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Celtic shamanism
By Ross Heaven · 17 years ago
Is there such a thing as 'Celtic shamanism’? Probably not.
Do we have a native shamanic tradition within the British Isles? Certainly.
These two statements are in no way contradictory. It only seems that way ...
Shamanic trance postures for journeying
By Ross Heaven · 17 years ago
Although I had practiced yoga for a number of years, I did not make much of a connection between the physical asanas as methods for exploring the world of spirit until I began working with ...
Shamanic divination
By Ross Heaven · 17 years ago
The lessons of quantum physics and its new kid on the block, holographic theory, are that all things are intimately connected through the energy that infuses the universe and all it contains. According to our ...
Soul Retrieval
By Ross Heaven · 17 years ago
Soul retrieval – a contemporary therapeutic practice rooted in the 50,000 year old tradition of shamanism - is attracting significant attention in the modern Western world as the holistic healthcare movement continues to gather force. ...
Plant Spirit Shamanism: The sin eater
By Ross Heaven · 17 years ago
When I was a child my family moved to the Herefordshire countryside, in the shadow of the Welsh Black Mountains and deep in the heart of Celtic mythology. At the edge of the village, alone ...
The spiritual practices of the Ninja
By Ross Heaven · 17 years ago
We know little about the origins of the Ninja, the ‘children of darkness’ - mysterious shadow-warriors who maintained their eerie mist-shrouded mountain secrecy in the Iga and Koga Provinces of Japan from around 900 AD, ...