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Acknoedemen

wold like to thak my hsbad Patrick Simo, for veturig ito life

ith me e past tweny years ad giving hi oous spport and ecorage

ment. am gratef or e gidace of my metor, Iree Lazars, or her seeo mor d e wido. wod alo ike to acowledge h support of

Michele Singham ad the paricipat for makg is rearch ossible ad

ther pero epereces. scel aeciate the otriutio.

ichae Her and Sadra gea have made i thei eacigs on shama-

ism and so retriev. t i ei work that ispired this research old ie to

th ny Hoon fo er editorial skil.

espeally o the dreco gve by my powe ma and

spiri gides.



Chapr One

Inroducion to Shamanis

Shamanism Dened

Table of Contents

The hamanic tate of Consciousness

Shamanic Calig

Shamanic osmology

Animism

The hamaic View of Power

e Shamaic View o Soul

The hamaic iew of Disease as o Loss

Healing the ou

Description of Foowing Chapter

Chapter o

Persona Encouters wi Shamanism

Persona History

pirita Perspecives

Iniiation o hamanismDream

he ower o hamanic Diviation

Joey

Restorig te oul

Jorey

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Chapte Thre

coute th a Shamanic Pactitone

Interiew wih Michele tringham

mmar of the Interview

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T esearr as a Partpant n ou ereal

oune

Reections on te ou etreal

Chapter Four

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Research Project on Soul Retrieva: eview of Literature and Methodoogy

Introducton 42

eew of te Lterature

Glenn's tudy on amanism and ealing

Results from Glenn's study

ancer Patents and te amaic ouey:

Power anmas ad ealng

he ealing properts of power animals

Ilness from a samanic perspecte

Power anima retrea wit cancer patents

esults from Morris' study

amanism ad Psycatry

Results from Van aalt's study

ummary

Metodology

Introducton to esearc Design

e gnicance of oul Retrea

Qualtate Metodoogy and ase tudy nterews

Responsbtes of te esearcer

Researc esgn

Pot tudy

Katerne's sou rreal experence

ourey

nterew crtque

ummayterew Questons

omments on te Interew Process

Anayss of te Data

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Chaer ive

Reearch Projec on Sou Rerieva: Reu and Dicuion of Sudy

Results from the Analysis 1

Interview wth Robert 1

Jouey

Data Collected from obert's terview

Causes for Seeking a ou Retrieval

yptoms

Prescribed Rituas and/or Personal Methods for elf-Healg

esults from the oul Retriea

mbols that Represen the Pacpa's oul etrieval

ntervew wih nne 9

Jouney 9aa Colected from nne's nerview 73

Causes for eeg a oul etrieval 73

yptoms 73

Prescribed Rituals ad/or Persona Methods for efHealing 73

Results from the oul Retriev 73

ymbos that Represen the Participat' oul Rerieval 73

nterview with usan 7

Jouey 7

ata Collected from usan's nerview 7

Causes for eeg a ou etrieal 7

yptos 7

Prescribed Rus and/or Prso ethods or e-eaing 7

esuts rom he oul eiev 7

Symbos that prese the Ppant's ou etreva 7

t oected rom Kaherins ntervew 79

auses for Seekg Soul etrev 79

Sypoms 79Presribed tuas and/or Prsonl ethod for ef-eang 79

Resuts rom he ou Retreva 79

ybos tht present the Pricipant' Soul etriva 79



Data Collected from Mn's Soul Rerievals

Causes for Seeking a Soul Retrieval 80

ympoms 80

Precri iuals anor ersonal eos for Self-Healing 80

eul rom e oul Rerieval 80

ymbo a eprent te Paricipans oul etrieval 80hemic alyi 8 1

u or eeking o etiel 8 1

ymptoms 8 1

resced iuals ano Metods o Self-ealn 8 1

Results fm te ol Retieval 83

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Tbl 86

iscusio 86

Litaio o e Stuy uggeon or Oher tuie 8

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Captr On

Itrcon aanis

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he oc of th paper s to decbe oe o he commo practice o

hamam, ol retreva, a explore ts effect ve parcipat drg a

eoen yea period.

Shamaim h eted for at leat forythoa eas. Elade, 96;

Her, 98)

he ord hama, ama, or hamma come rom the ugu eole,

cenal Sberia rbe, ad cios a ou a a verb. ou t mea

oe ho i excid, moved or raised," ad a a verb it mea o kow i a

ecat maer." Gri, 983, p. ) It geerally expe a velatory

expeence o tracedet realty." Grm, 983 p. 27)

Shamam i a pital healing method that accee mediate

knowledge of he acred. The shama embark o oul joey" or magial

ight" which eail a ioar expeiece oordiary ealty. (Eliade,

96 Peter, 1989) eali ocu wile the ham i a re ta. Te

pirit ork through the hama to determie a illess, ierpret dreams ad

vios, gide e soul of the dead, restore harmoy ad recover lot soul.

Gr, 983; Igerma, 99)

T Shmc

St

of Coou

ichael er 1987) ee hmm et taiio t ue

alteed ate of ocioue to cqu owlege d ower o help oe.



Shamans access an altere state through the repetitive soun of rumming or

ralin, fasin, ancin, rituas or the ingestion of hallcinogenic pans. he

s es e si se nsisness, (C), e e

es i wi he siris n be te comni.

LO Pes ad Dss Pe-Wilas (1992) idenied ree siiriie

an alee staes: "e ontay ono o enrance an ation o e

altere state; the abilit to cmmunicae ith others urin the altere state; te

mery o e exeene a e onclusion o e altere sa. (. 36

Te si ee is w o e aie an eens we se

s e sciosnes a eain essio. "Csciosness is dened

nis's erceiin, inkn ad een a any iven ie.

e ordinar state o nsciousness ay-o-ay eaio an is a aseine b

which altere sates can be etermie. Krippner an elch, 9, p 3 he

eed se cisess (AC) ies qliie n qitie sit

in e ii. A esn's ei is diere an ay e e less

e, wi o ess iry iaey han i nrm win rs.

Explo rns rsona ensions onsciosness enales us to aess

ther ors an realities hich provie nlmit souces of infomation aout

the uvese e transcen the ona mits of time an space ere is

eiee a sess e niverse and e uman sye ve no ls a

each o us is connect wih an n expression of exstence Oro 13 p

84 anpersona exences a no par of our imainations but an expansion

or etension o onsiosness r yond te sal ondaes o o ou

ies an or eos, as eon the phsial mits of ou evea lies p 87



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The abilt to ar t normal wing consciousness and nter into trace

a atral hman conion. function of samanism and e ASC is to

t he heal proess. "hamas nd he have oe a p o

th ai aaptations o mn bengs to sive or tens of ousand to

i of yar. (Dobki De Rio an Winkmn, 989 noucion).

he shaman's normal state of consciousness bomes intensie or

hehtene sh exeriences a soul ight or jouey to alative realit.

e sse i we th shaman exerences her oul yin troug sace an

vsall travels to upr or lower wods to ater nowldg o erfo

he or the benet of others. Eliade, 19; Her, 1987; Hulrantz, 979

elOK

hamans a alle to ir ocation in ifferent ways. Som a iitiated

bese of eir ancesr linea. hse ar onsie lesser shamans amon

he iberian an Noth merican popls Amon h me Eskio, onl

e it souls, dreamers n isonais can be co. Gtr amans are

cae sntneousy hrough owerfl initatory dams o yica visios

here a srit or celes beig aears. I Siberia Yut mytolog, te

shaman is carried in er iitiator ms to t cosmic tre r te lor of

e ord sts at te to of te tr rrsn by an agle souls of fuur

shmans sit on t brnc. Eliad, 19

Oter exmpls incude pscotc pisodes, rvelations o vision qess

a ea at exerincs. ft initiatory das n xncs arccoanied y eio scal lness. e niia on to te worl of te

s to ffct a cu an anscds arirt exeien irts



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na e san no e myseres o le n ea (e, 1 ry, 8)

Te saan realzes e nverse s he rea eacer an les ow o

conc e so o e sprs e nvee ace accong o or nees

n o aly o nesan (orwtz, 995

Sa :

e sac cosology cosss o upper worl, a mle worl an

lower wo. e mle worl correspons o e ear we e ppr n

loe wors es ose o me an space e saman joeys o e pper

owe wos o encounr spr ges an owe nimals wo ss e

m n ealng work Power anmals elog o e rlm o arceypa realy

ey ae eraornary caracersics wc er rom anals n nare n

a ey are ae commnce an may ve n carcerscs (Gro

1993 Te role o e power mal s o pec u n all wos, to emower

s, o prove gce n sppor an o mnn eal an well-en

(Her, 198; ngeran, 1991)

Te o le uns e pper, mle n ower worls an symolzes

e ow o energy wc manans le on ear W s n mn, e sn

anss a ealing an vtazng energy e s a nee to onnec le on e

w wa s sac o gve meanng eco Te smns joey

emonsraes e laionsp beee e cosmc wors n mns s a

ngs ae ave connece (rm, 198)

Te saans joey egns n e mle wor were se ooks or n

oenng te ear su a ave or oe e oom o a e Se ener a

unnel wc escens o e ower worl an enconers cpe i non



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ordinary rali which ma a fors or a sascape. Tis is wh she me hr

spiri lpers who iv hr icion quir knowl and

e ors he uper wod jou bins in h sam wa Th saman looks

for a landmark such as a e, laddr o mounain wh she can ascn upwa

r ncounrs ods oddsss achrs and ancesors who iv hr

advic an dircion (Ha 1980)

From h shaman's poin of viw th non-odinar aliy o h spiri

wold s aral o e ordinar ality of our onsciousnss and is

inenden of our mids saman nowin h l in cated av a

sol also kws ha i possile o commnicae wi hese oher spirialencs b joun to m bn houh h boundaris of tim an

pac . h ow of he shamanic jouy rid in h fact it is a jou

of e sl and a e samans soul retus wi he pwer of e nivers

whic is srons mdicine o b found" (Hoiz p 2

nsm

An impoan puose of samanism is to connc h sirit wod and

ordinar eli. Samanism is found o t nimisc belif tt l tins in

e wold and e univrs have sols aliv poss coscousess an

ineconncd Animism is a beif in spiita beins bif ta sous ma

xis ap fm bodi and th th sou is th cip of fe an hal.

(Random ous Colle Dicinary 98. Acodin o animism what apps

o b inimt is ctuly iv s oL Bs vn is liv n

onncte t actc o sim nbs s t ntact t t spi o

fo of al hs



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V

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onaan Hiz (1995), anropologs and samc pracione iving

in onan conid iris o fos of enr ic idn

mslves o us in ays ar fmili suc as imals or eaces.

elieves a e universe ar our rayers and ofen aces com o us in

siri form. te "powe n sansm s dend as a "basic fe energy,

simiar o chi d e erm wod "Kra, wc s a "consrucv ing

and ngizin or

nglis us of por is associad i "ac or "mig ic is

a fo or an auoiy a a conol oe somig o someoe. eole

mig conrol ors. Hiz believes e siriual roo of mig is fear.

"en pole afraid ey nd o conro e s way o col o e

aa oer peols poer, and po a y ofe e ay is people'

er b i ir psical or i spiriual nr .

n samim e wod "oe is used man nrgy icael Haer

1980) saes a mainann ones ersona poer is essnal for ellbeing.

Caolyn Mss 1996), a medical iuiive, also equaes nerg poer and

eieves a oe i essenal or heang d mnanng heah. "ur audes

and belef paes, eer poitive or egave, are extenons of how we

dene, us or do no us poer...many people wo lose someing a

represen poer o hem money, or a job, .. . develop a dsease. Our

relaionsip o power is a te core of our eah p). I is ecessary we

become awre of w gve u power. we are powe lled, a , ed wh

eergy o a il oe ha gves us e aby o le, en he o ace or



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ilness to come ito our bodies.

T

Shamac

Ve of

Pwe, soul ad eegy e deed as a vta lfe foce e Radom Houe

Coege Dicionay (980) defines sou as "the picipe of ife, feein, though

and ction in ma; regarded a distinc entity separe fo the ody; he

spiitu prt as disict fro the physica par Sandra Iera (99) refer

to e so as ou vi snce p 1. ar Ms (1996 rears or

iit, our energy and our persona poer ae a oe ad the same force (p

64).

