Gerry Starnes, MEd, is an award-winning author, teacher, and shamanic practitioner. The Shamanic Passages Institute is an online resource for individuals interested in exploring shamanic concepts and practices, and incorporating them into their everyday lives. This show offers programs on a variety of topics specifically designed for beginners and intermediate learners.
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A Shamanic View of Trauma and Healing
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Can shamanic healing practices be successfully applied to the treatment of trauma? Can such treatments enhance and support traditional therapies, or does shamanic healing replace them? Can they be used cooperatively? As a long-time practitioner and teacher of shamanic practice, I have worked with trauma survivors for more than a decade. The work in…
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Resilience and Sovereignty in Trying Times
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Here at the beginning of December 2020, the world is in the midst of a global pandemic that began around this time a year ago. Here in the US, we have been struggling to control not only the virus but also our reactions and responses to now the third surge of the first wave of illness. We don't have control over the course of the pandemic other tha…
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The Psychology and Mythology of the Shamanic Journey
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What are the psychological effects of the practice of the shamanic journey? Is it dangerous, as well as helpful? On a larger scale, what might be the results of people journeying together consistently? Does that help create a new mythology for the shamanic community? As a long-time practitioner and teacher of shamanic practice, I am always curious …
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What is "Shamanic Activism"? Is there a role for social or political activism in shamanic practice? These are some of the topics Gerry Starnes, M.Ed., discusses with the shamanic practitioner and long-time activist Lenore Norrgard. Lenore offers her overview of the subject based on more than 30 years of experience. The video version of this discuss…
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Interview with a Fairy Witch
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What are the similarities and differences between shamanism, shamanic practice, and witchcraft? Join me and Zoe Sol, Fairy Witch, in our discussion of this evocative question. The video version of this discussion can be found on YouTube! Gerry Starnes, M.Ed, award-winning author, teacher, and practitioner shares topics of shamanism and shamanic pra…
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Shamanic Practitioners and Healers
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Caroline from Paris returns for another "Ask Me Anything" interview. This second round of questions concerns "professional shamanic practitioners." How are they different from shamans, or are they? How do you choose a practitioner to work with? How do you know they are reputable? These questions and more are addressed in this excellent and thoughtf…
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You may have noticed that people in the shamanic and other spiritual communities may refer to themselves by their "spirit name." There are many reasons for doing so, and you may feel yourself also drawn to knowing more about your own spirit totem or name. This program addresses the practice and suggests how you might find your own. Gerry Starnes, M…
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The ability to access and channel power or energy is a fundamental need for, not only shamanic work but for life itself. This program discusses tapping into an unlimited source of energy, as well as how to manage energy on an on-going basis. Gerry Starnes, M.Ed, award-winning author, teacher, and practitioner discusses what happens in soul loss and…
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Soul Loss may happen in any event that is so traumatic that the soul is "fractured" and a piece may be lost in time. The healing of soul loss is called Soul Retrieval. Gerry Starnes, M.Ed, award-winning author, teacher, and practitioner discusses what happens in soul loss and how soul retrieval works to mend the fragmented self. This audio presenta…
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What is your relationship to time? Do you seem to "flow" with time or do you find yourself struggling with it? Sacred Timing, discusses our interaction and relationships with time, based on the book The Dance of Life, by Edward T. Hall. Gerry Starnes, M.Ed, award-winning author, teacher, and practitioner discusses shamanic practice. This program wa…
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In order to stay alive, humans have to eat. How do you reconcile this basic fact with the notion that "everything is alive?" In Honoring What Sustains Us, Gerry Starnes, M.Ed, award-winning author, teacher, and practitioner addresses ways that we can view shamanically the challenges of recognizing that everything is alive while consuming beings (pl…
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What do you need to know about shamanism as someone new to the practices? In this AMA (Ask Me Anything) episode, Gerry Starnes, M.Ed. discusses questions about shamanism. Caroline from France, just outside of Paris, asks Gerry questions about how he became interested and involved in shamanic practice. This interview is a good place to begin if you …
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What kinds of tools do shamans and practitioners use in their practices? Gerry Starnes, M.Ed is an award-winning author, teacher, and practitioner. In this program, Gerry discusses shamanic tools with interviewer Leah Collisi, a longtime practitioner. In this AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview, Gerry discusses some of his personal favorite tools and p…
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Shamanic manifesting involves traveling forward into the future and planting what you want to bring into your life. Gerry Starnes, M.Ed, award-winning author, teacher, and practitioner discusses manifestation using shamanic concepts and practices. This audio presentation was originally a live webinar for the Shamanic Passages Institute. Find out mo…
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