Books Quote by Michael Warren

“This process is an update of the archetypal shamanic journey and his or her ongoing role for the tribe: seeking out these beings, trafficking…

— Gordon White

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

— Robert Moss

“At its heart shamanism is an ouroboros that, regardless of cultural or religious trappings that have crowded its path, what remains its critically profound…

— S. Kelley Harrell

“To many people I have no doubt that it appears merely silly. I once found it expressed in a rather amusing way in a…

— Daniele Varè

“Flatterers should be mistrusted, especially when they praise the dead. To seek a place in society is self-serving, but to seek one in history…

— Bauvard

“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 being reinvented in the West precisely because it is needed

— Michael Harner

It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.

— Anonymous

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

“The novel comes from a long shamanic tradition wherein the shaman-storyteller himself is transformed, no longer storyteller but a character, an animal, a god,…

— Hal Zina Bennett

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

“There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unkown, secret place. The old…

— Luther Standing Bear