The Yp Esmo eee i h imoai of he s an he so is

idetied as he principe hich susains ife h ou mai ear te boy o

a cen ime afr deh efe i o an xtresa am to ai

rebir (Fitzhuh and roel 1988, 57)

Ae urt (979, 981), a ahrooogis ho has rie exnsvely

on samanic cuures, discsses he ide ha ee hua ei has to sous

Oe s the sou of e body hich is the vita, ife rie breah hat as

ife d tkes re of odiy fuios t a ife he ther i e drea

sou or free sou t ideia i e erso, has feegs ad is abe to

rae du see or shamac race o vou syhc ig ze. (

l3l e free su s he oe he sh ses o he uper oer ors

o coverse ih e spii o reev ot sous



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Shamaic culturs bliv ta all disa a i oiin in a distu

relatosh wit supatual." (Hulantz 1992 .. Illnss th sul

o a los of owe n or soul. Somthin or somon ts awa ou n.

So o occus whn a pat of our vital lif for, ny o pow bcoms

satd fom us du to an otional o pysical tama. A disassociation

occu that s a pa f t soul lavs and sids in t spiit wold wn a

ituaon bcoms too ainful to bar Dsasociaon is a suvival chanism

whh low us to liv throuh th trauma. hr m rason for soul

los cidnt, violnc in ho suh as psial, moioal or sal

abuse addiction, loss of fait o slf-stm, dath f a lov on, dvoc

dession olond anxi ombat, avn to plas ots n od o n,

atural disa illnss o sug. Othr xampls ar whn w iv ou sols

wa to ors as i codndnc. Somtims our souls m b toln by thos

who ar ot in th owr and th li forc of anothr o lac what th

ar lacki i thmslvs. Th shaman jous o up o ow wolds to

nd t pc of th soul wc l and tus t to ndvidl y lown t

into t chst and t fontanl aa of t a.

T symptoms of ul los a dsasoatio fin paa fo ot

o nvronmnt, suicidal tndncs, pofd onlinss, pyscl illnss,

dpssion, post taumatic stss disod addction and coa. n w

xprnc a los of pow o ol, n opnn occs tat lav vunab

for aful nry to ll t vo. i cal an non. xtacton

dd to ov t n wi s casin discofot. T ptos fo



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non e locaze o oem, cnce o e

omc ce ee oes, te, se o hc msote (Ingemn;

1991 The ravls to non-odiry y t sk te spiri fo a hein,

nd folowing ei dicon, wl po xtron, gie ve o ev

t s

n te So

A sol eva is t oy imprt fo vity a eat, bt so t

eaize r e d meng n e I oing we ee oseve fom

orin s an confs of ie a cee aliveness, jy n cetnty

W w rca ost p f ves, we a nrgized wit a psitiv

energy a ke s wo he we ae woe, e izton o bin

onnecte to e ivine nve s m po en s occ, e e ble

t nso oseve in a spi ght, d bing osevs and gits t t

wold

Dio of Fo

llow

ng C

hpter Two, entled Peona Ecoes with Shamm, escibe

brie pesona isto, e ncenc th et t ste fo so ss nd my

jo t woenss I de th bas pceps f astoogy d shgy

wich contbte my spital ow scbe e spt m n

ess t cnged e detion of my e t bcoing sc h

Iomon m the bsc oso t e e is lo

i ee I v ceve om o ev



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Caper e, Encouners a amac Praconer, ncludes an

nerve i chele ngham ho as pracced shaac g or

tent es. chele dcusse her acground, er ves on west medce

and e issues conceng e vval of shamanism n our uue. Her pocedue

f oul reieval and e ealng exrienced are descred

Caprs our and ive, Researc Pro jec on oul Reeva, a stud

carred ou usng quaave meodoogy and cse sudy neews cludes

rief lerure reve on othe sudes on sou retreva d a o sud o es

the neriew ueons. invewed the ndvduals on e sou rev

erience. e nevies, pilo sud and my sou rereas w e ilude

he anayss and desced n he Resu secon.

Cap Sx presens e onclusion to e study.





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Chpt To

erson Encounrs Smnsm

In is haper dcus a bref persona hstory an my fn fo naue

nd nude he b pcep of stology a pychoogy ha contue

to my spta erectve and descrbe the prt dream d subuet ness

hat hanged he recon o my e o pracce shama eag.

P

wa brought up n a mde cs fmy n the mwest. My parents were

not ptua cned no di he e connecon wh natu. Le t home

roubed frm e begnnng. y fater ws u o ge n yscay

abued everyone t home on a reguar bass. We were cmzed and often

feared for our lves frhtene mos of te me n not ave a cue as

to who wa or f fe ha meanng. ef home a e ge of 18 n he eary

1970's because s dermne o e o my on.

wa drawn o he mounans o Coodo mo o a sma town n

when d e me ook ong hkes n the dees n mbe to op o

aous mounn peaks n e ea Veg e o fo 4-foo

summt tggee a ncen ng o cscy. o su

connecon an pprecon for he rus o g gs n eeo

new achmen and rspec for e gnd e beuy o h n a

urng ese yrs at I regr nu s abe ee n egan o

e ocks rs n ees. ne o rce . s

nd beee sps. eme sense o e eon. e e



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advenue of Caros Caseneda an hs chr, Don Juan, ho opened he doors

o eiving reay n ononr s. Ths as my rs nroducon of a

amnc aonsh e or.

Tme aed and s chaper of m fe came o a ose hen ued o

the cty to tudy ar My ness focused on e aesetcs of ar, naure and

symbosm. made e transon from exorng he ord n he dees o

dcoverng mysef rough nrospcon. Oer e nx ny years my

neress n ar and dams ed he sudy of Jungan psychoogy, he ro and

aroogy.

r

t i

h secon dscusse the basc conceps of ungan psychoogy, he aro

arogy tha nuenced my drecon eny ears ago. coma the

sare of ychoogy and roogy h shamansm.

ungan sychoogy bough me o he undersandng a o become a

comete human beng s a feong roces ha reures an awareness o our

entre rnaty and pychoogca f. We begn by undersandng ha our

conscous ego repsent ony a par of our oa f and ha s hrough he

unonscous makng ef on o our conscous mnd h e hav a graer

aarene of ho are.

onscousnes devop fro unnscous hc guy ss o

xpresson The unconscous conans nformaon hch s unque o an

ndvdua ye smar o a of us. bcom famr h conn, e

eeop a funconng, au personay. h go hods med aenss of

ho e are bcaus s ncapabe of nong h n onn of our hgh



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comple collective psyche

e a the containes fo the eltion of consciosness Fo this pocess to

cc we nee o evelop a wong ethod he the cocio ego an the

unconscios commnicat an nestand each ote e ego is limite i i

ecepon n nees to become a of the ga ealiie pontials oces

an atites hat eis within he nconscios cces o inne wos is gained

hogh deams ceemonies eligios expeiences myhs d meditation e

ignoe his inomation e invite pathology into o lives thogh boy

moms compsios deeion and neosis Jg emsized the ee to

ynthesi nconscios content ith the conscios ind o caliz one

niqe individaity am analysis bilds consciosness eaing how to

itepet te symbolism fom o dams o body symptos bngs awness to

wha i meaningfl e ga insight into he conict an challenges we face

an icove new sngs in o chact We conct o spiit sees

Deams eesent the vaie pat of oselves and dialoging ih eam

chaactes gives s a boae nestanding of ho we . (Johnson 1986)

hamanism eats in any ways to Jngian concepts nowege is

accessed thogh joeying to the lowe nd pe wolds hee we diloge

with achetyes o poe animas ad spiit gides we io ifoatio

fm o psyche o become disassocited f oselves e e ssceptible to

body smtoms depession and sol loss Whe e give life xessio hogh

it nd eemony e hono the siita and ha geate desadig of

who we e



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he tarot i consided an ancient book of wisdo, a collection of

sybolic, archetypal iage hat pset yoogical ad pychological

epeene in life When e selet tarot cards for a adin, he inne world of

he deep elf oniate with the cosio ind thouh sybolis and

iagey to bing clarity, inight an guidance I conider the charar portrayed

i the banoaite rot deck a aides who uie ugh dialogue and

iagination have ed the arot as a ool for udersadig nd knowledge for

eighteen year

Atroloy ntrodced e o an ancient, dynaic syte hee obseation

d corelation o exal and inteal event cold decribe vaos

characristis of huan natre When disove ha he xiom as aove, o

elow" desries a niesal yte where all hing are cone, am to

ie the nivere a a ocen o energie It w hrgh he ancien

obervation of he plae that we bega to creae order f chao and

nderstand who and where we were on laet er We apied to nderstad

orselves. he ky provided a egulariy of even, sch a night ad day ad the

cyle of the oo hese events were pdicble and seasoal The rhyhmic

appearance of the plane in the night ky bought the expecions and

dependability of ie ad order. hat apead chaotic could be seen a vaious

even and iages i laoship to a uiversal backgroud Nare was see s

the cyclic interplay o enegies i a comon grud which gave meaig to lie

hough iegrating a ariety of ial d exal eve sology coece

e o a aer uivere of ii eerges ad auht me to iew othe i a

objectie and piitual lgh



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Astrology and shamanism connecte hough simil csmological

structurs. Al s the univese are seen as alie an icoeted

sa w r o e, m pper os f poer

as f o ar ad srt udes. Ths cosnds e asrooca

vw at par frces above coeae o e nta scoloca ocese

exea evets on et

Ove he yeas sychoogy asology and the taot icted my attentn to

a srtua dersa of mse an m elatons o te od I oked

wt Ju ns overcme u xet ttcs as sut f e

ps buse ha sufere ese toos conbute to acqng rea

aaess fr canes sv bems a se-koe

a

1994 a fw os befoe m 40th brthda a poe ana appead in

m m. Ts was no a rnar dre he vaue e mes subt

apacs le s. t asn't a nhtme o e ea e

te sc comps a s of uenc ta rabs our attenton s as

soethn a neve et bo t as exeme eu nd otheol

When aend I as ovehemd

Dra

In my dream is late a night nd daness surunds me. I wk into a rm and

stare n uter amement o wha is boe me I m ovrwhelmd b the shr sze and

pow of hs ceaue I step Itte coser nd notce I barey rechng his normous

shoud I z u into his c I have sn hi bo; he is e Alask grizzy



bear. His eyes ae oth gentl nd inense, panfu and ll-knowin. is mouth is open,

exosin his incsors. He sits on the floor, restng his bk ainst th wl. Tufts of s

thc, coarse r and h have been pulled up and away, exposng is ra mule

neeah. he ounds ar pa oun his mid-scion. On e to o each wou

an tuft of ur rests whe, un nles I pul ak to tae n e woe pture n

eho hs astoundin entey. e looks k an od-fashion cstas tee deco

w candles. It is eautul nd le e. I zoom n o a clo k. e e

muscle s pin and heay. The ur is laye w svel sas o wa bown

cde ae whie, oppe wth an oane flame

The power of the da erted for eera we. At the te was

uner a gat ea of stres. I worke a a high schoo ibrar an ue to

goement buge cuts supecte y poiion ou e terinae O y

t bihay ost my ob and fell with a erious case of hes e he

oe y boy an isgure y face. My iness aste a year. eica

octors an naturopath cou ot proie any reief fm thi orea Hie was

a mysterous dease" and would hae to wat out." would awen he

oing go to the mirror an be confronte by a iage tha barey ebled

y former self. The anfoaion wa unnering. The contuou cofort of

ths deae preured e o wardly earch for the ao at became ll Oe

eoon as coeplatin he relationsp beteen lness ad the

recurrng mage of bee bear beehe ad tree. Bees wor ogeher to

protect the ee a e pocrae d a e lfe of e he. The ea

rotcte with gat strngth a a thck hide that eable to foray ito he

beehie for hoey an wi the tng of any bee. The ree proie a



18

home for the hive. The bees, ears nd tes are lined togther The ee is a

axis which cnjins e loer, id an upper ods i spiritUa syml

tha eents concio f al thns I raied there was an unconscious

a o myse a i not fe spiitualy conc and therefore was

unrotet eee to sengn y sirtul founaton n fly emrace

the otion tat "a ins ae conectd. Becomin complte woul equi

alinin m faih wth spirit. The necn ese ideas to my illness

cngeale an fel a eep sense f e Mraculousl, ives disapeared

thin te ee

Insinctivey, was o the gh track beuse ad pviousy enrlle in

the Gloal rra a e nsite f Transpersal Psychlogy a ew nths

efore. fel P rovie a ch envirnt for spiital gh and lein

Transersonal ychooy s "coceed wth the stdy f huan'S hihest

oenal an w te recnio, unestandin a ealizaion o niive,

siual an ranscenent stes f cosciousness (Loi d hae, 1992

p.91).

