Eleven days in Northern Thailand, four two-day courses from the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. The Way of the Shaman comes first: the drum, the trance it opens, basic divination and healing, and meeting your own spirit helpers. Then Shamanism & the Spirits of Nature, working with the spirits of plants, animals, land, water and sky to put the relationship between people and the living world back in balance. Then Advanced Shamanic Divination, the traditional methods: speaking with plant and animal spirits, quartz crystals, asking for revelation and getting it. Last, Shamanic Dreamwork, how shamanic cultures read the dreams you have already had, and what they are for in divination and healing. Take all four, or the last three if you have already done The Way of the Shaman with the Foundation. No resort stay is required.
The Way of the Shaman, 16 to 17 January. Shamanism & the Spirits of Nature, 19 to 20 January. Advanced Shamanic Divination, 22 to 23 January. Shamanic Dreamwork, 25 to 26 January. Until 15 November: US$275 a course, US$1,050 for all four, US$795 for the last three. From 16 November: US$295, US$1,130 and US$850.
