Guest guest Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 Thank you for all the replies on shamanism. I am seeing one in April and wanted to know everyone's experience. It has been very informative. The person that I am going to see teaches shamanism to students and is one of the leading shamans. I am thrilled to be able to go and hoping that at some point I can get my daughters to see her as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 Thank you for all the replies on shamanism. I am seeing one in April and wanted to know everyone's experience. It has been very informative. The person that I am going to see teaches shamanism to students and is one of the leading shamans. I am thrilled to be able to go and hoping that at some point I can get my daughters to see her as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 Mike - thanks for your reply to this question. I enjoy having you on the list and feel that you have brought so much hope to the list with your posts. Excellent point about medications. I will keep that in mind. I don¹t know that this particular shaman's focus is on herbs. I will also keep in mind that she could be doing body work and calling it some sort of demonic procedure -->> which would really freak me out!! On 1/30/04 2:15 PM, " ceda " <ceda > wrote: > > Subject: Re: Shaman? >... I > have seen documentaries where the native healer is talking about > moving evil spirits or vapors out of the patient's body, but the > healer's hands are actually doing a form of lymphatic drainage. Or > they talk about the patient being out of balance and they are doing > a type of energy work. > > So, there is no way that I am going to automatically discount or > downplay potential benefit or results from consulting a shaman. It > is like any " profession. " There are good and bad, competent and > incompetent, practitioners in all fields. You just need to do your > own research and reference checking before you go that route. > > On the other hand, I am also going to issue a very strong warning. > Since some shamanistic practices involve herbs and plant potions, > you absolutely need to know what you are doing before you even > consider taking any of them, especially if you are already taking > serious doses of other medications. If you can't depend on your > doctor or pharmacist to keep you adequately informed of all of the > side effects and interactions of prescribed medications, how can you > possibly make a rational decision about taking something about which > you know nothing at all of the active ingredients? Some of the > active plant ingredients are extremely potent and could pose a very > serious risk of adverse interactions with something else you are > taking. They could suppress the effects of your other meds, highten > them, or turn toxic when used in combination. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 Onale; so sad to read this about your mom-in-law ( When I was reading up about that 'new type of EDS' earlier; I ran across countless notes about how phen phen etc causes the " cardiac valvular disease " . I can't imagine what this shaman was thinking. ( On 1/30/04 2:15 PM, " ceda " <ceda > wrote: > > Subject: Re: Re: Shaman? > > I'd like to stress Mikes advice of being very careful of herbs. My > mother-in-law (who was native) decided to seek the advice of a Shaman. This > person gave her herbs to take that made her lose weight. I noticed her rapid > weight loss and asked her what was going on. She told me about these herbs she > had been taking. I tried to explain to her that they were cleansing herbs. (to > purify your body) A cleansing should be done for a maximum of 10 days (and > that's in a healthy body which she wasn't) She had been taking this stuff for > months (like living on exlax) and lost an extreme amount of weight. within a > few months, she was anorexic and barely had the strength to walk. We were > visiting with her at the time, she insisted she just had the flu. She died of > a massive heart attack a few days after we left. That 'medicine man' just kept > giving her the herbs, without any caution. That was 2 years ago, she was 54 at > the time. > Onale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 > Yes, I'm sure there are both wise and healing Shamans and the " liars " - but then it's that way in EVERYTHING I think. We always need to be careful and listen to our inner selves. > > Love Lana ------------------------- Yea, verily and amen - especially in an election year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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