Before any question on Shamanism, the Medicine Wheel or Dreaming people will ask me: “Where’s the book?” I’ve often been told by agents, experts in marketing and other lecturers as well as members on the conference circuit that the lack of a book may have cost me some opportunities along the way. In response I have often said: “Opportunity in traditional Shamanism is defined very differently in comparison to Western society.” Still when I’ve seriously sat down to write through the years I’ve often spiralled around a timeless question: “Should Shamanism remain within the realm of oral tradition? And how much is lost when it’s anchored down – written?” After 20 years of teaching and journeying the Shaman’s path I’ve come to realize that the debate isn’t between oral and written tradition but between medicine words and dictionary words. I remember listening to my grand-father and my father tell stories when we were growing up. My mom had to beg us to go to bed b...
Stories about shamanic experiences.