Oct 3, 2023 | Workshop Announcements
REQUEST REGISTRATION MATERIALS FOR 2024 RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS
THREE YEAR PROGRAM OF ADVANCED INITIATIONS IN SHAMANISM
“I love my life now. Since I’ve been doing this work, I have a deep sense of my purpose on this planet. That is not something I thought I would ever have. My life is deep, purposeful, profound and fun!”
Originated by Michael Harner and based upon his decades of research and experimentation, this course is the most advanced training in shamanism and shamanic healing offered by the Foundation. It is widely considered as unparalleled in the world. It involves intensive extended training in progressively higher levels of very advanced shamanism, including initiations into rare and little-known practices and principles.
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TWO WEEK SHAMANIC HEALING INTENSIVE
“The course is brilliantly designed. Each tool was taught in a step-by-step way so I gained experience and confidence to undertake the healing work.”
A variety of advanced methods are practiced in this program, including extraction healing, power soul retrieval training, psychopomp work, divination, and work with the spirits of nature. There will also be work that is not included in FSS weekend workshops, such as selected advanced healing methods, the dream dance, explorations, and initiatory experiences.
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HARNER SHAMANIC COUNSELING TRAINING
“The HSC work is among the most powerful I have encountered, not only for myself at the training, but in use with clients afterwards.” —Susan Rossi
This five-day course provides intensive preparation in a highly effective system of personal problem-solving and guidance for those who wish to use the methods for themselves or professionally for others. Harner Shamanic Counseling (HSC) was originated in the early 1980s by Michael Harner based on his earlier devised core shamanism.
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Feb 18, 2023 | Workshop Announcements
HARNER SHAMANIC COUNSELING TRAINING™
“The HSC work is among the most powerful I have encountered, not only for myself at the training, but in use with clients afterwards. With regard to the training itself, I really loved it.” –Susan Rossi
Harner Shamanic Counseling Training
July 31 – August 4, 2023
Boston, Massachusetts
Taught by April Tuck, CSC
This five-day course provides intensive preparation in a highly effective system of personal problem-solving and guidance for those who wish to use the methods for themselves or professionally for others. Harner Shamanic Counseling (HSC) was originated in the early 1980s by Michael Harner based on his earlier devised core shamanism.
Feb 17, 2023 | Workshop Announcements
West Coast Two Week Shamanic Healing Intensive, June 11 – 22, 2023, Portland area, Oregon. This life-changing course will be taught by Robbie Staufer.
Originated by Michael Harner, this intensive training in advanced core shamanism is described by former participants as “amazing,” “transformative,” “life-changing,” and “the most important experience of my life.” A variety of advanced methods are practiced in this residential program, including extraction healing, power soul retrieval training, psychopomp work, divination, and work with the spirits of nature. There will also be work that is not included in FSS weekend workshops, such as selected advanced healing methods, the dream dance, explorations, and initiatory experiences.
The West and East Coast Two Week Intensives are the centerpiece annual programs of the Foundation and the best preparation for the Three Year Programs. Enrollment is limited and early application is recommended. To assure a place in the program, please return your application promptly; acceptance will be according to priority received.
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Mar 1, 2022 | FSS Polestar
Please see TRAINING IN SHAMANIC METHODS TO HELP UKRAINE below for opportunities to train with others to apply shamanic methods to help Ukraine and its people. If you are doing something to help and would like to share with the shamanic community, please visit Core Shamanism Chronicles: Help for Ukraine and leave a comment.
The Foundation for Shamanic Studies has been receiving requests for advice and assistance from people who would like to work together with others to respond shamanically to the tragic events unfolding in Europe. We have also received announcements of various group efforts and shamanic ceremonies that are being organized by others. The situation in Ukraine and Russia, and increasingly across Europe, is truly heartbreaking. How it will resolve is unknown, but it is clear that many are suffering, and will be feeling the effects of these events for a long time to come. We are grateful to be part of a caring and compassionate community that is motivated by such a strong desire to be of service.
