Shamanism is the oldest form of healing. It is the ancient practice of joining with the intelligence of all beings and living in balance and harmony with creation. Shamans are assisted by helping spirits in the natural world to bring about healing to individuals, communities, and the world. In a Shamanic world view, all illness has a spiritual origin. Shamans (sometimes called Medicine People) are primarily about being of service to others.
D.H.Lawrence said: A vast old religion, which once swayed the earth, lingers in our senses: a religion in which the whole life-effort was to get our lives into direct contact with the elemental life of the cosmos - mountain-life, cloud-life, thunder-life, air-life, earth-life, sun-life - to come into the immediate felt contact, and so derive energy, power, and joy.
