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Shamanic Healing - Shamans - Shamanism - Drumming
Shamans are found in all cultures and all religions, all over the world. They have also been known throughout all the ages
of human evolution. Especially famous and gifted shamans have become leaders of the world's great religions e.g.
Abraham, Jesus Christ, Moses, Gautama Buddha, the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), Lao Tzu and
Confucious. Some have become famous healers e.g. Jesus, his disciple Paul, and the twentieth century pioneer of
psychology Carl Jung
What are Shamans?
Shamanism & Shamanic Healing
Traditionally Shamans have been individuals who seem a bit out of the ordinary in being
able to mediate between the ordinary material world and the world of "spirit" or deep areas
of the human psyche. In many cultures the "world of spirit" (sometimes called spiritual
dimension or "other side") has meant the world of God, Gods, angels, departed ancestors,
ascended masters, spirit guides or other celestial divine beings.
In the twentieth century a University of London physicist called David Bohm resurrected
and mathematically substantiated the concept of a universe in which the material world is
interwoven with an unseen dimension of mysterious intelligence (variously referred to as
spirit world/divine/God/astral plane etc). The research of Dr. Rupert Sheldrake also supports
this type of physical-metaphysical-interwoven view of reality.
In a rational, 21st century, non-religious, non-magical context shamans can also be seen as
the mediators between the conscious and unconscious parts of the human mind. Without
harmony and integration of the conscious and unconscious aspects of our psyche we
experience unease, stress, struggle and strain in our lives. This may manifest as unresolved
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