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4 WORDS IN SHAMANISM AND THEIR MEANING

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4 WORDS IN SHAMANISM AND THEIR MEANING

If something characterizes shamanism, it is its ancestry. This ancient path, full of knowledge and animism, has been the inspiration for many of our ancestors, and it continues to be for a modern culture that has lost the meaning of being in the present . Shamanism shows its fullest meaning when it is experienced as a living practice full of symbolism; and one of its main teachings (which can fill a life with meaning) is its quality of uniting everything and giving up a separatist vision of life.

NOW…WHAT IS THE MEANING OF SOME WORDS IN SHAMANISM?

Since shamanism, a variety of words and phrases have been used that can be interpreted as clues to this lifestyle. Therefore, it seems important to us to explain the meaning of the ones we use the most in Ancestrina, and also, invite you to take each of these expressions within you. Shamanism is definitely a path full of spiritual and transcendent meaning, and in each of the practices or visions that this worldview proposes, you will be able to make your life deeper, braver and full of purpose.

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SHAMAN

When we try to find the meaning of this word, you will notice that it is under discussion. Its etymological root is not entirely clear, but from the source of the collective unconscious, this figure has always had a very evident force: That magical and mysterious being that guides, heals the community and transmutes energy, being able to transform itself. himself in the process . A meaning that comes close to the essence of the shaman is “ the being that has been consumed by the fire of inspiration”, or “ the one who has obtained knowledge through a mythical and sacred journey ”.

RITUAL

The meaning of ritual in shamanism could be summed up to that practice that can not only be performed constantly, but is also an act loaded with symbolism. Part of doing rituals in shamanism, seeing ancestral medicines as a ritual, or creating a ritual from your deepest need, is to make a spiritual intention corporeal, as well as to bring a symbolic representation to the spiritual world.

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SPIRIT GUIDES

The spirit guides are all those beings that can guide you, take care of you or protect you from the vision of shamanism. It also refers to those entities of nature that can communicate or express their healing qualities to you, as well as allow you to channel them for healing or transcendent purposes.

POWER ANIMALS

The meaning of the power animal in shamanism is to honor and learn from the qualities of animals as a spiritual support. Animals possess a transcendent energy that can reveal itself in your life as a message; this message can show you qualities that you are embodying at this moment in your life, or qualities that you must awaken to overcome obstacles. They can appear in dreams, signs or manifest very frequently or intensely in one stage, just as you can have a totem or several totems during your life.

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