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Can you define allies?
Can you define 'allies'?
An ally is any energy which can be accessed for either good or bad that is outside the general
makeup of human energy. As an example, all plants are like people, each species u...
When we're dealing with expectations we put on ourselves, for whatever reason, how important are the emotions involved?
When we're dealing with expectations we put on ourselves, for whatever reason, how important are the emotions involved?
The main emotions are important, but the underlying patterns are where the real p...
Can you talk a bit about how we are connected to this world?
Can you talk a bit about how we are connected to this world?
We are connected to the world through our accumulation of energy, the energy we are born with. We begin assembling this reality as soon as ...
Why is the energy of humans seemingly so complex?
Why is the energy of human beings seemingly so complex?
We, as human beings, even those of us who sit on the evolutionary fence, have natural paradoxes which run through our energy. On the one side we...
So how do people become shamans?
So how do people become shamans?
"It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air -- there's the rub...
What is grounding?
What is Grounding?
Well as the word implies, it is working with the ground in one way or the other. Grounding is the process whereby we do two things: we first use earth energy to balance ourselves an...
Can you explain how we can use our own personal deaths as an ally?
Can you explain how we can use our personal death as an ally?
"Life is but a player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more, it is a tale, full of sound and fury, told by...
What are the differences between Reiki and Shamanic healing?
I'm interested in the similarities between reiki and shamanic healing. My general question is just some information on where there diverge and interconnect.
Reiki channels specific energies, or bands ...
Why does this work make me feel like I'm on the brink of something?
We're always on the brink, we just don't realize it. That's the short answer anyway. When you think about the Recapitulation and examine it from an objective first world viewpoint, it obviously can't ...
How does a place get haunted?
How does a place get haunted? What is haunting?
First of all, ghosts are real, but they aren't real in the sense held in the popular imagination. Let's take a house that is, say, one hundred years old...
Is there a way to determine what kind of tool is right for me?
Is there a way to determine what kind of tool is right for me?
Let me step in and cause trouble. Everybody uses tools and metaphors. Whether it's tarot, astrology, nephrology, or totem animals, they...
Are the intents of people always competing?
The dance metaphor is a good one. Competing intent is when you form an intent of your own, and you try to butt ...
Where does anger come from and what creates it in our energy?
Where does anger come from and what creates it in our energy?
Before we get angry, we get afraid. We also build anger and store it in our energy and our bodies. The question is where you draw the lin...
Is there any easy way or even possible way to determine what kind of energy one can relate to?
Is there an easy, or even possible way to determine what kind of energy one can relate to?
Let me step in and cause trouble.
Everybody uses tools and metaphors. Whether it's tarot, astrology, nephrology...
Can you explain how perception relates to the attentions?
Could you explain how perception relates to the attentions?
Perception is relative, just like the big relativity thingy says. The problem is we are locked, or most of us, are locked into a certain way...
How do shamans find people energetically?
How do shamans find people energetically?
This takes us in to a concept that is very hard for people because they try to break it down mentally and it really won't break down mentally. It's outside our...
Can you talk about shielding?
Can you talk about shielding?
In some sense you can do that, but you will have to expend a great deal of your energy to maintain that position. It also tends to make you very rigid in some ways, all t...
Why do you say my brain is trying to kill me?
Why do you say my brain is trying to kill me?
Your brain is a wonderful thing, an amazing piece of engineering and a marvel of perceptual sensitivity. The only problem is -- it lies to you on a regula...
Is there such a thing as setting too strong an intent?
Is there such a thing as setting too strong an intent?
There can be, especially in cases where it becomes overkill. The key with setting and applying intent is to gage the situation; use the intent an...
What is soul retrieval?
What is soul retrieval?
I guess the issue here is one of cosmology. The difficulty for the Western Mind in all this is how it is trained to perceive itself as a distinct and seperate entity from all ot...
What is this stalking thing you talk about?
What is this stalking thing you talk about?
We have talked about intent, dreaming, recapitulation, fear and now we've come to stalking. The rest account for about ten percent of your energy the way it ...
Why do you call your practices 'Contemporary Shamanism?'
Why do you call your practices, 'Contemporary Shamanism'?
My way of being a shaman is not typical in a traditional sense, yet at the base it is very typical and very traditional. I refer to what I do a...
What is a shaman, energetically?
What is a shaman, energetically?
Energetically, a shaman is a nugget.
When you look at human energy, what you see is that nice big shape with all that stuff roiling inside and all the areas of a perso...
What do you mean by a "predatory universe?"
How is the concept of a predatory universe different than the notion that there are dark forces at work in a battle for men's souls?
When I think of predatory, I think of something actively stalking it...
Can you talk about the primary paths of shamanism?
Can you talk about the primary paths of shamanism?
As in dreamers verses stalkers, or oracles and seers and such? Ah well, that's the Castanedian approach. I can see how they would break it down that ...
In the context of the modern world, what does a shaman do?
In the context of the modern world, what does a shaman do?
Shamans are healers of souls -- this was and still is their primary function as healers. People often confuse the traditional shaman with the ...
How do our personal predilections affect us?
How do our personal predilections affect us?
First, we need to understand what our personal predilections are. Each of us is born with certain predilections, that simply means certain ways in which ou...
What is shamanic will?
What is shamanic will?
I haven't talked about will before, though it is a crucial element of personal energy, for the simple reason that when we exercise intent, we naturally apply will to the effort....