Modern-shamanism Quote by S. Kelley Harrell

“Humans are a part of creation and shamanism is our way of connecting with the whole.”

— Will Adcock

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

— Michael Harner

“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

“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

“I mightn't be a shaman in the indigenous sense, but as a world-bridger between Western culture and the indigenous world, I knew I was…

— Rak Razam

“In essence, shamanism is the belief that all happiness stems from harmony with nature.”

— Euny Hong

“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

“When we are surrounded by such diversity - in nature, in culture, in human spirit - how can we stand not to acknowledge it?”

— C. N. Lester

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

— Robert Moss

“Multiculturalism destroys the true diversity which nature requires for the continued evolution of the species through the natural selection process of differentiation and competition…

— Billy Roper

“Countries don’t evolve culturally for two main reasons, historical myths and religious superstitions.”

— Fady Asly

“Shamans submit to death in order to serve their communities.”

— James David Lewis-Williams