Shamanic Practitioner

11/13/2025

Shall I continue this page or Delete it?

11/10/2025

When you take the time to draw on your listening-imagination, you will begin to hear this gentle voice at the heart of your life. It is deeper and surer than all the other voices of disappointment, unease, self-criticism and bleakness. All holiness is about learning to hear the voice of your own soul. It is always there and the more deeply you learn to listen, the greater surprises and discoveries that will unfold. To enter into the gentleness of your own soul changes the tone and quality of your life. Your life is no longer consumed by hunger for the next event, experience or achievement. You learn to come down from the treadmill and walk on the earth. You gain a new respect for yourself and others and you learn to see how wonderfully precious this one life is. You begin to see through the enchanting veils of illusion that you had taken for reality. You no longer squander yourself on things and situations that deplete your essence. You know now that your true source is not outside you. Your soul is your true source and a new energy and passion awakens in you.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US) / Divine Beauty (Europe)
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Connemara, County Galway, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

11/07/2025

I took this training

Our training provides authentic, powerful, and ethical shamanic healing methods based on years of research and experience. Introductory workshops are available both online and in-person. For more information, visit our website https://www.shamanism.org/workshops/

10/31/2025

The world rests in the night. Trees, mountains, fields, and faces are released from the prison of shape and the burden of exposure. Each thing creeps back into its own nature within the shelter of the dark. Darkness is the ancient womb. Nighttime is womb-time. Our souls come out to play. The darkness absolves everything; the struggle for identity and impression falls away. We rest in the night.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from the book, Anam Cara.
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/anam-cara

County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

10/28/2025

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon at Stonehenge ☄️✨🌙

Our luck with the weather has still not changed, i set out on Saturday evening after it had been clear for 3 or 4 hours prior only to get clouds move in 10 minutes before astronomical darkness began and only managed 5 x 60s shots before giving up. The comet was quite high at the time so managed to get some good detail but had to guess where the alignment would be due to thick cloud hiding the stars so this one is just an out and out composite.

10/28/2025

Keeper of the First Fire

They say I was born from the breath of dusk,
where the sky’s blood met the earth’s song.
I carry whispers of the first flame—
not to burn, but to remember.

Each cry I cast is an echo of beginnings,
where light was not yet tamed by man.
The elders taught: fire is spirit,
and spirit, once seen, must be guarded.

So I speak to the fading sun—
not in sorrow, but in vow:
the warmth will not be lost tonight,
nor the memory of who we are.

10/23/2025

Are you ready for All Hallows Eve? Good Day for a Journey.

10/22/2025

Started in 1979 as the Center for Shamanic Studies, the Foundation for Shamanic Studies presents the world’s foremost training programs in shamanism and shamanic healing. They are based on the pioneering work of anthropologist Michael Harner, who brought shamanism to contemporary life in the West after extensive field and cross-cultural investigation, experimentation, and personal practice. He originated, researched, and developed core shamanism, a system designed for Westerners to apply shamanism and shamanic healing successfully to their daily lives. This system is based upon the underlying universal, near-universal, and common features of shamanism—together with journeys to other worlds—rather than upon culture-specific variations and elaborations. Learn more about the work of the Foundation by visiting https://www.shamanism.org/

10/21/2025

10/15/2025

“The Seven Sacred Laws”

Upon the circle of the dawn,
Seven spirits softly drawn.
From Turtle’s shell to Eagle’s flight,
They guard the heart, they teach the light.

Love flows gentle as the stream,
A sacred fire, a living dream.
Truth walks steady, firm, and clear,
The turtle whispers, “Hold it near.”

Respect bows low to all that breathes,
The bison moves where spirit weaves.
Wisdom swims where waters gleam,
The fish of knowing shapes the dream.

Honesty stands with open chest,
The raven speaks what must be confessed.
Courage roars through storms untamed,
The bear’s strong heart cannot be shamed.

And Humility, the final song,
Reminds the soul where we belong.
Beneath the stars, within the land,
We walk with Spirit — hand in hand. 🌾