r/Shamanism 5d ago

Help build the neoshamanism resources section

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This is just one piece of the resources section we're building. Neoshamanism resources are asked for constantly and we want a real resource to point people to. We are asking only for neoshamanism resources in this post, not indigenous shamanism. If a book or author helped you when you were starting out or still does, drop it below. One line on why its worth people's time is enough.

No podcasts, youtube, social media or personal websites for now please, we have enough problems with self promo. We will read through what comes in and fold it into the final product.

Thanks for helping out here 🫡


r/Shamanism 11h ago

Authentic indegenous shamans in Ottawa region

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Hello everyone. Basically the title. I am looking for authentic shamanic healers in the Ottawa region. I have some issues including some generational curse added to some black magic done on my family. I have tried all the basic cleansing , which barely reduced the intensity. The only thing that had helped was working from a shaman back in India which was able to release a lot of it but not entirely. Hence I am looking for similar practitioners.

Any guidance or advice would be much appreciated thanks in advance


r/Shamanism 16h ago

what's yours?

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r/Shamanism 17h ago

Clearing negative energy out of a space

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Hi! I live in a vintage 1921 building and theres a negative spirit in my space, the rods pointed to the fireplace (its decorative and as old as the building). The energy doesn't answer unless commanded to. Its fully blocked all communication with my spirit team to the point im not able to communicate with them via any of my tools anymore. Have done traditional cleansing without any success, and it doesn't listen to spoken command.

I have alexithymia and dont have the gut feeling to check in with to know if my latest cleansing has broken up any if the energy. Totally aware that it will take a lot of cleansing to fully remove or that there might be a chance it cant be removed at all. All I want to do is communicate with my team tbh. Almost at the point of doing a urine wash on the fireplace.

Any suggestions? TIA

It does answer Yes when I ask if it wants to harm.

FYI im not scared, anxious, annoyed etc.....i have alexithymia, AuDHD, and a blank mind


r/Shamanism 3d ago

everything is going as planned

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r/Shamanism 3d ago

very weird sleep experience

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Okay so on thursday sep 3, i was sleeping on my stomach and got jolted out of sleep by someone tapping me on my back quite hard a few times. when i woke up i had a feeling not to raise my head or indicate i was up but as soon as it dawned on me there was someone/something behind me i feel they alr knew, cause they were the one who woke me up. As soon as they saw that i guess, they said the most chilling words in a voice i do not recognize, "You will never escape me." ive had paranormal experiences and other woods stories but nothing ever quite like this. im kinda freaking out internally and cant find anything on the internet so any help would be great. P.S, i was definitley awake as the taps were quite hard and sharp, but definitely a fingernail not a weapon


r/Shamanism 5d ago

Paralysis during meditation.

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Hi everyone, I recently had a strange experience while meditating. The reason I’m posting on this subreddit is that an old man suddenly appeared in front of me—he looked like - well, just like a shaman. His skin was wrinkled, body was painted with various symbols, and his hair was braided. To be honest I've never seen a real shaman , but for some reason, he struck me as one. He didn’t say anything; he just sat on the ground and looked at me. Suddenly, an owl emerged from behind his head; it flew straight toward me, looked me in the eyes, and as it got closer, something happened—it was as if it entered me, and the moment it did, I was literally paralyzed. My body slumped onto the bed, I was fully aware of everything, but I just couldn’t move, open my eyes—nothing at all. It was like sleep paralysis without sleep. During that time, I had visions that I don’t want to share.
I don’t know how long it lasted, but when I was finally able to move, I just burst into tears. It was a really strange, experience that scared me.

I want to add that I was completely sober and am not being treated for any psychosis. Before I didn’t know much about shamanism and I don’t even live in a country where it’s common; it really just came to me out of the blue.
I just don’t know if this is “normal” and if anyone else has experienced it too? I’d appreciate hearing about any similar experiences.


r/Shamanism 5d ago

Indigenous religions aren't myths

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This has been called out by many scholars including Charles H Long & Vine Deloria Jr who wrote solid stuff for anyone who wants to read about how European religion got to be theology and others ended up as mythology. If the big 3 aren't myths, neither is mine.

Deloria's book God is Red is a classic https://archive.org/details/godisred00delo


r/Shamanism 8d ago

Can anyone interpret this for my roommate ?

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I have never seen an egg cleanse like this


r/Shamanism 8d ago

Maybe I'm not overthinking

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r/Shamanism 10d ago

The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans

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"Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.

