Sandra Ingerman - Shamanic Wisdom for Invoking the Sacred into Everyday Life - BatGap Interview

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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Shamanism
00:04:23 - The Evolution of Consciousness and Contact with the Spiritual Realms
00:08:34 - Near-Death Experiences and Unconditional Love
00:12:48 - Appreciating the Beauty and Nurturance of Planet Earth
00:16:56 - Caring for Our Children and Future Generations
00:21:12 - Carrying the Energy into the Future
00:25:18 - Harnessing the Spiritual Heart to Deal with Suffering
00:29:42 - Death and Rebirth in Nature
00:33:58 - The Notion of Balance and Technology's Role
00:38:03 - Planetary Soul Loss
00:42:15 - Restoring the Soul of the Planet
00:46:19 - Evolution of Shamanism in the 21st Century
00:50:38 - Shamanism and Changing Ceremonies
00:55:11 - Guardian Angels and Spirits
00:59:10 - Poltergeists and Ghosts in Shamanic Journeying
01:03:17 - The Influence of Land Spirits
01:07:21 - The Discipline of Being Present
01:11:00 - Approaching Spirit Work with Respect and Honor
01:15:26 - Protecting Ourselves from Psychic Darts
01:19:04 - The Power of Omens and Connection to Nature
01:23:35 - The Soul's Decision to Live or Die
01:27:43 - The Spiritual Evolution and Escaping Suffering
01:31:25 - Balancing Sensitivity with Toughness
01:35:15 - Frustration with Interpretation of Visions
01:39:14 - Developing Subtle Senses in Shamanism
01:43:22 - The Development of Sensory Faculties and Soul Songs
01:47:05 - The Healing Power of Presence and Love
01:51:05 - Finding Your Unique Way to Contribute
01:55:02 - Developing Your Own Lexicon for Omens
01:59:02 - The Journey of Learning to Speak
02:02:36 - Wrapping up the Interview series
Sandra Ingerman, MA, is an award winning author of twelve books, including Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self, Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins, Walking in Light: The Everyday Empowerment of a Shamanic Life (CD or eBook version), and The Book of Ceremony: Shamanic Wisdom for Invoking the Sacred into Everyday Life. She is the presenter of eight audio programs produced by Sounds True, and she is the creator of the Transmutation App. Sandra is a world renowned teacher of shamanism and has been teaching for more than 30 years. She has taught workshops internationally on shamanic journeying, healing, and reversing environmental pollution using spiritual methods. Sandra is recognized for bridging ancient cross-cultural healing methods into our modern culture addressing the needs of our times.
Sandra is known for gathering the global spiritual community together to perform powerful transformative ceremonies as well as inspires us to stand strong in unity so we do our own spiritual and social activism work while keeping a vision of hope and being a light in the world.
She is passionate about helping people to reconnect with nature. Since the 1980’s thousands of people have healed from past and present traumas through the classic cross cultural shamanic healing method Sandra teaches called Soul Retrieval.
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and professional mental health counselor. She is also a board-certified expert on traumatic stress. Sandra was chosen as one of the Top 10 Spiritual Leaders of 2013 by Spirituality and Health Magazine.
Sandra has two new books released in 2018. The Hidden Worlds was co-written with Katherine Wood and is a novel written for young adults to help them navigate the changing world. And The Book of Ceremony: Shamanic Wisdom for Invoking the Sacred into Everyday Life was written for a shamanic and general audience on how to bring the sacred into daily life by performing shamanic ceremonies designed for our times and the challenges we are facing.