Videos

The Foundation for Shamanic Studies on YouTube

The Foundation's YouTube channel features videos from the archives, including talks by Michael Harner, Susan Mokelke, and special guests. Also featured are documentaries and videos about FSS training programs.

The Foundation for Shamanic Studies on Vimeo

Additional video content in HD high-definition format, including full-length interviews and documentaries.

Michael Harner Official on YouTube

Michael Harner's classic shamanic drumming recordings are now completely free to listen on YouTube. Also listen to Michael Harner's Shamanic Journey™, a series of recordings including shamanic drumming, shamanic rattle, and even shamanic didjeridu.

The Way of the Shaman: The Work of Michael and Sandra Harner

Through a series of interviews, this documentary takes you from Michael's early expeditions as a young anthropologist to the formulation of Core Shamanism and the founding of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.

Core Shamanism and the Foundation for Shamanic Studies

Susan Mokelke describes the work of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, which anthropologist Michael Harner founded with his wife, Sandra Harner. As its President, Susan works to bring the core shamanic practices Michael developed from his extensive travels and research to people interested in finding their connection to spiritual dimensions.

Core Shamanism Explained by Susan Mokelke

Susan Mokelke, president of the FSS, was interviewed about shamanism by Eileen Nash for her online/TV program Restore Your Caring Soul. This is a good resource for those who would like an introduction to contemporary shamanism.

Michael Harner Honored as a Pioneer in Integrative Medicine

On Sunday, March 8, 2009, at a dinner ceremony in San Francisco, the Institute honored Michael Harner as one of the world's foremost authorities on indigenous healing practices and their relevance in contemporary times.

Shamanic Healing With Michael Harner

Michael Harner, founder of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, provides the keynote address on the ancient and contemporary practice of shamanism and shamanic healing at the first global conference on global healing at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Shamanism for Inspired Change and Transformation

FSS President Susan Mokelke discusses the work of Michael Harner and the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and its relevance today. Hosted by Wake Wheeler, Gathering at the Cosmic Fire Global Conference, Shamans Directory (November 30, 2023).

Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove

This video is an interview of Michael Harner recorded around 1987 for the Thinking Allowed television series hosted by Jeffrey Mishlove. This television series ran on public television from 1986 until 2002.

Angeles Arrien and Michael Harner in Dialogue

A few selected clips from "Echoes of Shamanism in Europe: Angeles Arrien and Michael Harner in Dialogue," recorded at the FSS Gathering of the Council in January 2008 in Mill Valley, California.

Ram Dass and Michael Harner in Dialogue

Ram Dass and Michael Harner discuss the nature of consciousness and shamanism—with wisdom and humor—in these selected clips from their January 2003 dialogue and discussion in Marin County, California at the Foundation's annual gathering of FSS Council members.

Stanislav Grof and Michael Harner in Dialogue

Stanislav Grof and Michael Harner discuss Holotropic Breathwork and shamanism. Stanislav Grof's professional career has covered a period of over 50 years in which his primary interest has been research of the therapeutic potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness.

Conversation with Michael Harner and Stanislav Grof

Two trailblazers in human spiritual abilities share insights and wisdom: Michael Harner, PhD, anthropologist and originator of core shamanism and founder of The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and Stan Grof, MD, PhD, a pioneer of consciousness research and experience for over 60 years.

FSS Three Year Program in Advanced Shamanism Q&A with Susan Mokelke

In this live video conference held in March 2015, FSS President Susan Mokelke describes Michael Harner's "Three Year Program of Advanced Initiations in Shamanism and Shamanic Healing." This course is the most advanced training in shamanism and shamanic healing offered by the Foundation.

FSS Two Week and Three Year Q&A with Amanda Foulger & Susan Mokelke

Excerpts of a live video conference with FSS president Susan Mokelke and Amanda Foulger, instructor of the Two Week Shamanic Healing Intensive and the Three Year Program of Advanced Initiations in Shamanism, discussing these advanced residential trainings.

Baniwa Shamanic Revitalization - Inauguration of the Shamans' House

Video documenting the inauguration of a Shaman’s House to serve as a catalyst to revitalize the indigenous culture of the Baniwa people of the Aiary River.

Drums of the Ancestors: Manchu and Mongol Shamanism

This remarkable and unique documentary filmed in 1995 in North China and Inner Mongolia during a field study by The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, offers a rare opportunity to experience the living traditions of shamanism as practiced by the Manchu and Mongol peoples.

Living Treasures of Shamanism - Fate of the Lhapa

Two of the last Tibetan shamans (at the time of this video) living in a refugee camp in Nepal have been appointed as Living Treasures of Shamanism. The Living Treasures program provides an annual lifetime stipend to exceptionally distinguished indigenous shamans where their age-old knowledge of shamanism and shamanic healing is in danger of extinction.

Tuva: Shamans and Spirits

Clips from a moving documentary of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies' 1993 expedition to help, at their invitation, the Tuvan peoples of Central Asia revive their shamanic traditions, nearly destroyed under Soviet Communism. Michael Harner offers commentary on shamanism and shamanic healing.

Mongolian Shamanism Revival, Presented by Kevin Turner

In 1990 fewer than a dozen shamans in Mongolia survived, practicing only in deepest secrecy. Today, over 10,000 shamans practice openly in modern Mongolia. FSS Asia Director Kevin Turner discusses how this occurred, and what the implications are for this revival.

Shamanism and Science, Presented by Roland Urban

Many people view science and spirituality as diametrically opposed to one another. But Roland Urban, Director of FSS Europe, challenges this assumption and makes a case for a new perspective - that science and shamanism are two sides of the same coin.

Transcultural Shamanic Experiences, Presented by Sandra Harner

Why, in the twenty-first century West, are many people drawn to shamanism? Dr. Sandra Harner offers a rich and inspiring review of transcultural shamanic experiences, with examples drawn from both indigenous and core shamanism.