Shamantic Terms

Shamanic healing  

Shamanic healing is one of mankind's oldest methods of healing, and it is estimated to date back 40,000 or possibly more. The shamanic practitioner is a worker with energy and understands that everything is energy and almost all illnesses are a result of the person being out of balance with themselves and their environment. Some specific Shamanic healing approaches are soul retrieval, past lives healing, and ancestral healing.

Soul loss 

Anyone who has experienced trauma in their life, no matter how small or big this trauma is, from a shamanic point of view, has experienced soul loss. This practice has been carried out for thousands of years through Celtic and even pre-Celtic times in many different cultures around the globe. It is said that the soul is psychic and if it feels something bad about to happen a split second before it happens, a part of the soul jumps away from to protect itself. This is known as soul loss and can also be known as soul fragmentation. If we sustain soul loss, it is imperative we bring these parts of ourselves back to ourselves. Symptoms of soul loss can manifest in many different ways, for example:

• suffering with psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety,

• feelings of vulnerability and isolation,

• feeling a change in oneself, a disconnection from realities,

• memory loss or gaps in memory,

• struggles with addiction to alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, sex,

• lack of enthusiasm towards life,

• poor self-care choices and lack of care towards self,

• dissociation,

• feelings of numbness, apathetic or deadened,

• problems with the immune system,

• trouble resisting illness,

• and many more.

Soul retrieval

Through shamanic practices, we have the ability to travel into other realms or other worlds by journeying (can be compared to deep meditation and breathwork but known as uniquely different). In these journeys, we discover these soul pieces and bring them back to ourselves, back to where they belong. This is a deeply healing practice and can have an amazing impact on the person and their overall health. Soul retrieval can help alleviate and eliminate soul loss symptoms.

Sound Healing 

The fundamental principle that underlies sound healing therapy is that all matter vibrates at a specific frequency through which it can both influence and be influenced by all other matter (Gaynor, 1999; Roosth, 2009). Under this principle, when a structure such as a human organ vibrates at a frequency disharmonious with its surrounding environment, it cannot absorb energy as efficiently and becomes vulnerable to disease. Vibrational energy practitioners can then target specific areas of the body to restore them to their natural state, in harmony with other biological systems (Crowe and Scovel, 1996).

Amu Deus/Guarani Reiki

 A powerful, energy-based shamanic healing system that uses the universe's/god's/the creator's (known as many different things in different cultures) love and a series of ancient methodologies for energy transmission. This technique has been practised for the past 6000 years by the Guarani Indians.

Past Lives

The concept is one that has fascinated our cultures for thousands of years, in theologies as widespread as Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and even the early Christian Church. Even in our own ancient Celtic Ireland, there was a fervent belief in reincarnation and the indestructibility of the soul. This can be reinforced by Einstein's E=mc2 which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

Past lives healing

A central belief in the shamanic tradition is that everything is energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. In the case of the soul, this transformation can, however, carry an energetic imprint of previous lives' trauma. This could manifest in your current life as:

• self-sabotage,

• unexplained deep-seated fears,

• repeating negative cycles and patterns,

• and many more.

Past lives healing can leave the person feeling freed.

Family Tree and Ancesteral healing 

A significant part of our life patterning stems from our genetic inheritance. Every family carries some elements of negative energy within the family tree. This is unavoidable and a part of the balance of life. This could manifest itself in your current life as:

• lowered self-esteem,

• abusive relationship patterns,

• addictions,

• mental health issues such as depression,

• and many more.

Psychopomp

The Shamanic practitioner understands that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed, and the shamanic philosophy is one where the afterlife is completely compassionate and loving. The psychopomp prepares the soul for their transition. 

Geopathic stress and Ley lines

Everyone is well aware of the Earth's electromagnetic currents, yet this is one of the most ignored and dismissed health hazards affecting our homes and bodies. Geopathic stress is the distortion or disturbance of Earth's natural magnetic energy. Rather than causing disease, geopathic stress lowers one's immune system, leaving us more open and vulnerable to illness and disease. If our system is under attack by other life stressors, geopathic stress can further worsen the condition and hinder healing. Ley lines are found all across the globe, they are natural energy lines that travel through the surface of the earth. An example in Irish history of ley lines is the old roads in Ireland known as bothar in Irish meaning cow-path; these roads followed the ley lines. If ley lines intersect, it creates spirals of energy. If you were to stay in an energy spiral, it would start to drain and have the same impact as geopathic stress on the immune system. 

House Gridding and Mapping

The Shamanic practitioner is first and foremost a worker with energy, all kinds of energy. House gridding is a way of using ancient methodologies and working with the energy of the land to help remove geopathic stress from the home and avert ley lines from going straight through the home, which in turn promotes a healthier home both physically, mentally, and spiritually. 

Drumming and Drumming circles

In Shamanism, the drum is also known as the spirit horse, as it is seen to carry the listener into a deep meditative state. The rhythmic beat of the drum can be representative of the heartbeat, and more specifically the heartbeat of the mother (as one would have heard for around 9 months while in the womb of our mothers). Hearing this beat can trigger the subconscious to a sense of safety, warmth, and a place of protection. The ancient Shamanic communities also knew that there was a deeper healing purpose to their rhythms. Drumming has been proven:

• to help clear emotional blockages,

• diminish feelings of stress and anxiety,

• help with high blood pressure,

• help fight depression,

• boost the immune system,

• improve joint mobility, posture, and motor skills.

Group drumming is said to tune our biology, orchestrate our immunity, and enable healing to begin.