Contemporary Shamanism
Maker Cosmology and History

MAKER COSMOLOGY AND HISTORY
An introduction to the world view of the Makers. More information and an...
Contemporary Shamanism

This is not a New Age site, nor does it concern itself with the pale resurrection of ancient tradit...
The Second Attention

First of all, the second attention is a name, a word, but the concept of what we are talking about ...
Facets of Shamanism

Shamanism is a dance across the unknown, a journey to test the limits of the human heart. Shamanis...
Concepts In Shamanism
Perceiving Is Not Believing
Most people who study a shamanic path fail to fully appreciate the role perception plays in moving...
Poetry of the Shamans -The Maker View

Would you mind talking some about poetry and language and shamans?
Words, our language, or any langu...
Ecstatic trance vs. Self-hypnosis vs. Visualization

How is ecstatic trance different from self-hypnosis or visualization?
There are some practitioners g...
The Paralysis of Clarity

The most difficult aspect of clarity, as it should be, is simply that we can no longer lie to ourse...
Picture of Human Energy

Shamans talk about energy all the time, either through metaphor, or directly, but most people still...
Ancestor and Teacher
Where do the Makers come from? I tend to think of the system - or rather, 'way of seeing' - as a pa...