Quote by Gordon White

“Shamans submit to death in order to serve their communities.”

— James David Lewis-Williams

“Historically, shamans have always been part of the society where they lived, taking care of its problems, whenever they were allowed to operate. For…

— Franco Santoro

“All Things are in constant relationship, and shamanic journey is the choice to put one’s self in direct contact and concert with that relationship.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for…

— Stanislav Grof

In a way, this is a definition of shamanism. A shaman is a person who by some means has gotten out of their own…

— Terence McKenna

“I mightn't be a shaman in the indigenous sense, but as a world-bridger between Western culture and the indigenous world, I knew I was…

— Rak Razam

Shamanic journeying is the inner art of traveling to the 'invisible worlds' beyond ordinary reality to retrieve information for change in any area of…

— Sandra Ingerman

Shamans can be defined as socially sanctioned practitioners who purport to voluntarily regulate their attention and awareness so as to access information not ordinarily…

— Stanley Krippner

Shamanism is being reinvented in the West precisely because it is needed

— Michael Harner

“Shaman is a spiritual shuttle between three realms of existence: Heaven, Mankind and Earth. He pierces through inter-dimensional veils in order to heal the…

— Lada Ray

“What is a shaman? The word was borrowed by anthropologists from the Tungus people of Siberia.”

— Robert Moss

“I think the common experience is that modern shamans are called by the spirits; we just don’t have a collective belief system or community…

— S. Kelley Harrell