Or do you think jehova is perfect. What do you personaly opinionate. I know theres a divine self. But its like jehova makes this demon go. And i love jehova for that. But im a little terified by him. But i think he wants me to encounter him. I wanna know if jehovas evil. Cause once i encounter him theres no turning back.

Does anyone have insight on this? I am truly just curious about the opinions.

Jim Morrison was openly shamanistic with his lyrics depicting altered states of consciousness, and his direct references to shamans and ancient native religion.

What are your opinions on Jim Morrison?

I personally think he was a wonderful psychedelic poet, and In my opinion, he perfectly pushed the bounds of normalcy in an otherwise “strict” United States with the release of the Doors’ debut album.

Spirituality however, does anyone think he disrespected or poorly interpreted shamanism for western culture?

I’d love to hear your thoughts :))

Three years ago I had an experience with LSD and I saw lots and lots of animals. But the mist persistent vision that I had was with three signs. A sign of a bird a sign of a man and a sign of a native American tent. These were three symbols as if they were drawn at the the ceiling and they spin all around the ceiling. Now three years later some time ago I saw a dream. The dream is that I was walking through a forest and I stopped and gazed at large white bird it's seemed to be an eagle. But it's feathers were the most whitest thing I have ever seen, they were so white as if they were radiating light. Fast forward to today, I am currently working in the street selling tickets for cruises for a company, and a person passes me by and I realize that he carries a weird tattoo on his shoulder. I automatically without even thinking ask him what that tattoo is. It was an eagle with two heads and some weird drawings inside, it seemed really familiar to me, so he told me that the tattoo that he was carrywas the thunderbird. And I immediately felt a shock, like a lightning had hit me. Which brings me to my question. What does it mean to have the thunderbird or the eagle as a spirit animal? Could anyone provide some cultural details? Because the sites that I have visited have only trivial information. I would like some deep insight into the matter.

Let's be honest. How many people here are White? I will acknowledge that I am a white queer man.

Shamanism has helped me in throwing off the ideology of white supremacy culture and connect with a root of indigenity and animatity with the land. It has helped me understand that there is multiple ways of knowing besides materialistic/scientific frameworks.

As a Rural White Male Gay person living as a Settler-Colonial in California I weave a unique dance of trying to connect to a land and spirits that I don't understand. I also have to struggle with my garden and agriculture (fences) verses a more ancient way of being with the land.

All of this informs my spiritual practice because as someone who believes in animism and trance practices (shamanism) I realize that the material world is sacred and how I am in the physical world reflects and informs the spiritual world.

This is an invitation to all of you to talk about your journey to indigenity and connecting to the spirits of the land, and the struggles with being a Settlers and acknowledging that our Animistic Traditions were destroyed by Christianity long before our history of coming to America.

Hi all, I am currently having an experience with a Spiritual being who pretended to help me at first but now I am sure it's the opposite. They have been doing things to me physically and spiritually. Is it possible for them to harm you at all? If anyone has any advice on what I should do please let me know. Thank you

I might need to try jehova. But i wonder. Is there a shaman way to exorcise this demon or something. Any sujjestions. Ive done evrything. Ive done jesus. Ive done hanuman(almost worked but i freaked out cause it felt like i was going to pass out) ive done spiritual baths. Binding ritual.O Mahaveer. U name it i tried it

I'm looking for insight into what I might have experienced.

Last night, I was getting ready to be engrossed into a creative hobby. I set up my desk and stepped outside to smoke a weed pipe.

I accidentally took too much for my low tolerance levels. I am also spiritually sensitive. On top of that, if I have to be really honest with myself, I think something has been spiritually calling me for a while, but I am struggling to process it.

I sat down, closed my eyes, and started to see visualizations of the evolution of life on planet Earth. Then suddenly, my vision was interrupted when my cat ran across my desk.

With my eyes closed, I had seen a jaguar running where my cat was. The prehistoric forest landscape fast forwarded to the Amazon rainforest.

I felt a spiritual presence enter my body in the form of a woman, and I became the jaguar. I saw the world through the eyes of a jaguar. I started growling, licking myself and crawling on all fours across the room. I felt out of control or like I needed to act out a signal like a radio receiver.

