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REIKI SHAMANISM FOR THE
MODERN WORLD
Reiki Shamanism just may be the way to adapt the principles of core shamanism to the modern world and to reinvent shamanism as a method of strengthening our commitment to the health and well being of ourselves, other species and the planet itself.
Shamanism
as a system of healing and spiritual practice addresses needs that have become
increasingly urgent in recent years. As
people are impacted by the challenges of living in the changeable and stressful
modern world, there is a growing need to nurture and honor ourselves. Shamanic practices do just that, as the
shamanic journey is an ideal vehicle for entry to the personal visionary
experiences that allow us to grow and develop as human beings.
Receiving
Reiki Attunements
The process of attunement or initiation is what sets Reiki apart from other forms of hands-on healing. It is extremely important to realize that the attunement does not give you anything new. It is an initiation that facilitates what you really are already capable of. The attunement is a process that happens between the Reiki Master/Teacher and the student. As the auras of the two people meld together, the student’s energy channels open and obstructions or blockages start to release. In other words, the density that the student has acquired over their lifetime begins to lift from their subtle and physical body grid. Each time a person receives an attunement, a larger percentage of this density releases. With less obstruction, the light of the Universe flows brighter and more in phase, like a coherent laser beam. It is the attunements themselves that are Reiki, and without this process, the healing system is not Reiki but something else). . . . MORE!
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Reiki Shamanism:
Advanced Reiki Practitioner (ARP) Program
Reiki Shamanism for the Modern World
By Theda Renee Floyd, PhD, RN, HHP
Some
visionary Reiki Practitioners have fused aspects of shamanic practices to
Reiki, creating expanded ways of working with Universal Life Force through
Shamanic Reiki traditions. The word shaman is a Siberian word for a spiritual
healer. Since ancient times, shamanism
has also been practiced in parts of Asia, Europe, Africa,
According
to the shamanic view, there is an unseen reality beyond the physical world that
is accessible through shamanic journeying.
Many shamanic traditions believe that this unseen reality is divided
into the lower, upper, and middle worlds.
In traditional shamanic practice, the shaman journeys into these unseen
worlds to interact with helping spirits in order to receive instruction,
advice, or information that will be conducive to healing, understanding,
decision making, and other everyday issues.
Modern shamanism or core shamanism draws from the core principles of
shamanism, and is finding its way into various healing modalities, from
avant-garde psychology to energy healing.
The core principles of shamanism are:
- That human beings are able to work productively in
altered states of consciousness, which can be induced by monotonous
sounds, such as steady drumming, chanting, or shaking a rattle;
- That while working in altered states of
consciousness, we can enter other realities normally imperceptible to
people who are not;
- That from those realities, we can bring back helpful
healing knowledge for ourselves and others (Cowan The Pocket
34-35).
Many
of us have genetic memory of shamanic practices buried deep in our
psyches. Shamanic practitioners often
report that they knew from childhood or adolescence that they were being called
to something atypical in terms of healing work or spiritual practice. An early interest in nature, psychic
phenomena, or magical and mystical experiences may be an introduction to what
is later discovered to be shamanism.
Often these early predilections alert individuals that there is much
more to reality than they are learning from parents and teachers (90-91).
Shamanism
as a system of healing and spiritual practice addresses needs that have become
increasingly urgent in recent years. As
people are impacted by the challenges of living in the changeable and stressful
modern world, there is a growing need to nurture and honor ourselves. Shamanic practices do just that, as the
shamanic journey is an ideal vehicle for entry to the personal visionary
experiences that allow us to grow and develop as human beings. As pressure builds in society to conform to
prevailing trends, fads, and lines
of thought, shamanism nurtures diversity by honoring the personal truth and
visions of the practitioner (37-38).
Due to
human interference, we live in a time when the planet’s health is in a
precarious state. The Earth’s condition
in future decades can be greatly improved by spiritual practices that adapt the
ancient shamanic rituals of our ancestors and preserve the sacred knowledge of
indigenous people who have lived harmoniously with nature for thousands of
years. Shamanism and Reiki are both
powerful ways to heal, but weave them together and their power is
heightened. Reiki Shamanism just may be
the way to adapt the principles of core shamanism to the modern world and to
reinvent shamanism as a method of strengthening our commitment to the health
and well being of ourselves, other species and the planet itself (Cowan, Shamanism
12-13).
Works Cited
Cowan, Tom. Pocket
Guide to Shamanism. Freedom: The Crossing Press, Inc., 1997.
---. Shamanism
as a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life.
Freedom: The Crossing Press,
Inc., 1996.
Ingerman, Sandra. Shamanic
Journeying.