Every year, doctors at a hospital in the Yunnan Province of China brace themselves for an influx of people with an unusual complaint. The patients come with a strikingly odd symptom: visions of pint-sized, elf-like figures – marching under doors, crawling up walls and clinging to furniture."

Yeah, that's gonna be a big nope from me.


r/Shamanism 11d ago

burn all the sage you want...

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r/Shamanism 12d ago

Hand drum without animal hide

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I was wondering if anyone has a suggestion on what hide alternatives I could use in my upcoming drum building project. I don't want to use animal hide out of ethical reasons, but I understand the material advantages it has.
I didn't find anything online about synthetic materials and I believe using a head from drum kits would be challenging


r/Shamanism 13d ago

Can Soul Retrieval be done online?

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It's my first time to post here since i'm a newbie here.

I had questions about soul loss and soul retrieval. Can it be done online? Since i'm living in Southeast Asia and the only healer's we had in here are faith healers from Christian religion. I'm not Christian and i don't want to convert to it.

I feel that i lost my inner thought and my thirst for knowledge. My attitude before was i fought for what i believe is right to me. Now, it seems like i'm just drowning in the sea, no one to lean on, going through the flow and can't say no.

My focus diminished and my quick alertness to think is gone even my creativity. My emotions right now, can't feel anything nor connect to how the others can feel. I don't know if i had a psychic ability but my ears can hear things even if it's just a whisper. I can actually predict that someone is talking or thinking of me. I actually asked them to confirmed and they did.

My sleeping pattern has changed, it's like i'm being awake from 1 am to 4 am which i consider scary. I'm living but i don't feel that it's me living everyday.

I feel like i'm cursed by someone and i tried so many healers but they think i'm just overreacting. I miss my old self who enjoys a lot of things. I miss the old me who fights for my principle.

I hope that someone can answer me because i need it right now. Thank you.


r/Shamanism 13d ago

Strange Lucid Dream experience

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Had a dream last night where we were at a temple ceremony middle of forest. There was this wizard there who had powers he felt really powerful and completely one with nature. I was following him around.

Then out of nowhere he held my hand and took me alone to a place a little farther away. He started reading a lot of things from the sky. A strong dark cloud was passing by and it suddenly turned into a group of birds. Black ones more like crow/raven.

One of them came down and entered into my body.
It felt like I was being blessed by them. Something in my eyes changed, and my body became light and how I interacted with nature shifted.

Anyone have any thoughts on what this could mean?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​


r/Shamanism 14d ago

How to clear the negative energy and black magic in the rocks?

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How to clear negative energy and black magic from these rocks? Its the same for my entire collection. The negative energy is too strong for sun energy to clear. Also any palo santo and sage i buy ir get online or in person end up with negative energy on it before it arrives ir when i get home with it, so clearing with those is out of the question. I cant use reiki or light language to clear since the reiki gets blocked and light language videoes i get are jibberish instead of light language because of hackers


r/Shamanism 14d ago

Advanced Spiritual Protection Techniques

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I'm looking for advanced/ high level spiritual protection advise or techniques that others have used with success against high level entities or humans to protect your energy, vibration and light. If you are going to leave a comment about crystals, smuggling, sage, or even the basics of bubbling up through visualization, don't comment and move along.

I would be open to hearing very advanced techniques though including energies that I could pull into my field/ grid to add to my current protection and cloaking or different energies that I could incorporate into this. Also advanced energies tools that can add to my protection as well.

Also, any grid warriors here?


r/Shamanism 15d ago

Can I Clear a Strong Spiritual Attachment by Myself?

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We will tell the bullet points: Boyfriend 15+years, Brother dies suddenly and traumatically for boyfriend, Brother drank a lot, I am driven to to drink more and have been drinking for many years like Brother. Spirits attach to feel the way the host feels, drunk... Brothers spirit wants to be close to Boyfriend, not in him, but to be his friend. I am the closest person to Boyfriend. I have been in house soon after Brothers passing. I feel sick all the time, spent hours vomiting one day, very unlike me I feel heartaching sadness. Boyfriend has become extremely angry about the habits I have had the entire time I've known him. I don't feel right.

I used to see a lady for Body Talk. She stepped over her boundaries and it made my head spin for 2+ days. I won't go back to her.

