by Ross Bishop People are curious about Shamanism. Although the term is becoming more widely recognized, there is still confusion about exactly what it is. Shamanism is not a cultural or religious phenomenon. It reaches beyond acculturation into the core of the individual regardless of a person's background, culture, training or beliefs. No country or culture has aRead more
healing
Healing
In the Western world, healing is a lot like plumbing repair. You fix what is broken. A bad heart is simply a bad heart and you deal with it. And we have developed some simply phenomenal techniques and technologies for doing that. In more traditional societies the healing process requires that in addition to dealing with the immediateRead more
Healing – Part II, Sacrifice
(In Part I we looked at the role of belief in shaping and limiting the healing process. In this part we will consider the pivotal role of sacrifice. This has been excerpted from my book, Journey to Enlightenment.) Our ancestors viewed life as being either sacred or profane. Profanity was that which stood outside the God Space, it couldRead more
Why Can’t I Heal?
No one likes emotional pain, and yet we all have it. Some of us carry around a lot of it. We all want to heal; yet doing that seems almost beyond our reach. We try and try and sometimes it doesn’t seem as though we are accomplishing very much. We look for answers in the stars, get adviceRead more