The courses rovied a frer where coul vie my persona

histry and place te posive and egative experieces of pst in a siitual

context elf-eco xrcses daded thorugh xmintion o th

attitudes, elifs and thought press that cibutd t t ty I as

ceatng I xploed my eatiosp t aith ad aied tht the powe of ou

elefs generat our ontal o miest alty houghts r virans that c

hang te phscal unvrse It is pt t fous bivae idea hich

h a positiv ntnon n t ephasie h th attention i eing dicted



Inracting wih symbols from the iner wod or oordary reality, and

eliig hat something stat has haeed thee, cres a ef abo

w i real, wic inunc the oter orl. Our thoughs re eey a w

ae he abiliy to ccea th spt and mifes eaty. What a eso

eles, becoms a ity (Kin, 1985)

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Thrug mediaion, dveloing ner awenes and wting, could watch

my hought fom a mo objectve ewpot. old f yself tgratg

an becoming more whole I worked to uderstad the meaing of my reams,

llowd my intion, eerieced synchronicties n naure, reued o

epressig elf rouh d bega o trst my w sces of wsdo

A few mohs ito he rogm I stuied the sychoogy of shamam,

wrin b gees rrien 92) er adng n boos ad arcles o

samanism, eeryhing fell nto lace. Fnally, was able to comphen he ea

deam ad ile fm a shamic erpece.

Shamans a somme clled hrough a sntaneous dream or myscal

ison he itaory dream o coais a sprt am o bid such as a e

o an ol. The dream is ofn folowed by a less whch y be ses o

poonged ad cls he prson o seek he fro the st The daer

must ccet te cg d beg g th shc tches d srt

gides o ace th coseqece wch cod es cess. Ke, 1987;

Dry, 1989) At st, t ws dc to elee, b I ttey cced tht

h d hves wee to s.

as merate ha I le s much as my ace od llow.

atded the 996 basic oksho wth chae er Sette, ashngto.



20

Hr originad the Foundation for hanic tudies and is oe of the

fomo ee o shaman ractices today. e briey discusse the history o

shanism.

Shamanism was outlawed i Russa durig he Rssan voluion. haman

were either ncarcerate or murde for eir racice i was against the law

to own a m. e rum s a tool tht evokes the shaanc stat of

consciousness. The rhythic beatng of the drum inuc the ancelike state for

he samanic ouey to nonorary reality. hamanis was once the comon

eriag for eol th as not invente by any oe culture

amanis has always been accesbl to a of u. The eti hien

niverse is available us d no one has ever roven that srts do't eist.

They he to teach an rotect us. The role of the shn is to hea others.

Si a sans comassiona an the urose of shaanis s o bng

bac siiu connction of all things. symbols of the dm, th circle,

th sun, t moon an he orizon, signify e connectedess and unity of all

igs. Her beliees we are tung to shamanism. (Her, my otes,

1996).

The Pow ofSamanc

Divi

At he worshop we ded an ratle to let the sogs fro our souls

eerge. Her taught us to ouey to the ower orld. We e to d a

failiar lace in ordinary reity such as a tunnel, cave, hole i the gound ade

by a se or a rodent, hioo or waall, crack i a roc, ell, nesaft,

r a hlo tree or stu. The assigent was to jouey with a arter who

din't know, one who shou oly tll e her ae and he queso she had for



m pwer ama Her trd t trt ad aept a rmat t

cmes beca the prs shw whateve we eed. M paer wated t

ha e f u .

We lad he r tochg shode h ad ake:

joueyed to the lower wod an aske th qustion o e animal Te

img of oes i a cora ppeared. One of te orse d ped hs leg on a al

w ro fm fence e ere I s he ser "Ma

w my e dg o o of e orses d wrii boo o ow o care fo em

The juey ended ad veyed the vso her T er srrise she

epessed tha her sser had a hrse rach Maa ad ad her o mve

re help ca h hrses! s was rs shamac dvnan

juy pacpad i fr aner persn Bcau f h asunding accuray

f e vs, I have nev dubtd the orman a eve rm the spr

s pacul juy ug m s in h s rd. h cnnc

esre my fai n uvere My ess had demaded ha I renew my fah

wtht qet ad rece wth the sprtal wrd e mma

wh the sprs crmed my bele

R

n

g t

The st s eva I had ws n 1996 I was mmersed the sudy of

shamansm ad was cous s what old hae drg a so etrieval I

wasn eperecg ay parcar ympo that we assoaed w sol ss

Hee, egadg e l a a vta eee, wated t meet wth the part



22

o mys that had dartd

e hamac rac�oner found one of my ou a n h oom of a ake Shea a fiveyearold g and que ang from eng care and . An angel me n

nonrdna realy and eo a heang. Te ne ou a wa aund he age of

1. S wa uone y n gy plyzd r and ppd o e n a

e. powe nm ed n te wn to move te oe o. el etoe

her one n The ln p ance er ak ou m nto ul oo.

ey reveaed her uoe n e wa o e a heaer. The c�on u he

ssene k and le tm nto my h nd of my e.

od dir i my rgy right wy t a strog ss o ir

p d w-g It was a i th od rgy rom th ast had b easd

a ow vyig was right wth th rd was am odt ad happy

t a surg o rgy r a ou o mths ad th it ssd th haig

bam itgratd with my who s

I jouyd to mt with th rtud ous wom thm hom ad a

mor about thm v yar od was ativ advturo ad ovd o b i

atr The v yar od as ttv ir eace a oy

trtg symbos was movd to sd o tim otdoors to ot with

atur To hoor th v ar d did t ad arot as a rossi

otiud to racti shaais

sod so rtriva occrrd at a 1997 sou tea orhop with

adra grma W wr ratig th rodr ith aers



assinment was to nd te souls who we wlin to come bac and help o

artner at that time and tu thei gifts and stenths

artner dsovee a o m sou had departed whe I was n m

oer's omb I left because I did not want to deal ith the connes of the

sial bod This prt of mself was binin bac te essence of pu ife

and ed me o the ut for not wantin to "articipate in he-dimensional

realit

2

The net imae showed m soul at the ae of ve Eithe someone had died

or somethn hd scared me I became araid of death ad ied aout wht

hppene to eople when he e was onceed about ben lost in te

uneorld The it from is soul was to member that sous never die; the

ansorm an tere is no need to fea death t was imoat o remembe o

have "ft in te eistence of other worlds

The last so part beoned to a oun woman around the ae of 18 I

appead to have injured m e ad couldn't wal Tis was a metaor for a

fear of movin forward his soul tued ih the ourae to brin m ifs

and ailities into the wod

Suma

A I mentioned earier, if at hom w trbed fm te benng I ws

bo into an abusive environment It wasnt a surprise to e that I had sou

oss whie m mothe's womb must hae now that e at home wa ging

o be an etme situation and m soul wanted to bac out I remember m

other discussin e difcult she had in giving me bih



2

By t m I was v yars od, I ad b svy wd, o t

d d trow o groud may tms I wssd my atr pus my

mh dw str dug a g w s wa ga it my sstr I

ws frigg siuo ad my motr was afrad for of r bo

cid This w wh I d to far dah ad wory about wt ad to

w ty di h I was 10 or 1 I ad bom wdraw to avoid

r of puism I ad b drv o a aura cdood was

18 my r ad itray thrad to k m Tis was t ast tm I woud

him abus m d I om o sav my tou ad t coura ad

miao o b o my ow, tr w tms x oss, os

rum srss d xistti st

oug yars wi my fa w dcu, I as ortut ta my

mhr ad grdm gv m ov d suort ws w duatd ad ty

sprd m hv io or art ad musi Thy cotrbutd to my

dvom d d m aog way W I mod o oorado, t as

t buty of motr atur w idd t aig o my wouds

s-rio or a ITP ad t so vas av coributd o

my woss ad ss of w-b av b ab to a ad ras t

ast av coctd to a uivrs wr t sis d t owd ad

comassio o rtrva brougt coscos awarss ad a o t

v a ibd my row t so rtd osv ts ad srts tat

ispird m r th cod sou rtrva tartd a srtu cousi ad

aac ag racc my ommuy



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T symbo whih bst dsribs my xri with shamaism ad sou

rtriva is th imag o th rom my dam T visio was rooud ad

gd m i Th dam was a dooay to th ow o th siit wo

whi abd m to udstad t a so o ou is Tis amazi

ow taug m tat thig ar irituay otd





Chapter Th

Encou w a Shamaic Pracoer

W w y c

i, ihl m h e pain hamnism

in y han tenty year. ale he t ebe my pjec and t

i i ib ini hr li eine

y ni h a xeie. a

i ab he in i w n t ebc

qi r inw. eie mee i

he he et aain an i the pje.

e i a e ee l i we a heah c

bn w i e h b ari

wbl wii hl ih y je ceri r chin he

i l iii wh w iae a ereeie h

a in i hai aii i shmanism n h

hne in han ei exence

an inrie Mihele n er barn n h she beme

ie i hmim. I a inte in her prceure r sl retriel

e se a me r he interie t be hel in he he in Mrh 18 I mile

a reseah paiipain green her the lling ay

w

Michelle lie in Ne A hen she a yun girl nd cme t

e Uni hen she a 1 he h h interest in heli d



myscism from arlist mmoris. Hr nvironmnt wa surroundd by

maic a mysicsm whih rov a h rinc." Sh has alwas n

iersd in halin a has vl nsly to sud taitonal hain

pracics d samanic haing from th Navaho, wutl and out

t Aia sas On of h most moran tachrs in shamaic halin

pracics w Mc Her, whom sh met in t lat 70's, wn was

a profssor f t w cool fo ocial Rsarch h as bn inold wih

th Foundatio for Shamanic Sudi from i ntion Hain rown u in a

tird od count, s was not posd wst mdici cpt wn ty

cam m wit a nede fo olra, patis and yllo f" h dlo

nati rspns to wst mdicin baus sh rmmbd and associatd

it wit t pai Wn s bgan o tudy mdicin cross-culturay, s

dopd a d sect" fo wst mods and has bn th co-ownr of a

st mdica clnic fo sra ars. hl ommntd on wst

mdicin

ve sste as t kn i itatins. e liitatin it este

edicine is the use drugs r relieving chrnic pblems. Peple shuld

b able t use all kin o thepies, icludig herbs d soul retrivals

ithout havig to el thy ar ird or ig so. Te sr to chroic

coditios is ot lays a pill. r r also a ot o s out thr ho

re usig ateative healing metho ad are going to have to cid

hat he guidelies ar or rgulag this.

ihl is an anhroolois ad onsds h study o radiional hal

patics on of h ultima highs for hman voluon." What folows a h



29

igig of e Octobe 198 iniew at I eld wi Micelle tga. I

ave included quesions in bold face and e answers in iali.

What is imprtat yu abut shaaic healig?

Saanic ealng pctces ave ested r tusan ears and

cntnue t est t altug te ere almst lst n te last 80-00

ars. ere a been a need nterest tat as bee tundng. rst

ved t te Unted States n 70, en as ears ld At te tme

tere as n interest in samanc ealing and tere e fe pel

understd t. n saic cultures te ung peple eren 't nterested n

ang m te eldes, tere asn ' a ne genen cntnue te

traditn and ntan te artf. Wen Mcael ar 's bk came u,

an peple became nterested and are sing up n. e gd sid

ts s te nteest and keepng te pctce alve crssculall ee ae

gd ealers are sringng up a result te rk at t

Funtn. e bad sde s te tvaliatin. Sme tin te lea a e

tecnques te are a saman. t takes 0, , 20 eas, ur le le, t

becme a saan. see peple cming and gng and it becme a ad,

c s pcal n ts cunt. Man tdtnal ealers arund te ld

ave backed and av lst intest in orking it Amcans r

este peple. e fel tir pctice of sanism as bn butcrd

Man tribes ave sad te ll nt teac ter medicie t utsders ic

s . because beleve ts ill all evn tse ut n 00 ears. er

ae still e peple ae illng t teach, n ' ave bases,

ave ben te elders, e o ple e cm m a greater place



30

coion n wi.

Mny gre hn n echer he been ping oe No ny

he e heir egcy o oeone who wi k he piri of heir

echng Howe eop of he wor he prcice hni; i

en ' beong o ny one peoe i beong o hn being. e

orhe Eroen riion w wipe o ring he nqiiion. Mny of

re ing o ree h echng in he wor n h i o orn

o e. How w re goig o rei nd in wh iri we re goig o i

h e n riie i re iporn eio. Soe peope he

ee o e he r oo nd eho cce hic

b wh i iing i he hr wok d he c ce of wh i e o

beco hee: n mo rion pero wning o becoe hic

hee o g rogh proce eing ene oeni her

iher hrogh i o he wn re o beig iene y hi or her

peoe i e-ong ce deeop hi g. Oen ie ince

iion qeing which reqire gre e icipine e crice t i

dc for peope ge n ide ofhi. y hod go o he wide

oeie n t i. To go iho foo we ke o bke, d

pen for y nd igh or hever i reqire o e iio,

wiee wering, bei o i re wih h i d he

p i no ik yi dow o or cfore rg, pig o e h

phoe d iei o e rmb d hvig powe, cd jy,

d yo ve o i mor h h Y ' k i o

noher eve hin hi i a piece h i iig



3

Anoher probem i mny peope n o e mni o ppor

hemee economicy, o hey he eco gi. y i a

wy of eing n ncoe. n riion ce h w ee cig

nd o creer ocion, nd heir pope wod ppo he ere w

ene of recroc. en hppen here nd oioy oe for of

econoc exchnge nee ke pc, hoee hink he i oo mch

o oc on mone gin.

