Foundation in Shamanism
Join an intimate journey into the ancient practice of shamanism, covering all the key tenets of the path. Our online foundation in shamanism course is designed to act as an immersion into the world of the shaman over a six month period, and will involve a journey of discovery, transformation and healing.
Suitable for All Experience Levels
‘I would describe my experience as getting hooked onto the mother and shown the world from the animistic perspective.’
– Course Participant
About the course
This course is designed to offer a practical and theoretical framework to make the path of shamanism accessible and relevant to the modern world, whilst retaining and honouring its authentic, indigenous roots. This means understanding clearly what shamanism is and what it isn’t, alongside what its practical application could mean in a modern society, divorced from its hunter gatherer roots. It covers all key tenets of the path over nine month period. Each session is highly interactive with lots of opportunity for questions and sharing of experience. Support is also provided, if needed, outside of the dedicated live sessions from Jez or his team.
This online foundation in Shamanism course operates both as a stand alone course, whilst also preparing students for the extensive Three year Practitioner Course for those that wish to undertake more in-depth work.
What will you learn?
Particular focus will be on:
Introducing and strengthening participants connection with their spiritual allies
Providing a solid framework to enhance this connection and provide context and a container for all the shamanic work
Mastering the practice of going into trance on a regular basis to access wisdom and power from the invisible realms
The purpose and function of offerings as a communication tool with an emphasis on reciprocity
Connecting to and healing ancestral lineages
Strengthening spiritual connections with your local environment and the spirits that reside there, to ground and solidify the work.
Working with dreams and understanding the key aspects of ritual and ceremony
Understanding how shamans work with death and what lies beyond
How long is the course?
This 9 month course is comprised of 9 modules, with three extra ceremonies. Each module will involve meeting online for three hours, every month The meetings will include detailed information and the learning of practical knowledge alongside experiential ritual and shamanic trance work. In between meetings there will be practice and rituals to be done at home and in nature, connecting with your local environment.
Course Content
Module One: An Introduction to Shamanism
What shamanism is (and isn’t!) and how it links to animism- the view that everything is alive and is imbued with ‘spirit’
What are the different types of spirits and how they are defined
Different shamanic systems/perspectives/worldviews (Core, Traditional, etc.)
Shamanism’s indigenous roots and how its manifested in different cultures throughout the world
The history of potential shamanistic and animistic cultures in Britain and Europe
The art of trance and connecting to spirit allies through the power of the drum
Module Two: An Introduction to the Medicine Wheel
What the Medicine Wheel is and how it provides both a framework and container for the shamanic work
The relationships within the Wheel, including the four directions, four elements, four seasons and four stages of life
Working with the elements as ancestors
Working with the spirit representatives of each direction
How to call in the directions and begin to make a Medicine Wheel on the land where you reside
Setting up an altar
Module Three: Connection to the Land Spirits
Cultural appropriation and the importance of Shamanism being rooted in the environment within which it is being practiced
Methods and rituals to connect and form a relationship with the spirits in your local environment
The necessity of honouring and feeding the land and making offerings
The intention and purpose behind such offerings
Finding and feeding a ‘power place’ in nature
Ceremony One:Connecting to Spirit Representatives from the Local Environment
Module Four: The Power of Intention and Prayer
Why intention and prayer are so important to the work
Learning the art of them both. How to frame and express prayers/ intentions
Working alongside spirit to power up the prayers
The importance of reciprocity
What gets in the way of intention and blocks manifestation. How unconscious belief systems can interfere with living a good life and deprive people of their power.
Making an arrow of intention
Module Five: The Art of Dreaming
How different cultures work with their night dreams and different dreaming traditions
The power of dreams to effect and alter day time reality
Looking for omens and signs. Scouting out potential futures
Dream oracles and their role in healing
‘Waking up’ in the dream
Working with spirit allies and/ or ancestors through dreaming
Receiving visions and prophesies through dreams
Re-entering dreams through shamanic trance work
Module Six: Connecting to the Ancestors
Ancestral wounding and the passing down of destructive patterns
Diagnosing these patterns
Ancestral healing, how it is possible to heal these wounds and curses
Feeding the ancestors, so that the ancestral gifts and blessings have chances to come through
Practising shamanism in connection with your ancestral roots
Ceremony Two: Feeding and Embodying an Ancestral spirit
Module Seven: The Purpose of Ritual and Ceremony
How ceremony is at the heart of all shamanic practice
The purpose of ceremony- bringing the community together, cleansing the social body, healing individuals, rebalancing natural energies, renewing sacred contracts with the land.
