eyes’; stalking; walks of attention to help us to become awake to our innate potential of heightened states of awareness, and an insight into the ‘other’ to bridge from the everyday to the spirit world (in modern terms called the ‘unconscious’), and back again.
The Course consists of the following; Year 2
Weekend 1. Shamanic Divination
Shamanism is not a system of belief or faith, it is a system of experiential knowledge. Divination is one of the paths to gain direct experiential knowledge. Experiential knowledge can be defined as that which is experienced first hand by the senses.
Divination is not ‘fortune telling’, it is a way to a deeper understanding of events and influences surrounding a situation or person. Divination has always been an integral part of shamanism. One of the most important roles of the shaman has been to seek revelatory knowledge from visionary sources, which may be for healing purposes, “why has this person become ill?”, “what medicine does this person need?
Divination is as old as humanity, but unfortunately in mainstream Western society it has been regarded as something primitive, irrational, and pandering to superstition. Divination is simply a way of revealing the truth. The diviner reveals or uncovers to their client hidden truths about themselves or the circumstances surrounding them. In societies outside the West, divining continues to play an important role revealing that which is hidden, easing anxiety, and helping in coming to terms with challenging circumstances that may demand the implementation of difficult decisions.
In divination, the role of the shaman is to act as a mediator or