But in the beginning of the process, once you reach a clean place, you may seem very aloof, even...

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.  Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration....

I guess the issue here is one of cosmology.  The difficulty for the Western Mind in all this is how ...

Let's start with the word 'shaman'.  Shaman is gender neutral - there are no shamen or shawomen, onl...

In the context of this modern world, what does a Shaman do?

Shamans are healers of souls- this was, a...

MAKER COSMOLOGY AND HISTORY

An introduction to the world view of the Makers. More information and an...

Most people who study a shamanic path fail to fully appreciate the role perception plays in moving...

Would you mind talking some about poetry and language and shamans?

Words, our language, or any langu...

How is ecstatic trance different from self-hypnosis or visualization?

There are some practitioners g...

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

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

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

Shamans talk about energy all the time, either through metaphor, or directly, but most people still...

Where do the Makers come from? I tend to think of the system - or rather, 'way of seeing' - as a pa...

Shamanism is a dance across the unknown, a journey to test the limits of the human heart.  Shamanis...

The word bilocation is something you need to look at and think about.  Bi means two, or more specif...

Water, water, EVERYwhere... Use a shallow pan.  Put a piece of black plastic in the bottom, like fr...

We are swimming in an ocean of intent.  People often have the mistaken idea that intent is a purely...

Ask yourself this: why does a newborn take its first breath?  Its intent is survival - it int...

What do shamans "see" when they look at people?

I can give a description of the human onion.  When, ...

You must know yourself beyond the basic concept of the name on your mailbox.

How do our pers...

What a shaman does is wield intent in a lot of different ways, all at the same time, because they h...

Will is the trigger, Intent is the gun

Everything is energy.  You are living in a grand supe...

Asking q...

The main emotions are important, but the underlying patterns are where the real pay dirt is.  When ...

Let me step in and cause trouble.

Everybody uses tools and metaphors. Whether it's tarot, astrology,...

First, we need to understand what our personal predilections are.  Each of us is born with certain ...

Before we get angry, we get afraid.  We also build anger and store it in our energy and our bodies....

I haven't talked about will before, though it is a crucial element of personal energy, for the simp...

This takes us in to a concept that is very hard for people because they try to break it down mental...

In some sense you can do that, but you will have to expend a great deal of your energy to maintain ...

What is the difference between shamanic healing and Reiki?

Reiki channels specific energies, or band...

What is intuition?

Intuition is the feeling, sense, etc., of some piece of information you can't pos...

What is Grounding?

As the word implies, it is working with the ground in one way or the other. Groun...

Are the intents of people always competing, or is it somehow also a choreographed dance?

The dance m...

There can be, especially in cases where it becomes overkill.  The key with setting and applying int...

When I think of predatory, I think of something actively stalking its prey.  From what I have seen,...

Why do you say my brain is trying to kill me?

Your brain is a wonderful thing, an amazing piece of e...

Can you talk about what jealousy is energetically - its roots, purpose (or lack thereof), how it c...

How do we recap the tendency to become clones of our parents?

That should really come back to you th...

Do I have other people's energy that I've taken from them?

Yes, that's connected to you.  And, that'...

When is the earliest a pattern can appear?

When a child wants to be fed, held, is sleepy, etc., so a...

How do we know when we have gotten rid of a pattern?

When something obvious comes along - and it alw...

How many times must an event be Recapitulated?

Revisiting issues or connections is indeed more than ...

Can you talk a bit about the Recapitulation as a process?

The process is a simple one - in fact, it ...

Does recapping enable us to see intents more clearly?

Yes, it cleans out the crud.  It not only brin...

How does perception relate to the attentions?

Perception is relative, just like the big relativity t...

How does a place get haunted? What is haunting?

First of all, ghosts are real, but they aren't real ...

Why is the energy of human beings seemingly so complex?

We, as human beings, even those of us who si...

Why does this work always make me feel on the brink of something?

We're always on the brink, we just...

How are we connected to this world?

We are connected to the world through our accumulation of energy...

Life is but a player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. ...

What is an Ally?

An ally is any energy that can be accessed for either good or bad that is outside t...

In the common vernacular, there are healers and seers.

What are the primary paths of shamani...

Energetically, a shaman is a nugget.

 When you look at human energy, what you see is that nice big s...

I can give a description of the human onion.  When, in the shamanic sense, you see people in their t...

 I think the best way to approach this is in a practical way. Learning to see "energy" is a function...

Sometimes breaking your reaction patterns with people in your life creates a place where anger at th...

We are always faced with the prospect of understanding ourselves with a tool that is, at best, count...

There is a core in human energy, a nugget, a place where we know the essence of will, power, and int...

Today I kept seeing weird shadows that seemed to fade and come back on my walls.  They were like sma...

Shadow work would best be done outside, but it isn't necessary.  You can do this work inside just as...

Seeing people's energy - and learning to interpret what you sense.

 Go to a mall, a park, some public...

Learning to see energy visually for those who 'feel' or use another senses predominantly.

 Focus on a...

Mirror scrying is an ancient Celtic tool, but it's been used in all shamanic traditions at one time ...

It's very simple.  Take two different colored socks.

Scrunch them up in your hand.  Toss them over yo...

The first necessity for those seeking a deeper understanding of the shamanic state of mind (or lack ...

What is the best use of stalking when doing healing work?

Generally, what I do is stalk a position fo...

 A dreaming stone can help you focus your dreaming energy. I have had several requests for informati...

The dreaming body is that part of ourselves that is wild and uncontrollable, but houses our tota...

I break stalking down into three components.  First, there is stalking the self, which is primarily ...

There is a place where you can go consciously which has nothing to do with this world; it's a...

The dreaming body is accessible through any of the levels of dreaming; however, the most usef...

If you are really lucid dreaming, then you need to alter the fabric of the dream to one of your cho...

Your energy moves in sleep naturally towards the totality of what you are, but you can't recall tha...

How does one create the 'dreaming body'?

You create it through controlling dreaming, using dreaming ...

"Do you think they'll be back soon?"

The little boy asked his question while watching the old batter...

Twilight threw shadows up the hills like dark bony fingers.  Watching the growing, slowly moving sh...

The weather was hot - not just hot, but the sticky wet hot of the mountains in August. He slumped d...

The gravel crunched coldy beneath his feet.  Looking down, the little boy wondered at the different...

 Getting a healing through ShamansCave isn't complicated, however, you do need to fill out the form ...

Learning to heal others takes some time. and dedication even more so. Our healing classes teach the ...

Healing in shamanism and shamanic healers are a continuing part of one of the earliest systems of h...

Water can take you where you want to go.  The sound of moving water, whether it is a drip, or a flow...

The recapitulation is not recommended for most young people - young being defined as teens and young...

Why do you recommend that young people not recap?

The recapitulation is not recommended for most youn...

Should we Recap Current Relationships?  I heard it might not be a good idea to recap current relatio...

The Emotional Poles

There are four main emotional positions or poles, within the emotional body that ...

Once you're in the maw of the beast, very little will work except to just grab on with all four ...

Depression is a killer, literally.  I've worked for years to both understand my own depression a...

The deathwalker is not a grim reaper; they are releasing that which is trapped, moving that which is...

Sex is second only to the will to survive in human energy and it involves an energetic exchange in i...

Some people have fear of recapping - this fear seems to stop them - therefore the question is, why i...

In essence, we are all subject to addiction of one sort or another, it is only a societal judgment w...

The recapitulation is an ancient technique for retrieving and healing your energy. It also teaches y...