A Note from the Editor
Facebook Group cracked the 100k member threshold in 2002 and with currently more than 104.5k members and over 150 posts and 3,500 comments per month has become the largest Facebook community with a shared interest in Shamanism. Given that none of the people behind Shaman Portal are doing this fulltime you can easily see why publication schedules are more aspirational than hard coded deadlines. But we’re getting there.
Dear Reader, Welcome to our sixth issue of the ShamanPortal Quarterly Review. It has been a while since the publication of our last issue but time is relative and there is so much going on at ShamanPortal right now. Beside the SPQR we’re busy in bringing authentic Shamanic Wisdom right into your living room through our ShamanPortal Wisdom Webinar series.
I hope you enjoy this new issue of the SPQR which again brings you beautiful information on indigenous and western Shamanic practices. A big thank you to all the authored who contributed to this issue and their patience with us during the prolonged editing process. And also a massive thank you to Faith Nolton for sharing some of her beautiful artwork with us.
In 2022 we had 17 webinars (some of them over multiple weeks) with renowned indigenous and Western teachers like Mallku Aribalo, Mama Susana Tapia Leon, Don Manuel Calazacon, Linda Star Wolf, Leo Rutherford and many more.
Blessings Christian Thurow Editor
For those of you who are more adventurous and would like to experience Shamanic Traditions on the ground, our founder Itzhak Beery organised tours to the Andes and the rainforest of Ecuador. And last but not least we worked on our new website which went live in February 2023 – https://shamanportal.org . There is still work to do on the website but at least it’s out now. Meanwhile our ShamanPortal
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