Absurdity Quote by Hyon Gyon

What's really important about shamanism is that there is another reality that you can personally discover...we are not alone.

— Michael Harner

Shamanism is a kind of universal spiritual practice with indigenous cultures around the world, and one important element of it is taking care of…

— Daniel Pinchbeck

For a shaman, all things considered taboo get ripped apart, and one feels the satisfaction of being freed from agony through vituperation and laughter.…

— Hyon Gyon

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 not a religion. It’s a method. And when this method is practiced with humility, reverence and self-discipline, the shaman’s path can become…

— Hank Wesselman

“Shamanism is not simply a component of society: on the contrary, shamanism, together with its tiered cosmos, can be said to be the overall…

— James David Lewis-Williams

Shamanism is not some obscure concern of cultural anthropologists. Shamanism is how religion was practiced for its first million years. Up until about 12,000…

— Terence McKenna

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

— Michael Harner

People do tend to fear and despise shamans but turn to them in times of desperation. Such a contradiction is a human characteristic, no?…

— Hyon Gyon

The profession of shaman has many advantages. It offers high status with a safe livelihood free of work in the dreary, sweaty sense. In…

— Robert A. Heinlein

“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

Shamanism is a path of knowledge, not of faith, and that knowledge cannot come from me or anyone else in this reality. To acquire…

— Michael Harner