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Wednesday, 24 December 2014

Shamanic Best Practices: Ethics and Integrity

What is shamanic integrity? What is ethical in shamanic practice? These are matters about which I hope practitioners might eventually come to some agreement. Shamanic practice involves situations where people are in need. Naturally, these are times when they are also vulnerable. It is simply a factor when working in shamanic practice - as it is in other areas of human caregiving - that challenging ethical situations eventually arise. In order to help deal with this, professions such as counseling, psychology, medicine, social services and nursing are some of the many that have developed codes of ethics and integrity to help solidify their field's best practices. With the last few decade's resurgence of shamanic interest, some very thoughtful and experienced shamanic practitioners have started facing the importance of ethics and integrity with respect to their field as well ... read more>>>...