11 Signs You're Called to Be a Shaman

June 8th, 2021

By Mateo Sol

Guest writer for Wake Up World

It was late into the night that I drank a mixture of what appeared to be pulverized herbs.

The haunting sounds of a song suddenly appeared around me, intensifying my feelings of being utterly lost in an alien universe. The sounds that kept drawing me in, had a pleading quality that made me want to weep with sorrow.

As I started singing, I realized my song was inviting the spirit of the herb to move into my body. I wanted it to stop, to be over but in that moment I knew it was too late, I had left this reality.

I was canoeing through the infinite stream of the unconscious mind, and the song was my solitary paddle. It was up to me to avoid the rapids and control the currents by making the song more beautiful, by begging the Spirit of the herb to guide and heal me.

This was my initiation into shamanism. But before this experience, I had to first understand and identify the signs of my shamanic calling.

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