Shamanic State of Consciousness

From The SpiritWiki

According to Harnder, the Shamanic State of Consciousness is a state of Connection characterized by "a state that includes knowledge of shamanic purpose and discipline, such as that involved in helping and healing others."[1]

Syncretic Terms

Connection > Altered State of Consciousness, Born Again, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Divine Marriage, Divine Union, Drawing Down the Moon, It, Lightning Strike, Mysticism, Salvation, Shamanic State of Consciousness, Starlight Vision, The Dreaming, Trance, Union

Notes

"The SSC has differing intensities, from light to deep, and can have different effects, particularly if a properly prepared powerful hallucinogen like ayahuasca (yagé) is used". [2]

Footnotes

  1. Harner, Michael. Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books, 2013
  2. Harner, Michael. Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books, 2013