FSS Newsletter December 2024

IN THIS ISSUE— Holiday greeting; FSS year-end news; International news from FSS Europe, FSS Asia, FSS Latin America and Spain; residential programs in 2025. The FSS Newsletter: Foundation news, links to information and articles about shamanism, and essays to...

FSS Newsletter November 2024

IN THIS ISSUE— New website; enhanced Members Directory; new office and Shamanic Knowledge Conservatory annex; digital preservation of 1000+ items; 1st Western Canada Three Year Program; Chronicles: Drums Have Power. The FSS Newsletter: Foundation news, links to...

FSS Polestar: The Singular Power of Shamanic Practice

“Shamanism is not ‘New Age.’ It is Stone Age and has been living ever since.” —Michael Harner As shamanism in our modern culture grows, more and more students who want to learn its powerful healing methods come to FSS workshops having already...

Core Shamanism Chronicles: Drums Have Power

Core Shamanism Chronicles: Drums Have Power ©2019 Foundation for Shamanic Studies I am a shamanic practitioner living in Canada. I occasionally make and sell traditional-style shamanic drums using natural materials such as cedar wood and deer rawhide. Drums are...

FSS Polestar: Core Shamanism – Respecting Indigenous Cultures

Core Shamanism, by definition, is based on universal principles of shamanic methodology, and does not borrow ceremony and practices from indigenous cultures. “Core Shamanism consists of the universal, near-universal, and common features of shamanism, together...

FSS Polestar: Shamanism, Spirits, and Transformation

In My Path in Shamanism, the interviewer asks Michael Harner: In addition to the compassionate spirits, are there malevolent spirits? “Yes. Here in the Middle World the spirits have the whole range of personalities that also occur in ordinary reality. What is...