Spirituality, Spiritual Nature of Shamans
All throughout the world mankind has been engaged in various spiritual beliefs and practices to give meaning to the universe at large. When we study our history, we come to find that, our ancestors started burying their passed loved one as early as 500 000 years ago. Also in our recorded history we come to see that ancient Egyptian cultures placed much emphasis around spirituality, and have built awe inspiring structures to please their spiritual masters.
The word spirituality is a matter that concerns the spirit. And spirituality has been part of everyday life for our ancestors, and still is for many cultures around the world, who still choose to live as their forefathers. Spirit world co exists with physical world, although in western cultures the focus has shifted to science where science does not take into account of spirit world. Nonetheless spirituality is still widely practiced throughout the world. In eastern parts of the world where spirituality is concerned the belief is, the world is profoundly alive, and all that is in it has vital energy essence, and everything that exists lives and has consciousness.
The consciousness of spirits can integrate into human consciousness, and the soul – spirit of a living human is believed to become spirit when it dies, people who have past over becoming ancestor spirits or part of larger elemental spirit. And those who take spiritual world seriously often turns to spirit world for spiritual guidance, help and advice in times of uncertainty or trouble. And many cultures around the world have their spiritually advanced psychics that they consult; these spiritually knowledgeable psychics are called shamans, who can make the