tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post4861322180517315785..comments2024-01-03T17:02:06.646+00:00Comments on ASTROTABLETALK: What makes Shamanism Real?Barry Goddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050835957098177925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-82230029632761105112016-05-15T23:31:29.361+01:002016-05-15T23:31:29.361+01:00I also really enjoy your blog and the down to eart...I also really enjoy your blog and the down to earth approach. I have been on a learning path with regard to my spirituality for quite a long time now and have found that what works for me doesn't come in a neatly wrapped and advertised package. I am a New Zealander living in Argentina. Here I see people rushing into the Andes or to the Amazon in search of the Pachamama (Earth Mother) secret or to reclaim the wisdom of the indigenous and while there is good sound learnings to be had, something raises a question with me and I am not sure that these urban types can come back to the big city bringing "the answer" for us. Maybe the experience of going bush works for them but maybe that is as far as it goes.<br />I decided two or three years ago to explore my own background. Born from a white anglo background in New Zealand with its strong Maori influence. I have beem making contact with Maori healers and the like. And I have also visited other seed Pacific Islands: Easter Island, Tahiti and Hawaii - always seeking to connect with the spiritual side.<br />What I am concluding on this quest is that the actual rituals and traditions do not speak to me at all. The energy of the land is what I am feeling most, sometimes a doorway open to their gods (but in my way) and as you say in the April 29 post, a confirmation that certain native habits like listening to their nature, spirits, etc is very valid.<br />I also sense that my connection to this part of the world is directly Lemurian and not via more recent cultures that have channeled that energy. What specifically I need to learn from Lemuria I still don't know but I do know that hugging trees and communing with the land, the minerals, the vegetation, the water and the air has been a powerful experience.<br /><br />So what you say about it being an internal journey which is not necessarily validated by any particular tradition rings very true for me and I wonder about all the people who feel the need for this validation. I have felt it not to be easy to explain things as just being because somewhere inside I know or feel it, when I sense that the other wants me to provide an indigenous bibliographic reference.<br /><br />Keep up your excellent and honest writing!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11737135386284929636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-44399850045868206772016-05-10T15:13:43.787+01:002016-05-10T15:13:43.787+01:00I have always considered reading your blog as esse...I have always considered reading your blog as essential because wherever your influences derive from, I always find your message authentic. I am neither an astrologer or a shaman but I try to learn about these concepts as I continue on my road of spiritual progress. If it rings true in my heart or gets under my skin to challenge my thinking then I wrestle with it as long as I need to. I wondered when you mentioned this 'second psycho-synthesis' at age 58 if it could also be part of your second Saturn return? Anyway, thanks again for sharing your wonderful ideas and writing.LotusLady9https://www.blogger.com/profile/12375358810789712470noreply@blogger.com