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Why the World Needs Shamanism Now More Than Ever

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In the modern world — filled with digital distractions, environmental degradation, and social and political disunity — it's all too easy easy to feel disconnected, disempowered, and detached.


According to acclaimed shamanic teacher and author, don Oscar Miro-Quesada, shamanism is a powerful antidote to these modern problems. In fact, it may be that shamanism is what the modern world needs most right now...

Connecting With Your Soul — and the Soul of the World

As don Oscar puts it, so much of the disconnection and disempowerment we experience in our modern world is because “we have forgotten the reality of soul.”


That is, we don’t acknowledge the unseen, spiritual aspect of life — whether that's within ourselves or in everything around us. We insist that anything that’s not visibly tangible is a myth, or something to be ignored.


But in shamanism, everything is infused with Spirit and is deeply connected as one whole. We actually can’t separate ourselves from this whole. And living in the illusion of being disconnected from this whole and being devoid of this Spirit is what causes so much suffering in our lives.


Shamanism empowers us to connect with our soul with the anima mundi, the world's soul, at any moment.  It's a spiritual path that teaches us to recognize the sacred in everything....to recognize magic and to make magic....and to bridge the gap between the seen and unseen aspects of life.


When you walk through life like this, you are connected, empowered, and part of a bigger story...

A Direct Connection to Spirit

Shamanism is the oldest religion on the planet, making it perhaps the most natural way for people to connect with their sacred.


Shamanism does not require a third party to intervene for you and help you connect to the sacred (such as a priest or priestess).


What this means is that all of the sacred connection and empowerment that's offered through the path of shamanism is something you can do on your own — whether at an altar in your living room or high on a mountaintop in the Andes.


Connecting directly to the sacred is a right of all humans, and mastering the ability to do so can help cure the general feeling of disempowerment that's so common in our modern society.

A Path of Positive Change for Our World

If we all followed the principles of shamanism — acknowledging and having reverence for the sacred in all things, remembering our interconnection with life, and choosing to connect regularly and directly with the Divine, the world would be a much different place.


When don Oscar says is that shamanism is a “path of selfless action,” he's affirming that practicioners are in service to the greater good and to all things — since shamans are deeply aware of and connected to everything.
Here’s to shamanism creating positive and lasting change in our modern world!

Why the World Needs Shamanism Now More Than Ever

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If you haven’t had a chance to watch the above video, be sure to check it out. Here are some of the highlights that don Oscar covers:

• 0:05 — Why we have estranged ourselves from the sacred dimensions of life
• 0:31 — Shamanism is a core approach to healing our modern psyche by allowing us to experience a reconnection with the world’s soul
• 0:52 — How the reality of your dreams is as important for guidance and inspiration as things you have learned in waking reality
• 1:33 — Shamanism provides people from all walks of life with a direct experience of communion with source
• 2:24 — How shamanism differs from other religions
• 2:58 —Why shamanism is a path of selfless action​

Spend these few moments with don Oscar and discover how to come back to what he calls “the reality of the soul.”

Understanding Your Impact on this World
by Jenny Schiltz

Posted on October 24, 2016

The guides have asked that I share this experience as it will help each of us truly understand our impact on our world.


I was feeling the need to take a road trip, I had no destination in mind only that I wanted to get away. Within a few hours my husband calls and says, “Let’s get away this weekend”.  I laughed at the synchronicity of it all. I asked where he wanted to go and he suggested that we explore the Million dollar byway in Colorado ski country before the roads became too hard to transverse without a four-wheel drive.  I was totally game. That evening we were discussing it and he said that he found a place called the Victorian Inn, we called but they were full. I hopped on priceline and much to my surprise there was listed The Victorian Inn. We booked it and planned our journey.


It turned out that the inn we called was in Oray and the one we booked online was in Telluride. It didn’t matter to us, it was all along the byway. However, I came to understand that being there was no accident. As we were exploring this gorgeous little town of Telluride we saw where there is a hiking trail up to a waterfall. I felt this really strong pull and we decided to make the 3 mile round trip hike to the waterfall.


The three miles seemed doable but it was the incline that was getting me. My lower back and neck were really bothering me and I was starting to get nerve pain down my arms. I felt a little defeated. My journey to health has been a long one and it still continues. Just when I was getting ready to turn around so that I didn’t do damage to my body by inflaming the nerves more and ruining the rest of my trip, I saw waking next to me one of my guides, Eagle Eye. He is the one I merge with to extract things that don’t belong on people such as negative thought forms.  He told me that it was important that I make it to the waterfall, that it was no coincidence that I was at that place, at that time.


I then found myself surrounded by 15 or so Native Americans, they seemed to be in celebration as they walked near me. There were children and dogs running about and it really lifted my spirits. One young brave around 13 started talking to me and told me that he was learning to be a warrior. I asked if his tribe fought much and he said “No, but we fight elk” with his eyes twinkling full of joy and adventure.


