Shaman Sickness & Neo Shaman Sickness

Description of Shamanic Sickness by Cristina Pratt

“‘Shaman’s sickness,’ refers to the specific, physical and/or mental illness that results when spirit chooses a new shamanic candidate and possesses the candidate or takes his/her soul into the spirit world. The sickness does not respond to normal treatment, nor does it progress like a normal illness. It may advance and retreat without reason and defy our understanding of how similar symptoms normally function in the body. This illness is cured only when the one stricken surrenders to the will of spirit, faces his or her fear of death and cures that personal madness or illness. The individual forges working relationships with their helping spirits and gains shamanic power in the process only when they find meaning in the crisis and his or her own cure. As a result of this passage, the individual can work with the fears and madness in others having now crossed that emotional and psychological territory within the self.”

This is info I’ve gotten from my guidance, my experience and from other shamans.

Illness is cured only when the stricken one:

1. Surrenders to the will of spirit
2. Fully accepts the call to become a shaman and accepts every step on the path to becoming one
3. Experiences abysss/ordeals to complete their breakdown
4. Cures the personal madness or illness
5. Raises their frequency and vibration to where it needs to be
6. Completes initiations
7. Learns the ways of the shaman
8. Completes assignments that are on their sacred contract
9. Completes spiritual work for the collective consciousness
10. Dissolves and amends any contracts that need to be cleared or changed
11. Journeys to all aspects of their being (mind, soul, higher self, future self, consciousness / eternal self, eternal power, heart, gut, chakras, inner child, inner parent, inner adult, inner archetypes etc)
12. Develops a deep relationship with their own eternal power, eternal self, higher self, heart, and all aspects of their being
13. Develops a strong close relationship with their guides
14. Develops a strong close relationship with the spirits of the sacred medicines
15. Journeys to The Upper, Middle & Lower Worlds
16. Journeys to issues
17. Performs Power & Soul Retrievals
18. Performs space clearing, cleansing, shifting & protection
19. Uses a shamanic drum & rattle
20. Learns the soul lessons they need to learn
21. Performs Ceremonies