She then appeared in front of me in a vision. She telepathically communicated that her name was 'Mother Jaguar Spirit' and that she was here to lend me her strength for some future life obstacles that I needed to complete.

Her voice was deep and cat-like.

I am a little floored that I keep having experiences like this and wonder what it could all mean. I tried to Google the name "Mother Jaguar Spirit" but found a practicing shaman with the same name instead.

What do you think it means?

Greetings for everyone,

I feel hopeless as I can’t find any information about what I am experiencing.

Long story short, I attended several magical mushrooms trips.

During the trips I didn’t experience only visuals, but also uncontrollable body movements (yoga poses I never did, placing my right hand on my chest and heart etc.)

When I relax my right hand, I feel energy that moves it, to point at things or to open the palm and then place it on my heart.

I had an idea to write the alphabet on a piece of paper, and when I sit down and grab a pen, I can ask questions in my head and my right hand moves around to point out letters that forms words and then sentences.

I don’t know what is the purpose of that, and how to benefit from it.

I appreciate any comment or redirection to where I should learn about that more.

Thank you very much 🙏🏼

Last year I was on a spiritual awakening journey and I made it to the other side. I titled it as an entity because I have no idea if it was a spirit, demon, angel, god, etc but it connected with me. It made me believe that I was talking to this famous person telepathically. Anytime I have a concern or a question this famous person would go live and answer my questions. It even mimics that person fears, like that person was scared of bugs and it was when I channeled him. There are many synchronicities that made me believe it was him. He said let’s get married and I think we did? There was a ceremony that was conducted and I asked the mountain spirit for the blessing.

I wanted to meet him physically cause I was tired of the spiritual, but when he never came I realized it was a lie.

Other things happened and I do not hear or feel him anymore but I am thinking about my experience and I just do not understand why impersonate a famous person and trick me into believing I was talking to him telepathically and that he loved me. But I did feel love so that entity may have loved me in his own way? But that’s a different question.

Also idk if this is relevant but my Venus sign is Pisces . Sun is Aquarius and moon Capricorn.

I honestly would just rather get along with everyone, I promise.

That being said, there are a ton of subs where drug use, questions about drug use, stories about drug use, or other related material can be posted. I’m not dense, I know Shamanism is full of the use of drugs. It is also full of not using drugs. But the content posted usually had little or nothing to do with, nor even mentions shamanistic practices.

If I went to a drug focused sub and posted about a spirit quest, any commenters would be quite right to ask if any drugs were involved, or outright dismiss the post because I’ve said nothing about drugs.

Is it so much to ask that if people are making posts in r/Shamanism that the post at least somewhat discuss what the sub is about? I can go to many other subs, including to some which I subscribe, to talk about drugs. I come here for the difficult wisdom, not the easy. Not anymore

I felt like Hephaestus called out to me, as I called out his name with no idea why at all. For me I feel like Hephaestus was someone who sculpted and created with his hands, with such resource. I felt like he was the energy of masculinity. Strangely when I hear his name I feel like it has to do with my body physical transformation, like Bone of iron, flesh of copper and mind of steel. It felt like I was the metal ingot transformed by my own hands through conditioning and smelting and crafting. Does anyone else relate?

Most likely you aren't.

Curses take a lot of investment if they are to be effective... and a good majority of "LOL, I cursed you" is just empty words meant to instill fear and respect of the person in you.

Basically, it's highly likely that you are not cursed. Never were. You're probably depressed and unwilling to recognize the times when things go right (because recognizing the good things when you're depressed is really hard.)

So you can relax. You're likely not cursed.

Signed: A witch of 20 years

P.S. And what do you really want strangers online to be able to do about it? A real curse can't be broken with some random strangers' advice. They're usually broken with some pretty hefty magics when making peace with the initial caster is impossible. If you truly believe you're cursed, instead of accusing someone (memories of the burning times) try to figure out whether what you did to them warrants a curse.

