INNER WORLDS: SHAMANS, CONSCIOUSNESS AND CULTURE

Join Phil Borges from Story Telling for Social Change as he explores hidden gifts of the Shaman. 'The vast majority of Shaman had suffered what we, in Western culture, refer to as a psychotic break from reality. This ‘break’ typically occurred in their adolescent or teen years. Their symptoms, including hearing voices, seeing visions, and having seizures, were deemed ‘gifts ’ as opposed to illness. Most were then taken aside by an older shaman or elder who mentored and nurtured them to become healers in their community or give guidance to the community at large.' http://www.philborges.com/blog/2013/05/08/inner-worlds-shamans-consciousness-and-culture/