WELCOME
The Annual International Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternative Modes of Healing was founded in 1984 by Dr. Ruth-Inge Heinze to preserve and further the integrity of shamanism and share the latest insights in the field of alternative healing. 2009 Conference - Shamans of the 21st Century |
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| HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2009 CONFERENCE | |||||||
 Council of Elders Panel Physicians, Healers & Mystery Panel Dream Panel Sacred Dreams Ceremony & Individual Healing Water Ceremony with African Shaman Mandaza Dandemwa Stay Close to the Fire: Inner Meaning of 2012 in Mayan Prophecy with Mayan Shaman, Aj Q'ij Tata Erick Gonzales Sagoma Medicine with David Cumes, MD Honoring the Earth Ceremony: Conference participants are invited to offer a sample of soil from their homeland for the ceremony. We will invite the ancestors and the spirits of the earth to assist in setting our intention for personal transformation, healing and building community with Conference team and African Shaman Mandaza Kandemwa's soil blessing. |
The Society for Shamanism, Healing and Transformation is dedicated to:
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Interdisciplinary and socially engaged inquiry of personal and social change, with a special focus on healing practices. |
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Interdisciplinary and socially engaged inquiry on healing practices. |
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The transformative dimensions of inquiry, learning, and diverse healing modalities. |
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The use of indigenous science, frontier science, and other emergent methodologies for inquiry. |
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Traditional and nontraditional practices of shamanism. |
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The future of humanity and welfare of the Earth. |
This organization continues in the tradition first established by Dr. Ruth-Inge Heinze in 1981, known as Independent Scholars of Asia. We are dedicated to sponsoring an annual conference, workshops, lectures, and publications.
We seek to advance inquiries and reflections especially focused on the fields of anthropology, education, psychology, philosophy, religion, social theory, science, and the arts.
The study of shamanism has been the seed from which our endeavors have unfolded. We seek to explore new models of transdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, multicultural, dialogical, and socially-engaged inquiry.
Remembering and practicing ancient ways of knowing bring such work to bear on what appears to be the fundamental issues of our times: global warming, globalization, healing from the effects of genocide, and signs of death and disease among various living groups (to give only a few examples of important topics). This remembering and honoring is done through written, oral, and artistic modalities.
We strive to engage in a deep conversation with a diversity of perspectives and discourses, which often have been kept separate. These include those groups identified as indigenous and non-indigenous; Western and Eastern, Northern and Southern; feminine and masculine; young and old, intellectual and practical; artistic and spiritual.
Notes from Shamans of the Twentieth Century, by Ruth- Inge Heinze, p. 144- 146, explains how the Shamanism Conference started: Conference History