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"Why Shamanism Now?" with Christina Pratt

Remembering True Initiation: The Initiation Series Wrap-up

In the opening of Curing our Cultural Sickness: The Initiation Series on June 8th, shaman and host, Christina Pratt, presented the hypothesis that the lack of meaningful or functional initiation from childhood to adulthood is at the root of much of our cultural sickness. In the weeks that followed Christina interviewed a diverse range of shamans in the hopes that in hearing about the qualities of the experiences that actually transformed them from many different perspectives we could remember again what true initiation is.

We learned that humility, the willingness to be empty, and asking our questions from that uncertain stance is essential to engage the initiatory potential in experience. We learned that pain, sacrifice, and a willingness to feel are all critical. And finally we learned that allowing oneself to be transformed not once, but at least three layers deeply into ourselves is necessary to even begin to call an experience "initiatory."

Join us this week as we explore all that we learned from these stories of initiation and what that means for our culture going forward.

**This show originally aired August 3, 2010.**

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 11:00 AM Pacific

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Awakenings with Michele Meiche

Who We Are with Entrepreneur Joseph Rain

Joseph Rain is an entrepreneur who doesn’t associate with nationality, race, religion, or class. Calling himself a citizen of the world, he believes in one religion: humanity. Joseph has lived a life of adventure and self-reflection leading to a series of books entitled, The Unfinished Book about Who We Are? Book One: First Steps to Self-Discovery. His home base is London, traveling much of the time, researching, learning and writing, as he dedicates his life to exploring who we truly are. www.josephrain.com

Wed, February 27, 2019 at 12:00 pm Pacific

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