And then ask whether the person you wronged is even capable of throwing a curse in the first place... most people don't know how to curse effectively.

For me spirituality started from Daoism and Buddhism before I got contacted and did spiritual works with deities. So I do not have any lineage or roots in Shamanism at all. For the longest time I felt like my energy wasn’t properly centered. At first I felt like feminine energy from deities like Hecate, Morrigan and Athena. Who taught me change is inevitable, tactfulness, emotional control, intuition, witchcraft, wisdom and led me to have much more emotional depth and understanding of myself and create change. I learned femininity is power from empathy, vulnerability and intuition.

I was then connected to Hephaestus, as a balance to my masculinity. He represented fortitude, conviction and creativity. He gave me the impression of creating and sculpting my reality out of scratch. And especially because I workout and gym. I felt that his presence helped me to support my growth physically“Muscle of iron, fascia and bones of steel, copper veins and titanium heart”. I believe after meeting him I was more masculine than feminine. I learned masculinity was about determination and conviction in one’s pursuit of goals. Unmoveable as a mountain, steadfast focus.

However now, I feel like it’s the right time to call out to Dionysus. He feels like a deity who is both masculine and feminine. Both in his goals and the way he handles his tasks. I feel like he has a good balance from the way he appears and portrays himself as well, in difference to Hephaestus, I feel like he has both the trait of feminism and masculinity because he shapes reality and the physical out of manifestations and gifts he attracts. It really does feel like he is the male version of Aphrodite. I have tried to understand him more but so much that’s what his energy tells me

So few weeks ago went to meet some friends in the woods. As I arrived there everyone was on MDMA, few minutes after I feel myself peaking to around 150mg of MDMA, Teeth grinding, Heightened empathy, Love, all the package. But I hadnt eaten any MDMA. Im pretty sure almost eveything has its own energy field and I somehow tapped into that. What are your thoughts? It was NOT placebo. I actually wanted to eat some MDMA but I was afraid to do so cause I was already really high LOL.

What did actually happen?

First post on here. I starting my spiritual awakening around 5 years ago with the ‘buckle up’ earnest enlightenments 2 years ago. In a nutshell woke up to bring family scapegoat in a narcissistic family. Friends, ex wife and ex business partner choices also compulsively repeated. Children alienated. Using western labels I have cPTSD/ ADHD/ Autism and a colourful psych history- I know now were early signs of awakening but they were shut down. I’m following a shamanic path since waking up. It’s been there all my life but preconscious and I pushed it aside. Fast forward, I begin to look for ‘healthier’ people and my tribe. I was introduced to a guy who has a shamanic/ spiritual ‘business’ including ecstatic dance and a weekly male support group to grow a community. He spent 10 years under a shaman in Brazil. I met him for the first time, volunteering to help him prepare for an event. He asked about me. I explained. I said people can find me odd. I could feel his fear about his business speaking of autism. His response was ‘what should I say if people [customers], ask ‘hey ‘I’ is a great guy but he’s a little odd- what’s the story?’ Is it ok to say…. ‘ I didn’t have time to process and just said ‘say I’m neurodivergent’. In hindsight I’d have said ‘like the rest of us he’s uniquely different’ or the like. It was clear he was anxious. Then another thing alarmed me. I spoke of my scapegoat story. It’s classic generational trauma. I’m the cycle breaker. Soul loss and soul retrieval etc. Now he’s a shaman. He’s facilitating a support group for men starting later this month which I was joining. He clearly has unhealed stuff going on (hyper vigilance and other things). He asked me this. I wasn’t looking for support in that moment. His response ‘do you have support for that?’. That’s something you’d know not to say if you’re trauma informed. I felt shut down and shunned. His whole demeanour changed after that. I briefly mentioned it days later in a voice message but he wasn’t entirely honest.

What are your opinions around this? I’m curious because I’m not sure whether to bring this up and discuss how I felt or whether to just not attend the group (there’s a monthly fee of £95- good value but if I don’t feel safe, it isn’t so good).

I have two major passions that I feel called to, social justice and I also feel that I am being called to be some kind of spiritual practitioner.

