While I was living in Las Vegas I befriended a group of Anthropologists at the Desert Research Institute, one in particular who specialized in Shamanism and studied it all over the world. He invited me to join him in a few seminars with Jane and Michael Harner, a couple who traveled with him and are considered the most well known authority of Shamanism in the US. I enjoyed their studies, the crowds were, I thought, large. I was lucky enough got some real hands on experience in practice and technique from these wonderful people (no substances used by me) and spent many hours in dialogue about the matter. Probably their best known book is "The Way of The Shaman," that gives a good overview, and was required reading before the first course.
On Mar 24, 3:59 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > Molly , may I ask where you learned this from? > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think that in many of the Shamanistic traditions, the Shamans > > themselves don't use drugs as a rule, but more often guide their > > "patients" in their journey as they use the drugs. Shamans live their > > lives in the meditative practices that are required to reach the > > states needed for healing, soul retrieval etc - the role of the > > Shaman. But the other members of the tribe don't, so in order to > > journey with the Shaman, they are the ones to use the drug while the > > Shaman accompanies them on their journey and guides them there and > > back. The drugs do, as Huxley said, open the doors of perception and > > allow the unseen to become seen. The Shaman has seen it all before, > > so he guides them through the door to find their own answers. > > > On Mar 24, 1:29 am, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I even saw the sawing gestures you made, Chris, ! > > -- > ( > ) > I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
