Fringe Quote by S. Kelley Harrell

“Learning shamanism isn’t just about acquiring techniques in how to do it, but also how to incorporate and deal with the changes it brings…

— S. Kelley Harrell

“Children arrive animists. They learn about life, themselves, and empathy by imagining the liveliness of everything they come into contact with.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

“A racist notion found in neoshamanic circles is placing high value on indigenous wisdom but not on indigenous people.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

“How can a nation nourished on diversity breed its own shamanic tradition without retracing its steps to its varied ancestors?”

— S. Kelley Harrell

“When I say ‘practice’ I don’t mean repeating an act until you get it right. In this use, it means to instill regular discipline…

— S. Kelley Harrell

“Despite its prominence now, you don’t stumble onto the path of shamanism. That odd trail blazes itself to you.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

“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

“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

“It's important to talk about fringe-of-the-fringe experiences, not just to show the humanity of intuitives, but to show humanity the commonness of intuition.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

“We can only prosper where we are.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

“Being healed means committing to use your resources and knowledge.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

“If we didn't have shadow we'd just sit around loving the light, likely doing nothing with it.”

— S. Kelley Harrell