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Primordial Healer – Shaman Woman

The oldest healing tradition in the world is shamanism. It is primitive. It’s essential. It is a powerful practice. Today it would also be classified with names like “holistic healing” or “integrative medicine”. My beloved calls it “Harmonic Infusion”. They have led me to call it “Primordial Healing”.

Some time ago, I read an article titled, Birth as a shamanic experience by Leslie McIntyre. The article said that when a woman gives birth naturally, she is between two worlds: the world of life and the world of death. This, in itself, is a shamanic experience. It led me to research more about the world of the shaman, the primordial healer.

In his book Shakti woman, Vicki Noble quotes Geoffery Ashe, a British scholar who specializes in shamanism, saying: “Ancient shamanism was not an individual phenomenon, but something that was practiced by the female group. And the power of the female group is biologically rooted in the Menstruation and the Blood Mysteries of Birth “.

I recently finished reading The woman in the shaman’s body by Barbara Tedlock. The book was extremely informative about women and shamanism. He let me know that the direction of my life is correct and timely.

Most of the time when we hear the word shaman, we think of a man. This is because the patriarchal mindset had relegated women to an assistant or subordinate position in this practice.

All over the world, there were and are women who are very powerful shamans. They are called by different names because the word shaman was used primarily in Siberia, while in other cultures the term was Sangoma, Healer, Witch, Healer Woman, or other names used to describe a strong-spirited woman.

Among the shamans there are:

  • inspiring shaman – are touched and initiated by the spirit; and here they are
  • hereditary shaman – who are trained and undergo the traditional initiation according to the bloodlines.

A shaman is one who seeks knowledge. They learn about herbs, aromatherapy, midwifery, massages, oracles, spells, spells, songs, and many other things that can help them in their practice. It is a never-ending quest to do whatever you can to aid in the healing process.

There are many statues of shaman women around the world: in North America, Europe, Korea, Africa, Japan, Mexico, South America, Siberia, Taiwan, and various other places. It was believed that women were the first shaman and had a natural gift. According to the writings in Ms. Tedlock’s book, “The only way men could become shamans was by killing women and stealing their paraphernalia and knowledge.”

In Siberia, the oldest shamanic tomb found was that of a young woman. Most of the shaman’s graves were women! Cave drawings from Europe to South Africa show that shaman women were the norm.

One of the reasons that women have not previously been recognized as shamans is because in many other languages ​​there are no gender descriptions like “he” and “she” that we have in the English language where it is used to describe both. female and male.

There is a story from Huchiol that says that women receive the call directly from the spirits and that men choose other men to be shamans. In many cases women are believed to be the most powerful due to their innate abilities.

Many women have forgotten the powers of their natural ability to have their visions during their Sacred Lunar Time or during their Sacred Menopausal Years. It saddens me that more women are unaware of these deepest moments in their lives, but that is slowly but surely changing. When a woman performs a ritual during her sacred lunar time, this time is said to be so powerful that it can render weapons useless. I mention these Holy Times because they are associated with the powerful energy that women naturally carry. Of course, there are some women who are much more in tune with their abilities and due to certain dreams in the waking or dream state, they are later initiated into the Shamanic Traditions from an interpersonal, feminine perspective, which is to make the client participate in his healing. . Ms. Tedlock claims that male shamanic traditions are more heroic, meaning that they are doing all the work for the client. In my practice I have found that when the client participates in their own healing, they achieve more and feel more connected to the power of their own spiritual self.

Shamanism is returning to the metaphysical world. Many of those who are relearning and practicing are women. This is good because … “When the sleeping women wake up, the mountains move.” – Chinese proverb

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