"Shamanism" Blogs & Blog Posts

The Guardian has a great new article on the rise of "dark Nordic folk" — modern bands that take a more shamanistic approach to their instrumentation, subject matter, and performance. Mostly, I'm sharing it here because "The drum needed a blood...

Reporting from Lima, Reuters reports that Peruvian shamans are divided on who will win the U.S. presidential race in November. The two video embeds above show the same practitioners, as reported by two different outlets. Each reports a preference for...

One fantastic and wonderful origin theory of Santa Claus involves psychedelic mushrooms and shamanic rituals of the indigenous Sámi people who live in northern Finland. Paul Devereux wrote about this incredible hidden history in his fascinating 2008...

The recumbent stone circle that will be the focus of the workshops from 2020 – more about this change later. View this post on Instagram London Wood stone circle this afternoon A post shared by Fiona Dove (@fiona.dove.33) on May 6, 2019 at 12:0...

AYA2019 will place a particular emphasis on discussing how we can translate our personal visionary experiences into actions that make positive changes to the wider world. The post World Ayahuasca Conference 2019 | The inner search for a better world...

This morning, we enlivened the first Cairnochies drum – Fiona’s own make. The little burn just by the cottage was calling out that it wanted to be part of the action, isn’t the reflection gorgeous? The drum’s a reindeer on ash...

Elen Sentier lives in the back of beyond in the Welsh Marches with her partner and her cats, and understatedly refers to herself as a writer of magic, mystery and romance as well as being an accomplished practitioner of British shamanism.  Here she...