Hello Dear Shaman College Community,

Every year, I record a new welcome message for our homepage.  This year, I am drawn to one of my favorite metaphors, that shamanism is a bridge.  And that shamans and practitioners today, no matter their experience level, are being a bridge as they steep in these practices.

The bridge I speak of is the connecting place, a place to walk between the seen and the unseen realms.  As we dive into shamanism we become that connection between what seems 'normal' an...

Dear Shaman College Community,

This video sharing today is all about the symphony of timing and rhythms in your life.  My observation is that our minds, our thoughts and our information gathering is quick.  We get it!  We can process high levels of information very quickly.  We can gather insights and new concepts easily from the internet through written and video formats.  We can communicate with other people through email, texts, social media, etc.  And it is very fast.

Yet, problems arise w...

 What a world we live in.  I know we - us spiritual folk drawn to nature - are being asked to stand ever more in the beauty of this place.  As the world around us seems to fill with so much opinion and countering beliefs, I wonder what does the shaman see?

Today I discuss my observation that shamans and practitioners have always lived on the edges... the boundaries of what is accepted norm and what is the wilderness of the unknown.

I also look at how a student or client (including us practitio...

There is a question that arises very frequently when people begin to journey and communicate with the spirits.

They ask, "Is it all in the mind?" or put another way...  "Am I just imagining this?"

To answer these questions... you have to look at two other larger questions, "What is real?"  and "What is the mind?"

These questions lead us into an inquiry of the ages and a path that shamanism walks.

Can it be that the answer is both yes and no?  Can it be that reality is perceived through the m...

Here I highlight our 5th video in the latest series, The Ground We Stand On.

(For the entire series, click here.)

In this series we look at the spiritual warrior that is required for this work.  I say this is required but I am conscious that it develops with study and practice. This warrior has seen both light and shadow, discovered the strength of the ground, and the loving power of their discerning heart.  They have a navigation skill through the journeys and travels with the spirits.

In th...

In this video, I look at what it is to "journey well".  By this I mean clear journeys and ones that receive healing information (divination) and healing energetics or transmission (application and results).

You have to get very clear.  You have to be able to step out of your belief systems to such a degree that you do not get in the way of what is needed.  All at the same time, you are monitoring safety for yourself and others.

This is possible!  Yet, it requires an understanding of light and ...