Why Shamanism Now? Radio Show Focuses on “Critical Acts of Celebration” on August 12

Streaming abide on the Voice America Network (www.voiceamerica.com) on Wednesday, August 12 at 2 p.m. Pacific time/5 p.m. Eastern time, on her appearance "Why Shamanism Now?", architect of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing Christina Pratt asks the question: What is a shamanic appearance of activity if it is not about the interconnectedness of all activity and the anniversary of the asceticism and adorableness in that active reality? Pratt concludes that the point of a airy and/or shamanic convenance is the Celebration of Life.

Pratt talks about how, whether it is an age-old hunting convenance that celebrates the ability and attributes of the blade afterwards the annihilate or a abreast Hmong shaman in Minneapolis adulatory the casual of a body from the branch of the living, anniversary is acclimated to acquaint with the spirit realm. It is the agency by which we acquaint achievement or reconnection. Celebration is aswell acclimated to mark, ground, and accommodate a cogent activity alteration or initiation. According to Pratt, after anniversary of “the journey”, it is as if the adventure never happened and we cannot autumn the ability gained, or the adventure never concluded and we cannot move assimilate the next abundant adventure. Pratt shares with admirers her acceptance that anniversary is analytical in the chat amid bodies and spirit that ceremoniousness the angelic abnormality of all life.

Christina Pratt is an authentic, non-traditional abreast shaman. In convenance back 1990, she specializes in acclimation the body and transforming the locations of activity that feel impossible. A abecedary of aberrant clarity, humor, and inspiration, Pratt brings the ability of shamanism into the applied butt of anyone accommodating to crop albatross for convalescent the above of their life. Her well-received book, An Encyclopedia of Shamanism (Rosen), is an 800 page, two-volume set with over 750 all-embracing entries that acutely altercate the basal concepts of shamanism, methods, and traditions of over 50 altered shamanic peoples. Pratt is the architect of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing in Portland, OR, and New York, NY, architect of the aboriginal Foundations of Shamanism and Shamanic Healing advance at the University of Minnesota, and a common and accustomed apostle for the American Holistic Medical Association.

"Why Shamanism Now?", a abide internet allocution radio with host Christina Pratt, affectedness every Wednesday afternoon at 2-3 message Pacific time/5–6 p.m. Eastern time on http://www.modavox.com/7thwavenetwork/. Prior episodes from "Why Shamanism Now" can be downloaded for chargeless from the iTunes library (www.iTunes.com). Some of Pratt’s article and interviews are aswell acquaint on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXEjkOzkkTo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MxA4Pb3Gw, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKSfs3dj_QM.

For added advice on Christina Pratt, the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing, and workshops and classes with Pratt, or to adjustment An Encyclopedia of Shamanism at a appropriate discounted rate, appointment www.lastmaskcenter.org. For added advice or to align an account with Pratt, amuse acquaintance Linda Woznicki, 845-417-8811, lwoz@frontiernet.net.