THE SHAMANIC KNOWLEDGE SERIES
Four 2-day Courses: 1) The Way of the Shaman; 2) Shamanism & the Spirits of Nature; 3) Advanced Shamanic Divination; and 4) Shamanic Dreamwork
Bali, Indonesia: 9–19 June 2025
The Way of the Shaman basic course: 9-10 June 2025
During the Basic experiential workshop, participants are introduced to core shamanism, the universal and near-universal basic methods of the shaman to enter non-ordinary reality for problem solving and healing. Particular emphasis is on the classic shamanic journey, one of the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe, otherwise known through myth and dream. Participants are initiated into shamanic journeying, aided by drumming and other techniques for experiencing the shamanic state of consciousness and for awakening dormant spiritual abilities, including connections with Nature. Practice includes comparisons by participants of their discoveries in shamanic journeys as well as being introduced to shamanic divination and healing. They are also provided with methods for journeying to meet and study with their own individual spirit helpers in non-ordinary reality, a classic step in shamanic practice. Participants learn how the journey is utilized to restore spiritual power and health, and how shamanism can be applied in contemporary daily life to help heal oneself and others. Details
∆ ADVANCED COURSES (The Way of the Shaman basic course is prerequisite; if you have already taken the basic, you needn’t repeat it and may go directly to these advanced courses)
Shamanism & the Spirits of Nature: 12-13 June 2025
From ancient times, shamans have worked with the spirits of nature for healing, survival, and knowledge. By learning from the plants and animals, from the rocks and mountains, from the winds and waters, and from the sun, moon, and stars, shamans helped their peoples live in harmony with the universe. In a world now out of balance, the way of the shaman can teach how again to respect nature, our Planet, and its inhabitants at a deep spiritual level. As our ancestors everywhere once knew, our survival depends on the survival of the other species. By working together intensively through shamanic journeys and other spiritual experiences, we will dedicate ourselves to working in both non-ordinary and ordinary reality to restore and maintain a living Planet. Details
Advanced Shamanic Divination: 15-16 June 2025
One of the classic tasks of the shaman is to journey into non-ordinary reality in order to obtain answers to questions, both at the request of others and for oneself. Participants in the workshop have the opportunity to engage in divination journeys using various time-tested shamanic divination techniques. In the shamanic search to become persons of knowledge, we learn, as shamans have from time immemorial, how to converse with plant and animal spirits, the shamanic use of quartz crystals, and how to seek and receive revelatory knowledge from visionary sources. Details
Shamanic Dreamwork: 18-19 June 2025
In this unique experiential workshop you will have the opportunity to explore the nature, meaning, and use of dreams among shamanic peoples, with dreamwork practices from a range of cultures. Researched and developed by Michael Harner, subjects to be covered include shamanic dream theory and big dreams, as well as dreams and the soul, spirits, shamanic journeys, the Dreamtime, and the vision quest. You will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge to contemporary life, including the use of dreams in divination, health, and healing. This course works with dreams shamanically. We’ll work primarily with dreams you have already had, and train you to work with ones you will have in the future. (This course is not a how-to-remember-your-dreams program, though memory may improve during and after the course). Details
The Director for Asia of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS) Kevin Turner is your instructor.
Course fees: US$275 per course, or $1,050 for all 4 courses; or $775 for the last 3 courses only (6 days, if you have previously completed the basic course). Only a deposit can hold your space. The fees above are course fees only, and does not include your hotels, flights, transport, meals, etc. A tuition deposit can hold your space. Tuition discounts possible only for ASEAN member nation passport holders truly in financial need. *All participants stay in the ocean-front resort. Rooms are limited; early registration recommended! The basic course is required to attend the advanced workshops; if you have already taken the FSS Way of the Shaman course in recent years elsewhere, you needn’t repeat it here.
Course location: Northern Bali, Indonesia. REGISTRATION
*These 4 courses can fulfill the requirements for application to the 6th FSS Asia Three-Year Program of Advanced Initiations in Shamanism & Shamanic Healing™ in 2025. This program meets for 12 days each year. (*We recommend completing the Healing Series before application, but if accepted based only on the Knowledge Series, one must complete Extraction Healing Training within months of acceptance, and the Dying and Beyond course before the final 3-Year meeting in 2027). Course site photos in Bali below:
