The Transcendence of Time in Shamanic Practice, Michael Harner, SAND 2011
Science and Nonduality・18 minutes read
Shamanism involves techniques like Sonic driving and simultaneous experiences in two realities, offering knowledge and healing. Ethical practices play a significant role, with a focus on consequences for harmful actions and the impact of techniques like drumming on brain waves.
Insights
- Shamanism involves techniques like Sonic driving with drums to go outside of time, enabling journeys into the past, compression of time, and experiencing one's destiny after death, allowing for deep knowledge and healing.
- Shamanic practices emphasize ethical considerations, warning against using powers for harm and stressing the importance of maintaining ethical practices, with beliefs in reincarnation shaped by personal experiences rather than societal norms.
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What techniques are used in shamanism?
Sonic driving with drums or instruments.
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Summary
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Shamanism: Journeying Outside Time and Ethics
- Going outside of time is a central aspect of shamanism, achieved through techniques like Sonic driving with drums or other instruments.
- The use of mushrooms for journeying is not common in shamanic cultures due to the strong spirit of the mushroom interfering with the shamanic journey.
- Shamans experience three types of journeys outside of time: compression of time, journeying into the past, and seeing one's destiny after death.
- Simultaneous experiences in shamanism involve being in two realities at the same time, merging with a beneficent entity for healing and knowledge.
- Ecstatic Cosmic Union is a type of experience in shamanism that allows for deep knowledge and can be achieved through Sonic driving.
- The shamanic State of Consciousness involves learning shamanic methods and altering one's mind to enter different realities.
- Shamanism offers the ability to go outside of time at will for purposes like gaining knowledge, healing, and divination.
- The belief in rebirth or reincarnation varies among shamanic cultures, with experiences shaping individual beliefs rather than societal norms.
- Ethics play a significant role in shamanism, with consequences for using powers for harm and the importance of maintaining ethical practices.
- Techniques like using brass mirrors in Asia reflect the belief in karma, where negative actions can result in consequences for the individual.
21:09
Shamanic Drumming Alters Brain Waves Rapidly
- Shamanism and its connection to brain waves are explored, with references to Andrew Neher's research on drumming's impact on brain waves and the central tempo discovered by shamans through experimentation.
- The book "The Weather Shaman" delves into the topic, mentioning Sandra's work on the subject without electrodes, and highlighting Mo Maxfield's doctoral dissertation on the link between shamanic drums and consciousness.
- The effectiveness of shamanic drumming in altering brain waves is discussed, with a comparison to meditation states, noting the rapid achievement of a specific brain wave state through drumming in contrast to hours of meditation.
