The Journey Begins: Class Descriptions and Information

Special Note:

We have changed the list of classes on the website. Only the beginning classes are listed here that are currently being offered. We felt we were causing confusion listing advanced classes along with the others. If you have any questions about this please feel free to contact us HERE and someone will answer your question about classes.

Conversations – Various topics in shamanism from this tradition's perspective

Recapitulation – A Journey of Self Healing

Spirals – Intentional Living

All classes are taught by Gary Mills (Niteshad), author of the shamanscave website, unless otherwise noted. You can find a brief bio about him at the bottom of this page. Additional teachers in the tradition also teach and are very gifted in their own right. If you are interested in signing up, or have any questions not answered here, please fill out the class selection/information form

RECAPITULATION: The Path of Self Healing

Self Healing deals with the techniques of the recapitulation practice and the methods involved in reclaiming your personal energy, healing the wounds of the past and learning to understand what is yours and what is not in the world. All shamanic traditions have some form of a death and rebirth process, each is centered on the simple concept that the way you are now will not work for someone who seeks to practice as a shaman in any of the traditions. Niteshad (Gary Mills) has written extensively about the Recapitulation as practice as well as other methods for healing the self. Self healing is a process and can take time, the class is designed to allow people to move at their own pace as individual needs require.

Class will be taught by Jean Dengerink.

Recapitulation meets on Saturdays at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time, U.S.

Classes will begin June 14th

The cost for this class is $75

To sign up click here: class registration form

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SPIRALS: Learning to Live Intentionally

This class examines in detail the ways in which our own intent and that of others impacts us in the world. It begins with an examination of what intent is exactly and how it directs our lives. We will explore the nature of intent itself as an energy and the ways in which shamans handle intent in their own lives and use it to impact the world. Intent is not about wishing upon a star, yet the way in which it impacts everything both in us and around us is vital to understand for anyone pursuing a shamanic path.

Class will be taught by Jean Dengerink

Spirals meets on Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time, U.S.

Classes will begin June 19th

The cost for this class is $65

To sign up click here: class registration form

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Conversations I: Conversations with a Maker

The conversations class was created to allow for discussion of a variety of topics in which people have shown great interest over the years. One topic will be covered each week and include; who and what is a shaman, seers, death walking, stalking the self, shamanic healing and moving energy. This is really an introductory course for those that simply want a better understanding of some of the practices involved in contemporary shamanism and the viewpoints of practitioners. There are exercises attached to the classes in order for the student to gain a better understanding of the concepts involved.

This class is taught by Rose Watabe

Conversations meets on Fridays at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time, U.S.

Classes will begin June 20th

The cost for this class is $65

To sign up click here: class registration form

Class fees and schedules:

The classes will be taught online on a private irc server (internet relay chat) and meet once per week for an hour and half each session. We'll help people get set up to use it if you have no experience with irc. All classes last for six weeks each unless noted, with a seventh meeting as an introductory class for people to get to know their way around. The Recapitulation classe last for eight weeks, due to the nature of their practices; our experience with it has shown people need that amount of time to feel comfortable with the process.

Each class will be provided with its own private forum on the Cavelings Forums website for expanded discussion of class topics and communication between members and faculty. Also, a private website has been established for class members only and will have the class log and exercise material available for review after each class. Once the classes end, both websites and additional materials/exercises will remain available to you.

If you are interested in taking one of the classes please respond by filling out the class selection\information form. Further information will be provided as to how to register for both websites and make payment.

To sign up for classes click here: class registration form

Who is Niteshad?

Now, who is this Niteshad character and why is he saying all those bizzare things? Niteshad is Gary Mills, a 54 year old oddity in the southeastern united states. The Shamanscave.com website was written entirely by him from the variety of his experience both in learning and practice in a specific tradition passed down through his family known as the makers.

He wears suspenders and has been described variously from looking like a truck driver, to Wilford Brimley, to Jed Clampett on steroids. Fortunately, online students don't have to look at him, only listen. He holds a college degree, but not too closely and a variety of other certifications, kudos and real world pieces of paper which have utterly nothing to do with shamanism or the practice of it. What he does have at this point is 46 years of experience in shamanic practice. He has translated a primarily oral and hidden tradition into modern terms and brought that back into the world through teaching, workshops and the shamanscave website.

He is not a new age shaman, and rarely what people expect a shaman to be like, which perhaps says more about the perception of shamans than shamans themselves. His methods are quiet, subtle and yet effective. Over ten years of teaching on the internet alone have allowed him to help hundreds of people spread across a number of continents. His interest is in helping those that find their life experience and reality at odds with each other and to help them come to grips with their own talents and use them as skillfully as possible to change their own lives and the world around them.

Thanks for your interest and inquiry, hope to hear from you soon.

Niteshad

To sign up for classes click here: class registration form