Col go back for a ont an iscuss on of yor vision qs?

Wh i exrordin in y iion qe i in he pnning. Eeone

i dere n how hey pn for oe. 1 ow h he ko Siox he

eci pce he go o, o cre gn, n he he hep n

ppor o heir medicine peope. n oher cre h i reqired i he

ie one n he wiee. So one chooe pce nd e o

hi. n enre ce h egin wi peron hing ecide where

he gong o go. e erchng proce egi for ce of owe

ig e, i no ey hing Soe peoe re c n ow where o go

ere re peci pce e ide for he prpo of iio qeing y he

pepe. e ohe r ie in oy ord i here d yo nd widee

e ? ere cn o g o ry be one ? o he brng in he

poiii of inerrpio nd, ifo, hw re yo going o hnde h? e

oher pr i eing o mke p cre o he o e how

o p circe f precion ron yo n k for ep om God nd om

he heping piri o h e o be iig o ccp d rceie

wheer he echig re in h pce, in h ime o, i i pin,



hen you hve o be n o cce h brns bou re chne n

our e o v o eci ou hv o e o cce

eve hpens you i he irce ou hve ree ke person

espobl veone ll hve coleely eren eperence t s

hrd o visio ques n hs cuue Oen peos eeiencs re

noorble hey n o look or soeone o ble ere re o o

lel lbiie occur so eole hve o ece o d vso ques o

heir own ihou ny h om oher eo ecus o he iious

envrone e ve n

at yo exence?

oune o he er ien ho suppore e oe re Nve

Aericn soe re no Whe hs eerece occurs your eli

chnes is ouey you k no n here e imes hen is ve

sc

en o e hn o he hun ouo 'e vele so

uch nd hve bee n so y cuures hve enency o ih

n eel onely n snersoo Wh coes u or urn vso

ques s h ben o o or hu conc ee hu oe n my

er or eoe e sns o oe com es

eel hue cosson or humn bns n eve sc o e so

ee sense o u n y h n o h ohrs so becoe r

o ho recous oo s n soees se c os s soeo

kn br



So, vision quess ae imoan o e iscilin We have o e

willing o wok in he wol an o so unseshly Oen ou wok sn 'f

lwas hae nancial gain One of y eaches augh me o neve sell my

medicin is has een od me om my vel al ove the wod, o

v sell o miine ou can eceive om i ut you have o disconnec

you ego om an secon gain Iyou ego is ie hat you'e going

o make ou of his, you can ' you o igh an you ae ing you

clien a disseice On the ohe hand, selling ou medicine is selling

omthing ha you n ' own ou ime may valuale hese isue n

o e woke ot eneve I have encouneed le has, hey havneve chaged me an they ll ha o me o neve sell you mdicin

What is our haing pracc

sl shamanic wok, an I have paciced soul etieval fo many

yeas I s ecame familia wih he concepts o soul los and oul

eiva when woe with Hng eges om Soh as sia as a

cultual adjusent skills counslo y undesaning o wha this mean

oadened wih my eucaion a well as he geneous teachings of a wie

avaho elde an his we an vious ohe eole om en pas o

he wold, paticulaly Aica an Ingen, a a eson wih he

ounion fo Shanic Sui oe n cln n inighl ,

Soul Reieval , which on eses ey n mn o hs

ancient concept

I ignose my clien haanicall n I t o inclu a al hlig

xinc ceiv instcion om he heling ii when ouey



and I what I am avised o I may e told give a powe animal

iv, a cio o a soul eteva I oen peom an exacton

eoe I can ng the soul ack in I n 't agment anthing It seems ta

mos of us have soe fom of sol loss

any iln , c , a pwr r l

thik the moe powl people ae he less likely they e o get sick

Peole, eve the have a lo of powe ae going o ulnele t times

Soeties we need to lea lessons and we get sic lso, illness is caused

n egative and alevolent thoughts pojected onto othes Some cultues

cal his the evl ee ' Te moe focuse that is, the moe maging it is

Ou houghts ceate ou ealities Te saying whateve you put out will

come ack o theefold' means yo u o egaie eeg i will

come ack and ham ou

w c w da w ngati nrgy witt dnng i xit nc

Negativi exists and it out thee and people n 't have good coping skills

so it ngs up ange and ea We ae all looking a what to with

gave enegy Te ean system see o e he mos complex fo

dealing with negativi in poductive ways Te ean way o handling

egaivi is powel, eautl, compassionate and nsotive e

shaans ake he negaivi an ig i into hei odies ad allow he

siis ha hun the eah, he oes ht lve i he gve, hauned

hoses he hung ghoss, o fee upon the oy of he shaman and e the

egtv ha the shan just oght ino his ody in a ital fashio



35

Tey o o he raveyard, o a e here here are a lo of hun hos

and tey are eaten and dismebered by the hun hosts. Te hsts are

in at tey like to d ic is to consue, tey can never et enu

o ea. Tey tae the neative ee om the san 's body, eat it, ad

is i cnsideed a ood ac because he ae benetin uni. Te

s ten ea eri n a spiritual leve. Tis is a beautl, ecloical

del for ransfotion.

t i your pedure for ou iev

usually ol the procedre dened by te ounion or Sani

Studies, altu nt alas. Oe e eas ave leaed many deet

pcedues and tecnique, all ic use dependig eac situatin.

e lone one or ih the founon he more o i encoued to b

spntaneous in eain meo. n't advetise, nl ork

eerras. require y clients t read Sand ne bk, S

Rv

and chael aer bk, W

before they

see me.

Te cocept soul lss around te old, coss-culully, is the

sae. uma, blac i, unhealhy lesles, aicion and not lvin i

harmn an contribute to deent degrees o soul loss. Te beore

see a client, ke an oerin o obacco to te spirits i ature. Wen

see m client, sde ith cer or sage, use a ttle o call in e

spirits ad sin o chan to nscend o e net sep. u on the

drummin tae, and someimes u my ner on my lient ris o lise

o heir ulse. Tis onecs me o hei leline. jouy o he siris and



36

tel them I am he fo a heaing Te spiits insuct me on what to e

est o the heain is up to the I ing ack the empowee, heae sou

o sol pats a bow it into the chest an back of the head e I tte

to shake the eeg ito them so the eeg won 't go out a othe enegies

't com in omems I tell the cients what I saw an othe times I

n 't becase I n' want to e-taumatize them I iscuss he smbolis

an ask the cient to consi wha it eans to the I then equie a

witten ette esciing what is going on with them i si wee to two

nths We have cose ae a the questions have been answee

Suma of te Iteew

t tis oit oudd ou iviw Mih disussd h bakgoud

h thought o wst dii ad t issu oig rviva o

samas i ou utu h dsbd th ioa o big ommitd o

shamai wok ad disussd th disii it tas to a isio qus

dii is ot owd by ayo ad sh autios o ho ati or

moay gai.

watd to ur y udrstadig o Mih a a a to mo

about hr rodu or sou rtrv d o xri a hai ro h

asd hr or a sou rtriva ad w mad a aotmt to et hr hom

t oowg w.

er

a

Pcnt in Soul

v

bi th haai haig o sou triva is a sard xri. t

s mysrious i at th oratio ad hai om ro o-ordiary raty



whih is utsid tm ad spa. t is sad baus thr ar spiit uids

ad astrs wh a kd ad w to a ompasso or us wh we

ugg h u vs m wod. s bauu d posv bau

w gi a wd it urss ha bis us pa d a isi ss

wh w I pp r my su rtiva a as h

appitmt. jud my pwr aimas ad spirit uids hr thm

d tha thm. I spt tim utid ad a ri dar t th ar.

ad th sp ad pray thm t wih .

h ad I hattd r a bit hr arpt whi sh athrd hr tos.

Sh it ad " d h wa hm ad wppd d str arud my

wist. his was hp hr d my su pas -rdiary rait. Sh

bruh u hr da ad sa smud stiks t bss th rm. Sh ubbd

dd il m hair ad shudrs Sh ratd a ir aud us a

s pad ad d h u cs. h a uatz sa r th

my ad th aid r. Mih w a Sibia y urtai

whi was a add hadbad with x ih stips athr that w

swd t h ba rm ar t a ad patay vrd hr a. is abd

hr t m i ad ut -rdiay raty. Sh sat bsid m ad hty

stk h dm r a w muts. h ba t ratt ad s r ha so.

Th she tuch my e shoudr a h us m wrs ad bea s

ut ud. kw s was th samai sta siusss. h ba

t t sm a hp spirt wh strutd hr t xrat h axity ut my ody. cupd hr had my soar exus ad ba t draw u te

ry. tratd isuaz tis ry ai y dy. ad a



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getu wth her hand and uckly lew a hrt, hrd reath fr her outh

he then rought the enery of wm w nto y ody, to othe and cal m

nere Fo that on o don' t eer eerythng he ad r the order

what happened The drung pe wa n and occaonally Mchelle would

pe out loud There were me would jouey to t y helpng pr,

otherwe would e preen n he ro We paed the crytal etwee

urng the jouey hen Mchelle nhed he lew the ul p thugh the

crytl no my hea head, ed ff he ape and rattle aoun me to

complete the roce We dcued her ouey:

Michelle went into a ve and met an old wom, a soress, who lked to e

Russi or Sibeian. She was gntle kind and gd. She had en wan for a long

ime to bring e an egg, a glowing eg full of lit, that caied medicine, knowledge and

wsdom. Melle id it was a fom m sos Te woma s a tm

was righ fo me o have . She ad eg in er ossession for a ong ime and a

giving to e was able o ove o th upper wods. ichelle found a soul pa fom

aou six ears ago which le wen I a rie axie was nsr o

peo1a etio Se id a sa ap om a oloul laspe to et t

anxiet Se pla t nxt wh e of wa to s m s

Th wa an prtan apect f y eang ecaue uffre anxety

attck for any year a a reult f eng hycally abued y y father durg

y chldhod Seeral year ag reled te axety atack wrkng

wth a Jungan aalyt t dn ure e that there wa ul l arund the



39

dark and trying imes.

Micel found anoter iece of my sou i a dark ace whe it ad been

hing as a result of a ife reanng siuo ee were many imes I felt m

fe was in dger as a sut of my fathers age an iolene. was aso afrad

for my mother and siblings, wo sufed as welL Wen I was 17 yeas od, m

fate made it very cear tat I understood tat e could k me if e wanted to,

and tat is wen I ran away from home. icele ound this art of my sou

erformed a eaing and retued e essece of a youthful, eauifu,

funloing, young woman

e e a ie loger and ten I went ome. I ave noticed feling moreca as a direct esut of e sou reiev n eatio

Rfe

te

l

joueyed o ta te heaing sirts and to gree e arts of myf at

ad retued. It s imortt tat I continue to ractice shamanic eaing and

rit abou my eriences I aso ned to alow time for drawing and ainting. I

love nature, and feel bessed. I tanke my acestor who gave me te egg and

began to conmla its meaning. I tougt about the elaboraey aited

ussian eggs I hae see. thought about the mystey of te osmic egg that is

formed rom igt and coor and the eemen that me u the arous as o

bing The sae of the egg is round and reresen the ord or the univese. It

was syncroistic tat Easter was a ew das away, he me for newa ad

reir. I hought about ie his tha have magiay trsormed rom see

to bcome at they are designed to be, reaing re rom e onnes of the

gg o burst into he or o natu. oul rerieva images nd eaing need to



mature over time. The symbol of he egg d he eu of beutifu and fu

lovn woman insi e o delve o epl i h he

40





43

f Lr

For e liratu review, looked at e studies on sol eieval and

ese wrie o nc ealig fom te nstiue o rnsperonl

Psycology I completed a toroug earc for ter studies on soul etieval.

sie ro Sra Igea's book, ul M e

s (199 fd n at o l eal tn y Elzth lnn

(1995 e tesis wrt by Micelle Ms,Cc Pa

ic Ju

P

Ail

Hag

199) laed oe dictly to

is res ta did te tesis by San Van Raalte (19 wi deribe

ocu o ec stdy an e results.

Gn' So Shamanism and Hg

Te pupose of Glns study, m Hg·

Phe qul Rl

195) was to stdy parcipan who

"describe temles a aing a loss o psychc energy, pwer or lity t

d if te experienced an inca eergy following a sul retreval (p 1) .

