Hidden Magic of the Urban Shaman & Wisdom of the Ancients

The urban shaman can used as a modern term for ancient traditional healing methods of our ancestors. Blending together the ancient magical practice and contemporary methods to bring deeper meaning to our lives.

Whilst many people have found that deeper connection, many others blindly live their lives through the eyes of other.  Many flounder in between, sensing that there is something more to life but have no idea where to turn.  

So, the urban shaman brings the wisdom of our ancestors to meet with the demands of our overwhelmed psyche. They hold the ability and skill to heal through all aspects of ourselves.  The physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. 

One thing is for sure, we are emerging through a time of worldwide awakening. Never has there been more of a need for shamanic healing practices. Here I delve a little deeper into the meaning of the urban shaman and how they fit into our world today.

 

Urban Shamans Live Within Our Communities

 

An indigenous shaman, for example, live in the depths of the jungle or the foot of the Himalayas.  Urban shamans live within our modern towns, cities or villages. Working from home, or from a healing centre of some kind, some work with clients out in nature. 

Shamanism is practised by people who may not originate in a traditional indigenous society per se, yet have a deep reverence towards traditional methods. 

Way back in their ancestral lineage there may well have been a shaman within their tribe. This way of life has been awakened within them in some form for them to serve the modern communities of today.

 

Shamans, urban or traditional have either been called to service, have been initiated or are chosen at birth

A Calling

An individual is called to service when they have had a very serious illness, or near-death experience, or are visited by spirits. They are said to have known death and returned from it and they can become shamans from this experience.

In the modern world, this can also mean a life that has experienced much pain, trauma or suffering.  Yet the individual has healed from these experiences. In other words, they have that hidden secret of life not attained by others.

Initiation

When an individual is initiated into this work, prospective shamans undergo what is known as “shamanic initiation.” This happens through courageously enduring circumstances that enable them to face all of their fears. A real shaman demonstrates immense strength and healing in this process.  

By Birth

In many tribes and some modern-day families, shamans are chosen before birth.  It is said that Spirit chose to incarnate itself as a shaman before it was even born into physical existence. A shaman is known by the spiritual elders of a tribe as he or she is born.

This can happen in today’s society too, but sadly may not be recognised as such immediately. 

Individuals may have followed a life governed by the need to appease family tradition, to become an engineer or doctor for example.  Yet their heart is screaming for a different life.

Desperately unhappy, they may find themselves on the brink of a mental breakdown or suffering ill health. Eventually, they may break free from others’ expectations and find their true shamanic path and destiny.

For the lucky ones, shamanic abilities may also be passed down ancestrally. The young shaman will then grow to be guided and trained by the elder shaman. 

A modern-day shaman or indeed any shaman, is a person who has attained a certain level of higher consciousness,

Shamans are witness to great healing and transformation and therefore have a big responsibility towards their clients health and well-being during sessions.  

 

I am here to help you see your purpose, heal from pain and trauma and help you bring cheer back into your life. 

If you are feeling less than inspired by life, feel lost or like there is more to life.   I will help you clear the negative patterns and emotions that have built up in your mind, as well as bring balance to your emotions to heal your body. More details on my website. 

 

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Ancient healing practices that weave into the modern world

Shamans come in many forms. All have a similar ability to see or sense that which is hidden.  They teach that everything is energy, or in other words, everything in existence has a spiritual aspect.  This spiritual aspect means a sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves. 

Our ancestors knew so much about life, the natural and spiritual world.  Without modern technologies, life was governed by nature and spirit.  The rising and setting of the sun, the full and new moon, by the stars and the seasons.  Urban shamans are also connected to our natural world, drawing wisdom from nature just like our ancestors.

 

 

 

The Shamans Bowl 

 

Shamans know that every health issue, mental, physical, or emotional has its cause in the spiritual essence.  If required, medicine would be prescribed in the form of a plant, or ritual to rid dark energies.   

Whilst other methods include connecting with unseen spirits and beings through divination as a method to give clarity and direction to situations. 

 

 

“Honoring the world of form and spirit; surrendering to endless death and rebirth; this is the source of all healing — the shaman’s power”.

Theodore Tsaousidis 

 

There are many forms of shaman healers.  Some use plant medicine, specialising in herbs, and nutrition.  Others focus on the body through energy healing. 

Re-programming the mind and releasing deep routed emotions is another skill.  Some even specialise in dealing with darker forces.  There are seers, otherwise known as psychics that enable a person to be guided to clarity. 

These are not your everyday natural health therapists, psychics, energy healers, psychologists (no disrespect intended).  These are people that have attained a higher level of awareness, knowledge, perception and consciousness.  An ability to connect with the higher vibrational energies, that are not of this physical reality.  

A true shaman has the ability to move within other realms of reality. To repair lost souls.  To heal physical wounds from the past and present. To clear mental and emotional energy blocks and bring back balance and harmony to life.

 

As above, so below, so within, so without

Dr Randolph Stone 

A shaman is adept to apply wisdom from the spiritual realms in order to transform the physical realm. 

This is what differentiates shamans from other spiritual healers. Transmuting disturbed energies that will have a real impact in the physical realm is a mark of a true shaman.   

A medium, for example, can access these realms, but they lack the physical action while there. Shamans access these other realms to affect change in the physical.

 

 

You don’t need to suffer.  I am here to help you balance your energy that has become a problem in your life.  Relationship issues, lack of motivation, and purpose in life are very often due to something that is hidden.  We can meet over Zoom or if you are local I can meet you face to face.  See my website for more details.