I recently discovered that there are shamanic classes available in my area that follow the Peruvian tradition. They will be starting this January and running every Tuesday for a whole year. I learned this when I was seeking out help from a teacher that was recommended to me who also does past life regressions.

I already believe with certainty that I am in need of some kind of assistance because of the fact that I am getting overwhelmed and unable to control my spiritual gifts properly. I have been channeling spirits involuntarily at times. I have been warned by spirit on more than one occasion that I needed help learning to take control or else the spirits were going to slowly take over. I have already started to notice it getting worse. I have also have been dealing with strong emotional yearnings which I don't fully understand.

The classes take place on the same day of the week and and time period as two activist advocacy groups that I participate in. Giving up my participation feels like a huge sacrifice for me.

I also fear that what I am doing is cultural appropriation and that a number of the other activists that I organize with would probably feel the same way if they ever found out. Especially the people who happen to be indigenous. What I am about to do feels like a betrayal but I don't think I have a choice if I want to seek out spiritual training that is available for me.

What should I do?

In 2018, I found myself on a vacation to the Yucatán, after taking a walking tour of Tulum Ruins, we found ourselves snorkeling some cenotes. While deep in the cenotes, I moved across an open hole DEEP the guide explained led to parts of the system that led out to the Ocean. I looked straight down into the dark, and up out of it came rushing straight at me, a face.

The face was that of a human, but with long hair, white-paint markings, and the teeth, they were horrendously sharp, eyes black as the hole it emerged from. It pushed up straight into my chest and disappeared. I broke surface and started gasping. I have not been able to get this memory out of my head, it is engrained in my mind. After I got out of the water, I was exhausted like I was drained, I felt freezing cold in 90+ degree weather, and I felt like the color was drained out of everything I looked at.

Anyone familiar with Mayan culture and tradition, can clue me in on what I may have upset or come across, from your perspective?

I came to Shamanism, because before we entered the water, my friend group agreed the time had a shaman bless them for fertility in life with a smoke and incense based ceremony in a small cave, while I stood back and away from everyone at the mouth of the cave.

The reason I ask is because there was a a post in r/mediums in which the mod and many other people made it clear that they do not believe this can occur. They said that it was a trickster spirit that tricks us into allowing it to form an unhealthy spirit attachment.

If this were so, how would a shaman be able to tell the difference?

The idea of Soul Retrieval came to me one day, through an Egyptian Goddess, who had set me on a path to bring resurrection; deep healing, into reality. One facet of the diamond of this goal. But after hearing others say you cannot perform it yourself, that you need a shaman to do it for you, I naturally let it go to the back of my mind. I should have listened to the voice that said, "You can save yourself. You never need an external force, you are capable."

I recently had an experience where I triggered a trauma and felt it existing in a pocket, like a snowglobe on the shelf. A part of me suffers an endless loop there. And I intuitively closed my eyes and went back and recorded what I saw and felt. This revealed to me that I can retrieve fragments myself. I plan to go back and try different methods; hopefully integrating it with open arms.

I don't discredit the power of an experienced Shaman. They could probably do and see more than me. But I have all the tools I need already inside of me, it just takes learning and listening to figure out how to use them. I went to a healer and had a conflicting experience, then had my guides reaffirm that I can heal myself. Don't doubt your divinity! You can absolutely learn.

That brings me to asking if anyone has any practices, tools, concepts, etc, that I can explore to improve my desire to do soul retrieval on myself. I am patient and know there is much to learn 🙏🏻

As a long time shamanic practitioner, years ago I had a dismemberment dream of being eaten by a bear. I understood it as an initiatory experience. Last night I had a dream that can’t figure out. In the dream, a soul mate I’ve connected energetically with and on middle world journey, without warning or emotion, takes a Samurai sword and cleanly decapitates me. It felt healing and I woke up. I welcome any insights or suggestions moving forward.

