Level 2:
Initiation...Amazonian Shamanic Rituals (more info)
Become initiated in the sacred ícaros, magical healing songs.
Experience the limpias, shamanic healing herbal baths.

Level 3:
Healer...Spirited Herbalism (more info)
Learn shamanic aspects of plants to heal the body/mind/spirit.
Professional, scientific, healthcare aspects of medicinal plants.

Level 4:
Apprenticeship...Power Transmission (more info)
Learn the ancient healing secrets of the jungle shaman.
Receive the transmission of spiritual powers.

Level 1—Introduction to Shamanism

(1) Amazon slide presentation:
Jungle Medicine… from Medicine to Magic

Date/Location: Check Calendar of Events for upcoming dates.
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Registration: Registration: Su at 612-659-6500 (MCTC)
Or online at: http://www.minneapolis.edu/cect/courseSchedule/index.cfm
(select: Spring 2007)
(select: Holistic Healthcare)

This Amazon slide presentation is a prerequisite for the One-Day Outdoor Workshop.

(2) Spirited Plant Medicine Experiential
One-Day Outdoor Workshop

Prerequisite: Amazon slide presentation, #1 above.
Date/Location: Check Calendar of Events for upcoming dates.
Time: 10AM-4PM
Registration: Registration: Su at 612-659-6500 (MCTC)
Or online at: http://www.minneapolis.edu/cect/courseSchedule/index.cfm
(select: Spring 2007)
(select: Holistic Healthcare)

Experience the world of the shaman. This intensive outdoor experiential workshop teaches the healing use of the plants that grow all around us from a shamanic plant spirit medicine perspective, just as the Amazonian rainforest shamans have done for millennia. Learn to harness the powers of spirited plant medicines to heal themselves or others. Experience the sacred shamanic icaros (healing plant songs), and learn the healing limpias (ritual plant baths).

Participants will learn the technique of human-plant communication through the use of the ancient shamanic technique of drum journeying while outdoors in beautiful and powerful nature surroundings.

No previous experience of any kind is necessary, just an open mind and heart. Clinicians are welcome.

Participants must bring suitable layered outdoor clothing, sun/bug protection, plastic bags or mats for lying on the open ground, colored pencils/crayons, and drawing paper/notebook.

Recommended reading: Jungle Medicine by Connie Grauds, available only on Amazon.

This day-long program is a prerequisite for the full yearlong apprenticeship program. For details, read on.

Level 2—Initiation

Amazonian Shamanic Rituals

Dates: Fall 2007 dates TBA.
Time: 7-9:30 PM
Where: Minneapolis, MN office
(St. Louis Park office, directions upon registration)
Fee: $75 each monthly meeting. Cash, check, Visa/MasterCard accepted.
Registration: online or 612-216-1747, The Center for Spirited Medicine.

Jungle shamans are also energetically attuned to the spiritual nature of plants. They use the plants’ spiritual energies in the form of healing herbal baths (limpias), and in the form of magical healing plant songs (ícaros). Jungle shamans are masters of the transference of these healing plant energies to their patients, as well.

Prerequisites for all attending any Initiation Level 2 workshop:

• Attend both Introduction to Shamanism events.
  

• Read Jungle Medicine by Connie Grauds, available only on Amazon.
  

• Open to all with an open mind and heart. Clinicians and healers are welcome.
  

• All who participate in Initiation Level 2 will receive a sacred limpia and ícaros healing.
  

Level 3—Healer

Spirited Herbalism

Dates: One night of the month x 3 months; (the ongoing group will decide together when the other meetings will be held to accommodate everyone’s schedule). Check Calendar of Events for upcoming dates.
Time: 7-9:30pm
Where: Minneapolis, MN office
(St. Louis Park office, directions upon registration)
Fee: $75 each monthly meeting. Cash, check, Visa/MasterCard accepted.
Registration: online or 612-216-1747, The Center for Spirited Medicine.

Jungle shamans are masters of the medicine of the plant kingdom. They have intimate knowledge of the plant medicines that grow in their area. They give these plants to their patients as medicines, much as we use plants as herbs and pharmaceuticals. Learn about modern Western herbalism, the researched and the folk uses of popular herbs. Learn shamanic aspects of plants to heal the body/mind/spirit.

Prerequisites for all attending any Healer Level 3 workshop:

• Attend both Introduction to Shamanism events.
  
  
• Read Jungle Medicine by Connie Grauds, available only on Amazon.
  
  
• Open to all with an open mind and heart. Clinicians and healers are welcome.
  
  
• There will be assigned readings, given in class.

Level 4: Apprenticeship

Power Transmission

Dates: One night of the month x 3 months; (the ongoing group will decide together when the other meetings will be held to accommodate everyone’s schedule). Check Calendar of Events for upcoming dates.
Time: 7-9:30PM
Where: Minneapolis, MN office
(St. Louis Park office, directions upon registration)
Fee: $75 each monthly meeting. Cash, check, Visa/MasterCard accepted.
Registration: online or 612-216-1747, The Center for Spirited Medicine.

Apprenticeship into Amazonian jungle shamanism is a sacred process; many hear the drum of the jungle but few are accepted by spirit to proceed. If spirit selects you to proceed, you will learn the ancient healing secrets of the jungle shaman. You will receive the transmission of spiritual powers.

Required homework: reading, spiritual practices, personal essays.

Prerequisites for all attending any Healer Level 3 workshop:

• Attend both Introduction to Shamanism events.
  
  
• Complete Initiation and Healer workshop series.
  
  
• Read Jungle Medicine by Connie Grauds, available only on Amazon.
  
  
• Submit personal essay before acceptance to this Level 4.
  

Registration for all of these events is through The Center for Spirited Medicine only, online or at 612-216-1747.

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