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The Shaman and The Pharmaceutical Soul
Following a shamanistic perspective, individuals seek to be in relationship with the spirit in all things. They seek to use information and guidance from non-ordinary reality to intentionally form their own life.
— John Mathews
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A given shaman is usually known for certain mental characteristics, such as an intuitive, sensitive, mercurial, or eccentric personality…
— Britannia
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The scholar of comparative religion and anthropologist Mirca Eliade gave us the most simple shaman definition as “specialists in ecstasy,” with an impressive list of abilities including thought-reading, clairvoyance, firewalking, and spirit interaction, just to name a few.
— Mateo
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He (the shaman) is the one who identifies himself with the cosmos/universe, and not with the separate body-mind which we are all struggling with on a daily basis.
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You are either born a shaman or you are not one. No amount of training will give you the ability to sing beautifully if you are not born with the talent to sing.
— Orecia Terner
