SHAMANIC INITIATION

Shamanic Initiation generally occured during visions, dreams and trances.

The spirits elected a new Shaman by making themselves known to him.

Often there was a life threatening illness.

The Shamanic faculty may also be passed down through the bloodline.

Sometimes it comes from a vision quest.

The Shaman takes a Spirit flight.

The flight symbolically heals the rift between man and the sacred.

The Shaman also faces horrific Underworld journey`s.

Often the Shaman is dismembered and then reassembled bone by bone.