SHAMANISM WHAT IS IT?:
ECSTATIC TRANCE AND INITIATION RITUAL FOR BODY AND SOUL
In the shamanic worldview, the universe is a unified Whole in which Human Beings and Nature are part of the same singularity. That invisible, immaterial world is inhabited by spiritual beings of great animism, with whom the Master Guides dialogue. Shamanism is then, the threshold of connection between both worlds. That access door necessary to probe the interstices of the initiatory experience of our Being and transform our lives with its profound messages.
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Shamans
Shamans, also called healers, priests, Taitas, Master Guides, Wise Elders, doctors, poets, magicians, etc., are intermediaries, communicators and prophesiers of those truths that human beings need. It can be said that they are great explorers of the cosmic zones and the true holders of cosmological knowledge. They have a faculty to travel in space-time, and from one region to another, in a mystical cavalcade that contains messages that heal and restore the psyche. Hence its etymological root Sha, which as a whole means “the one who knows”.
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What elements does shamanism have?
Through rituals and initiation ceremonies, the shaman has psychoactive plants, crystal-mirrors, figures, power animals or any other type of substance from nature, that when coming into contact with the participant allows an ecstatic trance or spiritual journey full of consciousness-altering dreams, highly revealing for the soul, in addition to transmitting messages of healing for the body and mind.
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transformative experience
It is about a spiritual rebirth, a certainty of knowledge for those who inhabit it, and a transforming belief for those who come into contact with its messages. His cures range from physiological alterations to psycho-spiritual and emotional illnesses . The shamanic trance is a symbolic destruction of the individual, to later be regenerated cyclically. From this perspective, the participant experiences the closest thing to a psychic death, from which he is reborn totally transformed, and with the necessary keys for his physical, emotional and spiritual healing.
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In conclusion, shamanism is:
It is an ancestral practice that dates back to the origins of humanity and has been transmitted from generation to generation by Master Grandparents. Therefore, it is important to remember that it is a sacred wisdom that should not be treated for recreational purposes, but with respect and veneration.
