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Quotes About Shaman

Shaman ninjas. Perfect. Now my life was complete.
~ Ilona Andrews
The shaman whirled and twisted, his movements born from the grace and speed of a hunter closing on its prey, wild and strangely primal, as if every layer of civilization had been ripped away from him and what remained was a creature, fruit of the planet that birthed it, as timeless as life itself. It was impossible to look away.
~ Ilona Andrews
An Eskimo shaman said, Life's greatest danger lies in the fact that man's food consists entirely of souls.
~ Annie Dillard
A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.
~ Confucius
I have deeper journeys to take. Metaphysical journeys to see Christ. Shaman journeys. It's what I have been elected by God to do.
~ Clive Barker
Those who have had contacts with extraterrestrials also report having strong allergic reactions. Indeed, trauma (usually in childhood) seems to be a prerequisite for close-encounters. It is, as some of you may know, an indispensable part of the journey to become a shaman.
~ Laurence Galian
Maria Sabina Magdalena Garcia (July 22, 1894, Huautla de Jimenez, Oaxaca - November 23, 1985) was a curandera and shaman of the Mazatec indigenous ethnicity of the state of Oaxaca in Mexico. She subverted patriarchal theology by invoking the Divine Feminine in her entrancing chants.
~ Laurence Galian
Look at this, Grace, " Peg's e-mail said. "He's entrancing those people. I just realized. Taking them out of themselves. Ty is sort of like a medicine man. A shaman. P.S. Have you called him?
~ Shelle Sumners, Grace Grows
He turned and looked up at me with the face of a needy child and the eyes of an ancient shaman.
~ Tiffanie DeBartolo
A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.
~ Confucius
I want something that'll give me the stamina of a young werewolf, the vision of a shaman, the thoughts of a serial killer and the gentleness of a hungry vampire bat.
~ Warren Ellis
A prophet. A shaman. Motivated extraordinarily, thus extraordinarily motivating. Taking the same drugs they took, which he himself provided. Though of course he didn't actually take them. If you fancy resenting the tedious, I recommend intentional communities, particularly those led by charismatics.
~ William Gibson
Mog-ur has been spending all day and half the night in the place of the spirits. It must be a ceremony. While Ayla was gone, he wouldn't go near it; now he hardly ever comes out. When he does, he's so absentminded he forgets to eat. Sometimes he forgets to eat while he's eating.
~ Jean M. Auel
Some of the bank people were so young they'd never seen a business proposal suggesting manufacturing things in the state of Massachusetts. They thought they'd unearthed some ancient shaman, full of clues to a forgotten world.
~ Dave Eggers
Dr. Jean Martin Charcot, a famous nineteenth-century French neurologist, once stated that "the best inspirer of hope is the best physician." The success of the shaman in many primitive societies has been attributed primarily to psychological factors rather than to the intrinsic value of the therapies themselves.
~ Herbert Benson
Because I aim to be the First Lady of the shaman world... You will become Shaman King, whether you want to or not.
~ Hiroyuki Takei
Blue eyes glittered. A shock of golden hair - gone. The dust in the air swirled, coalesced into a thorn-twisted Shaman tattoo.
~ Lilith Saintcrow
A woman shaman, like a spider spinning, must learn to lead from the womb. To move our attention from the head to the belly, from the mind to the body, a woman must learn to read the signals and to trust them. Otherwise she'll never be sure about the difference between her intuition and those fearful little voices in her head that tell her to be cautious, stop, don't and so on.
~ Unknown
Unaware of them all, Temujin began to chant words he had not heard since old Chagatai had whispered them on a frozen night long before. The shaman's chant spoke of loss and revenge, of winter, ice, and blood. He did not have to struggle to recall the words; they were ready on his tongue as if he had always known them.
~ Conn Iggulden
I think when girls hear Beyonce, it makes them move and want to lift their arms up and be strong, be powerful. She puts this energy of positivity out there, which is good for people's souls. I think musicians are kind of like shamans: they're bringing the vibrations of a more spiritual state.
~ Thandie Newton
A confidence man knows he's lying; that limits his scope. But a successful shaman ropes himself first; he believes what he says — and such belief is contagious; there is no limit to his scope.
~ Unknown
What did it mean to a prophet to sing in a God´s own voice? Would that make him a shaman, as in the days described in the Tusk? Or would it make him a god?
~ R. Scott Bakker
I have deeper journeys to take. Metaphysical journeys to see Christ. Shaman journeys. It's what I have been elected by God to do.
~ Clive Barker
The healing hero, therefore, is the one who finds some creative way out, a way not already known, and does not follow a pattern. Ordinary sick people follow ordinary patterns, but the shaman cannot be cured by the usual methods of healing. He has to find the unique way, the only way that applies to him. The creative personality who can do that then becomes a healer and is recognized as such by his colleagues.
~ Marie-Louise von Franz