use of hypnosis for healing purposes can be traced back to the trance work practised by shamans.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
Europe has the oldest evidence – animal skulls and bones believed to be shamanic ritual offerings found at sites inhabited between 50,000 and 30,000 BC.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
Tungusic language of Siberia, one of the areas in which the classical form of shamanism is found.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
Although shamanic practice obviously varies from culture to culture, there are certain core elements that are universal
Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
The Lower World is where the shaman ‘journeys’ to meet Power Animals or Helpers who often have healing powers. The Upper World is where the shaman meets Sacred Teachers who can help with philosophical questions.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
The Middle World is where the Shaman ‘journeys’ to see our reality in its non-ordinary reality form.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
There are also shamanic journeys to the Land of the Dead to contact people who have passed on or to help the dying pass on.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
The following descriptions of the Upper and Lower Worlds are taken from Soul Retrieval by Sandra Ingerman.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
colours can go from blinding light to soft pastels, to grey, to complete darkness.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
the Upper World I know that I am standing on something but am