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HOLIDAY HOURS
The administrative office will be closed startin
g Monday, December 23, 2019 and will reopen Thursday, January 2, 2020, so that we may enjoy the holidays with our families. Visit
shamanism.org for info during that time. Email will be checked on a limited basis.
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Warm holiday greetings to you.
We hope that you have a delightful Solstice and holiday season. May 2020 bring you health, meaningful relationships and work, and much happiness. From our hearts, we thank you for your participation and support.
In gratitude,
Sandra, Susan, Noelle
and the FSS Board of Trustees
Susan Mokelke
Editor
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FSS SHAMANIC TRAINING 2020
If you are making plans for 2020 and are considering shamanic training, please visit the FSS website workshops pages on shamanism.org. There you will find course descriptions and complete calendar listings for FSS two-day workshops in shamanism and shamanic healing.
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2019 FOUNDATION NEWS
We began the year in January with an
inspiring in-person gathering of the membership of the Foundation in the San Francisco Bay Area. The theme of this year's meeting was "coming together to help create a vibrant future for our community and the planet."
Susan Mokelke, FSS President set the context for the gathering and spoke of the relevance of shamanism today.
Sandra Harner reported on progress made with the Shamanic Knowledge Conservatory library.
Duane Elgin, social visionary, internationally recognized speaker, and author spoke to the importance of shamanic wisdom in a universe where everything is alive. There was an informative talk by
Kevin Turner, FSS Director for Asia, on the Thai Lersi Hermit shamans. Opportunities for small group discussion and experiential sessions with FSS faculty members were offered. The program ended with the Dream Dance, with participants consulting the ancestors about creating a vibrant future.
Visit the FSS News blog for details
and to see videos with Duane Elgin, Susan Mokelke, and Sandra Harner.
The FSS Polestar column was launched this year on the FSS blog. FSS Polestar highlights some of the questions we are frequently asked about contemporary shamanic practice. "Polestar" is defined as "something that serves as a guiding principle." It reflects our commitment to helping practitioners stay oriented to authentic shamanic methods and ethics, while maintaining their own independent spirituality, which comes from learning directly from the compassionate spirits.
Core Shamanism Chronicles also was introduced, featuring
brief personal shamanic healing accounts and practical applications of shamanism in daily life. "By sharing our inspiring stories with each other, we hope to reveal the power, effectiveness, and beauty of shamanic practice."
The documentary film The Way of the Shaman: The Work of Michael and Sandra Harner can be streamed free online.
View the documentary
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A new two-day workshop Shamanism for Inspired Local and Global Change was offered in April in the San Francisco Bay Area, to enthusiastic reviews. It was offered a second time in Germany in September at the request of FSS Europe, who invited Susan Mokelke to teach it in Bavaria for faculty and students. Several FSS faculty in the USA and Canada are in training to teach it in 2020. The workshop offers practical methods to gain and apply wisdom from the spirits to resolve persistent problems facing humanity, our precious Earth, and its inhabitants.
Read more.
FSS President Susan Mokelke presented at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) 2019
International Conference July 18 - 21, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. On July 18, Susan facilitated an all day pre-conference workshop "The Shamanic Journey, Pathway to Another Reality," introducing Michael Harner's core shamanism journeying method to an enthusiastic group.
Read more.
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HEALING WORDS
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You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Foundation for Shamanic Studies is dedicated to the preservation, study, and teaching of shamanic knowledge for the benefit of the Planet and its inhabitants. Thousands of people each year take the Foundation's rigorous
shamanic training. Originated, researched, and developed by
Michael Harner (1929-2018), internationally recognized as the pioneer of modern shamanism,
core shamanism
consists of the universal, near-universal, and common features of shamanism, together with journeys to other worlds.
Become part of a growing community that is working to return spiritual democracy to the individual, as well as helping to preserve indigenous shamanisms and foster this transformative and powerful method of healing and problem-solving.
We welcome your participation!
Susan Mokelke
President
The FSS E-News is distributed by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.
Email: info@shamanism.org
Editor: Susan Mokelke
Assistant editor: Narrye Caldwell
Copyright ©2000-2019 The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, a non-profit public 501(c)(3) charitable and educational organization.
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