The only certainties in life are death and taxes, according to Benjamin Franklin. So you’d think that, given the 100 per cent inevitability of our
Category: shamanic healing
The importance of race in shamanic healing
I carry the memories and stories of my ancestors in the blood of my race – in my DNA. These are unique to the Celts
The Ecstasy of the Heart
This is probably one of most powerfully metamorphic shamanic healing techniques that you will ever practise – and you don’t even have to be a
The Grail Mysteries, Lesson 4: Enchanted Healing at the Gates of Dawn
In the last article, Lesson 3, Forging our own faery sword of truth, we discussed the metaphorical meaning of the Three of Swords, and I
The Grail Mysteries, Lesson 3: Forging our own Faery Sword of Truth
by Annie Dieu-Le-Veut Sometimes people use old myths about faeries, dwarves and wizards to build a cosy, walled cognitive space – in the same way
The Grail Mysteries, Lesson 2: Healing with the Sword of Truth and the Lady of the Lake
If you have followed my guidance in Lesson 1, you will hopefully have begun the process of diving down deep into the frozen lake of
The Grail Mysteries: Lesson 1 – Healing the Wounded Queens with Fragarach, the Sword of Truth
By Annie Dieu-Le-Veut This article forms the beginning of a shamanic quest for my readers to help them understand and work with the imagery contained
The Grail Mysteries: Healing the Wounded Queens with the Thirteen Treasures of Britain – Introduction
By Annie Dieu-Le-Veut Classic Grail literature, scribed by the Normans around the 12th century, concentrates on the Wounded King archetype – one which is immensely
An introduction to working within unseen worlds
by Robert Owings All spiritual practices maintain some form of connection to unseen worlds, be that Buddha fields or the heaven promised so prominently in
How to communicate with plants and trees
by Bob Makransky In order to communicate with plants (or people), you have to be able to regard them as your equals. If you are
Soul Loss and Retrieval for the Lost Children
By Annie Dieu-Le-Veut A few days ago, President Trump opened up the first listening session with experts on human trafficking. As a result, he announced
Five Golden Rules for Shamanic Healing
By Ishtar Babilu Dingir I’m not really one who goes in much for shamanic healing. I’ve noticed that if you give someone healing, they tend
How the shaman uses alchemy to heal pain
By Ishtar Babilu Dingir I explain in my book The Sacred Sex Rites of Ishtar, about how alchemical transformation is used to achieve the Divine
How shamans reweave and repurpose pain
By Annie Dieu-Le-Veut Most of us carry around unresolved emotional pain and that translates, particularly later in life, to physical pain because our manifest sheath
A shaman’s guide to seeing off Al, the Alcohol Demon
by Annie Dieu-Le-Veut This is some timely guidance about how to deal with my old friend Al, the Alcohol Demon, as Christmas is coming earlier
The Shamanic Origins of Father Christmas
By Annie Dieu-Le-Veut I know that Christmas isn’t the most favourite time of year for many of us, as everything we complain about – consumerism
Getting through the Dark Night of the Soul in one piece
by Ishtar Babilu Dingir It seems to me that a lot of us are going through the mill right now. The stuff that hits the
How shamans work with the spirits of the Land – otherwise known as the Fae
By ANNIE DIEU-LE-VEUT In my book Reclaiming Sovereignty: Shamanic Earth Magic, I explain about the shamanic relationship between humans and the spirits of the
Nine ways to be a shaman at work
By Brant Secunda The Huichols, an indigenous tribe that lives in the mountainous region of central Mexico, are some of the happiness, healthiest, wisest people
Healing with animals: Mongolian children with their golden eagles
Because of the more urban lives we lead these days, we can sometimes be oblivious to a very ancient and yet simple form of holistic
A West African shaman’s view of mental illness
Malidoma Patrice Somé is a West African shaman, who was born into a Dagara tribe in Burkina Faso in 1956, where he was trained as
The wisdom guide to staying alive in times of death and destruction
One of the roles of the shaman in ancient times was to protect the tribe in times of war. Of course, it must have been
The Healing of Serpents at Easter
The original, pre-Christian name for Easter was Oestre, named after the goddess of the Spring Equinox, when painted eggs would be left as offerings to
What is a Shaman, and what does a Shaman do?
By ANNIE DIEU-LE-VEUT In order to understand what a shaman is, it is best to approach the subject by learning about what a shaman actually
Shamanic Power – How to get it, how to keep it clean
I remember when my shamanic practitioner training group first sat down to what was to turn out to be a three day session on how
Shamanism, the wounded healer, addiction and the alcohol demon
by ANNIE DIEU-LE-VEUT One of the soubriquets often attached to the shaman is the term ‘the wounded healer’. This is because we’re so often leading