Glenn dees te soul a te esnce r life rce o ry iniidal wic

l the hn pn . t nd h h nt

Any kind of trma can cas the sl t slit, amnt vacat the bdy.

(p24) Sul loss, a isassciatd apt t slf is csd by an ilns

trama tht reslts in a lss ngy. hh the halin css sl

retrieval, a saman jys t nn-dnay aty t th lst s

ts sring ney and a visly ncnscs aspct h s t th

ndL



Glenn cose si parcipans wo eperinced smptoms including cronic

aigue, anie, emptiness, depresson, gr,or sadness, anor wo el a

ou e a e a o emeves bend wen e e a cose

elationsip, wo felt conical not al ere, ano ad a gap in memo" . . .

p. 9) Te participants ad a loss o eneg for a least ee eas and

epresd a desie o geater ital." e measures or te sud included e

peiencing cale, te Mersriggs pe indicar, te Vigor cale and te

el-Esteem cale of te Godon Personal Prole-Inventor, and e G. Jung

Word ssocian est. er sud was to nd eer soul trieval enabled

iants to epeence increased energ during a pocess of cange wicas potesized to include incased difenaon of preerence o personali

tpe." p.20 Te paicipants met fo si sessions wit a samanisic

actitione dug ic e eceived a soul retrieval, a power animal trieal

and also leae o joue to e lower wod. is was to empower e

paticipants o engage in te egration process o teir reued soul pars.

u frm Glesstdy

Testing inicad tat all paricipans increased developmen o eir

intuition, etoversion and eeling unctions, among oter ndings wic are

beond te scope o s researc. p. 23. e rsuls so a ollowng a

soul retreval we positve, sor erm c. parcans o rvousl

stated aving a loss o energ or several ears eperiencd a measurable

cange, an increase in energ, selesem, woeness and empowerment. Glenn

concluded ta communicaon wi e spiri world in nonordinar reai can

povide a valid metodolog or ealing cerain indiiduas in e Wes



wor Te sults o sou retreval ca measurable, ealty cange tug

an ncrease sense o emowerme ad se-esteem n te lves of nvual

wh have on xereced a of oss f sef hc anslate as a oss

of energy" ( 28) It as recommene tat te nvduals n er suy

tcae n a one year olo-u reort regang er ly and greater

sense o woleness.

P e

a t

S

: P

r nma

and H

ng

he ous o Mors' (1995) study was to elore te samac ocet of

rsona oe ts reatos to sea a ealg. Fdmental to

sansm s te morance of ersoa oe e oe amal retreval s a

samanc ratce to estore oer to eol wo are sk or dste" ( )

os wore wt a gou o eole wt cacer wo were eencng a

ss Her ou was to suy te suls frm ang a owe ama reteva

The hl pr f pw ama

samanc cutures, owe anmals guaran sts Ter urose s to

rotet an emowe te nvual. Te erso wo ossesses a guaran

anmal aws uon te srtal oer o s entre geus or sees. (Hae,

198, 74) Power amals are osul o roblems to gve dve or

udane durg t shamc joey to lr orld.

ll

f

a sh

m anic

p

Samanc cultures eleve ee resuls from soy, fear an soul

loss Dsarmoy resul rom lg sconnecte some ay, suc as losn a

coecton to at as urose a meag lfe Fear resul a loss of



love joy and trust hch re the sic foudios of helth" ( 13) Soul loss

occurs hen there s inury to the vioe core hch s the sece o

ons ng" sulg in vriety o dsorders (chterrg 1 98 8 12 1 )

46

In shamnism we se ll illes emoonl mental hscl

itul re eted h me her orm t es iness llness shows

dhmony n eron's le" (Iermn 99 99 hmism holc

in roch to healng

a w cr

Fundmen to hmi helng s the eorig o ersol ow throuh

ower iml trievl Poer imls re ei fo heh el-e

It s o haman prtice to resto helth or oer to n indvdul who hs

eome dired or ill

Morr lected the rtct h cncer an to who hd cently

reoered She taught them ho to jouey to the loer wo to onnect ih

hei oer iml They ke the oer ml quetion d we dircted

o rt thei on eeiences The rci e to kee joul n e

inevieed regrdng ther eerience

from

Mr s

Al cpant ound the poer il etvl o ce rsomv

insih The sult shod icrse se of emort coct

to srituliy feeli of uy osi ic o retioshi rr

iliy to exres emotio Mot of the rtici reor rer recio

o ntu eelings o ece cree se-rtel-oe



A participan ceived messages rom hr ower animal ha wre

eanigfu to them.

e pcan foud an incresed abi o s imis n bondas.

7

Tey ee re able to face heir ears d challenges. h exeieced an

ic the owr o coicemn and ecame more atnti. he r

able o eress the feeings mo honesy e incase o emoween wa

a ajor eect of i work." . 102.

Sha

n

d

e purpoe of Van Raae's 1 thesis was o rdg th ancent heaing

f ai wt conemor scoera and demonstra he vaue

of ug teatve eg techniques wih a traditiona syciari ode

Behavri ychoera h focd on he rona or mna aas of

deelpet ad a negecd siritua metods of heaing. Van Raal was

itet i dig a eoretical middegrond o common nderstnding

between the two metos o heal" (. 1 5 She wntd o ene

shaanc joueing at a disance on beha o he clens o a haviora

ychiarist cod rodce resls tha old be se o boh int and

therapist. he sdy involvd ve parcipan Van Raalt od at a

dince on qeions devisd b h hais coing his clns h

herast dsd th o or i n o on h

accurcy o he maeial resened the oey



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Rt

fm

R'

The study showed that shamanic joueying at a distance was eective or

ee oaon reean o erons eavora ea o a no ror

knowedge shaansm arciants agreed o the accuracy and reevance

o e fomatin tained m the joueys Useu insights wee gaine aout

he cients whic were not iousy known Theoca iscussions tween

the therapist and searcher ensued to the ecive use o shamanic divination

technues apied in theray

he seach vadaed te uccesu e o teatve an metho

wii a traditia psycaic mode or heaing t aso demonstrated the ne

to oen to shamanism as an eectve and accurate resourc or ccessin g

infoation rom the spiria ram

Sum

ter readig Genn' dissertaon on so reteva I dided to study he

efe o sou ieva dug a one-year eriod which later changed to a one-to

seven year eriod I was interested in exoring any changes that were mae as a

resut o sou retrieva and it was imortt to deteine i here were ong-e

benets I reeed a uaiaiv, ase std methodoogy bcas biv ha

getn o the ear or rh o a eron' exeence doe no hav o b

measured to e valid Exoring the ecs o sou retrieva ovr tim wod

contite to enn's dings i so retrieva was oun to increas sestm,

whoeness and emowermnt



M

to R

rveed ree parcpans o ceived one or more soul evas

ro oe-o-seven years ago and documened common emes ha emerged

fro teir eprence. I asked e parcpans o escrbe a as appening n

er ves nd y ey cose soul reieval as a ealng meod. My nnon

s o look for any canges a occued as a esl of e soul rrieval, o d

a as mennful o e paricpans and demine f ee ere lon em

benes. My ope is a e researc il conbue o e bees of sou

erea as a aluabe heang meod.

T

Sio

l

Te soul s consded e v essence or lif force a susins ife. ol

oss occurs enever e eperence a rauma suc as nces, abuse, loss of a

loved one, surgery, accden, llness, miscarage, aboron e sss of coba

or addcion. The basc premise s ha heneve we eperience a rauma, a par

of our v essence pares fm us n order o survve e epeence by

escapng e fu pac of e pain. Wa consues rauma vaes from one

ndividua o anoer." Ingean, , p. .

er a raa, a peson oen ns ha oehin i iin ca a

par of e soul as deched from e bod an esde n e spi old.

shaan oueys o e spri od o rieve e los sol. Tis procedre

resores e original essence of e peson and eneaes a cre I chose case

sud inerves o fuer m nersandin of e aues for sol los and e

ealng effecs of ol eval.



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Qi d S I

The puose o his itevie uy is o gain nowlg on h fes o

o retiel b lisnin o he tories o people wo have recee one.

Quat meooo is an eeie etho or gaern an utenti

unersnig of eople' s xpriences . . ." Silvean, 1993 , p. ) . t oer a

eeper piure o people's lives trough obraion an intrview. The

itrew s use to roi at tat gies uthentc insght into peoes

eerienes. he an way to achieve this is rough unsuctre, open-ende

inerview base on rior in de patiipnt bservaio." (p.91. Case sy

earc s aso oncee ih unerstaing e angl evnts o f I

allows he researcher to get o the hea of te india' toy hrgh

oservtio an nterview.

erman stes at openene quesons at re genera an use as

guienes ofer a eeper unersnding o hat the participat consiers to be

meangu. Oen-ene questions are desig to gather esriptions o wa

hppne to th patipants and ho it te thei ves t alows nvas

to ee he world in their own ique way an ge to e heart their

xerienc (Silverma 99.

I was intrigue ih he prosect o listeig o pel dcrie teir sl

rerieva xeiencs becase I live n t eag attibt yellng. I

rs xperiece he ower o strytng a 996 aa an Catv

or ih Marly Yrd ad al Z B. A r a

a insd many voes xpres ti ccs srws and grai

or a ha hapene in teir livs. Marilyn and Hal red ter wisom an



insight to each individal. l exeriences were acnowledged b listening to

ne another. Te cicle conneced s in s

1

gees en ( 99) saes hat totelng can re-shae an individa' s

exerience o lfe stor." hen we el or stores we escrbe what e wer

befoe what haened and hat we are now. e reconnect to or exerience

for e pose of leng or eacng oters. Beng trhfl to o exerence

enabes s o ndersnd alit in dieent was. hen we el or ndivida

stoes we le to own what belongs to s rathe than lisen to what other

eole thnk we shold be. We nd or home throgh he ellng and lstenng o

stories. (Krz and Ketcham 1992).Qalitative reah and ca std inerviews aim to nderstnd e co o

han expeece tog gaterng data tat is ch n descrition and eaning.

(Stass and Cobn 19). The ndings are not qantied o measred i a

sttistica o atheatica way. ey rovide an envnment for the exreson

of sbjective hman exerience rather th setting a measred exerent n a

aborator. Asng interviewees to descrbe in deail thei eerience and how

tei lives have been effected gives data that rovides athentic nsight into their

experences. .. .the type o nowledge gained and the adt of the anayss are

based on dee ndesandng. lverman 993 .95).

Repoibiie of e Reearcer

To gain a l nderandng o the an' eeee, te eae

attes to record the sto i e wods o the ller to nera socal

enomena and etan holstic ad meanngfl characristcs of reallife eve.

t is orant for the researcher to be a good lsener to be exible and to ave



2

a gasp on te ssues eng suded Yn, 1984).

le (19 sas it is impoant to pvide n amosphe whee he

ips fe comfobe o disuss he eengs and eences sng fo

aaon o to descbe something in moe dei ae meods fo coleting

oe infoation t is nessay to ollow a eneal lan o se o qesons o

e used as gudenes and o k he paipans o he opions e

eseahe needs o emain open, ale and non-judgmenal. Ae evewng he

it fo quive methodoloy nd e tudy iniew I wo set o

quesions o he o sdy oaced Mihele pese he qesons and

cooboa on the eseh desin

D

I dscusse my proje wh Mhele o see i ould nie a o he

ients who eiv a soul etrievl rom more thn one year o he age to

ts Michee wane o ae ae role n ming he na dson o

hoosing he pacians he e a sponsibiliy to poe he priy of her

ents

he ea o choosng he pacpns wee oows:

he dividuals must be ommied o hei sual hal ad

develomen

hey mus e arcua and se-reecve

o

hey mus be amili w shamansm and ow ow to jouey n nonodinary eaity

& hey mus e oen ad hoes shag er eeees



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h w svl ol who w willin to ticit in th srch

Michll lhond h clins to oos th sdy nd iv them bckoun

on m h icits w two womn nd mn who w oty- nd

y ys o h o th ticnts ws incidntl thn skd

Michll to viw h intiw qusions nd sh did not n ny chans th

ndd to b md

mild n intodction to th h ojct sh ticition

mnt nd list o intviw qustions to th in qsons

w to b us as gidein o rcl hei oul revs l icipnt

tlphond Michell to mmb hi xrinc nd viw he nots sh hd

kt on l On iniw ws conduc in th aicint' hom; on

inviw w condcd in my bckyd nd on w kn ov h lphon

Ech intw ws udiopd nd tilly tnscibd omittd sctons

whn th convson styd too om th soul tivl perinc sch

tlkin bout th do c he trnscritons wee sent to the rtcians or

th vcion nd to b ditd to th d y thouh ws cssy to

convy i stoy o to potct ir privcy Fom th dirction o my mento,

th tnscitions w ditd once in o rmmr

decided to includ the inerview om the iot study d y sou riev

eerence in the resuts h colce r the o sudy ro my

own soul triv xrincs r includd th st intviw with usn



54

l

o S

he io sdy a concted to see if the qestions enabled the

acs o cus what was meannl to em om te sol eteal

eeiece ad yet e enea enh fo them to e exible and descipe i

tei w wds . ked fo a citiqe any pect of te intevie at cold

ived.

