Welcome to my channel today we journey to the middle world to meet our spirit animal or spirit guide to ask for healing and guidance happy easter. In shamanic journeying, you have to learn to tune out what is going on in the room you are journeying in, and tune into the world of the journey. When a shaman is initiated onto the shamanic path, they usually learn how to send their soul forth intentionally, on the soul flight which is commonly called a journey or the shamanic journey. Little do they know that not only are you working those thigh muscles, you are also on a spirit quest. Guided shamanic journey to the middle world to meet your. Real wyrd a modern shamans roots in the middle world by s. Drumming and rattling keeps you moving so you dont get stuck in egobased reality. Spirits of nature, ignorance, and lost souls the nonordinary middle world is what the practitioner enters immediately after leaving their physical body during a shamanic journey. The solo drumming on this disc is an outstanding example of impeccable. The shamanic journey is the perfect tool to fully integrate the healing of your soul.
I recommend to my students that the first place they need to get comfortable in is their starting place. Your first shamanic journeys learn how to do journey work. And in the same way, i tried to go to the middle world, which is this world, i tried to. Apr 24, 2018 michael harner has some journeying tapes that are very gooddrumming for the shamanic journey and two others. There is a strong shamanism influence in the bon religion of some central asians, and in tibetan buddhism. This course covers the technique of journeying in the upper and middle worlds. The nonordinary middle world is what the practitioner enters immediately after leaving their physical body during a shamanic journey.
I see nonordinary reality as a parallel universe to ours. I should break from the journey to give you a little information about shamanic journey. Talking drum books and music our shamanic books and music are available on amazon, itunes, smashwords and cd baby. I have just started shamanic journeying and this book is an excellent resource. If you havent read the first post in the series, we recommend your start here i recommend to my students that the first place they need to get comfortable in is their starting place. Brant secunda shamanic journeying for the huichol people is to go into the doorway, into what theyve called the nierika which is a passageway that starts from our heart and connects us to all of creation. Are you interested in living an authentic, heartcentered life. The australian aborigines call nonordinary the dreamtime.
Suitable for both complete beginners and experienced practitioners alike, the books are an apprenticeship for modern times. This course is a single day companion class to basic shamanic journeying. Journey work is one of the most fundamental tools in the shamans toolkit. Buddhism became popular with shamanism peoples such as the tibetans, mongols, and manchu beginning in the eighth century. For instance, you may want to find out what your next careermove should be, whether to take a specific path for selfdevelopment or maybe simply to ask about a friendship or relationship. Jun 14, 2015 it is not always necessary to stop the mental chatter. Forms of shamanistic ritual combined with tibetan buddhism became institutionalized as the state religion under the mongolian yuan dynasty and the. The shamanic journeythe gateway to nonordinary reality. Sandra ingerman experiencing the shamanic journey youtube. A shamanic journey that is both personal and universal, sharing its heart in a. Sandra ingerman is one of the principle trainers in the harner method of shamanistic technique, taught by bestselling author and leading world authority on shamanism, michael harner the way of the shaman. In this easytofollow and powerful meditation, our narrator, an experienced practitioner. One aspect that distinguishes shamanic healing from many of the other methods of spiritual healing is the partnership between the practitioner or shaman and the compassionate helping spirits. Shamanic wisdom for invoking the sacred in everyday life.
The author, sandra ingerman, even includes a cd of recorded shamanic drumming with the book, so you can try journeying before investing in a drum, rattle, or other instrument. A shaman is a man or woman who goes into an altered state of consciousness and travels outside of time into the hidden realms that many term nonordinary. Shamanic tools also include journeying, which well be doing later. One of the major ceremonies a shaman performs is called a shamanic journey. Subtitled a practical guide to therapeutic shamanism, paul francis the shamanic journey is, in part, exactly that. In the shamanic journey, shamanic practitioner, teacher and psychotherapist, paul francis, offers a shamanic apprenticeship for our times.
In essence the middle world comprises the world of matter as we know it plus its spirit part, which is the lower astral. One of the biggest things i can recommend is practice. Information on shamanic journeying, shamans and shamanism, includes information on shamans initiation, plants used by shamans and trance dance. In early shamanic societies, many shamans were initiated because of having a near death experience. When journeying in the middle world you journey in.
A journey into the healing wisdom of plants eliot cowan. By building upon the work of michael harner, author of 1980s classic the way of the shaman, francis has created a practical, ethical and experiential guide. I have a number of books on shamanism, and in almost every case, its practice is made to sound so complex and fraught with cautions that one is left feeling that its too difficult, complicated, or dangerous to take a shamanic journey. In shamanic nonordinary reality, the upper world is indeed, up from where the shaman starts, so when the practitioner leaves their human body during a journey and starts through the nonordinary middle world to reach their path to the upper world, they keep heading up, higher and higher, in order to get there. A beginners guide to journeying is written for the beginner or those relatively new to the shamanic journey practice. Explanation of shamanism and shamanic journey shamans earth.