It is important to remember that in situations of great complexity involving many thousands of people, animals, lands and waters, we cannot always know what is best, or what should and should not be happening. It’s also important to remember that the ethical practice of shamanism relies on having conscious and informed permission from any individual for whom we want to do shamanic work. These two factors mean that, if we want to be effective, we cannot simply send our helping spirits into a complex situation and ask them to bring about the outcome that we would like to see. Appropriate ethics are an essential part of the effective and powerful use of shamanism – without knowledge of ethics, one may do more harm than good. Please see this FSS Polestar entry.
For those who know how to journey and have connections with helping spirits of the Upper and Lower Worlds, and who understand the ethical considerations, the spirits are a source of enormous wisdom, power and creativity. They are able to guide and inspire us towards powerful and effective ways to take action in ordinary reality to help alleviate the pain and suffering that are occurring around the world. This would be an important time to journey and seek their guidance, and perhaps to form groups with other shamanic practitioners. More about working with the spirits for ordinary reality solutions.
May balance, unity, and harmony be restored and compassion prevail.
In spirit,
Susan Mokelke
President
Thanks to Robbie Staufer for drafting this response.
TRAINING IN SHAMANIC METHODS TO HELP UKRAINE: If you would like to join with others interested in applying shamanism and the power of the spirits to find ordinary reality ways to help, please see the Shamanism for Inspired Local & Global Change calendar. Scroll down to the calendar listings and look for an offering that displays “Focus on Ukraine.”
For updates on shamanism and Ukraine and other important issues, add your name to our email list on the home page. To subscribe, go to shamanism.org, scroll down to the “FREE E-NEWS” on the bottom right and enter your email. Or, join the Circle of the Foundation as a member.
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FSS Polestar highlights some of the questions we are frequently asked about contemporary shamanic practice. “Polestar” is defined as “something that serves as a guiding principle.” It reflects our commitment to helping practitioners stay oriented to authentic shamanic methods and ethics, while maintaining their own independent spirituality, which comes from learning directly from the compassionate spirits. Send us your practice-related questions for consideration for Polestar. Use our CONTACT FORM, and put “Polestar” in the subject line.
Feb 27, 2022 | FSS News
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing on February 10, 2022 of the Foundation’s first Living Treasure, Dr. Professor Mongush Borakhovich Kenin-Lopsan. After a serious illness, Professor Kenin-Lopsan passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his beloved family.
Mongush B. Kenin-Lopsan was a man of integrity and courage, science and spirit. In the words of our colleagues at the FSS Europe, “Kenin-Lopsan has passed away. But he left a legacy preserving the soul of Tuva for his people, a legacy that is known far beyond the borders of his country.”
Our profound gratitude, appreciation, and deepest respect go with Dr. Professor Mongush B. Kenin-Lopsan on his final journey.
Susan Mokelke, President
Sandra Harner, FSS Founder and Vice President
The Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies
MONGUSH B. KENIN-LOPSAN
Photo by Aldynai Seden-Khuurak
The Professor was a writer, scholar, folklorist, ethnographer-shamanologist, a doctor of historical studies, and a shaman. He founded the Dungur (Drum) Shaman Society to promote Tuvan shamanism and preserve it for future generations. He was the author of many books and papers that advanced Tuvan literature and language. Professor Kenin-Lopsan collected myths, legends and songs in connection with Tuvan shamanism for more than 50 years, traveled throughout Tuva, met with elder shamans, and was friends with people who remembered the old Tuvan customs. For more about the Professor, see this article from Tuva Online, written on the occasion of his 86th birthday in April 2011.
Read about the remarkable accomplishments of Professor Kenin-Lopsan on the Living Treasure page on this website. Several of his books are listed. There are also references to his scholarly work on the fundamentals of Tuvan shamanism and the structure of the kamlanie, the shamanic séance.
A compilation of algyshes, songs of shamans, in English: “Algyshes from Tuva,” by Mongush Kenin-Lopsan (©Shamanism Annual, December 2008, Issue 21)
For more from Tuva about Professor Kenin-Lopsan see this article about his life in his own words. See also the Tuva Online website. A search of Mongush Kenin-Lopsan will provide additional articles about him.
