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I have to say, after taking the Compassionate Depossession training, I feel like a huge missing piece has been added to my training! It has opened a tons of doors, many that were closed when I made the shift from Witchcraft to Shamanism and it feels a bit like coming home. This is alll good to me, and that's not just because I hosted the class! I am looking forward to more middle world trainings in the future.
It's funny, with all the steeped magickal communities that have been around for so many years, that Shamanism seems to hold some parts of the puzzle while the Craft holds most of the rest of it. But there is this division..in material and demographics. Anybody else had that experience? Of course, I was too much of a rebel to join any hierarchical covens so I probably missed out on some good training (while saving my anarchist ass..). Maybe the split is partially due to economics, those shamanic trainings being financially mostly exclusive to the upper middle class.
tasara
It's funny, with all the steeped magickal communities that have been around for so many years, that Shamanism seems to hold some parts of the puzzle while the Craft holds most of the rest of it. But there is this division..in material and demographics. Anybody else had that experience? Of course, I was too much of a rebel to join any hierarchical covens so I probably missed out on some good training (while saving my anarchist ass..). Maybe the split is partially due to economics, those shamanic trainings being financially mostly exclusive to the upper middle class.
tasara
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Re: Middle World
Mon, November 26, 2007 - 12:03 PMHi Jen,
I found that when I began a shamanic practice, who I was could truly be expressed.
I found the Wiccan community limiting, as limiting as the Christian community was for me and
when I moved to Whidbey, I joined a pagan group and that was limiting also. As I began to participate
in journeys, I found a groundedness for my own spiritual practices. I am most definitely a witch but I am not Wiccan or pagan.
But I relate to these folks and practices and enjoy attending gathering to connect.
I like the openness that shamanism has encouraged me to explore.
I don't even think of shamanism as a religion.
I am also a bit of an anarchist.
As far as the middle world goes, most of my shamanic herbal teaching are a type of middle world journeys.
I am often guided to do the middle world stuff and have taught this a bit to my students and apprentices.
That has been powerful.
Blessings, Julie