A guy i dont know basically neighbor few flat blocks down the row told me as im walking dogs year ago i am shaman, never spoke to him before or after.Give your opinions on what does it mean to be a shaman, i do not practice anything just have weird feeling on left shoulder warm, sometimes streetlight go out when im under it.
>>39122403It means you use tools and exercises to connect through the veil
>>39122403It means you have no cultural tradition to explain the mysteries of your daily life, so you mimic someone else's.
>>39122403it means you have a scraggly beard and dredd locks. nah idk it means you are a good sitter
>>39122403You do shrooms and shake rainsticks for your tribe
>>39122913Based
>>39122403To be a talking head for a community large or small that offers spiritual guidance and who has the ability to solve problems with the spirit realm
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>>39122743Shamans are a part of every culture. Some just called them medicine men or priestsFaggot
>>39124087Looks interesting
>>39122403I think there are implications of connecting with spirits, dead or natural.
>>39124869I think Shamans are also used as like the clergy class of decentralized religions. They may have shamanic bloodlines, rites, or it's just something anyone can take their hand at. Usually it's a somewhat aristocratic position though. But an aristocrat in a mudhut village might not appear as prestigious to advanced civilizations, and so they mistakenly associate them with ascetics who live in nature when in reality they live in the equivalent of their people's mansion.
Shamans aren’t afraid of venturing outside of societal norms
OP here, thank you for your contributions, i shall learn to resolve the spirit matters, thus far i have cursed at the eerie corner and thrown salt at stuff i do not vibe at all with if possible. may fortuna shine
>>39129114Based salt thrower
>>39122403>what does it mean to be a shaman,literally an astral arms dealer
>>39122743>white people can’t be shamansyou’ve missed a big part of human history
>>39122403Be really good at drugs for a long time
>>39130793>shamanplant your tree upside down
>>39132277I got a phd in psychedelicsDid my thesis on datura, literally
>>39132277Practice makes perfect
Read Passport to Magonia by Vallee and Shamanism by Eliade.My Shamanic relatives became contactees in the last century. One relative fell into a coma, another disappeared and was found dead. Paranormal is fucked up like this. Not for pussies.My family knows only one man who identifies as a shaman and heals a top politician. All others are just healers and shamanic practitioners. They believe in the New Age stuff. I just identify as a parapsychologist.
>>39124869>>39126724Most priests aren't experiencers. All shamans are experiencers. Someone like Chris "The Alien Orb Summoner" Bledsoe is a modern shaman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpQFXljgfyg
