Spirit Walking A Course in Shamanic Power

Evelyn Rysdyk on ‘Spirit Walking A Course in Shamanic Power’

I also recently got your drumming CD Shamanic Journey Drumming and I enjoy it very much. I have heard Michael say that psychedelics are not needed for these out of body experiences that drumming does it. I have done all of the above and sometimes feel like I am struggling to have these experiences without plant allies. Would you share some wisdom about this with us?

I also have worked with plant allies such as San Pedro, datura and to a very limited extent with peyote. While these entheogens are marvelous at opening the vision, I find that the journeys that I do with drumming—especially when I dance and sing before—are more detailed and useful. It is important to engage the entire being when we want to enter into the spirit world. We have to get out of our heads and into our full selves!

Any repetitive stimulus can produce an altering of consciousness. The flickering of firelight, repetitive dance, chanting, drumming and rattling all shift us into alpha and theta waves. The shamanic state of consciousness is an excited visionary state. In essence, the shaman is in both realities when they journey. The body is excited by the repetitive stimulus and the mind both opens and quiets down to allow the wisdom of the spirits to be felt, seen and heard.

What can you share with us about energy and DNA when it comes to our connection with the cosmos and the spirit?

Our DNA is capable of ordering photons, which are particles of light. Why that is interesting is that according to physicist Mark Comings in his 2005 lecture “The New Physics of Space, Time and Light,” suggested that light waves are the fundamental fabric of the Cosmos! Light vibrations are responsible for producing matter. In essence, all that is physical may be thought of as “crystalized light”.

If that wasn’t amazing enough, our emotions have a profound effect upon the physical structure of DNA. So our feelings affect how our DNA affects the fabric of physical reality! When we experience feelings of love, compassion, gratitude and appreciation, our DNA conforms to its perfect shape, which allows it to function optimally. When we are anxious, or experiencing the other faces of fear such as anger, judgment, impatience or blame, our DNA crumples tightly onto itself, which I refer to as a “DNA cramp.” When in that state, the DNA cannot do its work of regulating cellular function.

Not only do our bodies suffer, all DNA in a scientifically proven radius of over half a mile is affected, as well. Our feelings are contagious and the energy that is produced by them affects not only the local world bound by the rules of time/space but also the non-local world, which operates beyond ordinary time/space. That means changes in our DNA affect our bodies and the world around us immediately without any time lag.

What scientist call “non-local” is what a tribal shaman would call, Spirit. Just as we have a local self who is reading this right now, the other part of us is connected to everywhere and throughout all time. And our feelings affect every bit of it. If want to generate harmony in the world around us, we need to begin by learning how to create harmony inside of ourselves. That is why I have included exercises to support this in, Spirit Walking: A Course in Shamanic Power.

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