What is Shamanism? Shamanism is the oldest method in which humanity has sought connection with Creation. The origins of shamanism leave return at fewest 40,000 - 50,000 years to Stone age times. All of us have evolved from shamanic cultures, it is our roots wherever we live. A shaman knows that all things are alive and walks with one foot within the everyday world and one foot within the heart world'. Contemporary shamanism is the application of these ancient timeless ways to life here and now.
Shamanism is not a belief system. It is a path to knowledge that is gained through skills development of life, through rituals, ceremonies, prayers and meditation, trials and tests. Knowledge is something that works, that stands up to test of time, that is known from the inside. Cosmology regarding the shaman Shamans divide non-ordinary reality into 3 other regions, the upper, decreased and the middle worlds. Each has its own characteristics and whilst each lone traveller experiences initially their own version, once one becomes a proficient journeyer, it is wonderful just how connected we all are at these levels.
The Decreased world is the location of instinctual knowing where our animal-like powers reside and where we can locate practical earthly help and guidance. The Upper world is the phrase of heart teachers, cosmic beings, good wise elders, ancestors who appear usually in person form. Their help and guidance is often perceived to be more general and philosophical. The Middle world is most the everyday physical world that we live in, the universe of ordinary reality, the tonal, and also a parallel non-ordinary version of our world. It is a CD specifically created for shamanic journeying, and to do this, the drums should be as monotonous as likely and maintain a consistent beat between 205 to 210 beats per minute.
At this specific beat, the brain is stimulated to synthesise natural beta-endorphins which facilitate an lone to move into what is known as the 2nd attention', an altered state of awareness, or shamanic state of consciousness. This state of awareness facilitates the shamanic journey. A Shamanic Journey to Decreased world. To begin, locate a location that you look comfortable and shall not be disturbed for about 30 minutes. When you can be ready, lie below comfortably, and darken the room, or at fewest close your eyes.
It is easier to journey in non-ordinary reality within the dark. Remove tight clothing, take off your shoes and let your breathing to move to a gentle rhythm. Relax for a little minutes, focusing on being centred, and grounded. When you can be ready visualise or imagine, a location which reminds you regarding the Earth, a location which you have knowledge of of. This location should be an unique place, perhaps somewhere you have knowledge of visited, or seen in a film or photograph, and it shall be anywhere, a hill, mountain, grasslands, forest, by the ocean.
At this location let you to perceive an entrance or opening into the Decreased world. This entrance shall be a hollow tree, an pet burrow, a cave entrance, a man-made opening e. ; a trapdoor, it can any entrance into the ground or water. You can locate that the right entrance shall look comfortable to you, take a minute or so to read it in detail. Now when you can be ready, enter into the opening.
The beginning regarding the tunnel shall appear dark, it shall angle below in a slight incline, or it shall incline steeply. The tunnel shall appear to be ribbed, and often it bends, sometimes it shall grow to spiral-like, but it shall always lead downwards. Continue below the tunnel until you return out of doors into a landscape. Whether you return into a cavern, you can should move outside and into the landscape, there shall be an exit for example a door or an opening which shall enable you to do this, it should be easy to obtain sight of it. Now within the landscape, just look around.
It should be daytime, night-time, forest, woodland, or near water. Extend your senses, listen, can you hear anything, the sound of birdsong, the sound that the wind creates as it blows through the tree tops, perhaps the sound of running, flowing water. Look the ground underneath your feet, look the ground pushing up against the soles of your feet. Sense the wind, the breeze, sense the movement of space around you. What does it look like? Have an awareness of being there.
Whether you should explore the landscape, do not forget where the entrance is, hold track of where you go. Just as in any ordinary-reality journey, it helps whether you hold a note of landmarks so you can retrace your steps to return. Solo Drumming with call return 20 periods with Leo Track 2. Solo Drumming with call return 20 periods with Howard Track 3. Double Drumming 9with Call return 40 periods with Leo and Howard Close notes The CD returns with detailed notes describing the cosmology regarding the shaman, and instructions for a journey.
Technical facts The drumming was recorded live directly onto digital tape at Sync Village recording studio in London. The drumming was played within the 'live-sound' studio and no sound modification process was used. Most drums were lone headed frame drums. For the double drumming track, most drums were held facing each other in a position to optimise the natural reverberation. The recording engineer was Wan Hewitt, himself a professional drummer.
He was dubbed the 'drummers darling' due to good live sound he gets.
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