Your connection to source the shamanic journey is a way for your soultrue soulself to have a direct experience with sourceaka god or buddha mind or mystery or oneness, etc. The shamanic journey is a practice common to all indigenous societies throughout history. Shamanic journeying last mask center for shamanic healing. Mar 14, 2012 about experiencing the shamanic journey the shamanic journey is the art of using rhythm and intention to enter an altered state of consciousness in order to connect with the spiritual dimension of.
Modern roughly means when we stopped being huntergatherers and the era of largescale agriculture and recorded civilisation. Learn more about working in the middle world, strengthening your. I recognized that i was on a middle world journey because i had not traveled to another world. If you can tune the chatter out, than you can still journey successfully. Article on the middle world, uses of middle world journeying, dangers. You may also rattle, chant, or sing to induce trance. In fact, the book is so short that you can be journeying within a day. In the middle world the shaman can travel back and forth in time. The hidden universe of wisdom foundation for shamanic. If you havent read the first post in the series, we recommend your start here. Shamanic journeys to the akashic field have been used since ancient times to help people with their lives. Johnson has uncovered compelling evidence for the existence of a variety of ecstatic traditions throughout medieval and renaissance europe. Connects us to all that lives here on mother earth.
A practical guide to therapeutic shamanism 9780995758605. A good shamanic drumming recording should be pulsed at around three to four beats per second. It also helps to open us to the work we do with the other elements in the different locations. I recommend it to any one who would like to try to journey. Shamanic journey, shamanism, seattle michelle mckinney. Based in and building on the core shamanism developed by michael harner, the shamanic journey offers a practical and very accessible stepbystep guide to experiencing your first shamanic journey, developing a relationship with your power animal, basic shamanic healing and. As a crosscultural, worldwide phenomenon, it is part of the human spiritual heritage. Gerrys contribution to the shamanic community is a very exceptional one. Be innovative and try different ways of journeying. I have intentionally named this article otherworld journeying because the ability to journey is part of the human potential and goes beyond shamanic culture.
The audio clip cd includes authentic shamanic journey drumming and guidance advice and tips for three shamanic journeys. Nicki scully is our primary guide to an extraordinary world of mystical tours, both to sacred power sites and within the inner planes. It is drawn from the wisdom gained through my own experiences with the journey, plus more than a decade of teaching individuals and groups, and in workshops. We might also call it a journey to a hidden university. Using the siberian shamanistic approach to life,she explains how to evoke the inner huntergatherer from deep within. In the andean shamanic tradition, water is a great purifying force. Nonspiritual people often feel a deep connection to the center of their being. With the instruction in this book and the accompanying cd, internationally. Best books about shamanism score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The therapeutic shamanism books provide the firstever systematic, fullycomprehensive and indepth written guide to modern shamanic practice. Has brief mention of spirit world as the higher world, and remote viewing as the middle world. Almost anything can be explored by shamanic journey, as long as it is ethical and you have a right to know it.
Gerry starnes, an austin texas area shamanic practitioner and teacher, with a deeper discussion of journeying into the middle world. When i was doing the research for my book soul retrieval. Learn more about shamanic practice with gerrys online. How to start shamanic journeying occupy your heart. Nov 16, 2014 seeing in the dark the practice of shamanism is 30,000 to 40,000 years old. We begin our journey in lake titicaca because by working with the water to wash and balance us we begin to clear away any heavy energy we are carrying around with us.
In none of the books and videos i read and watched to learn journeying is ever mentioned the amazing role imagination plays into the shamanic journey. Of course, he always read from the same book, but they still liked it. From an alternate perspective, this book include the topics and themes under the personal healing, selfknowledge and heightened awareness umbrella. Six shamanic keys to reclaim your personal power, transform yourself, and light up the world. Shamanic journeying drummed journeys to meet spirit guides. To enter a trance state and support your journey, you will need a drum or a shamanic drumming recording. Some people learn and practise from shamanic journeying cds. Click on the store buttons or cover images below to browse our shamanic drumming instructional books and cds. Shamanic journey information on shamanic journeying. Archaic techniques of ecstasy, mircea eliade concludes that shamanism has much to offer contemporary westerners. Practical shamanism earthspirit center a bridge to the soul. The book contains practical exercises on how to undertake a shamanic experience or journey, mixed with teaching of what shamanism is, and discussion of the relevance of shamanism in modern times.
Using shamanic journeying, meditation, movement, sound, and storytelling, rysdyk shows you how to get in touch with these parts of yourself so that you can develop the creative energy that lives inside you. It is a whole hidden universe of immense wisdom, immense power for healing. It is the world of matter, but the lessknown side of it, because when we journey in the middle world we do so with our spirit bodies, and thus we experience the nonphysical or spirit aspect of our world. How to books and self help with a shamanic focus, and books on shaman tools.