Many people every year find themselves being drawn to Native American spiritual practices. They use these practices either in conjunction with their current religious belief system or simply as an alternative spiritual path they can follow. Last time we explored Christianity. This time we are taking a deeper look at the spiritual practices of the […]
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12 Techniques for Changing Consciousness
Teacher and author Christopher Penczak speaks of twelve pathways for changing or shifting consciousness. He refers to them as gateways. The first eight paths he adapted from the work of Gerald Gardner. The last four were of his own realization. You can learn more about these in his book “The Gates of Witchcraft.” In this […]
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Spirit Animals and Animal Spirits
Animals are significant in the Shamanic tradition. They are seen as guides, guardians, and teachers.In Shamanism, it is believed that both physical animals and spiritual animals are an essential part of health and wellbeing.In the physical world, animals act as teachers. When a person comes across an animal, primarily if it should occur on three […]
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An Overview of the Shamanic Worldview
Shamanism has become very popular in the “New Age” world. The roots of shamanism have been around for eons. Almost all cultures can trace their roots back in time to a period when they embraced some form of shamanism. Many indigenous cultures still have practicing shamans. The idea of core shamanism is all about taking […]
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5 Things Many Pagans Believe
Paganism is an earth-based spiritual path. There are many types of Pagans, and all have somewhat slightly different beliefs. Despite this, they do typically share many views too. The easiest way to understand this is to consider Christianity. Christianity is to Paganism as Wicca is to Baptist or witchcraft is to Catholicism. In other words, […]
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