What most people today refer to as “shamanism” is a spiritual discipline involving a skilled practitioner to interact with the forces of nature and the spirit world. Usually, the goal is to direct otherworldy energies into the physical world, such a…
What most people today refer to as “shamanism” is a spiritual discipline involving a skilled practitioner to interact with the forces of nature and the spirit world. Usually, the goal is to direct otherworldy energies into the physical world, such as bringing forth an entity for healing or protection. In some left-hand path cases, which is term for sinister “black” magic, the forces beyond the veil are used for darker purposes.
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The artwork used in this animatic depicts a Scythian healer — an “Arnlokkur” or a “gam” — entering a trance-like state as he calls upon his bald eagle spirit-world travel companion to seek aid in the higher realms. Intriguingly, one of Óðinn’s many names/kennings was Arnhǫfði, meaning “eagle chieftain” or “eagle-head”. Shamans of ages past used various substances to enter deep, mental states — not entirely unlike Viking Age berserkers (“berserkir” in Old Norse) who many believe ate mind-altering mushrooms before they went into battle. There are many theories on how shamans might have influenced themselves to reach a higher state of mind. Both trained scholars and self-taught historians agree that one of the shamanic aids available around the northern hemisphere was “soma,” a common beverage mentioned in several Vedic sources. Soma was a mix of honey, herbs, and possibly also mushrooms, although no exact recipe has been found yet (being a honey-based drink, it is inevitable to reason that soma shared some similarities with mead.)
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