I know several posts exist on the topic, and not only do I have several of those tabs open but another woindow as well with core shamanism studies.
Im trying to make sense of it all, and it takes me a while to digest anything unless it is very very simple, and then I will probably forget.
I sense in more mainstream terms it relates to trancework, dreamwork, astral travel, healing, rootworking, etc. But then again it deserves its own terms, methods and technique, and thats what Im looking after today along with alchemy, astrology and tarot as well.
She did write a lot of posts on the topic and has tried to help my hardheaded self a bit now.
Ive known and encountered at least a handful of people I recall easily. One or two may have passed on.
As my grandfather was an archaeologist primarily in the middle and near east, I sought to be like him, but the avenues open were boring, americas, east, near east cultural anthro; and history.
However, it seems that had I engaged the americas cultural anthro, I wouldve learned about shamanism, but I did come acorss an essay or two in a anthropology of religion course at my second university. A few topics were the same, use of roots, medicine, retrieval of souls, etc. But none described how they do so.
Unfortunately I wrote the joke broke as a joke, and cannot take courses or buy books right now. What I have been doing is paying attention to nature, remembering my ancestors, and calling out to spirits for hearing and sight and them to teach me.
I can do basic visualization for five seconds, draw the LBRP in my mind, and recall it around me when needed, I have not done astral travel and generally dont recall my dreams. I am in need of making something out of nothing and caring for my community and self.