Places of Power: Shamanic Sourcing

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

Shamanism is based upon the connection among all living things and the awareness that everything in nature is alive. Q’ero shamans in Peru say that they source from the mountains, or pachamama, because pachamama is always there.  Meaning is an energetic experience, not a theoretical concept, that comes from being in ayni – right relationship – with the natural world around us. Being in right relationship enables us to “source” the life force of nature.Q’ero shamans derive their power through their connection with the land – whether it is sitting on top of a mountain or on a waka, an energetic power spot that exists in nature. Jungle shamans source from the rainforest and the Amazon. The Amazon is yet another expression of the great mother.

Dropping into connection with a quiet lagoon, deep in the rainforest of tha Amazon jungle can be a journey returning to the fertile belly of the great mother, into a place that feels anceint existing before the beginning of time. It is experienced as existing outside of time , entering into a dimension that has always been there – and will always be there. It is possible to bring this connection back into awareness in the “day world” as a place to source from. Like any relatoinship it needs to respectfully be tended to and nurtured in order to grow it and keep it alive. This is one of the ways shamans learn to increase their capacity to hold power, or energetic connection.

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