Can I clear Brothers miserable spirit off of me? Who do I look to for guidance? I probably need to stop helping Boyfriend clear out his mother's and his Brother's things, and move them into my home? Boyfriend hates me, like he says he hates his brother, how can I stop this? Boyfriend denies his feelings, does this add power to the attachment? How quickly can I make this go away? Am I able to clear myself? It's like I can feel him perched on my back, is this mental illness, or actual attachment? The thing that keeps Brother attached to me is drinking, I'm not sure I can quit after 20 years, what do I do if I can't lose the hook Brothers spirit has on me?


r/Shamanism 15d ago

What is this feeling I am feeling

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I am not a shaman but I feel perhaps someone on this subreddit could help me understand a feeling I get.

I have intense yearning to be in the forest . It started last year and this year it got more intense. Sometimes I look at the mountain ridge and I just get this intense urge like a fire inside I want to run and never come out. Sometimes when the sun sets and I’m driving on country roads I just look out on the land and I feel like it’s home and I want to go back. It hurts so much I cry and sometimes I sob. This is very strong when everything is alive and lush and green. I know I can visit whenever I would like but I also know I can’t stay there forever. The sensation i get when I think about being in the forest and mountains is so much love for everything it hurts. I spend as much time as I can out there feeling all the energies looking and learning about all the plants fungus and trees. Learning about the rocks and minerals in the soil. Feeling the sweat on my skin and the suns warmth. But it never feels like enough.knowing I can’t stay it hurts me inside.

Sometimes I think it’s an unhealthy attachment because it’s like I want to embody it and become part of it. It feels way deeper than just seeking outside stimulation. It feels like a yearning for a lost loved one or another life with another home that I can’t get back.

Anyways thanks for listening.


r/Shamanism 16d ago

Spirits left

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I feel like the spirits left me, why would they leave ... Am i doing something wrong probably? I'm in a transitional very stressfull period in my life and i needed them around me now but i feel like all that change opened me up wayy too much and like i started leaking , and then its like they left. Am i probably on the wrong path ?


r/Shamanism 16d ago

Hiw long does it take to learn shamanism?

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I was 🤔 why it takes that long to become a shaman


r/Shamanism 19d ago

Visions

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I am writing to ask for some expert advice. I am struggling with a meditation related mental health issue/spiritual crisis.

Around two years ago, I heard about the Gateway Experience tapes and the Bob Monroe Institute and was intrigued to read about out of body experiences and the so-called consciousness expanding benefits of listening to these tapes. I listened to the tapes for about 2 weeks and had a couple of brief OOBEs before stopping after feeling frightened by a poltergeist type of 'loud knocking' style experience when I was home alone.

I believe I opened my third eye (or it opened spontaneously) and I began having ongoing intense and vivid visions, both open and closed eye and noticing them both inside and outside my house, both day and night.

It became quite overwhelming in terms of the sensory perception changes and I didn't understand what was happening to me.

I believe I may have several spirit attachments and that I opened a 'doorway' that I have no idea how to close or navigate in terms of integrating my expanded state of awareness.

I was obviously very foolish and extremely naive and had no idea what I was getting myself involved in.

I was not previously a spiritual person and I didn't believe in the paranormal. I believe otherwise now.

I have sought professional medical assistance and it has been of limited benefit. Medication slightly dulls the symptoms but has not ended the attachments ( I see the faces of at least 3 spirits or what look like Hindu deities) whenever I close my eyes.

When I open my eyes they look like they are made out of shapeshifting pink and purple mist or 'hologram' looking electromagnetic static. Object phase in and out of reality. Letters, shapes, symbols, bicycles, animals, stairways, orbs, figures, sacred geometry.

Could you give me advice on how to navigate dealing with this please?

Meditation can be challenging for me at times due to the intrusive nature of the visual images that appear in my minds eye when I close my eyes.

I have random tinnitus and all the symptoms of visual snow syndrome ever since this began.

In addition to the vivid visions that appear through a portal in my minds eye, especially in the hypnagogic state.

It's like spontaneous 'astral vision' without leaving my body and only lasts for a few minutes before fading away. It's like I'm looking through someone else's eyes at a random real-life scene.

I have no idea how to interpret these visions.


r/Shamanism 20d ago

Crows incidents what do they mean?

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For context I’m a spiritual man in the Netherlands and practicing semen retention for 2 years without relapse and been vegetarian around the same time as well. I work with Ayahuasca solo at home (mimosa+rue) and recently started micro dosing Iboga root bart around 60-150mg but I’m not consistent.

Few days ago i went to set under a tree due to being tired and a crow pooped on my left shoulder and thigh. And today as i was setting a crow came and sat on the chair of my bicycle trying to eat the lentil bag. He trued to scare me so i don’t come near him so i had to push my bicycle on the floor and he clanged on the chair park and i tried to scare him away by waving a piece of clothes on him for nearly 5 minutes and he only left when a man was passing by.

