Shamanic Journeying Quotes

“Humans are a part of creation and shamanism is our way of connecting with the whole.”
― Will Adcock, Shamanism: Rituals For Spiritual Journeying And Creating Sacred Space

“The novel comes from a long shamanic tradition wherein the shaman-storyteller himself is transformed, no longer storyteller but a character, an animal, a god, a goddess, or a natural force that is not his everyday identity. And these moments, when the characters come alive and the author disappears, take us into another world.”
― Hal Zina Bennett, Spirit Circle: A Story of Adventure & Shamanic Revelation

“A shaman and a writer each serve as their communities’ seers by engaging in extraordinary acts of conscientious study of the past and the present and predicting the future. An inner voice calls to the shaman and an essayistic writer to answer the call that vexes the pernicious spirit of their times. Shamanistic writers induce a trance state of mind where they lose contact with physical reality through a rational disordering of the senses, in an effort to encounter for the umpteenth time the great unknown and the unutterable truths that structure existence. An afflicted person seeking clarification of existence cannot ignore the shamanistic calling of narrative exposition. Thus, I shall continue this longwinded howl – making a personal immortality vessel – into the darkness of night forevermore.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Journeying is a lifestyle change.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Life Betwixt: Essays on Allies in the Everyday and Shamanism Among

“Learning shamanism isn’t just about acquiring techniques in how to do it, but also how to incorporate and deal with the
changes it brings to everyday life.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Teen Spirit Guide to Modern Shamanism

“All Things are in constant relationship, and shamanic journey is the choice to put one’s self in direct contact and concert with that relationship.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Gift of the Dreamtime - Reader's Companion

“The communication function of modern writers is akin to the ancient role fulfilled by tribal shamans. All writers ultimately perform a shamanistic role in society; their mythmaking voices speak to us from the underworld after their passage to the other side. Writers place themselves in a trance-like state where their unconscious mind dictates to them what to write.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Like sparks of light bursting from the earth, Peaches and her spirit animal dove up from the root system all at once, then ran over and through the leaves on the forest canopy, as water-worn rocks appeared beneath their feet the closer they got to the creek. A moment or so later, they were diving underneath the fast current of the shallow water, spiraling downward toward a bright beam of light emanating from the very bottom of the creek.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“With ecstasy, what we do Here, directly impacts what we can achieve There.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Life Betwixt - Essays on Allies in the Everyday and Shamanism Among

“As long as we string out the ecstasy of awe, we won’t do the work required to mine its precious teachings.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Life Betwixt: Essays on Allies in the Everyday and Shamanism Among