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Using Water for Self-Healing

Water can take you where you want to go. The sound of moving water, whether it is a drip, or a flowing river is a powerful natural force for movement and trance. Water on our planet connects ev...

Using a rock to store excess anger, stress Stress that hits the digestive, stomach, head, shoulders, and neck areas usually has to do with anger and the inability to express it for whatever reason. ...

Stalking Fluidity

We are always faced with the prospect of understanding ourselves with a tool that is, at best, counter intuitive, and, at worst, a manipulating task master. Yet here we are. ...

Polishing Rocks

There is a core in human energy, a nugget, a place where we know the essence of will, power, and intent - the place where it connects us to all creation. This is the place you're moving towards....

Working with Shadows

Shadow work would best be done outside, but it isn't necessary. You can do this work inside just as well. The object here is to draw out the left side during wakefulness. Get a comfortabl...

Mirror Scrying

Shamanism Classes at Shamanscave Mirror scrying is an ancient Celtic tool, but it's been used in all shamanic traditions at one time or another. The Celts just did more crazy things with it.&nb...

Introduction to Shamanic Practices

The purpose of shamanic practices lies in the duality of the path itself. The first necessity for those seeking a deeper understanding of the shamanic state of mind (or lack of it) is learning to acc...

Using Stalking in Healing

What is the best use of stalking when doing healing work? Generally, what I do is stalk a position for or with the client. Let's say I look at them and see X is their big problem, but going to ...

Lucid Dreaming

How do I do something more useful the next time lucid dreaming happens? If you are really lucid dreaming, then you need to alter the fabric of the dream to one of your choosing. ...

Stalking the Self

I break stalking down into three components. First, there is stalking the self, which is primarily what the recapitulation is about. Second, there is stalking the world, learning to be fluid, d...

Recapitulation

The recapitulation is an ancient technique for retrieving and healing your energy. It also teaches you how to prevent current energetic loss. Those who pursue it shamanically consider th...