### Contemporary Shamanism ### [Maker Cosmology and History](https://shamanscave.com/maker-cosmology-and-history/) [Contemporary Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism/) [](https://shamanscave.com/maker-cosmology-and-history)**MAKER COSMOLOGY AND HISTORY** An introduction to the world view of the Makers. More information and an... [Read More](https://shamanscave.com/maker-cosmology-and-history/) ### [Contemporary Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/contemporary-shamanism/) [Contemporary Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism/) [](https://shamanscave.com/contemporary-shamanism)This is not a New Age site, nor does it concern itself with the pale resurrection of ancient tradit... [Read More](https://shamanscave.com/contemporary-shamanism/) ### [The Second Attention](https://shamanscave.com/the-second-attention/) [Contemporary Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism/) [](https://shamanscave.com/the-second-attention)First of all, the second attention is a name, a word, but the concept of what we are talking about ... [Read More](https://shamanscave.com/the-second-attention/) ### [Facets of Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/facets-of-shamanism/) [Contemporary Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism/) [](https://shamanscave.com/facets-of-shamanism)Shamanism is a dance across the unknown, a journey to test the limits of the human heart. Shamanis... [Read More](https://shamanscave.com/facets-of-shamanism/) ### Concepts In Shamanism ### [Perceiving Is Not Believing](https://shamanscave.com/perceiving-is-not-believing/) [Concepts In Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism/concepts-in-shamanism/) [](https://shamanscave.com/perceiving-is-not-believing) Most people who study a shamanic path fail to fully appreciate the role perception plays in moving... [Read More](https://shamanscave.com/perceiving-is-not-believing/) ### [Poetry of the Shamans -The Maker View](https://shamanscave.com/poetry-of-shamans/) [Concepts In Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism/concepts-in-shamanism/) [](https://shamanscave.com/poetry-of-shamans)*Would you mind talking some about poetry and language and shamans?* Words, our language, or any langu... [Read More](https://shamanscave.com/poetry-of-shamans/) ### [Ecstatic trance vs. Self-hypnosis vs. Visualization](https://shamanscave.com/ecstatic-trance-vs-hypnosis/) [Concepts In Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism/concepts-in-shamanism/) [](https://shamanscave.com/ecstatic-trance-vs-hypnosis)*How is ecstatic trance different from self-hypnosis or visualization?* There are some practitioners g... [Read More](https://shamanscave.com/ecstatic-trance-vs-hypnosis/) ### [The Paralysis of Clarity](https://shamanscave.com/paralysis-of-clarity/) [Concepts In Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism/concepts-in-shamanism/) [](https://shamanscave.com/paralysis-of-clarity)The most difficult aspect of clarity, as it should be, is simply that we can no longer lie to ourse... [Read More](https://shamanscave.com/paralysis-of-clarity/) ### [Picture of Human Energy](https://shamanscave.com/human-energy/) [Concepts In Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism/concepts-in-shamanism/) [](https://shamanscave.com/human-energy)Shamans talk about energy all the time, either through metaphor, or directly, but most people still... [Read More](https://shamanscave.com/human-energy/) ### [Ancestor and Teacher](https://shamanscave.com/ancestor-and-teacher/) [Concepts In Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism/concepts-in-shamanism/) [](https://shamanscave.com/ancestor-and-teacher) Where do the Makers come from? I tend to think of the system - or rather, 'way of seeing' - as a pa... [Read More](https://shamanscave.com/ancestor-and-teacher/) [##### List All Articles in Contemporary Shamanism](https://shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/contemporary-shamanism?Itemid=101)