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My
shamanics grew out of my combined studies of Martial
Arts, breathing techniques, personal visions and
dreams and the many wonderful and varied experiences
of my friends, clients and students who did journeys
with me.
I
realized something very special was happening
early on when people, me included, began to get
what I call
‘second order information':
that which isn't generally available
to us in our waking, conscious state but becomes
easily accessible in extra-ordinary states of
consciousness. This is also known as 2 nd attention:
the deepest, intuitive part of our mind. True
Wisdom, no less. This deep, inner wisdom which
we all possess is a prerequisite to the blossoming
of personal genius within us all. Shamanic states
provide access to this genius.
Shamanism
is animism –
everything has a spirit, every
blade of grass, every grain of sand, the wind,
the trees, the earth, a grasshopper… By accessing
shamanic states we fully participate in this wonderful
child-like frame of mind where we attribute to
the world an animacy that is generally missing
from modern adult consciousness.
Our
present scientific worldview is seriously challenged
when we embark on shamanic journeys. When our
consciousness expands beyond the boundaries of
time and space we experience a limitless universe;
a dazzling journey through inner space. We learn
that our brain chemistry allows us access to other
realms of existence, identification with our ancestors,
animals, plants, encounters with intelligent non-human
presences, faeries, spirits, elementals, angels,
mythical beasts… The
possibilities are endless and always fantastic.
The experiences are profound and enlightening.
My
sessions are drug-free, that is to say we don't
ingest any substance that produces psychedelic
effects but rely purely on the bodies wisdom to
release its own highly psycho-active chemicals
that aid our shamanic journeys. This is achieved
through using techniques discovered whilst journeying
in altered states and not from any text-book.
I
use the term ‘Shamanic'
to denote an ancient, primal, potent way of entering
into parallel worlds and alternate universes utilizing
techniques used by Shaman for millennia, a timeless
knowledge regardless of what year we live in or
what culture we belong to.
It
is my belief, based on the evidence of many personal
experiences and that of clients/ friends/ students,
that we have never lost our innate wisdom, our
deep sense of connectedness to our planet and
all its inhabitants, animal, vegetable, mineral,
spirit e.t.c. It's there to be accessed, lying
just a breath away beneath the surface of our
social and cultural conditioning.
Shamanic
work brings us face to face with our true self.
That core part of us that is deeply and profoundly
connected to the ancestors. We find our sense
of spiritual belonging. It is like coming home.
We've searched and searched and finally our journeys
bring us back to the beginning, back to our bodies
and back into inner space. We discover we are
the One experiencing Itself through Its multiple
and varied expressions of life as we know it.
We discover we can experience any one of these
expressions for ourselves…
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