... is to surpass the calling. Regardless of the way one initiates the journey, it is a very tough and devoted path to follow. A shaman must endure intense physical discipline, days in sweat lodges seeking visions, long journeys between the worlds, and deep study of deities, myths, the ... UP VISIONS - Modern Shamanic Initiation. "The drums incessant beat became lost amidst a seemingly resonant symphony of voices... an enchantingly mysterious tone lead me through into another reality, a dreamtime landscape of the shamanic underworld. Perched on a cliff, my `being' perceived the luminous val...

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... Shaman goes through the experience of receiving a -vision-, by inducing a dream like state respectively, (Grim '83 p.138) usually through the ingestion of hallucinogenic substances. The culmination of the journey towards Shamanism is when one either receives the position through hereditary transmission, is spontaneously selected (through "call" or "election" by the group) (Grim'83 p.14), or seeks Shamanism by ... , ceremony, disincarnate spirits, totem animals and allies. (Savinelli '02 pgs. 24, 35, 87, 92) In tribal cultures, Shamans serve as healers, spiritual advisors, diviners, cond...

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