You can read healing stories about modern
shamanism (an extension of core
shamanism)
and recovery from alcoholism and addictions. The stories are set in the
magical land of Oz
to preserve the anonymity of those people that the shamanic practitioner
("the wizard") has
been permitted to help. This allows you to share the experience, strength
and hope of many
people who have found relief from this disease. You can read how shamanism,
a spiritual
but not a religious practice, has helped them to get and stay sober.
A large part, but not all, of their recovery is due
to participating in Twelve Step groups such
as Alcoholics Anonymous ("The
Fellowship of People Learning How to Become Human").
But for people who are having trouble getting sober, or people who have
been sober a long
time yet are still miserable, shamanism can directly find and address the
problems that caused
them to drink or use or despair. Experience working with hundreds of people
shows this:
There is a cause for every
addiction. It lies in our past
in most casesand something can be done about it.
Read an interview with the wizard to learn more about shamanism and healing.
If, after reading some of these stories (and more are being
added regularly by the wizard),
you would like to contact a shamanic practitioner, this web site will help
you find one:
All of these people have been trained by Sandra Ingerman,
the woman responsible for
popularizing the healing technique called soul
retrieval that complements modern medicine.
They may charge for their services.
While all of the shamanic practitioners listed above have
been trained in very powerful
healing techniques, not all have experience working with alcoholics and
addicts. The
directions that a healing may take, and some of the variations that a practitioner
uses
will differ after the shamanic practitioner works with many people in recovery.
Some of the shamanic practitioners who have this experience have agreed to be listed here.
They may charge for their services.
This
article by Myron Eshowsky shows the scope of shamanic healing, including
recovery from alcoholism. However, in the wizard's experience, there has
been no
crisis after a shamanic healing as the article describes. Instead, there
have been
profound feelings of relief and freedom, and a deep and intuitive grasp
of sobriety.
If you want to contact the author of these stories for a personal healing, send him an email, rewriting
wakinyan at kiva dot net
as an email address. He will reply, but it may take him
a few days. Healings for people in recovery
are performed at no charge. The charge for all others is always modest,
as he has a good full-time job.
All of the material on this site is copyrighted by the wizard.
However, you may freely use all of it.
You may reproduce it, distribute it, give it to others, even sell it, as
long as you acknowledge its
source (this web site's URL, www.kiva.net/~wakinyan). There is no other
need to acknowledge
the author, since the wizard is also in recovery, and by the Twelfth Tradition
of his Fellowship,
has chosen remain anonymous.
This web site is not affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous,
any other Twelve Step program, the
Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Sandra Ingerman, or any other shamanic
practitioner or
organization. Because modern shamanism is an alternative and complementary
therapy, all of the
healing methods described here have been a part of each individual's medical
program. You are
strongly encouraged to share any material you find that is helpful with
your physician before
including it in your program of health and recovery.