Dangerous Quote by Michael Harner

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 some obscure concern of cultural anthropologists. Shamanism is how religion was practiced for its first million years. Up until about 12,000…

— Terence McKenna

Religion is often politics made sacred.

— Gloria Steinem

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

— 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

“One must always be careful, for the art of shamanism is fueled by the power of the will, interacting with the power of the…

— Rak Razam

And what is shamanism but philosophy with a hands-on attitude. Philosophy not made around the camp fire, but philosophy based on the acquisition of…

— Terence McKenna

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

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

Shamanism, on the other hand, is this world wide, since Paleolithic-times, tradition which says that you must make your own experience the center piece…

— Terence McKenna

“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

The state, frankly, could care less. Historically, the state has been able to use any religious point of view for its own ends. .…

— Peter McWilliams