The word shaman originated from a word in Siberia and came to be applied to medicine men and women of indigenous cultures who's practice includes the flight of the soul . Anthropologist studying indigenous cultures throughout the world, began to find...

Shamans work with the spirit or the soul. They heal illness at the soul level. They gain knowledge and insight from working with the spirits of nature such as rocks and trees, the land, and they gain knowledge from working with spirits of animals and...

How does one Journey? | What is it For? | Destination and Purpose | What is Experienced? | Trust and the Critical Mind | Can I Journey? What is the shamanic journey or soul flight? In shamanic practice it is believed that part of the soul is free...

Every shaman is contemporary to his or her own society.  That isn't to say the Shaman of a given society is a Typical Member of their society.  However, the shaman's role is to be a bridge between the energy of the other world into the world they are l...

This page was started in order to write down some of the cultural names for shamanic or native healers .  Hopefully it will serve as a good starting point for your explorations of this topic.  Please use the comments section of this page to share wh...