October/November Letter

Shamanic Practitioner Newsletter

'Spokes Trees', Spiritual Crisis,
Slime, Shamanic Sickness...

The Shamanic Practitioner Newsletter

The Shaman's Body:
Tending to the Bridge Between the Worlds

"I felt even more light headed and the visions became stronger… I felt almost drunk, and I felt like I was going to get sick to my stomach… This journey was different in that I felt very 'altered', and I felt as though I was dreaming it. I felt like I was observing my own journey as well as different ceremonies..." Read more.


Shamanic Spiritual Crisis...

"I have been hella emotional, hella introspective and hella connected since the meditations from unit 9. I actually feel as if...time has shifted? That I am living in a different world? That I have accepted something I can't unaccept. Things are new, but not unfamiliar, but very unfamiliar to these blue eyeballs. I have only inadequate words... Read more.

Where we begin...

The 'w' on the tree trunk.

Practitioner Adaptibility: the 'Spokes Tree'

“…I went outside to talk to a Tree on my Land. I had tried earlier but all of the Trees wanted to talk to me and I got overwhelmed (I have over 20 very large trees here). This time I asked that one Tree to be the ‘spokes tree’.” Read more.

The Story of a Drum, a Beater, and a Feather (hence the photos!)

"I… began walking again until I felt the need to walk over to a tree. The first thing I noticed about the tree was that someone had carved the letter 'W' into it. I told brother Tree I was very sorry that someone had done this and asked what he had to teach me..." Read more.

Beater handle. Notice the 'w' at the base.

The feather.

Seeing in the Dark

“Not everything has to be seen to be believed. There have been many things that I cannot say that I saw yet I know were there. And there have been many feelings that come without explanation but prove to be valid after the events have unfolded..." Read more.


OMG: Have I Been Slimed?

"I wanted to know how I would approach a problem. Several years ago, I had a really bad experience whileng my spirit guide and haven’t been able to do any serious meditation since then... can I assume that the thing that followed me out (or did I just get slimed)... isn't it still around?" Read more.

Jim's finished drum, beater, and feather!

Thank you for being a part of us!
Much love, Steve

"Mummy, the birds are talking to us!"

"Why would the birds each have so much to tell me? Why would that tree over there be providing me with insight as to where I needed to delve into my subconscious to clear negative patterns? I am not that special that I am privy to such an amazing life to be able to be a part of something so much bigger…” Read more.


The Shamanic Practitioner's First Challenge: Oneself

“My cleansing experience for the past week has been very good. It has given me strength with the assistance of my spirit guides and animal guides to take the power to end a relationship that was not healthy for me. I know that I feel sad inside, but I feel good to release an old friend who detoured the friendship route and decided to get intimate with me..." Read more.