Esotericism and Indigenous Knowledge By Wolfgang-Andreas Schultz Reflective natural scientists have known it for a long time: “. . . the existing scientific concepts each fit only a very limited part of reality, and the other part, which is not yet understood, remains infinite” (Werner Heisenberg; German quote from Bewusstseinswissenschaften, Read more
on SHAME By Insa Verbeck I’ve always wondered how the words SHAME and SHAMAN sound so terribly similar. My name is Insa. I am an academic and a shaman. I read the news, I read scientific papers, and I read Tarot. I observe my Instagram feed as passionately as I Read more
Braiding Art, Animism, and Animation: Alisi Telengut’s The Fourfold By Anna Perdibon A flowing sound of wind and waves. A transforming image. Blue. Red. White. Green. Grey. A voice of an elder woman. The story begins. An Ovoo, a shamanic stone altar, opens the scene of the animation film The Read more
Making Senses: Poetic Knowledge of Nature in Science, Art, and Shamanic Ritual by Kocku von Stuckrad Download a PDF Version of this essay (6 MB) Abstract The five senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching are regarded in European and North American tradition as the central channels through which human Read more
In Memoriam: Michael J. Harner (1929–2018) by Kocku von Stuckrad Michael J. Harner passed on the morning of February 3. As announced by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, his transition to the other world happened peacefully, surrounded by family and friends. He was 89 years old. Harner earned his PhD Read more