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Shamanic mountain hike

(18 ^th - 21 ^st of July 2011)
Postponed to 2012

Advanced course

4 day shamanic hike in the mountain wilderness in Artic Sápmi (Lapland) - Northern Scandinavia.
Taught in Danish, Swedish and English simultaneously.

We start from a place in Sápmi where it is easy to get to by public transportation. The first day we hike into the magnificent mountain wilderness and make camp. We get to know each other, and in the evening we start the shamanic work. The second and third day we don't hike with our backpacks on but work with shamanism and can go for walks in the surrounding landscape. You must carry your own stuff and a part of the group's equipment and provisions. We bring a large lightweight lavvu (tent) with us, that we can all sleep in. The fourth day we hike back to the place where we started.

The trip is a shamanic field expedition, where we make a discovery-journey into the mysteries and magic of nature. On the way you can work with shamanic trance work i.e. trance-walking in nature, healing and plant medicine (spirit medicine) - and how to colaborate with the plants, rocks, animals and nature spirits. In nature shamanism the manufacturing and use of plant medicine has a very important place. I will also talk about the nature shamanic way of life. You can learn to read omens in nature and about their meaning for you and your fate. I will also talk about the history and geology of the mountains – about the animals and plants.
We can make a campfire and eat reindeer meat or vegetarian food (or both!), and in the evening we can do trance journeys to the dream world. The dreams are some of our most important friends and guides. Maybe John will tell one of his 'shamanic tall stories' from the real life. You get 4 CDs (in Danish or Swedish).
You must have previous experience with shamanism. You must have taken a basic course in shamanism and learned to drum journey and have contact with a spirit helper (animal, plant, fore farther etc.).

The trip is also meant to be a course in how to make your way in the mountain wilderness. You can learn to read a map and use a compass and GPS navigator. You can learn about equipment and cooking – and how you react psychologically to being totally isolated from civilisation. I have 30 years artic wilderness experience. It is my hope you will come to feel confident about making your own shamanic wilderness hikes in the future. To practise shamanism on nature's terms can by very different from practising shamanism on civilization's terms.

Date: 18 ^th - 21 ^st of July 2010
Venue: Sápmi (Lapland) - Northern Scandinavia
Price: 4.000 DKK (550 €) incl. food.
Deposit: 1.000 DKK (100 €). Remaining payment on arrival.
Participants: 4

Registration and deposit no later than the 1 ^st of June 2010

Contakt: John Russell-Moller
E-mail* jrm@shaman.dk
Mobile phone Denmark +45 23652909
Mobile phone Sweden +46 (0)702478046

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