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An Intro to Shamanic Healing "We Are All Stardust"

© Andrea Ellis

We are all stardust. I had a dream; it was all black and dark. In the middle of this blackness an egg appeared. The egg hatched and out flowed stars, revolving and spinning around the egg creating a beautiful spiral. Some of the stars spun off to form their own spiral galaxies, I continued to watch the first. It sparkled and waved and turned into a tree. A great big tree with branches reaching so high and roots sliding down deeper and deeper. Then the tree shimmered and shook and turned to a bird, glittering and shining it flew away.

We are all stardust. At one time there was nothing and then there was EVERYTHING. The stars were created and from the dust of those stars came the planets, our planet, then the land and water, plants, animals and then us. All of us and everything around us were created from the same thing, stardust. When we die our bodies will return to the earth and our energy will return to the stars to be reformed. Seeing the world with this view we see how interconnected we are with our planet and universe. We are dependent on our planet and our relationship with it. Yet we are also individual spirits, separate in out oneness. This is the Shaman’s view. It can be quiet confusing, this paradox of oneness with Self and oneness with the universe. This is the Shaman’s journey.

Shamanism is probably the oldest spiritual practice on the planet. It also the widest spread. Evidence of shamanic practice can be found on all the continents in the form of rock paintings and carvings. Shamanism is not a religion, but a spiritual practice that involves a relationship with all things in nature, people, plants, minerals, energy and spirit. And the awareness of the unity we have with all these things. By making this connection the shaman is able to heal herself and work with others. It teaches respect for all creation. It is a different approach to living that often restores something missing from our lives: a union with the divine.

Shamans were and are the people’s connections to the divine. They work in harmony with the powers of spirit and nature to help their people to heal. “Healing self, heals others. Healing other’s, heals community. Healing community, heals world.”

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.

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