Chosen by the Spirits: Following Your Shamanic Calling 978-0892818617
From the Back Cover SHAMANISM / MONGOLIA The shaman’s purpose is to heal and restore balance to his or her community b
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: A Few Words about the Buryat Mongols
ONE SO YOU WANT TO BECOME A SHAMAN?
Shamans Are Chosen by the Spirits
Signs to Recognize the Calling
Walking on the Edge of Two Worlds
Acknowledging the Calling
Ritual to Thank the Spirits
TWO CONTACTING YOUR SHAMANIC SPIRITS
The Udha, Power Animals, and Spirit Lovers
Manifestations of Spirit Contact
Techniques to Attract and Tune In
Making the Breakthrough
Ritual to Welcome In the Spirits
THREE BRINGING THE SPIRITS INTO ONE’S BEING
“Living with Windhorse”
Making Ongons
Ritual to Enliven Ongons
Cultivating Contact through Dream Life
Drumming, Dancing, and Repetitive Exercise
Recognizing the Receptive Mind State
Exercise: Embodying Ongon Spirits
FOUR RETURNING TO THE CENTER
The True Source of Power
Symbolic Tools and Techniques
Overcoming Illusions of Time and Separation
Concentrating and Using Spiritual Energy
Exercise: Making Arshaan
Creating Your Own Oboo or Ritual Tree
Exercise: Visualization of World Center
FIVE THE SHAMANIC JOURNEY
Purposes for Journeying
Starting from the Center
Companions on the Journey
The Dolbor Night Road Journey
SIX WORKING WITH THE SPIRITS
The Spiritual Structure of Human Beings
Vision Quests, Buryat-Style
Invoking and Working with Spirits
A Deep Mystery of Buryat Shamanism: Journey to Find the Cup of the Great Mother
SEVEN HEALING AND PSYCHOPOMP WORK
Diagnosis
Intrusions, Soul Repression, and Possession
Soul Retrieval
Pollution and Cleansing
Working with Spirits of the Dead
Using Divination for Shamanic Diagnosis
EIGHT HEALING OF THE EARTH, BLESSING, AND PROTECTION
Healing Places, Healing the Earth
Protection
Blessing
Weather and Hunting Magic
Divination
Traditional Festivals
Serving One’s Community
The Clean Tent Ritual
NINE SHAMANIC TOOLS AND MAGIC
Tonog : Shamanic Equipment
Preparing Shamanic Tools
Shamanic Magic
Mongolian Spells: Dom
Serjim : Spells of Scattering and Pouring
Awakening of the Drum Ritual ( Hese amiluulah)
Appendix 1: Setting Up a Ritual Space
Appendix 2: The Origins of the Mongolian Shamanic Tradition and the Shamanic Pantheon
Appendix 3: The Nine Degrees of Buryat Shamanic Initiation
Appendix 4: Prayer to Abai Geser Bogdo Khan
Glossary and List of Magical Phrases
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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