Different ceremonies and the underlying themes that connect them
Transformation and healing within ceremony
The difference between ritual and ceremony
The purpose of ritual as the bridge between invisible and tangible reality
How to work with ritual to communicate with spirit and heal
Module Eight: Death, Transformation and Initiation
Shamanic perspectives on death and what is beyond
The rituals and ceremonies associated with death
The initiatory nature of the journey into the next world
Small deaths that occur in life. The importance of initiation to mark these passages through life
Death, rebirth and renewal as central to most shamanic healing ceremony
The art of letting go and surrender
Death as ally and teacher. Moving through the gateway of fear
Module Nine: Integration
Why integration is so important
How do we integrate everything we have learnt from the spirits and ancestors so far
The consequences of not integrating messages and guidance from spirit
The need to ground healing in this reality
The importance of gratitude and celebration, to praise the spirits and praise life
Ceremony Three:Ritual embodiment and celebration
Welcome to our Community
The Online Foundation in Shamanism course also welcomes participants into the vibrant and growing Second Sight community with regular in person meet ups and the opportunities for peer learning. These are facilitated through specially designated website community channels and social media groups.
“I loved the online course as it was easy to access, learning in a group is interesting to me as I feel the dynamics are important in a community setting. I loved the ceremony work and you created a true sense of experience as I felt safe in my own space so I could truly relax and embrace the experiences I was having.”
“I have very much enjoyed the course. I was wondering how the online nature would work but have found it didn’t detract from any aspect of the learning experience… The sessions were all very interesting and varied. The journeys and ceremonies were more powerful than I expected. The group was supportive… very enjoyable course! Jez and Anja were brilliant throughout.”
Full Course dates for November 2024
Module 1 – Tuesday 5th November 2024 – 7-10pm
Module 2 – Tuesday 3rd December 2024 – 7-10pm
Module 3 – Tuesday 7th January 2025 – 7-9pm
Ceremony 1 – Tuesday 21st January 2025 – 7-10pm
Module 4 – Tuesday 4th February 2025 – 7-10pm
Module 5 – Tuesday 4th March 2025 – 7-10pm
Module 6 – Tuesday 1st April 2025 – 7-9pm
Ceremony 2 – Tuesday 14th April 2025 – 7-10pm
Module 7 – Tuesday 6th May 2025 – 7-10pm
Module 8 – Tuesday 3rd June 2025 – 7-10pm
Module 9 – Tuesday 1st July 2025 – 7-9pm
Ceremony 3 – Tuesday 15th July 2025 – 7-10pm
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Our course teacher
Jez Hughes is the founder of Second Sight. He has studied shamanism intensively for over twenty five years with various teachers, from both contemporary shamanism and indigenous elders across the world. Jez has worked full time as a shamanic healer and teacher for twenty years, cultivating and grounding his experiences which form the basis of the Second Sight work. He has been in close relationship with the Wixarika (Huichol) nation of North Central Mexico for the past eleven years and is founding director of The Maye Tekuta Foundation, dedicated to supporting self sustainable development in Indigenous communities worldwide.
He is the author of The Heart of Life- Shamanic Initiation & Healing for the Modern World and The Wisdom of Mental Illness- Shamanism, Mental Health & the Renewal of the World. His work has been featured all across the national press and on ITV television.
SHAMANIC PRACTITIONER COURSE
Our 5-year Shamanism Practitioner Course will allow you to embody the spirit and nature of shamanism, and the wisdom to share within your community. Throughout initiation, you will undergo a series of challenging, initiatory rites to create a framework that can be used for personal and collective transformation.
ONLINE TAROT COURSE
Our unique interactive and experiential Tarot course, where we use many tools to ‘get to know’ the Tarot, beyond the mere intellectual. Upon completing this 20-week course, you will have all the tools necessary, spirit willing, to be able to undertake readings of a good standard.
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