Shamanism traditions and beliefs are a part of modern & ancient American cultures, with a rich history spanning millennia’s, practitioners of shamanism who are known as shaman would communicate with the spirit world.
Villagers would come to shamans to cure ailments, moreover the responsibilities of a shaman would extend to provide guidance to the souls of the dead of recently deceased tribe man and woman. He would serve as the villages “priest”, educating and enlightening locals.
While there are many forms of shamanism throughout the world, shamans share common beliefs such as:
- The subconscious of human beings known as Spirits or Souls in some religions play an elemental part of human society.
- Through different practices shaman’s can communicate with those in the after life.
- Readers of bad omens and assist in preparing people for the after life.
- Known in some cultures as healers of sorts and exorciser evil demons and bad spirits from humans.
- The shaman utilizes a plant of sorts to enter a trance where he’s able to see the future and travel to far off lands.
Shamans often used plants to enhance their spirit walks, and connect to other worlds and speak with mother nature; among the plants used are
Salvia divinorum, Peyote, and
Hawaiian Wood rose seeds which were employed to attain a higher spiritual plateau.
As one can imagine society utilized certain means to enable and ensure that the social fabric of their society remained intact, void of any centralized form of government of law enforcement, the role of the shaman as a mediator was an important role to maintain for social cohesion.
As a mediator the shaman would communicate with spirits, mother nature and those who has passed through to the after life, human and animal alike, on behalf of villagers. But more importantly the role of the mediator was seen more than a moral comfort but also had a special significance religiously to members of the community as he would essentially be the gateway to god. Just like the priests are believed to have the hear of God, in the Christian religion.
Its important to outline that many of these so called spiritual bonds were with the aid of substances, such as
Salvia, causing hallucinations in shamans who were then able to convey what they saw on the other side or on whatever experience the substance decided to take them. It is known that Shaman’s spent hours even days preparing for such religiously rights, preparing their mind body and soul for the journey ahead.
When
Salvia divinorum was induced their preparations allowed them to control the effects and guide their soul’s out of there bodies to venture forth among the stars, undead and living worlds of known space.
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