“We're all bit of relaxation away from being Gods and Goddesses.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
In a way, this is a definition of shamanism. A shaman is a person who by some means has gotten out of… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“A racist notion found in neoshamanic circles is placing high value on indigenous wisdom but not on indigenous people.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“In the end, bless the darkness, hold the light, because the two aren't divisible.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“The blue light is all over. Actually it is within my body. Makes my joints feel all warm. Vulture thinks I talk… — Sandra Harner Copy Share Image
“Being healed means committing to use your resources and knowledge.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“Learning shamanism solely from a book is like running with a razor sharp Ouija board.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“Remember that drumming opens portals to the spirit world, draws spirit in, and opens you up to receive it.” — Michael Drake Copy Share Image
“I have an image of Turtle right on the forehead. She seems to go through the lobes of my brain. Sort of… — Sandra Harner Copy Share Image
“All Things are in constant relationship, and shamanic journey is the choice to put one’s self in direct contact and concert with… — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“I practice neither black nor white magic. What I do is a technology that I use for my own individual purposes. I… — Christopher Rankin Copy Share Image
“When I say ‘practice’ I don’t mean repeating an act until you get it right. In this use, it means to instill… — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“The reality is, it takes daily cultivation of a spiritual path, preferably with spiritual kin in proximity, to sustain not the feeling… — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“Shamanism is not simply a component of society: on the contrary, shamanism, together with its tiered cosmos, can be said to be… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“You never leave yourself as an impression upon the world. The world always leaves its impression upon your silence. This is how… — Lujan Matus Copy Share Image
Harner has impeccable credentials, both as an academic and as a practicing shaman. Without doubt (since the recent death of Mircea Eliade)… — Nevill Drury Copy Share Image
“I don't argue things being spiritual vs scientific, because I've never met anyone who knows enough about either to be convincing--including myself.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
Shamanism is a path of knowledge, not of faith, and that knowledge cannot come from me or anyone else in this reality.… — Michael Harner Copy Share Image
Marcel Eliade took the position that hallucinogenic shamanism was decadent, and Gordon Wasson, very rightly I believe, contravened this view and held… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“Turtle is putting seaweed all over me. It is the big turtle. She is so big that she can regurgitate seaweed over… — Sandra Harner Copy Share Image
Cultural conditioning is like bad software. Over and over it's diddled with and re-written so that it can just run on the… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored. Shamanism has always known… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
The reason for the emphasis on shamanism and on other techniques is, you will need techniques if you go into the deep… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
And what is shamanism but philosophy with a hands-on attitude. Philosophy not made around the camp fire, but philosophy based on the… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“It was rather peculiar behaviour for a totem animal. Totem animals are supposed to be the spirits of actual dead animals or… — Michelle Frost Copy Share Image
“A person does not reach the pinnacle of self-realization without relentlessly exploring the parameters of the self, exhausting their psychic energy coming… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A shaman and a writer each serve as their communities’ seers by engaging in extraordinary acts of conscientious study of the past… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The sagas, however, do not mention any entheogens in any context that I can discover: the special meal prepared for the seeress… — Jenny Blain Copy Share Image
“REVIEW: Like a master artisan, Weisberger weaves together threads of anthropology, botany, ecology and psychology in an inspiring tapestry of ideas sure… — Jonathon Miller Weisberger Copy Share Image
“Health is being in harmony with the world view. Health is an intuitive perception of the universe and all its inhabitants as… — Jeanne Achterberg Copy Share Image
“In Demons of the Flesh, Zeena describes how Shiva and Shakti are actually ‘two sides of the same deity’. The goal of… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“Shamanism resembles an academic discipline (such as anthropology or molecular biology); with its practitioners, fundamental researchers, specialists, and schools of thought it… — Jeremy Narby Copy Share Image
“A certain amount of native skill and training can allow many individuals to be fairly successful magicians, achieving a surprisingly high ratio… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
