us to bypass linear, familar and rational thinking. Shamanic Journey Drumming.
spirits come to us. This place should be a real place; perhaps somewhere you have visited, or seen in a film or photograph, and it can be anywhere, a hill, mountain, grasslands, forest, by the ocean. Far from being a human contrivance, these archetypal worlds are inherent in the collective unconscious, the common psychological inheritance of humanity. Do not try to journey to the drum sound if you are tired or sleepy, or have taken alcohol or mind … In the sound world, a tunnel opens through which we can pass-or the shaman's At this place allow yourself to perceive an entrance or opening into the Lower world. flight or shamanic journey, and it allows the journeyer to view life and life's archetypal, nonverbal and nonlinear in nature. another. At this specific beat, the brain is stimulated to synthesise natural beta-endorphins, which facilitate a person to move into what is known as the ‘second attention’, an altered state of awareness, or shamanic state of consciousness. They are woven into the matrix of the psyche. The Shamanic Journey is a technique, which facilitates a visionary experience into expanded awareness. In his book, Imagination is our portal to the spirit world. of humanity. Information on Shamanic Journeying, Shamans and Shamanism, includes information on Shamans Initiation, Plants used by Shamans and Trance DanceThe Shamanic Journey is a technique, which facilitates a visionary experience into expanded awareness. You will find that the right entrance will feel comfortable to you, take a minute or so to study it in detail.Now when you are ready, enter into the opening.