Online Class: Riding The Medicine Wheel: Beginning Shamanism

Riding The Medicine Wheel: Beginning Shamanism

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Course Description

The ancient Shaman played an important part in his or her tribe or clan. They were the teachers, healers, oracles, and guides of the people. They spoke with the voice of the animals, the natural world around them, and the voice of Spirit. They were a living link between the worlds, cycles of life, and the seasons and cycles of Nature.

People honored them for their wisdom, their understanding of all worlds, and their enhanced abilities to "know" and to "see" that which others could not.

We may think we choose our spiritual pathways but when we start to seek our own unique spiritual truth the path finds us. Those who choose the path of the Shaman have often had severe illnesses, limitations, or disabilities as children and have encountered a combination of strange events and/or hardships in our lives while growing up. These experiences of the wounded spiritual warrior taught us how to conquer and overcome our adversities. We know we are different and sometimes even feel like outcasts. We are often so sensitive to the people and energy around us that we feel like we're responsible for all-kind and the entire world.

As we grow older some of us learn to embrace and honor these sensitivities realizing that they are a gift of Spirit. The awakening may happen at anytime in one's life. Somehow we learn to use them on our own. Some of us are lucky enough to have mentors or teachers to help us. Sometimes even our enemies are our teachers because we learn from the strangest and most unique of circumstances.

Pay attention, stay grounded, use common sense, listen to your heart, and never stop learning all you can. For when you stop learning , you forget your reason here.. which is to learn to create our own reality. A Shaman learns that it is not another persons actions which are causing them pain or sorrow, but instead it is their reaction to the persons action. A Shaman may be a hermit and often needs time alone for self-healing and communion with Spirit. A Shaman is also in service to all-kind be it animal, mineral, plant or Spirit so they cannot be a hermit forever, but must serve when called upon to serve the community as leader, an elder, a healer, one who can speak the oracle, one who can teach, or is a wise sage.

The path of Shaman isn't an easy one and is not considered a religion because "We are on many different paths to the same source!" It is a way of life and the path is very private, spiritual, and a personal choice when one finally accepts the call.

The Medicine Wheel predates the stories of present day peoples. It is the story of the ancients. They came from the earth. . There was a time when we were all one, when we were all one race. In the evolution of our cultural context we became many peoples with many stories. But first, we were all one. We were not Indians or white men, we were simply human. The medicine wheel brings us back to the time where we can stand as one, where we were all connected. Then, there were not enough of us to be disconnected. We were one with the air, the animals, with the land. Before the stories were culturally embedded, there were no stories of separateness.

The Medicine Wheel is the way to reconnect to the ancient ways of being, to reconnect to a consciousness where we are the earth, we are the voice of the earth. Once, the animals were the voice of the earth. This is meaningful in our lives today because it helps us remember the essence of who we are. We are the essence of the earth. That is why this is so important. Many ancient Medicine Wheel sites predated the contemporary native peoples by thousands of years. Many of these sites predate modern stories and ways. They take us to our deep past when we were all one and listened to the voices of the living earth.

Course Lessons

Lesson 1: The Human Tribe

We are all one.. no matter what we may choose to call ourselves. We all are a part of the intricate web of life.

Lesson 2: Introduction to Shamanism

Imagine yourself in the world of the ancient Shaman.

Lesson 3: Creating A Medicine Wheel

This lesson explains what the Medicine Wheel represents.

Lesson 4: The Medicine Wheel of Life

The Medicine Wheel goes round and round and so do our lives.

Lesson 5: Journey Of The South

We start our journey with childhood memories.

Lesson 6: The Element Of Fire

As we enter the Wheel of the South, we look to the Element of Fire.

Lesson 7: Collecting Totems

On our Shamanic journey we begin to find and relate to the energy of totems

Lesson 8: Energies Of Stones

Each stone has a vibratory energy that is different than any other. In this lesson we learn about some of their properties.

Lesson 9: Colors And Their Meanings

When working with totem energies it is useful to have several systems to help to understand the energy of each totem. This is a color based system.

Lesson 10: The Meanings Of Plant Totems

Here is a listing of the properties of the totems of the Plant World

Lesson 11: The Sacred Tree

There is only one true Sacred Tree, and is it shared by all of us.

Lesson 12: Tree Spirits

Each tree contains its own essence or spirit.

Lesson 13: Animal Totems

This lesson explains the different messages of the types of Animal totems

Lesson 14: Meanings Of Totem Animals

What do these animals teach us?

Lesson 15: Journey Of The West

The Wheel of the West begins the inner journey of Self in visions and dreams.

Lesson 16: The Element of Water

Water represents our dreams, visions and emotions

Lesson 17: Ray Energies

In the West we take what we learned about color in the South a step further.

Lesson 18: Shamanic Balancing

In order to travel between the worlds a Shaman must maintain a balance within himself.

Lesson 19: Shamanic Healing

All Shamanic healing starts with healing of Self.

Lesson 20: The Chakras

The Chakras are the energy systems within the body that keep the energy flowing smoothly and cleanly.

Lesson 21: Shamanic Journeys

Shamanic journeys are a big part of a Shaman's healing techniques. Here we learn how the process is done.

Lesson 22: Journey Of The North

The Wheel of the North is the Wheel of Wisdom, teaching and learning.

Lesson 23: The Element Of Earth

Earth is the Element with represents the Wheel of the North.

Lesson 24: Ceremony and Ritual

Ceremony and Ritual still play a huge part in all of our lives.

Lesson 25: More Shamanic Ceremonies

Here are some beautiful ceremonies that honor the circle of the Wheel of Life

Lesson 26: The Sacred Circle

The Medicine Wheel is a sacred circle in which the Shamans power can be activated.

Lesson 27: Native American Sprituality

Native Americans had their own brand of Spirituality.

Lesson 28: Lunar Cycles

The Moon has as much affect on us as it does the tides...

Lesson 29: Solar Cycles

As the seasons change so turns the Wheel of the Year.

Lesson 30: Feather Magic

A Shaman has many tools and totems.. and feathers are one of them.

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Additional Information

Course Title	:	Riding The Medicine Wheel: Beginning Shamanism
CEU Value	:	1.0 (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number	:	6927
Course Type	:	Spiritual Education
Course URL	:	http://shaman.onlineclasses.com
Course Rating	:	Not Reviewed
Instructor	:	Linda Paul
Syllabus	:	View Syllabus
Duration	:	Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee	:	Basic Course: $20
		with CEUs & Certificate: $0

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