Shamanic Healing in the Treatment of PTSD

Shamanic Healing in the Treatment of PTSD

By S. Mokelke, JD; N. Caldwell, MTCM, L.Ac; A. Solomon, MSW, LCSW; S. Williams, MA
Shamanic healing is finding a well-deserved place as an effective complementary healing modality for people who struggle with the disabling effects of trauma in general, and for Veterans with combat related PTSD in particular.

Shamanic Healing in the Treatment of PTSD

Shamanism and Personal Transformation

By Susan Mokelke
Shamanism is a kind of dance between the inner personal dimension and outer community action. As you grow in understanding and compassion, you work differently in the world.

The Healing Power of Song

By Susan Mokelke
It is not surprising that songs and shamanism are synergistic for healing. The shaman sees with the heart and music speaks to the heart. When a song is imbued with the compassion of the helping spirits, it offers powerful healing for body and soul.

Shamanic Healing in the Treatment of PTSD

Spiritual Help for the Burning West

By Nan Moss
While originally written in 1999 during the drought in the Western United States, which experienced a series of calamitous wildfires, with drought and fires sweeping many areas of the world, this article is especially relevant today.

Shamanic Healing in the Treatment of PTSD

A Personal Look at Core Shamanism

By Timothy Flynn
I became a member of the tribe of “shamanic worshippers” shortly after graduate school. We’re spread around the globe, from the United States to Canada to Austria to Singapore.

Shamanic Healing in the Treatment of PTSD

Shamanism and the Spirits of Weather

By Nan Moss and David Corbin
“Though I have held a passion for weather all my life, and thought I recognized the aliveness, the spirit in all things, I saw that I still carried our culture’s world view of weather a purely physical forces….”