S ha m a n P or t a l Q u a r t e r ly R e v ie w
A Note from the Publisher TABL E OF CO N T E NT
I am excited to welcome you to our fourth issue of SPQR. I hope you will apply the wisdom of the many shamans’ traditions. As the world is changing all around us at an accelerated speed, I feel we must return to the secret of survival indigenous people of the earth practiced from the very beginning of time. Otherwise, we will vanish from the face of the Earth. In Tungus, the language from which the word Shaman derived from, the true meaning of Saman–as told to me by a visiting elder shaman–is “Keeper of the Fire.” The person who keeps the embers–a small burning piece of coal or wood in a dying fire. The keeper of his or her community’s emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being. The keeper of their stories, songs, lore, history, wisdom, and medicinal ways for survival. SPQR and Shaman Portal website, social media, and other projects are part of my efforts to keep my promise to the spirit I made many years ago in the Amazon. I am thrilled to share it with you and many like-minded members of our growing global community.
ISSUE #4 JUNE 2021
Taita don Jose Shairy Quimbo Page 4 Condor Medicine–The Teachings of the Seven Feathers–part 2 Page 10 Serge Kahili King Dreaming Techniques: Working with Night Dreams, Daydreams, and Liminal Dreams
Itzhak Beery Page 15 Shamanic Invisible Cord-Cutting Peter Brown Page 20 When the Rains Stopped Falling Page 25 Christa Mackinnon and Seersha O’Sullivan Sacred Earth Activism in Transformational Times. Combining the shamanic with activism for change
Art by Geenss Archenti Flores
(See artist’s information on page 32)
Shungo -From my heart to yours-
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Itzhak Beery, Founder & publisher
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A Note from the Editor may hold us back or suck energy away from us. A solution for this situation can be Cord Cutting. Itzhak Beery shows different ways how that could be done.
Welcome to our fourth issue of the Shaman Portal Quarterly Review. When the first issue was published in late 2019 (yes, we’re not yet fully in the quarterly rhythm) the world was different – it was the time BC – Before Covid. 16 months later many things have changed. But more change is required on an individual, community and society level. Christa Mackinnon and Seersha O’Sullivan in their article on Sacred Earth Activism point out that Shamanism traditionally was an imbedded service to the community, not just a tool for self-development as is it often used in Western societies.
One of the most well-known human rights activists was Dr. Martin Luther King jr. One of his most famous speech evolves around the narrative of “I have a dream”. History has shown how powerful that dream was and how much change it ignited. But dreaming and working with dreams is not just something a few can do – it’s a source of inspiration and power for all humans. Serge Kahili King explains how we can work with our dreams and tap into this innate pool of wisdom and vision. And while we humans struggle in our daily lives here on earth, the big Condor of Andes is flying high in the air – up to 30,000 feet – and watching us. But we can also learn a lot by observing the condor as Taita Shairy Quimbo teaches in the second part of his Condor Medicine article.
The connection with nature is an integral part in many Shamanic traditions. This not only includes connection to the plant and animal world but also to the weather beings. In his article Peter Brown tells how he started to form a relationship with them and shows way for the reader to build their own connections to the local weather beings. Many traditions use the metaphor of a web to express the interconnectedness of all things and beings – the Web of life, web of Wyrd etc. Everything is connected through invisible strings. But not all of those connections support us or are helpful for us. Quite the opposite – some
I wish you much joy in reading this fourth issue of the Shaman Portal Quarterly Review.
Many blessings,
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Christian Thurow, Editor