Shaman Course

Lesson 1 • The Three-World Cosmology

Map the upper, middle, and lower worlds as functional shamanic territories. Provides the spatial framework used throughout all subsequent practice.

Lesson 2 • The Shaman's Role and Calling

Define the shaman's social, spiritual, and healing functions within community. Students clarify their own motivations and ethical orientation.

Lesson 3 • Origins and Cultural Context

Survey shamanism's geographic and historical roots from Siberia to the Americas. Grounds students in cross-cultural patterns before introducing technique.

Lesson 1 • Breath, Movement, and Sound Induction

Explore breathwork, dance, and vocal toning as complementary trance induction methods. Expands the student's toolkit beyond drumming alone.

Lesson 2 • Rhythmic Drumming as Induction

Use percussive rhythm to shift brainwave states and facilitate journeywork. Students practice with recordings and live drumming to build reliable access.

Lesson 3 • Understanding Non-Ordinary Reality

Contrast ordinary and non-ordinary states using experiential and neurological frameworks. Prepares students to approach trance with clarity and intention.

Lesson 1 • Middle World Journeys

Travel the spirit layer of ordinary reality for tracking, divination, and nature contact. Students learn the unique risks and protocols of middle world work.

Lesson 2 • Journey Structure and Intention Setting

Frame a journey with a clear question, destination, and purpose before entering trance. Precision in intention directly determines the quality of information received.

Lesson 3 • Upper World Journeys

Ascend through sky layers to meet teacher spirits in human or luminous form. Students distinguish upper world teachers from lower world power animals.

Lesson 4 • Evaluating and Applying Journey Information

Develop criteria for assessing the reliability and relevance of journey content. Students practice translating symbolic guidance into practical action.

Lesson 1 • Expanding Your Spirit Team

Develop relationships with multiple power animals and teacher spirits for specialized tasks. Students map their full spirit team and each ally's domain.

Lesson 2 • Meeting Your Primary Power Animal

Guide students through a structured journey to identify and confirm their primary power animal. Emphasis on testing and verifying the spirit's authenticity.

Lesson 3 • Power Animal Retrieval for Others

Perform a power animal retrieval on behalf of another person using breath and intention. Students practice the full protocol including transmission and integration support.

Lesson 4 • Understanding Power and Its Loss

Examine how personal power is maintained, diminished, and restored in shamanic terms. Establishes the therapeutic rationale for power animal retrieval.

Lesson 1 • Oracular Tools and Casting Methods

Work with bones, stones, cards, and other casting systems as shamanic oracular aids. Students learn to animate tools with spirit intention rather than rely on fixed meanings.

Lesson 2 • Journey-Based Divination

Use structured journeys to answer specific questions for clients or community decisions. Students practice formulating precise questions and reporting results clearly.

Lesson 3 • Nature Signs and Omens

Read animal behavior, weather patterns, and natural events as spirit communication. Students develop a personal sign vocabulary through observation practice.

Lesson 1 • Creating and Holding Sacred Space

Establish energetically clear and protected space before any shamanic work begins. Students practice calling directions, allies, and boundaries consistently.

Lesson 2 • Smudging, Cleansing, and Purification

Use smoke, sound, water, and intention to purify people, objects, and spaces. Students practice multiple cleansing methods and learn when each is appropriate.

Lesson 3 • Designing Healing Ceremonies

Structure multi-element ceremonies that address a client's need from opening to closing. Students draft and lead a complete ceremony with peer feedback.

Lesson 4 • Seasonal and Community Ceremonies

Lead group ceremonies aligned with natural cycles to strengthen community bonds. Students design a seasonal ceremony appropriate for a specific turning point.

Lesson 1 • Extraction Healing

Remove misplaced spiritual energies causing illness or blockage from a client's energy body. Students practice locating, extracting, and transmuting intrusive energies.

Lesson 2 • Psychopomp Work and Death Rites

Guide deceased souls to appropriate afterlife destinations and assist the dying. Students learn protocols for compassionate spirit escort and death midwifery.

Lesson 3 • Depossession and Compassionate Removal

Address intrusive spirits attached to a client using compassionate negotiation and escort. Students distinguish depossession from extraction and apply appropriate protocols.

Lesson 4 • Soul Retrieval

Journey to locate and return lost soul parts caused by trauma, shock, or grief. Students practice the full retrieval arc from journey to client integration.

Lesson 1 • Supervision, Peer Practice, and Feedback

Use structured peer supervision to refine technique and catch blind spots. Students give and receive constructive feedback using a standardized observation protocol.

Lesson 2 • Building a Sustainable Shamanic Practice

Design the practical infrastructure of a professional shamanic healing practice. Students create a business model, intake process, and referral network.

Lesson 3 • Complex Multi-Session Healing Work

Sequence multiple healing modalities across several sessions for deep or chronic issues. Students plan and document a complete multi-session case from intake to closure.

Lesson 4 • Working with Ancestral Healing

Address inherited trauma and ancestral entanglements through journeywork and ceremony. Students conduct an ancestral healing sequence for themselves before working with clients.