Why Shamanism Now - A Practical Path to Authenticity

Christina L. Pratt•www.lastmaskcenter.org

Why Shamanism Now is a weekly live Internet radio show hosted by Christina Pratt and featuring guest interviews and live email and phone questions and answers. The show airs every Tuesday morning at 11:00 am PST on Co-Creator Network. To participate in the live call, go to http://www.co-creatornetwork.com/hosts/shamanism/host_bio.htm . Christina is an authentic, non-traditional contemporary shaman. In practice since 1990, she specializes in mending the soul and transforming the parts of life that feel impossible. She is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, OR.

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War and the Soul: Healing the Warrior’s Wounds

War occurs in an altered state as does the wounding of body and soul. The experiences of war can only be understood from an altered state, and given this, their true healing comes through altered states. The medicinal use of altered states is the realm of the shaman. Our guest, Dr. Ed Tick specializes in using psycho-spiritual, cross-cultural, and international reconciliation practices to bring healing to veterans, communities and nations recovering from the traumas of war and violence. Join us ...

Feb 25, 2009•57 min

Shamanism for Activists: The Alchemy of Social Transformation

“Our times call for the transformation of rallies, protests, and marches into massive, intentional sacred healing rituals, in which we ally ourselves with all humans, the compassionate spirits, the ancestors, and the spirit of the earth and stars.” This is the vision of our guest, Lenore Norrgard, shamanic healer and social alchemist. Lenore will discuss her journey from revolutionary social activist to profound social healer and share her experiences leading social healing rituals from the Whit...

Feb 18, 2009•56 min

Healing our Ancestral Lines

“Throughout shamanic cultures worldwide there exists a deep respect and understanding of our connectedness and indebtedness to our Ancestors. It is the duty of the living to live in such a way that brings healing to our Ancestral lines.” These are the words of Martin Brennan, who joins us again this week as we explore Ancestral Helping Spirits. In shamanism it is the role of the Ancestors to remember the role of the living to heal and change, and where necessary, to live differently. In a health...

Feb 11, 2009•56 min

Responding to The Call: The Trials and Tribulations of Following Spirit’s Guidance

“One of the most important and powerful skills an individual can become aware of, cultivate, and practice is the ability to hear and follow Spirit’s call.” These are the words of Martin Brennan, our guest for this week. Join host Christina Pratt in a lively discussion about receiving The Call from Spirit. Brennan is a student of life and believes everyone must be willing to experiment with his or her life. Furthermore, if you expect to listen to Spirit’s guidance then you must be open to the une...

Feb 04, 2009•59 min

Shamanic Healing: What It Is and Why It Works

Shamans look at “health” as well-being and balance in the individual physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, communally, intimately, and personally. Shamanic healing works because the relationship between the shaman and the spirits enables the shaman to “see” the root of the dis-ease as it is manifest in the invisible world and attend to it there. In other words though your symptoms may be presenting physically your shamanic diagnosis is that you experienced soul loss at 7, which is the ...

Jan 28, 2009•56 min

Oneness with all things—Now what do I do?

At the core of shamanic cultures is the lived experience of the interconnectedness of all things. All things are one and no one ever got kicked out of the garden. There is lifeforce in everything manifest in our universe. Lifeforce connects to lifeforce in a great web of life that we humans engage with in the heart. Everything is One. Everything affects everything. Everything is sacred. A listener asked, “if that is true then what is my accountability for everything?” That is the question we wil...

Jan 21, 2009•56 min

Access your Birthright: a Direct (Working) Relationship with Spirit.

Authenticity emerges from our soul. But that soul message is not always as clear as we would like it to be. Explore the many ways shamanic skills enable us to augment both the clarity of our inner voice and our ability to hear that voice over the internal chatter and distraction of today. How do we reliably engage a little Divine help for these important life decisions? First we need to make sure we see reality accurately. We need to release the assumptions we are making that distort reality. Ne...

Jan 14, 2009•57 min

Why Shamanism Now? Answers for Challenging Times

What was shamanism and what is it today? Join host Christina Pratt in an exploration of what shamanism is and what it isn’t. What answers do the ancients offer us for these challenging times we live in? Pratt suggests that they don’t have the answers, but the means by which we could get answers that will—if acted on—change our lives. At the core of true, authentic shamanism is a live, direct, working relationship with spirit. This two-way communication characterizes a shamanic relationship with ...

Jan 07, 2009•55 min

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