Through a challenging training, shamans are able to lead the high awareness during what were they separate the physical body and make journeys in their inner world not affected by the weather.
The shaman makes a very clear distinction between the medicine of the body and that of the spirit and sees them as complementary.
If a man comes home with an arrow in the foot, it is not the time to go into a trance. It is time to remove the arrow from the wound to stop the bleeding, prevent infection and promote healing.
name=”more”>It’s ‘time for the medicine of the body and shamanic communities know so many things on this subject too.
To cope with the disease, the traditional shaman shows a lot of attention to the relationship between cause and effect.
We know that during the life, the physical body, suffers several transformations.
The body gets sick from viruses, there are accidents, we have bruises, cuts, wounds and even broken bones sometimes.
The first cause is the disharmony, which happens when men lose a relationship important for them in life, or when they are devoid of the sense of belonging.
For example disharmony occurs when, for an elderly couple suddenly one of them dies.
It often happens that in a year and a half, the other becomes ill with something as serious as cancer and dies.
The second cause is fear. A person who has a chronic fear is off inside, is vulnerable to disease, because fear diminishes the operating ability of the immune system.
Doctors also know that fear and disharmony occur in diseases and are recognized by modern science.
What is soul loss? The soul loss implies a serious wound to the inner heart of a person – his inner essence, to who he is and what he is.
Usually, the wound is the result of the fragmentation of its essence.
Soul loss can occur as a result of a betrayal, a bitter divorce, a traumatic miscarriage, a terrible car accident, or even surgery.
Many of the young people who went to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan, have returned traumatized because they have suffered terrible soul loss.
The installation of a sudden apathy and indifference, lack of joy, initiative, or the inability to feel joy, or even the predisposition to suicide or addictions.
Losses in core pieces often manifest as sadness and despair, which induce the classic symptoms of blood loss – depression.
From the traditional point of view, the disease is seen as an intrusion – something that enters the body from the outside, and that does not belong to the body.
This is true when it comes to a virus, an arrow or a form of negative thinking.
The most important problem is the loss of power or loss of a part of the soul, which allowed the disease to enter and manifest itself in the body.
This is the problem and it is here where the shaman plays his best part.