I am a 48 year old Pagan/ Dominant a intresting and fun combination I enjoy lots of things espically giveing spankings and reading the hearlds of Valdemar is what I am reading right now by mercedes lackey. if you want to know about me just ask.Shamanism is one of the oldest spiritual paths on Earth. It offers a way for people to wake up to their potential, and begin to explore their spiritual relationship with the universe, with other forms of life, and with each other. Shamanism is a way in which humanity has sought a connection to the world of healing, maintaining balance and harmony in society and with the individual and keeping our connection with Mother Earth and All Creation.The work of Y Dynion Mwyn is to help people connect their inner and outer worlds, to heal old wounds within, to become able to bring dreams from the world of spirit into matter and thus enjoy a creative and fruitful life and dance the dance of joy and to become a part of the solution instead of part of the problem of human life on Earth.A Shaman walks with one foot in this world and one foot in the spirit world. Our outer world may be different, but our human inner landscape has the same components as always. Our outer health and wholeness is an expression of our inner health and holiness. We are here to bring spirit into matter and matter to spirit.Many prophecies have been made about this period as a time of great change when the world as we know it will end and a new world will be born. We can see the invitability of these changes in the state of things around us - the pollution of the air, the water, toxic waste buried in the earth and sea, nucler radition leaks, demolition of the rainforests, reduction of the protective ozone layer, extreme weather patterns and so on. At a deep level each one of us knows it cannot go on, yet we do not know how to turn the tide. Now the teachings of Welsh/Celtic Shamans who for thousands of years lived successfully in harmony and balance with the earth, the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom, are available to help."The Shaman looks, the Shaman sees, the Shaman reached inside of me. He pulled the evil from my chest, and threw away the nasty mess. I felt much better, my spirit clean, I am now nice, where I was mean. Thank you sir, you rang my bell. You cured my ills and made me well. The Shaman woke and looked at me. You cured yourself he said with glee. Where you were sick and now are well, you believed my words that I did tell. You opened up your heart you see. You felt your love reach out to me..." Rhuddlwm Gawr--------------------------------------------------------------------------------TRADITIONAL SHAMANISMWhile a Shaman may exhibit magickal powers such as control over fire, wind or magical flight or as a healer, more than anything else, Shamanism is a technique of ecstasy. The distinguishing feature of Shamanism is its emphasis on a ecstatic trance state in which the soul of the Shaman leaves the body and ascends to the heavens or descends into the underworld. The Shaman makes use of spirit helpers, with whom he or she communicates, while retaining control over his or her own consciousness. Either women or men may become Shamans. Traditional Shamans have developed techniques for lucid dreaming and what is today called the out-of-the-body experience. Along with these techniques, the near-death-experience has played a significant role in Shamanic practice and initiation for thousands of years.This ability to consciously move beyond the physical body is the particular specialty of the traditional Shaman. These journeys of Soul may take the Shaman into the nether realms, higher levels of existence or to parallel physical worlds or other regions of this world. Shamanic Flight, is in most instances, an experience not of an inner imaginary landscape, but is reported to be the Shamans flight beyond the limitations of the physical body.