### Shamanism General Information ### [Detachment and Compassion](https://www.shamanscave.com/detachment-and-compassion/) [General Articles](https://www.shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/general-articles/) [![a maker shaman showing a client compassi 2024 12 17 04 12 29 800x457 8208dafcfc](https://www.shamanscave.com/images/gen/webp/a-maker-shaman-showing-a-client-compassi-2024-12-17-04-12-29-800x457-8208dafcfc.webp)](https://www.shamanscave.com/detachment-and-compassion) But in the beginning of the process, once you reach a clean place, you may seem very aloof, even... [Read More](https://www.shamanscave.com/detachment-and-compassion/) ### [Shamanism and Fear](https://www.shamanscave.com/shamanism-and-fear/) [General Articles](https://www.shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/general-articles/) [![facing our fears 2024 12 16 23 01 16 800x457 d852805caa](https://www.shamanscave.com/images/gen/webp/facing-our-fears-2024-12-16-23-01-16-800x457-d852805caa.webp)](https://www.shamanscave.com/shamanism-and-fear)"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.... [Read More](https://www.shamanscave.com/shamanism-and-fear/) ### [Soul Retrieval](https://www.shamanscave.com/soul-retrieval/) [General Articles](https://www.shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/general-articles/) [![an old shaman in robes with white hair w 2024 12 17 03 51 14 800x457 f41ee44922](https://www.shamanscave.com/images/gen/webp/an-old-shaman-in-robes-with-white-hair-w-2024-12-17-03-51-14-800x457-f41ee44922.webp)](https://www.shamanscave.com/soul-retrieval)I guess the issue here is one of cosmology. The difficulty for the Western Mind in all this is how ... [Read More](https://www.shamanscave.com/soul-retrieval/) ### [So, you want to be a shaman](https://www.shamanscave.com/want-to-be-a-shaman/) [General Articles](https://www.shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/general-articles/) [![young people sitting on the ground aroun 2024 12 17 17 36 13 800x457 11349c12fb](https://www.shamanscave.com/images/gen/webp/young-people-sitting-on-the-ground-aroun-2024-12-17-17-36-13-800x457-11349c12fb.webp)](https://www.shamanscave.com/want-to-be-a-shaman)Let's start with the word 'shaman'. Shaman is gender neutral - there are no shamen or shawomen, onl... [Read More](https://www.shamanscave.com/want-to-be-a-shaman/) ### [Shamanism in the Modern World](https://www.shamanscave.com/shamanism-in-modern-world/) [General Articles](https://www.shamanscave.com/component/content/category/shamanscave-content/general-articles/) [![poor old shaman in a robe carrying a sta 2024 12 17 17 45 38 800x457 6a0dbdc0e3](https://www.shamanscave.com/images/gen/webp/poor-old-shaman-in-a-robe-carrying-a-sta-2024-12-17-17-45-38-800x457-6a0dbdc0e3.webp)](https://www.shamanscave.com/shamanism-in-modern-world)*In the context of this modern world, what does a Shaman do?* Shamans are healers of souls- this was, a... [Read More](https://www.shamanscave.com/shamanism-in-modern-world/)