Belief Quote by Max Stirner

“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

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

Shamanism has a long history and exists to this day because of its ties to universal emotions such as happiness, sorrow, resentment, and love.…

— 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

Sometimes a man's spirit just ain't strong enough to withstand the ghosts from his past.

— Kirina Joanna Cowman

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 shaman has access to a superhuman dimension and a superhuman condition, and by being able to do that he affirms the potential for…

— Terence McKenna

The shaman is a very peculiar figure. He is critical to the functioning of the psychological and social life of his community, but in…

— Terence McKenna

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

I don't believe that shamanism without hallucinogens is authentic shamanism or comfortable shamanism.

— Terence McKenna

That's what the shaman said. He didn't know what he was up against. He didn't expect the strength and weight and evil intensity of…

— Allen Ginsberg

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