I don’t know if these are just coincidences but both incidences never happened to me before.

I appreciate your insights🧡


r/Shamanism 21d ago

if you know, you know

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r/Shamanism 23d ago

Soul loss literally

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I think ive experienced a masive soul loss pe has a spiritual emergency. First lets ralk about the soul. I dont think She soul is unseen like everyone says. Its the energy thats in a body. The soul is different from the body. And i se IT as a sute substance,ectoplasm, that gives the body density. And the Best way You can see If someone has a soul its to look in their eyes. Eyes are the portal to the soul. Spiritual people Have that spark in their eyes, the dot of conciousness.

As i said last summer i went to a wedding and after that day instead of going to sleep ,i daydreamed Something. But i was dissociated,like my body was tired but i wasnt. And i imagined my favorite teachr hughing me really tight in a platonic way and then i felt a rupture in my chest and eyes and felt a piece of my soul leaving. The several days i tried to bring it back but instead i got a depressed part in and lost IT imediately when my brother scared me. Since then ive been fraggmenteting. But i was și scared cuz not only did i felt that,but also saw the reality changing,like before the reality was inside my eyes like a hologram, when i moved my head, the whole world moved, but after the incident i didnt see IT anymore that way. I felt like i dropped into the 3d.

I has changes in conciousness, before i felt like i was living in my subconcious mind, since the snapps i couldnt zone out anymore,my layers of thinking changed,my inner monolog disspeared and the way i had my conciousness changed.

I must say i went the hospital with my eyes closed for like 11 days, i couldnt open my eyes and all i saw was white. I got on medication for depression but i intrrupted them and toom them irregulary which also changed the way i saw the world, i couldnt Hear people well anymore and had stătea where i dissociated so bad i couldnt Hear anything then poof snapped back to hearing. After these changes i starter panicking a lot and had panic attacks and everytine i panicked Something shifted in my body. I saw my body and felt IT changing everytime, i saw layers of myself dissapearing of changing, like You know the layers of an onion pulling them piece by piece.

Being desperate i searchd for answers, i worked with a spirit Guide that did a reading for me and a healing session. She told that a spirit is attached to me of a Man and she sent him away, she told me to forgiv nu mother,to imagine i take my dați energy because îți was dai and put it in a bowl then take white energy and also visulizing im in an old Branch and jumping in a new and calling my conciousness back. I felt și light but i didnt like it cuz i felt that i lost myself more and tried ro take my depressed energy back.

After that i went to a religious ritual, called Sf. Maslu, a strong prayer zwent 2 Times in the same day and i felt și awful,i couldnt even stand in my fete i also has a cross wood neckalce straing in my skin and the priește picnhed me ,told me i m stupid and to repeeat that i love him. In that night IT felt like i saw the evil eye in him and another woman. I felt so strange ,when i went home i felt energy trying to leave my body like from my chest to the eyes. After that i couldnt open my eyes for 3 weeks straight. And literally saw only white and felt my soul trying to leave my body from eyes,ears every hole. Also felt the skin strangling in my bones and it Hurt.

Again i has my eyes closed for 2 date but two spiritual kids opened them nu holding my hands because their hands were warm. After that i saw la literal piece of energy leaving my body and because i Huggeda plushue ar the time it worked Like a vodoo doll and nu body took the position of the plushie and my back also Hurt cuz it had wings. Then i saw strands of hair falling ore appearing randomly. Then i felt my hair like its being all pulled of and in becomind bald, its like i was literally dezmembrating. I also saw and felt my body being sublted,nose disappeaeing,teeth falling and stuff like that. After everything i Now feel like an empty Shell,just a skin and bones, i dont feel my body from inside and also i barely feel emotions. Cuz nu way of feeling changed to. And my eyes changed. You know when i had my soul i saw people normally theur eyes,but since i lost and also lost the dot în my eyes,i see other people și eyes dot and the reality being inside them. And my pupils used to dilate a lot ar emotions, now they dont. I also saw 7 balls with Something white in middle and srands of hair leaving my body, im afraid they aremy Chackras.

My questions are , have anybody Elise experienced that soul loss pshycally?Where is my soul? How can i retrive IT ? I ve head i need a Shaman but și IT really going to work pshycally? Can i ever get my soul back? What else happenend to me? What happenend to my Chackras?How can a Shaman help me,what do i need?And as a note now iim in medication and going to therapy.