When I first began writing about Spiritualism it was under a topic called “Shamanic Healing” This article that you are now reading was my first published article. I wrote that: Shamanic Healing is both a journey of self-healing and a journey to help others heal themselves. Often people need help starting their own journey or find they need help along the way. The shaman provides the catalyst needed for that push. They work with energy and vibrations on many levels, physical, mental, and psychological, but more frequently on a deeply emotional level where an individual many have trouble or fear going himself.

I find myself cringing now at the audacity I had saying this next sentence: I am a shaman. I journey myself to talk to spirits and animals. When I work with others I use many different tools; herbalism, scrying, communication with spirits, totems, crystals, meditation, massage, energy healing, dreams, flower essences, etc… It always depends on the person I’m working with and what my intuition picks up from the persons energy. So much of this work is done subtly with intuition, and the energy fields in the body.

I do still do all of this, but I am no longer so bold and to label myself a Shaman, or anything else right now. I am going through a huge Spiritual Shift right now and I found myself thinking about the dream that I had. Later in this article I write that the dream is about the birth of a shaman but now I don’t see it that way. I think it’s about the journey I’m taking and my own personal shifts in growth and understanding. I’m at the egg hatching part. Though I wish I were turning into the bird.

Shaman’s have had many names over the years- witch doctor, medicine man, witch, voodoo priest, wiccan, herbalist, healer, energy healer, spiritual healer, wizard, magician, soothsayer and too many more to list. There are so many different aspects of shamanism it is impossible to name them all. In these times terms like alternative medicine, natural medicine, complementary medicine etc… are used. These are aspects of shamanism or shamanic healing is an aspect of them. It really all depends on how you look at it.

My dream was about the creation of a shaman. The shaman is the tree rooted and solid in the earth. Reaching and growing towards and divine. Forever balanced in chaos around her.

With Shamanic healing for a topic there are many different aspects to write about. I plan to write about some of my own experiences as a shaman. And write about things that you can do to improve your personal health and growth. I welcome all comments, suggestions, questions and opinions. I will answer all questions to the best of my ability.

As a final thought I remind you that we are all Spirits of the Divine. After all we are all Stardust.

I’ve defiantly changed a lot since I wrote this article,in 2001, though at the core I remain the same, I just express it differently. I find it interesting that no matter where I go, what faith I learn and explore be it Wiccan, Shamanism, Christianity, Buddhism etc… I find that the Key to all of them is the belief that we are not alone and in some way (different for each faith) we seek a connection to the Divine. In the end what matters is that we have a connection to Divinity and that we feel comforted by, or One with, our Creator. The words are different, the ways and rituals are different but the solace we seek remains the same.