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Neall Calvert's avatar

My own form of DIY Shamanism evolved into 'automatic writing': asking significant questions or addressing difficult situations by writing them out with my right (dominant) hand and then writing out the answers (from a Universal Source) with my left (connected to the right side of the brain, the source of holistic thinking). . . . The result is my book "TALKING TO THE GOD WHO HEALS BROKEN LIVES: A Manual on Overcoming Hopelessness and Despair" that has recently become a Kindle e-book, available at: www.amazon.ca/Talking-God-Heals-Broken-Lives-ebook/dp/B0F2LD7LBL/.

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Brian James's avatar

One of the building blocks I’ll be including in my “DIY Kit” is a divination practice that effectively gets you out of “left-brained” thinking…thanks for giving an example of a practice I’d forgotten about. ✌🏽

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Elwyn Hudson's avatar

I love the subject of shamanism, I see it as ones own personal religion. From their own experiences.

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Brian James's avatar

Exactly! The shaman is a mystic and therefore syncretic by nature. You’d be a fool to turn away a helping spirit just because they didn’t belong to “your” culture.

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Kanchi Rao's avatar

Following this thread and increasingly living this way. Await more with keen interest 🌹

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Brian James's avatar

Good to hear!✌🏽

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Parsifal Solomon's avatar

Hey thanks for this, really useful for what I've been doing

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Brian James's avatar

Great to hear. Check out Tony’s book and our podcasts. I’m sure you’ll get something from them.

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