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Battling a Djinn (Part 3: First Encounter with a Djinn)
In Part 1 of this new 5-part series, I discussed the history of the Djinn. In Part 2, I told you a little bit about about demons (the Shayāṭīn), why Djinn fear wolves and the ancient Egyptian god, Set. Now, in Part 3, I’ll talk about my first encounter with a Djinn in the desert.…
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The Q’ero for Newbies
In this week’s blog, I’m going to be discussing the history of the Q’ero people and how they came to inspire the shamanic Medicine Wheel training. The Q’ero for Newbies Who are the Q’ero? The Q’ero people live in villages in the clouds between 11,000 and 14,500 feet in the mountains of Peru. They are…
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Three Worlds for Newbies: 1 of 2
In this week’s blog, I will be discussing the Three Worlds – what they are and how you can explore them. This week, I will be focussing on the Middle World, the place of our everyday existence, also known as ‘ordinary reality’. In the next blog, I will take a closer look at the Lower…
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Neoshamanism for Newbies
Neoshamanism – why we should not be afraid to embrace the term
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Audible Review: The Shaman in Stilettos
In this week’s Audible Review, I will be discussing Anna Hunt’s novel, The Shaman in Stilettos, the true tale of how a modern woman falls for a charismatic shaman in Peru. The Shaman in Stilettos You have to give it to Anna Hunt – it’s a cracking title. In fact, I first heard about this…
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Munay-Ki for Newbies – Part One
This is the eighth in my weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology of shamanism, in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. This blog post is about the first four shamanic initiations, known as the Foundation Rites, of…
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Cacao For Newbies
This is the seventh in my weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology of shamanism in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. This one is about the sacred plant medicine, Cacao. I enjoyed reading about Ayahuasca in your…
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Ayahuasca For Newbies – Part One
This is the fifth in my new weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology of shamanism in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. This one is about the sacred plant medicine, Ayahuasca. I’m going to split this…
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My Mysterious Photographs
I will continue to update this blog post, whenever I come across a new mysterious photograph in my collection – so, please bear in mind, that some of the photographs below might already be familiar, if you’re a regular visitor to this site…
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Embrace of The Serpent
‘Embrace of the Serpent’ is a film about the Amazonian shaman, Karamkate, who travels the river, forty years apart, with two separate German ethnologists, searching for the mysterious and psychedelic Yakruna plant.
