News

Introduction of new book

08.01.2012 by Paul Uccusic

SCHAMANENGESCHICHTEN AUS TUWA; the classical book on Tuvan shamanism, is now published in German language.

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Articles

We are not alone

01.03.2011 by Dr. Michael Harner

The word "shaman" in the original Tungus language refers to a person who makes journeys to nonordinary reality in an altered state of consciousness. Adopting the term in the West was useful because people didn't know what it meant.

What is Shamanism?
Terms like "wizard," "witch," "sorcerer," and "witch doctor" have their own connotations, ambiguities, and preconceptions associated with them. Although the term is from Siberia, the practice of shamanism existed on all inhabited continents.

After years of extensive research, Mircea Eliade, in his book, Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy , concluded that shamanism underlays all the other spiritual traditions on the planet, and that the most distinctive feature of shamanism — but by no means the only one — was the journey to other worlds in an altered state of consciousness.

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The next Basic Workshops

Date Speaker Organisator Location Country
26.05.2012 - 27.05.2012 Dr. Katarina HrĨková Balazová Praha (Prag) CZ
09.06.2012 - 10.06.2012 Dr. Sylvia Wohlfarter Drakulic HR Zagreb HR
09.06.2012 - 10.06.2012 Charlotte Deininger Deininger Augsburg DE
16.06.2012 - 17.06.2012 Olaf Berhardt Bernhardt Frankfurt DE
23.06.2012 - 24.06.2012 Paul Uccusic Sobi Münster DE
23.06.2012 - 24.06.2012 Dr. Sylvia Wohlfarter Wohlfarter St. Lorenzen / Mürztal AT
(en Francais)
29.06.2012 - 01.07.2012 Ulla Straessle Strässle Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane CH
07.07.2012 - 08.07.2012 Daniela Rupp Rupp Davos - Frauenkirch CH