Shamanism

-Shamanism-

"Within each individual resides an unbroken wholeness, which is inherently creative within our nature. Longings emerge from this unbroken wholeness as a signal of parts of our own nature that are calling to come home."

Angeles Arrien

Core Shamanism - Michael Harner's Foundation for Shamanic Studies

Michael Harner studied Shamanism first as an Anthropologist, then as an initiate. He developed a set of practices that were universal to cultures that still had practicing Shamans, and were reflected by historical evidence of lost tribal cultures. Through the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS) he developed coursework to train people in "Core Shamanism". Since 1985 the Foundation has taught thousands of Westerners to use these ancient techniques with astoundingly powerful results. The FSS has inspired a re-birth of Shamanic work, resulting not only in the resurrection of an effective healing method, but inspiring many to expand upon this learning to inform everything from ancestral spiritual traditions to the healing of the environment.