In no time we rounded the last bend that led to the waterfall. It was stunning and took my breath away. It took my breath away. Right on time, my husband says to my little one “Let’s leave mom to rest and go do some exploring”. My husband proves to me time and time again that you do not have to spiritual or really understand esoteric things to be of service. You only need to be in tune with yourself to get messages from spirit and allow it to guide you. That for some mountain biking is as soul healing as mediation.


I settled on a rock overlooking the falls and allowed the stress in my muscles from the hike up leave me. Just then Eagle eye was beside me and he asked if I was ready. I then followed him through an opening deep into the earth. It was there that I saw black goo, thick as tar that needed to be removed. I understood now why I was here, to help Gaia heal. I merged with Eagle Eye and we began removing the goo and sending it to the light above for transmutation. We had removed most of it, but there was this one section that just wouldn’t budge. Eagle Eye then says “You are forgiven for all that you have been blamed for.” Just then this last area came off, turned into bats and began to head to the light of day where they transformed into a whole flock of starlings.


I unmerged from my guide and said to him “What does she need to be forgiven for? It is us that dig into her, take her fluids, and poison her.” He said to me that she has been blamed and cursed for so many things. People blame her when it is too hot, too cold, too much rain, or not enough rain. She is cursed for the storms, the floods, the volcanoes even though much of what happens is her healing, her releasing. He told me that she is no different than us. If someone yells at us, calls us names, or does not see our value, we too take it in and it becomes something that needs to be removed.


The experience for me was heart breaking and eye opening. I too have complained and cursed the earth, not feeling gratitude and benefit for what I am experiencing in this moment. I too have taken earth for granted.  Since that experience, I have been more aware of my thoughts, not only directed at the earth but the ones at myself and others. My guides have been constantly reminding me “Your thoughts are things… what are you creating? What are you sending to other people?”


I have come to realize just how unconscious I can be with my words. For example:  I was already tired and frustrated and was struggling to open a package when I yelled “ARRR I hate life!” Just then I felt the familiar reminder and said “Cancel! Clear!” and then asked myself what I really needed at that moment to bring me back into balance. I needed rest, I had pushed myself too far that day.   I am now consciously watching my thoughts and words, becoming aware of what I am creating in each moment. I am also able to see how my negative thoughts can snowball and really affect all things around me.  That it is up to me to shift my thoughts, word and focus.  To become fully aware of our thoughts and words and their ramifications is a very important part of the process of being a master on earth.


In conversation with my highest aspect last night she said that I needed to share this information in a blog, not just on my facebook page. She explained that the time is now for people to become fully aware of what they are creating with their thoughts and words.  She explained that the last channeling with Lady Nada was not having the impact needed. For some the thought that we can create our own reality, our own personal hologram is too abstract. Many still do not understand that our reality is the living, breathing manifestation of our thoughts. Everything is created by our thoughts because while we may not be able to see them, thoughts are things with form, vibration and substance.


Think on a time when you were witness to a verbal argument, the glaring eyes, and the aggressive or hurt stance of the participants. How did you feel? Did you find a part of your body aching? Maybe your shoulders got tight or your heart started palpitating and you felt under attack even though you were not involved? That is because you were under attack. The energy of their words was flying around and it may have found a home attached to you.


Have you ever been in a bad mood and walked into a grocery store and you can’t find what you need, the people are pissy and you wound up forgetting the one thing you went there for in the first place? Understanding energy and manifestation is understanding that if you had gone into the same exact store at the same exact time but with a better frame of mind, things would have gone smoothly and most the people you encountered would be neutral or pleasant.


I can’t stress enough that it is time to walk in our power and that means being responsible for our creations. I am not saying that we cannot have bad mood or experience negative emotions, it is about owning them and being responsible. That when we react in anger or have negative thoughts that we then ask that all negativity released is then transmuted into healing energy and sent to people and places that need it most.  It’s picking up your trash after a picnic and not leaving it for others to clean up.  It’s about understanding your impact on all around you. It’s about being fully responsible for your creations.


We are in a very important time and we have the ability to shift all around us. We have the ability to create though our thoughts, words and actions. Our job is to make sure that these are in alignment with what we want to create instead of what we don’t want.


I hope that all of you are doing will through this massive shift in consciousness. Be gentle with yourselves for this time is testing us in all ways. Thank you to all who share this work. It means the world.


Jenny

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Scientific & Spiritual Areas

October 11, 2015 by Cnawan Fahey

As soon as you enter this woods, a sacred hush falls upon you, envelopes you, permeates you, and you know that the Mystery is powerful here. Even the most casual strollers you encounter seem to be under its spell, and walk with a more reverent air.



In this woods Sugar Maple Trees over 200 years old tower above you....