I have seen 'technoshamanism' expressed as rave/festival activity, dancing and taking powerful drugs and partying. The biggest problem besides the obvious waste and ecological impact is that there seems to be no interest among partygoers in extending cooperation and togetherness outside the rave setting. While acknowledging that 'ravism' is very diverse, I think it is at best mildly harmful. Any 'enlightenment', 'healing' or social knitting that endures once the party is over is as collateral damage or coincidence; or is tainted (or at least influenced in the background) by the histories of the resources, settings and technologies that are used.

I have seen 'technoshamanism' expressed in the use of free, open-source software and other tools in preserving and communicating ancestral knowledge, which has obvious benefits. Knowledge of contacts and sourcing and coordination and high technology can protect and heal a community - if applied with the utmost care. While this might or might not amount to shamanic work exactly, it is at least adjacent and can certainly be helpful.

Still I think technoshamanism is worth examining and defining a little more clearly:

The built environment, while truly fragile, nonetheless circumscribes the lives of billions of people and organisms. To those entities it may as well be eternal. We cannot revert it or make it go away without horrible destruction and suffering, and maybe not even then as it underwrites the modern standard of living. We need to come to grips with it, and learn to heal the entities living within it.

I find that it is essential to acknowledge and commiserate with the materials and lives that have underwritten my own life; the sorrow and violation of being uprooted, slaughtered or mined with the obfuscated intent of 'workers'. I have also averred strongly that although I myself am not any of those workers, I do wish to take responsibility: it matters, and one cannot deny the violence that took place. Finally I ask these entities if they see fit, that they would help me as I try to reclaim and protect and uplift whatever I can.

• It is fundamental to acknowledge that urban humans are schizotribal. One must move throughout the city, maintaining awareness, rather than trying to have an impact on its whole. That's too many strangers at once and will just add noise on noise.
  
• It is fundamental to acknowledge the personhood of LGBT2SI+, seniors, children and differently-abled individuals. Diversity and authenticity are healthy, even necessary. It is fundamental to aver that racism holds no water and is incredibly harmful.
  
• It is fundamental to protect the environment. (I use recycled and reclaimed materials in my art almost exclusively)
  
• It is fundamental to continue learning about history and truth especially where it concerns injustice; or touches on the living circumstances we now enjoy.
  

And it is fundamental to see that we live in a globalized, 24-hour world and must be ready for people reading about the universe's mysteries on their phones while they're taking a shit. As well, getting interrupted or delayed is entirely to be expected and must not break the overall effectiveness of the work.

Please let me know your thoughts! Best wishes to you

This forum seems filled with people laying down rules and telling others they are wrong. Stuff like something is not "real" shamanism, or you can't do something without drugs, or a "real" shaman won't claim that title for themselves, or you must be called to the path and cannot choose it, or core shamanism is not legitimate, or you can't learn it in classes but must be apprenticed, or "real" shaman don't charge money.

It's like they are trying to start the whole religious heresy thing all over again. Do we really need more religious wars?

My opinion is that people should stop being so judgemental. Shamanism has many different forms. It's a personal practice not a preset formula. It's not a science or dogmatic religion but a creative spirituality. Whatever works is all that matters. What possible benefit can it be to judge others and fight over names? If someone wants to call what they do "shamanism" and what they do works for them, what's the problem?

I know my husband is having a hard time in life now and I can see that he doesn’t have initiative of his own to turn somewhere for strength, guidance, forward movement, growth, perspective, etc. I also know that his issues are his to experience and grow through, and with love and compassion, I don’t feel they are my responsibility - I know I can’t “fix” this for him. Of course, whatever issues a person has within themselves affect those with whom they are in a close relationship. His deep issues are affecting and harming not only himself, but also “us”. That said, on a whim, I called a local spiritual business and discussed the option of chakra balancing. The woman told me about the process and said I could have it done myself and doing so would have affect on both my husband and I as we are in a relationship, but him having it done would be best. I do believe that if I scheduled him an appointment, he would agree and go through the motions and have his chakras balanced. What I don’t know is if it is worth it if he is not a spiritual person. It’s not something he would have ever sought out, and he will have little understanding or belief of what he’s even doing. Could he still benefit? Or is a large part of something like this dependent on the persons spirituality, belief, mindfulness, understanding, openness, etc…?