The citeia fo seecting the iot stdy pacipant as to intevie a cent

of Michee' s h tok an active le in he heaing ocess, who was aticulate

and who would be disceng hen ealatn the nee. o rotec he

pivacy, I caned e ame to Kaheine

Mchee teephned Katherine to discuss my poect, to s if she as

inteested i paticipating i the stdy and to let he ko od be espectfl

f e pivacy ad su teva epeences. et his hepe to bild tst

between Katheie ad myself. We had an amicabe onesaon on the phone

ad made a aotment to meet n he ome the olowin eek. mailed he

te eah paicpaion and codenaty ageement that descibed he stdy

and insed he pivacy. I inviewed atheine in he home on Februay 13 ,

199.

atheine is a Eopean erican who orks n the eld o edcaton and

o s n er ddle years She began er samanc o n 1988 as a dec

reslt of having breast cance." She as ered to ichelle Strnham, a

shamanic pacttione, ho taght her gded magey, vsalization andshamanc oeyin. his ok taght athee how to help hesef thh

the mode medica teatments ithot sffeng the sde eects most peope do"



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and she atbutes beng alve toda to hle Laer Kahene artated n

a ens stud gru led b helle here she ae saman

jueyng ad leed a soul rereval etrons sn quests ad other

shaan rates

Kaee's ul tev expeence

Kathees rst soul eval was n Deeber 1994 She w egnnng

to feel the ar that were ssng" She d n a esa she wrot after

he su treal epeence wth chelle:

.

r

In the lower word you eontered erted barrcades beid whic was a

landse of sow, e and ol. Y co ary ee me there bu hen you caed to

m I told ou no t ener is plac I as cing tar bood and I s so cold I was

alos dead ou came to me and tk me back to a ve whc was like a lce

peed om te weathe. There, you aed and evv me

Ths a an rtant ment for Katherne as she ebed her at n

the Canadan rces at e end of a bad arage chelle ddn' t o of e

nght I lost soul n the e and old and et een ears laer she retue t

t e" It as durng ths te that Katherne decded to ake bak her aden

nae whh has had a long lastng ee What ame ot o ths eerene as

a realzaton that oer ar o me were los and ths was most mortant"

beause t was the joue o reonne verthng"

In a 1996 Katherne had another sou eval he as gong throgh

man transtons an was feeng depressed and soewhat anous urg the



5

eeval one of he ancesos aead and heled he. Kahene fel

neso w rom faher' lneage. he ad no ow hr paea

gandmohe who ded when her fahe was 15 yeas od, and she had only seen

he ateal gandahe once or wce when she was very small. nce he fahe

aely spoe o hs ans and hs hso, hs connecon w he anceso gave

he an moan n o he herage. I ased hee wee any vous change

from hs exeence, and she afrmed tha hee was " an overall sense of

moved well-beng and moe eaceulness. I suffed deesson o and on

hougo my lfe, and I ecome mo coneced wh yelf, I suffe les

deesson. he noed hs a key on n oul reiev.

Kaherne desced soul loss as enegy oss. he can ee when enegy s

leavng he body. "We have lo a lo of enegy o a lo of suaons hughou

o lives and we need a symolc riul sch as sol eeva o hel us

reconn wh he a ha was los. I ased he she hough soul eval

reted enegy to he. he eled, "Oh defintely, 's le llng a sace ha

has een emy.

aherne eleves shamanc wo as a whole has gven he a ee

esecve of helf and ha has heled he o e moe acceing of he

nuve ways o nowng. he mos man asec has een e veal sen

of well-eng.

e symbo she ud o dece he eeence ove he ye was ha a

lve, beang hear He s su reeval cnneced he e ea, whchwas a rnd heang fo he. A s n we concluded r nervew.

Kahene el she had coveed wha was meanngful o her over he yeas rm



he shanc wo.

Ieew cQue.

he s suggeson Kaene made was to have he sudy cove moe an

one yea. he fel the ingation ocess for oul eal es moe han a year

to cess. h suggesd at I elan n he le of invtaon ha he

qesons ae mea o e a gudee o reca he sou eeva eeence,

ha the intiew would be conduced as a dialogue. he felt moe comfoale

wth a dialogue fomat ae an a queston and answ foa he also felt I

neded o meno ha hono he nevew as a pesona eerience and ha

e iciant was not obligatd to sha ay asct that wa uncomforabl. he

ointed o a coule of laces durng the niew where I needed o ask fo

moe of an elanaon descng ha he can mean ahe han makig

an assumtion of wha was said. he felt e quesons did o ed any changes.

I was sd wth ou inew nd flt ique a valuabl.

Kathene ecame neested n shamanic healng n 1988 "as a dire esult of

havng eas cance. he gded mage, vsaizaon a hamac

joueyng heled a he suerng of e fecs fom chmoheray. he o

eieval enabled her o resolve as es regding he dvorce ad she ook

ack he maden name, which had a "log lasg effec. he reaized othe

arts of he wee lost and she began a jouy to "connec vrythng

ancesto om he faers lneage aeared dng he seco oul eea

1996 whch gave he a n o her heage an heed he eel moe connece



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and acf As I stene o Kaenes eences t as cea hat shamanc

halng had sgnanty onted to h sense of l-eng

w

Q

s

1 . B dscb ho o a as a son.

2 Dscrb hat as hann n ou fe and hy yo ddd to hav a

so etval hat ya as ths?

esc deta hat as meanngf fo you fom ths enc

4 ry to eca any fengs snsatons o oth sonss yo had hen yo

sou ats re reted to you. d ou notc a cane n tat?

Ho dd soul ev cotb yo stal ath d t ead you n a

e o dfft dcto? Dd t sove o b cos to snt ssues

o ast nces d yo f chang an ay ov th ya? so

as lan.

6 d ths erc have a ast effect on you ov tme? hat haned

7. F f to dscuss any asct of yo so trva ence that o

d scay motant.

8. s h a symbo o mag that ou descb you eence?

m on h

Intrw Ps

commendaton fom the ot sty as to condct he neve as a

dalog. I fond th daoe fomat detacted fom th focus of the atcans

n cng stoes I lmted y atcaton to: fern to the nteve qstons hn need

asn fo a cacaton



• king for a dscripon

n o t D

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mc conn ny n y lnng o o ps

inviws. I fond i hpf to istn o h voics of t paticipan for

phais on what was maingfl an or moonal conten I hn rad t

di ranscrp wio ing nos o com mor famr wt

particpan's xprincs. nx sp involvd ading a intrviw o

nos on indivda ms a mrg Mr s, I ook nos on

dvid hms rm h plo sdy n my sol rvl xperncs I

grd h notes rm al of h paricpans, pilo y an my sol

rtrias o viw hm as a sngl body o aa. If for o of h v

participants ad thms in common, h thms cam a cagor Th crira

procd v cagoris. Mr th v catgois w drmind, I rviwd

a v sol rrva xprncs and plac lmns om ac xpnc

in h cosponing cagory. v cagors ar sd low:

•

Cas for seeking a shamanic haing• Sympoms ha w xpernc

• Prscrid ias anor prsonal mhods for slf-haing

• Rsts from th sol rrivl

• Symols prn ol rv





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Chp Fiv

Research Project o Sol Reiel: Rsts d Discssio of Stdy

A

Tere two prts to e resuls section o tis cpter Te rst prt

nclues he interviews n the cges t eerge rom the lysis

proceure. The iniew re synopsi the prcipnts oul ievl

experiences n re writen using teir own rs herever osile Te

ollowing ech iniew sows te iiviul eleens psene i ech

cgo

Te secon pt o the reuls section sents temti analyis which

inclues te rom pricipns in ech cgory This i t rgnize the

wole o urher ll n cp wht e paricip expeenced.

Tle , entitle Tetic Anlysis llustre te emes t emerge rom

te n the number o pricipns tt coniue to ec teme.

nt

ry

w

R

ob

Robert is y yers o e, cuci is n cologit He es n ctive

ole n h healn n el-covey ceny pcpg e

o mens rou He inervie wit e is ome i 20 199

Why did yo dcid to hv sol v?

My st soul etieval was in Apil, 5 Duing the pevious yea y

bothe had ie an I ha le a elaonship Since 70 I ha lost two

othe and my he and fathe in cunselng a he te and feZt

I lteally ha a lage wou y heat Duig y chlhoo thee ha



2

been a shotage of love an nutung in my family an I felt unesolv

ai o hei deas. had a oken hea om he os o my eaionshi

and I was eelg a lot of sess. ien of ne eomene th I see

Mhelle tingham fo shaanic healing

J;

Michele joeyed to the lnd o the dd nd ent to ce d thn coss

rier to the ld o the ded here she ond n inant She neotat w� cr o

reese y it se e, she le gi of Ecypts ees nd tobcco in exchnge

fo e sol o te int Then she s plce where the e n the ive meet n

hee ee y dolhis

When she nishe she exlaine that I have ha soul s nce the time of

y bith. I emembee ha one side of my body was alyzed a yea ae

I was bo. I w qite sik, hosialized fo a few wee and nealy ed.

I elt e olete as a esult of the soul etieval. In te of

physical sensations, I had a feeling in my eyes as I ha been swimming

fo ys. My peiheal viion w limite ae the soul etieval an I

ould only focus on what wa in ont of me I fel a heghtn estv in

egad to my vision. Ts occued o a ew hous ae h oul teva

e ouey cause me to go back an eview lettes that I ha om my

aents an eview my aby book to t an ake a connecon to the te

of my soul loss. I had been vewng evethng though the gauze of the

th of my nfant se an the eath of hose who wee nea me e

sensvi in my eyes hele me to see my way thogh and ot be eecte



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by what ha gone on before felt ha been living without all of my piece

for ny yars an ha apte as best coul o livig i is ipaie

coniio Even though I ha my soul arts bac, they wre unfamilia so

l her was a perannt chang n y itali or irecon in

e B fel that was beginning to resoe y p Howve fel

ha to o through re experiencs bfore coul say that was heale at

hat time

Dd you len ow jouey

went to the basc ning seminar a the Fountio for hamanic

uies an was successl in leaing how to jouey o he upper worl t

was t irction was autoatically le o continue to ractice on a

egar bass or six to eight nths aer the worho

W it elful

was helpl was able o mae contact with my amily e suen eath

of my fath in particula was a huge loss e was ille by an unnown

assailant Ter were any things aroun his eath that a reine

unresolve is eath was shocing a ioet a ere was a unreai

to it It was cult to accep the event an that he wasn t there anymore

Tat w 28 years ago Fortunately, the intense memories fae in time

was able to a contact with him a my youge broter through

shamanic joueying



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How w te conct w tem durig your jourey

was goo also ma conact wih my othr broh wo ha ie

us allig to the uppe worl a way o allow he elaioship

coine It wa goo to ge away om he notion that thr is a nali in

eath ha thought that thr wn t any possibili of bcoming currn

wit iy eers who have ie or moing on togehe or allowing

more richnss in the rlatioship that I ha with my family Joueying was

a aenue that nable m to mo on It in fl li there w a barrier

eween my aly myse was able o coact hm, ev hough thy

a l i worl

Ar my soul retral I ha rea that contain similar image

tht icl ha seen uig he jouey ere wa a h om the

unconscious to the coscious itensi of e soul erival bgan o

fa a ee aear a thn a few onths late it fa een or

Y, I felt rent om wh I inially wnt to se Michlle At rst,

felt physically ernt an more alrt to the wol arou m Lt flt

calmr an mor seassure ichell sai that things woul tu arou

for m an in fact thin thy hae

An ig that bst escribs my xperince woul be hat of a

thrshol or a oay As im wen on, even though the intensi of the

soul retrieval ha subsie, coul feel myse waling hrough a arcway

that is a hreshol to anoher worl an anoher way of bing

xt soul rtrival was porm o h aniversa of my

fathr s ah in Novemb 7. I flt there was somhing missing an



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waned o rsove he issues om my s en o s Mich Sh

joee to th pper or re she me m ther nd to brohers

e wned o give me a celi sword that presnt sr powe y

roer sa t we eren 't gve the t tools s hlren. e swor

ws tool r eig wi le. It re te oledge to survive.

roher sad i was he a ime w ould ke conc ause he was

moving on. M aher and oher broher ere a peace. Michee conined

o joe n s pr o my sou h s caught in ht looked like

caed s t rpresee my ag se She calle h wid a

wer o e te pin n her. Aer te sl retrevl, helle

suggesed a I reguarly lt he id and h river tke y ager away.

wa o isen o he wind or he rive compos y o sogs ha ou

llow eelings o go wih the sng to th river or h n. Tis w

od le ger go ad ot hold on o . Se lso gave me a

ssgnen to go o l and collect roc a represetd m ge

n s to nd ro at represene iss ht I d

been fee ing ang aou ha y. For insance, one rock rrsned h

eeings o loss and sadness ha er rough up durin as anivi

noter represete rgmnt i my prer here I

elt he shar o srcas discussd hese atrs ih Mich h

suggesed ha I nd ay estabsh amiy tritios nd ea ho

to be ng itot ht it src Aothr roc rprst my

eein nge ad he haig mss s o civ ith

pure heart.



d e eerci help?

e dd. Mchee nd I took k n pk We ge ot ho o gve

the oc p nd p them n ppopte pces. I he cope o hem

no he ve and I kep anohe one I as e se fo m o e

ce noed.

