The Wise Woman University: Shaman’s Circle

For this post I just wanted to take the time to sort of write a review about a course I have taken at The Wise Woman University called Shaman’s Circle.  My mentor for this course was JoAnne Dodgson.

http://www.wisewomanuniversity.org/dodgson/

Before I get to far into the subject of this post I would just like to say that I have taken a number of courses at The Wise Woman University. One of the courses was titled: Nourishing Herbal Infusions – Drink Your Way To Health.  My mentor was Susun Weed.  What awesome health advice she has to share!  After taking this course I made Nettle Infusion a regular part of my daily consumption.

The other course was titled: The Seven Rivers of Healing.  Susun Weed was also my mentor during this course.  The Seven Rivers of Healing course focuses on how to make the most informed decisions regarding which health modality to use at a given time.  I thoroughly recommend this course.  It is a very balanced way to view the subject matter.

http://www.wisewomanuniversity.org/weed/

So now back to my subject: Shaman’s Circle with mentor JoAnne Dodgson.  In this 4 lesson course I learned a number of things.

– A Shaman Understands Everything To Be Alive

– How All Of Life Is Inter-Connected

– That Life Is Multi-Dimensional

– The Linear & Non-Linear Realms

– The Ancient Traditional Ways Of The Shaman

– To Live Without Hierarchy

– The Importance Of Natural Cycles

– The Importance Of Sacred Ceremonies

As you can see this course is very thorough.  Presently, my focus and meditations are covering: A Shaman Understand Everything To Be Alive, How All Life Is Inter-Connected & To Live Without Hierarchy. I think we have a lot to learn from the Shaman.  If you are interested in this subject then I would recommend that you visit The Wise Woman University (link below) and get enrolled in their program.

The Wise Woman University – http://www.wisewomanuniversity.org/

 

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Sister Abigail Has Received Her Master’s of Shamanism!

I am enrolled and taking courses at The Universal Life Church Seminary.  While a lot has been said about this church and its ministers Rev. Amy Long the founder (of the seminary) has far exceeded the requirements necessary to take ULC Ministers to the next level of credibility.  Be sure to visit the seminary website and even get enrolled in some of the courses.  Here is the website – http://www.ulcseminary.org/.

Since I am an interfaith minister and The Sister Abigail Show is an outreach of an Interfaith Ministry I thought if would be beneficial to share with you about where I am presently taking classes.  I also thought that you would be interested in my final essay.

Master of Shamanism

Sister Abigail Hester

I have always enjoyed each of the classes that I have attended at The Universal Life Church Seminary.  The courses are all very thorough and informative.  The course consist of numerous lessons and resources to be used in our research of the topic at hand.  The Master of Shamanism Course is the third course I have taken at the Seminary.  I have completed the Master of Metaphysical Healing as well as the Master of Comparative Religion courses.  I am always blown away at all of the new things that I learn in each course.  I must say that I have become quite the knowledge junkie.

Shamans believe that the physical world in which we live is teamed with invisible forces (or spirits) that have various effects on our lives.  While there are many Shaman that operate within different culture, lore or myth there is a consistency that is hard to overlook.  There is a universality about the phenomenon.

Shamanistic practices predates all religion.  Aspects of Shamanism can be seen in organized religion.  One example the course gave was that of the transubstantiation of bread and wine in the Catholic religion.  Is this suggestive  of the use of psychedelic substances to obtain spiritual revelation?

There are two unifying assumptions of the Shaman.  This I find very interesting considering they are consistent even without communication or the internet.  While the myth conveyed are different given the context and location of the differing Shaman their assumptions are the same.  The two unifying assumptions are:

– Everything that exist is alive.

– Everything can be communicated with if approached properly.

I believe both of these assumptions.  When you believe everything to be alive (every rock, every tree, every plant, the soil, the water, etc) and that everything can be communicated with it allows you to weave the web of life and live in the present moment with awareness.  This is much different than what we have come accustom to in the hussle and bussle of our lives.  We have a lot we can learn from the Shaman.

I have learned much in this course that I already know will become useful in my life and ministry.  I would gladly recommend this course to my friends and whomever else may be interested in this topic.

 

 

Do Not Be Put Off By The Failure Of The Church

“The Church is a whore, but she’s my mother.” – (attributed to Saint Augustine in Letters To A Young Evangelical)

The Gospel Can Not Only Be Rejected For Its Content But Also How It Is Delivered

“Soren Kierkegaard, the Danish existentialist, once said there are those who tell lies in such a way that you think they are telling you the truth.  He went on to suggest that far more dangerous are those who tell the truth in such a way that you think they are telling you a lie.  When the Gospel is presented with little regard to the sensitivities of others, it may readily be rejected not because of its content but because of how it has been delivered.”

As quoted by Tony Campolo in his book Letters To A Young Evangelical