Ekhaya Esima is the latest person that we will be including in CRAZYWISE the documentary. Ekhaya is a Peer Counselor in the Community Links Program at Baltic Street in Brooklyn, New York
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Posts Tagged: Shamanism
Interview with Sandra Ingerman: Shamanism in Modern Culture
Sandra Ingerman is one of the respected leaders of the neo-shamanic movement here in America that has brought traditional cross-cultural healing methods and beliefs to the Western world.
Interview with Roger Walsh: The Value of Spiritual Traditions
I was very honored to meet and interview Roger Walsh, a professor of Psychiatry and Anthropology at the University of California at Irvine. Dr. Walsh has not only studied many of the great spiritual traditions of the world,
Janduli Kahn: Shaman of the Kalash
In July of 2001 I traveled to Pakistan to visit a small group of animists called the Kalash. I was told that the most powerful of the three remaining Kalash Dehars (Shaman) was at a mountain camp where he spends the summer herding his goats.
Mengatohue: Shaman of the Huaroriani Tribe
In November of ’99 I made a trip to the headwaters of the Amazon in Ecuador’s Northern Oriente as part of my series on indigenous people and their spiritual mediators—the people we in the west refer to as Shamans.
Lindsa: Shaman of the Nanai Tribe
Next my exploration of shamanism and culture brought me to the small village of Daerga, on the Amu River of Siberia. My guide, Nadia, explained to me that all of the shaman in this area are older women, one of which is 87 yr. old Lindsa.
Sukulen: Shaman of the Samburu Tribe
Another profound experience I had with Shaman happened in Northern Kenya while I was photographing the Samburu tribe. While I was there my guide let me know that many of the villagers mentioned that their “predictor”
The Venerable Nechung Oracle
My first experience with an altered state of consciousness as a cultural ritual will forever be etched in my mind. In 1994 I traveled to Dharamsala, India to photograph for my book Tibetan Portrait. While there I met Mick Brown a journalist for the Daily Telegraph in London who had an appointment to interview the… Read more »
Shamanism: My Continuing Inquiry and TEDx Talk
I have recently started revisiting and exploring Shamanism, a topic I previously documented with Spirit of Place. I was asked how my interest in shamanism began. Although I am not sure which events were the most influential, several episodes come to mind.