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The Year of the Dragonfly: Perspectives from New Shamanism by Celia Fenn

The Year of the Dragonfly: Perspectives from New Shamanism
by Celia Fenn on 6 January 2015


2015 is going to be an astonishing and magical year on Planet Earth. The Energy that is the Guardian and Keeper of this year is that of the Dragonfly. Dragonfly is the Keeper of the Portals of Magic, Dreams and Mystery. It is a fitting energy to guide our emergence into the Sixth Dimension of Magic and Dream manifestation.


As we anchor the magical sixth dimension on Earth, Dragonfly will assist in guiding us into a new magical and shamanic reality.


New Shamanism is a way of living as well as a perception of reality that draws on the ancient path of the Shaman. But, in the 21st century, this path is expressed and experienced at a new level of awareness that incorporates higher consciousness, compassion and creativity.


This new consciousness can embrace Dragonfly "medicine", or the energy signature of the Dragonfly. This is the ability to transform, to dream and to weave light into Magical Manifestation.


Transformation with Dragonfly Magic


The Dragonfly begins its life in water, and then transforms rapidly from its water element beginning into a winged creature that can fly and hover in the air above the water in an exotic dance of luminescent light.


So it will be in 2015. You will find that life and events will require very rapid shifts and transformations. You will be challenged to raise your consciousness and perception and to take flight on the wings of creative imagination.


You will no longer be able to simply swim along in the currents of lower collective consciousness, but you will feel the urge and the need to transform your life and rebirth as something and someone more beautiful and creative. You will be called to the dance of Life on the glittering paths of the Diamond Light. That light will shimmer in your spirit wings as you dance with the Light!


This urge to transform and to creative "flight" will be felt also on the collective level, and there will be events on the Earth that will require collective transformation and an imaginative response. These will be opportunities to rise above old ways of thinking and perception based on fear and lack, and to rise up to a new level of co-operation and creation as a Planetary family.


As you are awakened to this reality, you will find it easier to simply allow yourself to transform, to rise up and respond in magical ways. You are the Dreamweaver, the Magical Dancer, creating the luminescent dance of life.


Keepers of Magic


As you work with Dragonfly magic, you too will become a Keeper of Divine Magic.


Dragonfly teaches us how to move between worlds and dimensions, and how to weave dreams that create new realities.


The magical dreams that you will weave will be the creation of your reality and your timelines. Your life will become as fluid and graceful as a Dragonfly's dance, creating magic and light in your wake.


You have learnt to be aware that life is an illusion, now you will learn to weave this illusion into a field of magical light that will reflect your energy signature and your love and compassion.


The Dragonfly Meditation and Activation for 2015


This meditation will assist you to connect with the energy of Dragonfly. It will activate that energy in your Light Body Field.


To begin the meditation, ensure that you are either lying down, or seated in a comfortable position with your feet on the floor and your spine straight.


Begin by focussing on your breathing, focus on the in breath and then the out breath, allowing yourself to become relaxed. If you are a shamanic practitioner, you can open a Sacred Circle for this work.


When you feel that you are relaxed focus your attention and intention into your Heart Center, and allow yourself to connect with the Divine Light and Flame that lives within your heart. Feel yourself expanding that light and filling your body and light body with this Divine Golden light.


Let yourself breathe this light, with every cell in your body! You may begin to see many magical colors - first a shimmering blue, then a radiant silver white, then gold, pink, green, turquoise and many other colors. Allow these colors to flow over you and to dance around you.


Now you are ready to summon the energy of Dragonfly, so call Dragonfly to you.


You will see in your inner vision a beautiful Dragonfly that will come to you, dancing on the light and flying and hovering. Allow yourself to melt into the Dragonfly, and now you are flying and dancing and weaving light with Dragonfly energy. Let yourself flow into the luminescent pathways of light.


You may fly into the sky, you may hover over water, or you may sit quietly on a reed drying your wings. And you will dream. You will dream of creation and new projects and desires that seek manifestation in your reality. And you will feel the energy of Dragonfly helping you to weave those dreams into reality.


Feel how ancient is this energy as it weaves the light. Feel the ancient magical energy of the dragons that is still held in Dragonfly. Feel how the illusions are slipping away until you see the pure and shining beauty and truth at the heart of all creation. And this is Love. Pure Love and Compassion manifesting as Creativity, Joy and Abundance.


Feel how you are receiving into your heart, your soul, spirit and light body, the ancient blessing of Dragonfly.


This energy will be with you and support you in 2015. It will assist you to dance with light, beauty, magic, joy, abundance and love.


Allow yourself to be open to any messages that may come from Dragonfly.


When you are complete, you can then return your focus to your heart center and breathe deeply. If you have opened a circle you can close it now, and return to daily consciousness. Breathe deeply several times and move your arms and legs. It may also help to stand up and stamp your feet to ground yourself back into the Earth.