One of the classic tasks of the shaman is to journey into nonordinary reality in order to obtain answers to questions, both at the request of others and for oneself. Participants in the workshop have the opportunity to engage in divination journeys for each other as well as for themselves and to gain experience in using various time-tested shamanic divination techniques. In the shamanic search to become persons of knowledge, they learn, as shamans have from time immemorial, how to converse with plant and animal spirits, how to learn about the use of quartz crystals, and how to seek and receive revelatory knowledge from visionary sources.

Prerequisite: the FSS Basic Workshop, The Way of the Shaman®, with an authorized FSS Faculty Member.

Note: Successful completion of this workshop is one of the prerequisites to receive the FSS Gold Certificate of Completion.

Please bring the following items to the workshop:

• A rattle and/or a drum (if you have one)
• A bandanna or eye covering
• A pen & notebook
• A rough-surfaced, *GRAPEFRUIT-SIZED* rock (not a crystal)
• A small quartz crystal, at least 1 inch long
• A blanket
• 8 small objects, which you can hold together in your cupped hands, that you picked up outdoors
• A bag lunch (optional)
• A cushion (optional)

Workshops*

BASIC WORKSHOP:

• The Way of the Shaman® Shamanic Journeying, Power, and Healing

ADVANCED WEEKEND WORKSHOPS:

• Shamanic Extraction Healing Training
• Shamanism, Dying, and Beyond
• Shamanic Divination Training
• Shamanism and the Spirits of Nature
• Shamanic Dreamwork™
• Shamanic Training in Creativity™
• Shamanism Practicum™
• Core Soul Retrieval Training™

ADVANCED 5-DAY & LONGER WORKSHOPS:

• Two-Week Shamanic Healing Intensive™
• Three-Year Program of Advanced Initiations in Shamanism and Shamanic Healing™

SPECIAL FIVE-DAY TRAINING COURSE:

• Harner Shamanic Counseling (HSC)™

Workshops in Other Languages

FSS Europa. Für Seminare in Europa (in Deutsch und in anderen Sprachen) besuchen Sie die website von FSS Europa www.shamanicstudies.net. Vielen Dank.

Informations sur les cours FSS en France, Belgique et Suisse, en français: www.chamanisme-fss.org.

Para información acerca de los talleres de la Fundación en España enseñado por Alicia Luengas Gates, por favor ir: www.estudioschamanicos.com.

Workshops in Japan

Workshops in Asia

All Foundation workshops and training programs are offered for teaching purposes only and not for the purposes of providing healing or treating any student or participant for any physical or mental condition or illness.

*All workshops are part of the core shamanism program, and were originated, researched, and developed by Michael Harner and are copyrighted. Shamanic Training in Creativity™ was developed by Sandra Harner and is copyrighted.

Core shamanism consists of the universal, near-universal, and common features of shamanism, together with journeys to other worlds, a distinguishing feature of shamanism. As originated, researched, and developed by Michael Harner, the principles of core shamanism are not bound to any specific cultural group or perspective. Since the West overwhelmingly lost its shamanic knowledge centuries ago due to religious oppression, the Foundation’s programs in core shamanism are particularly intended for Westerners to reacquire access to their rightful spiritual heritage through quality workshops and training courses. Training in core shamanism includes teaching students to alter their consciousness through classic shamanic non-drug techniques such as sonic driving, especially in the form of repetitive drumming, so that they can discover their own hidden spiritual resources, transform their lives, and learn how to help others. Core shamanism does not focus on ceremonies, such as those of Native American medicine men and women, persons who do both shamanism and ceremonial work.