Shaman is a Turkic-Tungus word which means "one who knows"
Shamans are walkers between worlds. They journey out of their physical bodies into other worlds to gain understanding, knowing, knowledge, the 'bigger picture' ... and return. The ability to return is vital. Virgil said in the Aeneid ... "It is easy to climb down into hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task". The shaman can do this.
The Celtic Shaman's Universe runs a 3-year training in Celtic Shamanism at Rainbow Warriors.
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