D yo ik the ger yo feltw id to the lo of yor fmily

memb?

I'm se of , I co neve m nge on n connton the I

needed moe cve neenon Te convenon he dn ' ok

ven hogh I tke bo m hes eh n the n h sd goo

e o hm, ddn ' hve he kck tt he shmnc ok d, so t mde me

eleve

Hae ee i b oled?

e pas sses hve een esoved hogh I'm s okng on ehvo

modcons egdng m ange I s pool tne on ho o e

consctve h nge nd I've hd o e ne pth

e smo o ge h I hve hogh ot to epesent ths hole

tme s pssng hogh he thesho I've h senstns of tng he

o, pshng he o open n kng hogh, n seeng nd eeng

t s se.



Wat e image of e sword ean you?

e ige of he sword symboizes he abii o be eecive. e spiis

wn m o e eeie n e worl. It is a ol for sual a sies

the e ee n foe n my reon.

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i in k rt if t w nyting l e wul lk t dd

fm i rinc. H flt cve vryng ht ws mrn. I

thnk im fr s n nd onest ctn n cnclded e ntrview.



Cocd

' Inr

S

l

1995 Unsoved pan fom he oss of hs pas ad o bohe

ssoun of a sgna eaonshp

19 o sv ssues

99 Fe ke he had a broe hea

adness

99 Fe hee was somehng mssng

e P

f-

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995 L o joey e e od o y eb fo oe eveloped new pespeves gadng dea

99 iual o e he wnd and ve ae hs ange away

ua o go on was and oe os ha sen vaous ssue

and en ea hem

u S R

1995 F moe omplee as a de su of h sou eva

A shf oud fm he unonsous o he onsous

Began o slve hs pas

f el moe ae o he wod

Fe ame and mo ef-aued

997 esoved he pas e gadg he oss of fay

evelod new mehods fo deang wh age

bl at Rnt Papt s S

99 ang ough a dooay o hhold ha eeen anohe wod

and feeng afe

997 < A el swod ha eee eal owe ad he aby o be

effeve n he word



9

I w Anne

ne a ouseo n domes voee e Cauaa and Nave

Aerin nd s 50 years old Fifeen years ago she e her usband who

physally abused her nd aused er ermanen physa damge er her

divore she enrolled in shool d was e person in he famly o graduae

from ollege. She won e aionl ahievemen ward he ws honored in

Washingon, DC, and w erviewed o eevon Wen se reued oe,

e was onden she woud d work, ye everal mon we by wou

suess inviewed Ane a my home on April 30 1998

y dd y decde t hae a s el?

n 1991, I s png n . I pk p bo n m bk n

ou. Beas o m scal nures m back ol somemes o ou e

pcked p one o he k or a box o somehn a o be able o

moe m gs om t st n. I nt om n on b or tn

s. pn s trb n I s nb to lk.

en o see a cor ho pu me under h ca scan nd -e me

n ol n nhng rong h m bck I ec o s celle

Srnghm o ore to o see s ro s skecl

rs bu I n o s W a on e oor hlle b o

oe:

Jr

e se o ong tme nd COUdn't nd my ul e cossed some b-

n and nd notced an nteoe n the dstance about en yas awy He was stng



7

y p p. Sh wk o o h p ook ow Sh sw you wom w

ws un o ou S ws o ou m ou y u

w s wou w ws s p o wy o o

suc. ch wn ow wh h no sl sns o h wl h ws

moon n s, n pcu o smn h womn op Sh

hn noc hoe ck. Sh ws' su wh m om o how hp

pn u ws h sz of s ws ws w my k ws

u. S pck wou wh s n p som os m

m Il sps h oh ou.

ichee bew he o nd he epe ino m her nd hed. We p

nd I red obbing. di ' ow where i w coming om. Michele

decribed her viion nd id he d lo een wie brie wih hree

inch pie coming o h w bcking he w o o he oe. en, h

hepd me o o m cr nd o me o go hom nd wrie bo he ol

reriev.

Whin hree he pin w ol gone nd n even er i h

never reed. hin one onh, I hd l ime job I l nger nd

ore whole rel o he eling Somewhee inide m I d been

elig I wn ' good enog o com ce. I w i hol

he o riv I wn' id o or o ow I w

o work wih people ere w ir pce. I hd be lo o o lon

I di ' ow here w pr o me w lo. Yr go, I w n

ggeiv eron. Now, I m lid bck nd i ke lo o g me

hndle nger in deren w now I begn o ed boo on hnim.



7 1

Te change was slow in the beginning but aer the rst soul reieval my

k notice ha change ith each soul rerieval that have ha feel

there is re inner peace ll go along an e /' otce oething is

wng an that is when I go bac for a soul reieval so can get in touch

Te secon soul retrieval was in 2, about a yea or so late felt

somthing was wrong Tis time ichelle foun a chil in a valley Along

wth the chil was a tall black woan who ha been waling with he He

aua looke as it ha been apart he was waling aun in a stae

of amnesia he it ow where she was o what she as ing i

as m the time when was sexually assaulte by y faher when was a

little girl y soul was to to peces Te tall black woan was my

proteco

er ths soul retrieval joine a rumming gou an have leae

how o jouey have become ve spirial have pracce shamanic

or with anials an people who have ha cance e horse wore

with ha cancer an was only to live a few wee I joueye for he horse

an the spirits gave me instructons on how to help hi Te horse live for

fourteen nths aer starte woring with him use y an as a

healing mechanism they becoe lie hot coals I as the sirits to come

hugh my han an relieve the ain

y spiritual path i not evelop until aer my rst soul retrieva

felt there was a calling I have becoe ore an re at peace wth yse

I now ow when anohe piece of me is reay to coe back an can feel

it weeks beforehan know tha my soul is calling an i is going to e



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m a sroner person

Have you noced a enc or me?

es, m drea are no as ighenin as he once were and m back has

ever oheed m n even ear Te leaing experence have never

opped and he healin ha never opped I pcce hani and I

ea deren heaig meho m Michee fee inn peace am mor

whole and onge have been on a vision qes and I also sopped

nn animal aer m sol rerieval

I had a ol rerieval a cople of monh ao fe her was a

haw or a rk clod hat col ' et rid o and was eperiencing

n proble where work Tere was a arrior inide ha had bee

hin o e o Each me he warrior ried o come u, wo psh it

ack wn aain. I wa sruggling becase I was o aressive in he pas

and I o peacel now I am leain o h I nee o h b I'm

lean o wih dini Tere is a warror wh o has joied with m

pir de I needed o leave m job and r ha eetin wa gon

to be o

m siri nnece no Sol reriel has ce m

he bme ier "iie mirle, i d

I cou sense te nner convcon rom nnes voce as se dcussd er

connecon o e spr an gro over e ears I onored er xperence and

srengt o caracter I spoke er a e da lar an se ad ound a r

poson a a ne act e menoned as rs e spr a gave r e

con se need



D Cl An s I

a

f

e

S

r

e

1 1

• Painful back inj

199 Fet someting ws wrng

1 Fet "rk co an neee to leve er job

11 C -ese

Aggssion

199 Felt someing was wrong

199 Neeed to ge touc

Pb

r

M fr f-ng

1 2

C Join d a drmming gop

Vson qeste

Re books on shis, leaed to jey, pacced shnic

eling

1991 After tre ys, her bck pain was completey cd as never

cue

Felt snger d whole

Was nt afaid o be seen or wn y ohers

Felt inne peace

199 Incese selfawaeness

Is more pecel, spiritul, hole

Eeriences inner sngh

Symls t

h

t

t Rt

G tal lac shaman woman who rovies ro

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In

7

Susan is a mohe of wo eenage aughers a has aie massage

hea o wen eas. he is auasan ad fonine eas o age. Saah

lives a couple of hous rom my home in Ogon and i was iut to nd the

ie to inie e peson We ageed o audio ape he ineriew oe he

telephone in May, 199

y d you decide to have a sol reeval?

had a soul retrieval four years ago with Michelle igha It was a tim

n m le en I elt usttle rcent ve to a ew area ih m

curre parer n my to teenage ughers. e h ecie to lve as a

amly, but it s te rst tim he h ive th chilre. I ound myse

n o b n ntria b hm to ke tei elaonsp rk.

I as uncertan about the ove a eelin a litle lost was re-evaluati

my le or nd ot certai that I wanted to cotiue o be a assae

erapis. t as lke my soul an m aterl orl eren 't conecti. I

asn 't clear tht y soul ork as to be a ale I elt ssae thep

as a limite orm o healig a I i 't know I coud wor wthi that

orm o healn. I elt I nee irection in m e an I ece to ave a

soul retrieval.

Te soul retrieva was a vivid exeriece o feelig ie was iside a

clasel that opene u a burst orth wt a overhm mssage,

"I'm a heale let me out! Tere ws a ige o a briat re owr

merg om the clashell. I fel le t was a healig of m birth tuma,

o eciig that it was oa to be er i hs wor. I ha ecde to com



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to this or ad it as somethig I could It lie ig to feel th

rali of the old ad o be oo crushe by it

Dd ol treval olve your bir aua

Ye It as a healig that resolved the shoc of discovrig this old as

no a pce ll of ucodtoal love

W r any permanent cage a you ad a reult of oul

l

Yes, I ould say I eericed ehaced s-esteem ad a clari of

purpose i my l 's directio It resolved my directio to pursu the healig

arts and a redentio of massage

e seco soul retieval as i Marc, 7, oe moth aer my

uer an I ere a auobil accnt It a arly te moig

and I as ai y ughter o school I dsacted ad a m pulled

out o of us e barreled to him ad my ugher did 't have o her

seat blt he it the ihil ad both of us ere shae up by it

Aer the accidet I felt I as abset most of the time that I as t all

hr I as orgtig all i of thigs a a v lo eergy I flt lie

I as drugged e other symtom I s havig besides feelig abset as

ausea I as oe auseous ie durig early pregacy he I ould be

hug, the I ould eat a lttl bit ad feel auseous gai It as

cosistet I et to see Michelle ad sh joueed for me:



7

ore

y sou ws found out t n fl y ount od s n t

t dnt I s ln lly fl n nious y pn pow nml ws

w�h m, potn m I s los

e ended e sou reriev nd in h cess I recoized some of my

lessons and m ers I d er bou m inbi o roec my uger

om wever s ou ere ' el here ws a messge or er o wer e r

sebel and se was luc she ws ' ur. el e d our gels

w us. er e soul rereal re w sese o am glow n my

ody and e nause ws one. n coue of ys i s oy ise

ws ge rl o colee e rocess cele h ge me

ce e o mee s o lce e xe er

exerece om he cce io e e s o rerese y eegs o

erbl he rg rou ese ces s e er

meie for ee he bure i he sie of he cci er he ee

e los crshe o

d yo noce ny chng fte he itu

Yes e re s a coer o e road ha re b ee ay a noced

o longer d sell o m ould el ar or a cill h assed by wher w had h acc Aer he soul reri rul

w able le go o e u



7

ere ere a g erm bee r reev

Yes Before the soul retrieval di ow whih ed was up brouht

pesee bk ito bod an I was able o ou as r abl to

diret the healn proess

ee syml o mge tht epse or experence?

