To: K-list
Recieved: 2002/08/23 14:53
Subject: Re: [K-list] Shaman Question for Mystress
From: Lbra782595

In a message dated 8/23/02 3:25:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
mystressATnospamfire-serpent.com writes:>
>
> Why does everybody wanna be a Shaman? I would not wish it on my worst
>
> enemy. Believe me, Shamanic training makes Kundalini feel like a walk in
> the park, by comparison.
>
Hi Mystress,

I never said I WANTED to be one. Your description from the previous post got
my attention as I felt elements of it in my own path. >Shamanic sickness involves high fevers, hallucinations, transient
>comatose states, visits from the spirit that claimed you, etc... the
>sickness may last weeks or months, however long it takes you to surrender
>to the training, or die. It is estimated that 1/3 of those who are called,
>do not survive the sickness. The sickness is a cleansing and a testing.

Well that pretty much rules me out.>Kundalini may give you ego death experiences, but one aspect of
>Shamanic training is meeting, integrating the archetype of death itself. It
>often first shows up as the "Portal Guardian of the dream time" a great,
>vaguely human shaped black shadow being, that reflects your fear back
>multiplied with destructive force. It may also show up as the typical
>"death" image, a cloaked being with a cowl, no face.

Yes, we've met, a couple of times actually. However there was no
intergration. That IS scary.

>Demon comes from the latin word Daemon, which means "inner self."

Hmm. I haven't heard that one before, but it makes sense. My personal
favorite definition of this word come from the greek--there it means "genius"

>Witches also take training from the God or Goddess they devote themselves
too, or >the one that shows up to teach them... but again, the vibration is
different.

I've studied wicca at some length, but never got around to dedicating
anything other than my magickal tools to Goddess; unless you count the time I
found myself coming out of meditation chanting over and over, "I consecrate
myself to the Goddess."

>Being taught by the spirits directly is one aspect of Shamanism that
>some Kundalites share. Most Shamans are also K. awakened, but few
>Kundalites are also Shamans.

This must be my situation.

>Does that answer your question? Blessings...

Yes, thank you for taking the time to answer me so thoroughly. My path seems
a bit clearer now. Eclectic, all the way. I guess there's nothing quite
like a well-rounded education.

Much Love,

Jason B

http://www.kundalini-gateway.org
http://www.domin8rex.com/serpent/spirit/kindex.htm

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