Old Wives’ Tales
What do we think about when we talk about old wives’ tales? We often use it to refer to the therapeutic methods practiced by the women of yesteryear, but which are rejected by modern medicine as being unscientific. In other words, they say they are…
Shamanic Teaching Is Neither Mystical nor Esoteric
It’s a common mistake these days to confuse Shamanism with mysticism and new age spiritualism and assume it to be an esoteric teaching. Shamanism has been explored scientifically in modern times from an anthropologic perspective in order to better understand it. It is, in fact,…
Prophecies of the Q’ero Incan Shamans
The Q’ero are the last of the Incas — a tribe of 600 who sought refuge at altitudes above 14,000 feet in order to escape the conquering conquistadors. For 500 years the Q’ero elders have preserved a sacred prophecy of a great change, or “Pachacuti,”…