es, he apahe tear syolized a sorrow that had bee ut to rest

Ssan fet she discssed ha ws most meann from her eerience

thogh we condcted he inteew over the teehone te morance of the

eain cae oh e incere toe o her voice ane san or her

vaabe contribion to this sd



D

le

r

m

S sa

n s Intr

v

ew

C e

a

94 Inoed in many ie canges and was seeng dcon

19 Sufeed rauma m an auomobie accident

S

994 Fet lost and uncertan

Sou purpose and mtra wod ee nt onneng

997 Fet low energy s druggd

Fogetul

Eperienced nusea

Pb M for f

Hn

199 @ iua to pace eas an niees om te utomoble accdent no

an Apace tear and buy t nea te ace te accdent

Rt

1994 " Heang o br trauma

� Enanced l-esem

Abty t cus

Decided t ursue te ealng ar

97 • l n

creaed el-anes

elie r ear nd truma ro te autooble ccdent

Alty t c

Syms at Represe e Parcipa's So ereval

e Apace tear eents sr tt d been ad t t

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D C Ki t

(o S

r

1994 el hee wee as of helf ha we missing

1996 eeded o solve issues fom he as

S

994 . e disconneced

996 Exeienced deession and anxiey

e

R s

a

P

on

for S

lf H

na

1994 Joined a women's sudy gou

Leaed soul reieval, exracion ad oher shamac acice

Vison quesd

1996 s able o demine when enegy is eaving he body

l te S Reeva

994 Resoved as issues egading he divoce

ook bck he maiden name

Realied he need o econnec e los ars of herse

9 • Reconneced wi amly heiage

$ eels an over-all sense of imoed weleing

eels mo eaceful and coneced

8 Exeiences less desson

alues he inuiion

S

ymb

l

thatReprent

eParcipan

Sou Retreval

A ive, eaing hear

7



D Cl fm Mrin

Sl Rs

f

e

996

Sdying shamanism

99 S ivl wksh ssigmt

998 iig h pp su tival

s xity

Pcrib Ras

nor Peona Me fo ef-Heang

Juy d pti ami hg thds

Dm sis d jouali Rd th t

c aspa apraes t atvity ad a

frm e o Reel

996 sg s i pa ad wlbig

t lm dt happ d who

Isd swss

Spiits v pups i li to b a ha

99 pd vg a u he mde rd

Fi i th xist o othr worlds

Ba a spitua couli pra

998 F am, od a oed

ym t

h

Reprnt e

ev

e bear res t or e sirit d e osm e o oess, creatvty vuay, e sou a

th bauy o i

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T

A

Caues fo Seek

Soul Retreva

he caue for eekg a oul rerieval may occr fom eeiencng

ayg dege of d fm he emoional, hyical or sirial as of an

ndvidual o an ndividu may be eng elf-awaene

1

ll of he arcan wre in a lif ransiion. Rober had nl l a

rlaonsh an was on ah o a n oaio nn and sa r

xeriencing hyical dires an w in an auomobile aidn and Anne

had njured her back fm lng oo mh wegh Ann re s

omehig wrong and uan ha eeing of ncerainy ahin e here

were ar of herelf ha ere miing. Rober eeded o reole h iue from

h a.

fond rom he inrview he more han one au o rason for

he arician o wan a ol trieval he ariciant were moivaed o

eolve iue fom he a, o discove mhods fo se-healing and o beoe

more whole

Symp

h aiian o his s hibid sos ranging o oion

dires to hoe ausd by aidns. lhogh h symoms uniqu o

ach idividual, h wre a w similaiies. For of h aiians

eeriened malaise in ving dges. Rob fel hee as somhing

miing. aherine and usan send hy wr disonnd whil n fl a

d o g i oh. Wih on o his sd, i his o b a



2

example of ow a missing pat of e soul manifests itself as a symptom. Ote

os su as eeling o engy ing somehing i ng and feeling

ls n nceain pin e ay the sce the disess. ymptms such

nusea aggssion sadness depssion and anxiety aid in chaacteizing an

en o ries of een at aused e soul loss

e

r

Mf f-H

Tis ategoy combines tuals for ealing tat a pescribed by te

samanic practioner as well as metods fo self-ealing by e paticipant as a

eul o he soul etieval.

A itul may emege fom te soul reieal as a sult o an nteaion i

e spit wod A tual may also be pescied by e pactione in rde to

poide a bdge o te iddle wold we te participant can te a mo

ace ole in is/er ealing Two of te e paticipants eceied a itual as a

direct sult of ei sou retrieal Robert colected rocks that repsented

various issues and afr some consideatin eleased tem a mnne tha as

appopriate to bring closue. usan was given a tual to place e fas and

anxieties fom an automobile accident into an apace te and buy it nea the

sie of te accident. oug tis poces both Robe and usan e given an

oppotnity to confont tei distss in a ay that placed te contol o thei

healing in thei n nds. is enable th ictate th thi

elaionsip o te issues and lieve thei ctns.

Kateine Anne and I ound ay o ing balance to iv oug

stdy o dam anays. l ve aticiants led o t y the si

orld and pacc samanism in vaying eges Rbet t oy t



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the uppr wods o conac ls family membs fo loue. Kaerine a Ann

aica in vison qes. jo an acce samanic heang meos.

el se ursuis a a resl f xposre samanic pracce and have

conriud o he lon-e efec of sul erieval.

The suls frm he soul ieval caeor incude imediae suls and

resuls a came aaren lae as ell a ng-erm resuls.

This cagor sed he ariues of sul rereva y he efec i a n

al o rcans Al aricians indicaed hey ere eer ale o ocus

an no an icrease in sef-aaeness. Re exres his as a sf fm

unconscious o he conous. Kaherin leed o valu her inuion. h

cl d was aan hrouou he acipan's eprine.

inres condence as xressed may ways. I anifesd

rr s enancd slf-esee and eelig mo ale o deal wih person

ssues. Ann was no loner afrad o seen o knon ohrs nd I

dscovre a new a n oher rs. aerine has less eression an Roe

dveloe ne meods for deaing wh angr. e sou rerieval enaled he

pipans o e mo effecive wen chllened.

is someimes icu o face e mem of an ven ha cause soul

loss; however, in din an emracin e eue sul, a ne a immeiae

sense o woeness experienced. e heme f hoeness emered

ominny wih he suy an as escie erms o eng econnece

an ore cmpl. aherine ealizd she needed o reonnec he los a f

hersel. Roe fe more compee as a ire resul he sou erieval and e



calm, condent, happy and whole. ne desbed her exee a eelng

oe eaefu, piitua an woe. The escipton niate that a geate

ene o e-eing wa epeenced y al patcpant.

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A paicipant noiced feelig moe peau. Robe lt oe calm ad

ne ha ine eace. Kateie a fet eaefu a moe conecte. ua

wa ae to et go o the fea and auma fom he automoble accident. I fel ha

he inceased ee o inne eace epeenced by he paticant heped them

a he oked thogh ainfu iue.

he paan e able to ove ue o hei . athene

eoed the ie fom he divoce and took back he maden name. Fom he

1 ou etiea he connecte with he amiy heitage. uan oe

wee ae to n coe wth he pat. obet eolved iue egadng he

o o hi a an an entud deep ino he pat to hea he bih

auma. Thee epeiene indicate that ou eteva an effective heang

etho o eovng e om the pat.

Two of the atiia we phyay heae fo e ou etie.

uan wa no longe naueou. Anne ae tha he ack pn wa oaly gon

wthn hee day o he oul eeva and ha eve el dcomo n he back

in the eve yea ince

ou etval nued the o o o p Dug my ou

teal, the pt led my puoe o ele As ul o y

ou e oog , I tu oug u' 1994

oul al podd e o o h o uue oe a a hel



The most ignicn resuls fro s sudy are:

" Ehae abiliy o fou

G Inee s-awaness

� Cnen and inneseng

Fei in pa an an ipove sense of wel-being

i le, eoee ad ope

Abe o resolve isses fro e pas

nspi o e ife anges

Reief fo pysia sypos

S

l

Te syols epesn e paiipan's so eieva expeenes. T

eins of e sybos are pesona o e paiipan. I fond e

insi o e on as sybos a esibe e sl reeva epeien.

Kaine A iv ain ea

R Wa a way o sol a prsn

oe o an feein sae

85

e sod a repsen anesa powe and aii

o e effeive in e wold

Anne

Susan

Maian

A all bak saan oan o proves roein

pae ea a presn a soo wi as a o

res

e ea a repesens oe of e spiri ol

e egg, rereseing oeness, eivi, individuali, e

ol and e eauy of ife



86

Table I: emac Anayss

Them No. of Pacipn

Ias 5

Ia Saess 5

is IPae 5

Ga Ss ess 4

Rv Iss 3

s N Vain 3

Rif ysia Syps 2

Diso

T ia I a ndin i y as a i s e

iva a y ie. I ip y iia s

v I I pa. T saiv

s iva a si si s a . I

i a ip sis es sa and a

paiipa y vii i pis.

I ee ee is a a o e pai o saais and ais.

Te sou eeval eis a poess a invies e aiipan o lay an ae

i is ain. Te iqiy i is aien paie pvides

va poiis pe esadi e i s o

pvi s i es selfdisvey. I od e desood a

s ieva pes is ny f e ailin. s pa of e an iion,

no a ow ouna o wl adjued e ae, e always ae a ne o



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ow moe.

The sults fom Gle (1995), Mos (1995), ad s study hav ho

osiie outcomes fo soul ea a owe amal eeal. The sho-tem

effects of soul eal fom Gle's sdy shoed a eas i eegy, self

esm, hoees ad emowee. e esult fom os' study showed

ad cease i empoweet d e-woh, a cocto to siitualty ad

feeligs of uty, feelg eaceful, ad a eate aily to face fears ad

challeges. y study suots the dgs of Ge ad s smla to os.

The aiiats felt stoge ad more coet. Fegs of wholeess ad

er eace were evidet. addtio o he other dg e was a ehad

abilty to focus, lief fm hysca symtom, a aity to esolve ssues fom

the past a a wiligess o chage dco i ie. A paicipas expeeced

less deressio as a sult of soul reteval ad he feelig of ier eace gav

the ality to be more effecve whe chaleged. eg actvely ivoved th

healg rocess thrugh rial or a sita ractice such as shamac jouyg

cotuted to he o-rm eets of soul retreva. Ths facltatd

itgatio of lost esce ad ucoscios cotet ad ceaed slf-awaeess.

The ve questos we desgd to folow th gudees fom

qualitative methodology ad ca study tvws. I f they ad h

paticiats to focus o what ws meafl fom the xpeecs. A

aticats had exceptoal memors ocg thr sou rtvas ad som

refeed to he otes duig the tevw. he oeess d hoesy of h

pacpats gty cotiued to the authecity of ths stud.



88

im it

a on

s of

h

e S

sz of id; fo, ano gna san

o bn of o a o e ga popao. Howe, nk i s

ipo o osie e vae of a sdie wi ow iia

Te sai ae ad been paiing fo wny ya w

o o e aiiie o a esf paiioe. S also oe e

paip o iview; we no ando sd fo sd. Te

pip w fo siila soo-onoi bakgond and w fo-n

e -

o y ye o.

S

&ns

fo

r

e

r

t

i

o b ieing o on a iia y wi a og an od

a p, pop wo a nv o -v, and siy o

niey-ve yea o ae. o e in o poe iss a ai

ad ope pe aos gop

A osal sdy i nesay o ndan ffs of so iva

ao e wo. ow oe a o ieva in a we lue opae o on

gvn n an dgnous on? s pod sa? ow do sss and

e iffe

A y o e eff of od va and oa paien wod

ieiby vaal wo a d o e ee of eaios a so

eieva on paien wi o- ineses o fe-aeing ine.



haptr Six

Cocluio

89

y e u e eec u eea e ee yea

d sid t tms ptiip s i ommo. us o i

tudy s g-t bs ou i T u ti t i

m i e h eed di patipt e a

udmtl w T sus shw ags psii ouoms at

md di su u tiea e bee u e i

ue y a e e ac e.



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Apnx

Rear Parpaon Agreeen

ea Paant

You ae nve to atcate n stuy onceng te effcts of soul

eteval over a two year eo I wng s searc er for my masers

egee for te nsttue of Trsesonal sycology alo Ao C ou wll be

ase to sare you eerence of soul evl an any nges t may aveoue as a resut o ts ocedure I ncung a s o questos to el

you eal te eerences tat were meanngful to you Tese are me to be

guenes e ntevew wll be conuce as a alogue wt emass on

aung a ful unersnng of the efects of soul teval Plee unerstan

tat I ono te ntevew as a ersona eerence an you are no oblgae to

sa any asect at s unomforable

Wt your sson I w nuct oe hour nteew t you te

laton of your oe. e nterew wll b uo tae o e rotton

your rvacy al nformon g o our ent wl b onenl I

wl sen you a oy f t e r u ecton l el fre

me y corrtons omssons or ustns ou feel s ncss n rtu

to me wtn four s Plee unest your tn olunty

you my wtrw your set t y tm y es t reje

you woul le to cee coy o te rsr ngs lese l m w



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but this h wd t my titi. My sigtu idits m

wiingns o b ptiit i i tud ad to v the reu pubied. I

dstnd that i n pubsed mati, i mi oo.

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