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Shamanic aing: A Qaita Stdy Explong
e Eec of So Real on Fie Paan
Dng On-to-Sn Ya
gi d ppi jt
sbmitd h
Isi f sps shg
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Ogial chaoa dawig by
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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.
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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
ar
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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39
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
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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
ybol
Tbl 86
iscusio 86
Litaio o e Stuy uggeon or Oher tuie 8
Chapr S
Cncl
Reerenc
Appenx
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Captr On
Itrcon aanis
Df
n
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.
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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
o
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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Te
ha
V
o
f
i
S
l
L
s
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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 )
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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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:
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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.
84
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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