The study of the shamanic world-view is a topic of great importance to the more linear minded cultures of Europe and North America. Learn about the most basic and fundamental assumptions in an indigenous setting within which the shamanic world-view may still be glimpsed in its original cultural context. Discover why this world-view holds such significance to ‘seekers’ of modern western cultures and learn for yourself why shamanism holds such profound importance with respect to cultural transformation in this epoch of our world’s story.

Location:

Lake Atitlan,

Guatemala

Included:

Housing (with kitchen, solar shower, sauna, garden with space for Qigong, Yoga etc.),

classes, Spanish emersion classes.

Fees:

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Not Included:

Airfare, Meals, and CEU Credits Not Included

Spanish skills not required

Class availability may vary.

Interview required.

Neo-shamanism is on the ascendancy. The reasons are evident to anyone concerned about the plaenet’s natural environment as well as humanity’s fate in the face of global worming. The study and understanding of the shamanic world-view gives modern people a glimpse into what ‘sustainability’ was and is and what one person can do to create a more significant life and a more livable world. Shamanism is – in part – an attitude toward nature and the planet and humanity’s relationship as stewards of our fellow inhabitants. Sustainability is not a group of practices or a project to recycle. It is a change in attitude that fundamentally shifts one’s relationship to the natural world, and therefore to oneself and one’s fellow earthlings. No world-view so completely allows one to explore this fundamentally different attitude as shamanism. Where on earth may one actually experience and investigate this world-view? Among the indigenous cultures of the world, some semblance of this ancient and very necessary world-view still obtains – even in daily life. Come see for yourself.

Calacirya International Experiential Learning Organization

CIELO is Spanish for 'sky' or 'heaven.'

The Calacirya Foundation was founded in 2002

to promote cross-cultural exchange and experiential learning.

www.calacirya.org

Contact: utzawatch@onebox.com

(866) 841-9139 x 1011