What Is A Shaman?
Shaman is an ancient Evenki word (the language of the Indigenous people of Siberia) that means "one who sees" or "one who knows the origin". The academic meaning of shaman is "an individual who acts as a medium in tribal or traditional communities." This definition of shaman has been revised and improved over many years, and languages as humanity have interpreted the characteristics of shamans. Although some use the word shaman to refer only to Native Americans or other Indigenous tribal healers or medicine people, the term refers to those who work in the worlds of living people and the spirit world with guides while in a particular type of meditative state. Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (Shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness such as trance. Shamans are highly spiritual people who are believed to be visionaries and spiritual intermediaries.
What is a Shamanic Journey
Shamanic Journeys- When we dream, our soul leaves our body to explore other worlds. This can be considered an 'unconscious' journey into the spirit world. When A shaman prepares for the shamanic Journey, they go into a deep, meditative, controlled trance. Each Shaman begins their Journey with a theme; if they are looking for guidance on a specific issue, their theme would be whatever the problem is. They form a repeated phrase or sentence, which is the "intention" for the shamanic Journey. This phrase or sentence helps to transcend them into the spirit world. The Shaman is said to be walking with one foot in the everyday world and with the other in the spirit world. The basic idea is that it is a way of finding answers, information, healing, wisdom, knowledge, and guidance or help with one's personal life. A Shamanic journey can be used to accomplish anything.
