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This article is from the Religion-Shamanism FAQ, by Dean Edwards, Stef Jones, Jilara, Jane Beckman, Ann Albers with numerous contributions by others.

43 Shamanic Counseling

Shamanic consultations, healings and soul
retrievals are conducted during counseling sessions in which an
experienced shaman or 'shamanic counselor' journeys to assist
the patient or 'client' in remedying a physical, psychic or
spiritual condition or situation. In many of these sessions, the
client may be instructed in the techniques of shamanic journeying
so that he or she may serve as their own shaman. (Vitebsky refers
to such egalitarian access to the sacred as "spiritual democracy.")
When it is the client, rather than the shaman who is primarily
responsible for journeying, the shaman or counselor may journey as
well. In Tsoul retrievalU the shaman or shamanic counselor does the
journeying and retrieval of the lost or stolen life essence and then
usually assigns followup work to the client.
(See also Neo-Shamanism)
Dean Edwards (deane@netcom.com)

Shamanic counseling as taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies
involves a counselor experienced with journeying whoteaches the
client how to journey, find his/her power animals and teachers, and
find out the answers to his/her questions by consulting these spirit
helpers. The counselor aids in teaching how to journey and how to
interpret journeys, but does not provide advice directly as some
traditional psychotherapists do. However, some psychotherapists use
shamanic counseling techniques in their practice.
Stef Jones (stef@netcom.com)

Harner's shamanic counselling involves a person journeying and
reporting on the journey, then interpreting the journey with a
counsellor to answer specific questions, or solve specific
problems.
Ann Albers (albersa@aztec.asu.edu)

 

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