Integrating Spirituality and Health Care

YOU ARE INVITED TO A MEETING OF THE
SPIRITUALITY IN HEALTH-CARE NETWORK
“Integrating Spirituality and Health Care”

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.

Auditorium Bridgepoint Health Center 14 St. Matthews Road
Toronto (Entrance: On Broadview one block north of Gerrard)

Agenda:

7:00 - 7:10 Registration

7:10 - 7:15 Opening Remarks John Rossiter-Thornton MD

7:15 - 7:30 Opening Sacred Ritual: Larry Nusbaum and his instruments of
mass percussion

7:30 - 8:30 Speakers Ann Kerr-Linden and Dr. Mary Vachon
Ann was a social worker specializing in outpatient work in a psychiatric hospital. She is currently a psychotherapist in private practice and has told stories at the Toronto Festival of Storytelling. Dr. Mary Vachon is a nurse, clinical sociologist, psychotherapist, researcher, educator and cancer survivor.
Title: Jean’s Story: A personal narrative of the 1918 flu epidemic in Toronto.
Ann’s mother Jean was a 21-year-old University of Toronto student in 1918 when the flu arrived. Without previous nursing experience she found herself nursing desperately ill people. After Ann tell Jean’s story, Mary Vachon will highlight the need for us to ponder our responsibilities towards ourselves, our families, our workplaces and the larger community during a pandemic.

8:30 - 8:35 Announcements John Rossiter-Thornton MD

8:35 - 8:50 Break

8:50 - 9:30 Group Sharing

9:30 - 9:45 Closing Sacred Ritual : Larry Nusbaum

SHCN Executive: John Thornton MD, Larry Nusbaum MD, and Jeannette McCullough RN
SHCN Steering Committee: Eli Bay, Heloisa Porto, Maria Rossiter-Thornton RN,
Sharon Cass -Toole PhD, and Brandon Klayman
PARKING on the street or at the hospital at your own cost
http://www.spiritualityinhealthcare.net
Next Meeting: Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Join us: FULL DAY OF SHAMANIC JOURNEYING

SHAMANISM
Fostering community, healing and empowerment through ancient sacred ways
FULL DAY OF SHAMANIC JOURNEYING
SHAMANISM, DYING AND BEYOND

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2008
9:00am to 6:00pm
Toronto

Suitable for those who are new to journeying, as well as those with experience.

PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT DYING AND THE DESTINY OF SOULS FROM A SHAMANIC PERSPECTIVE.

THIS WORK IS BOTH FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO LEARN FOR THEMSELVES, AND FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO ASSIST OTHERS WHO ARE IN TERMINAL SITUATIONS OR HAVE ALREADY PASSED ON.

WORK TO BE UNDERTAKEN INCLUDES LEARNING HOW TO BECOME EXPERIENTIALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE AFTER DEATH REALMS, COMPLETING UNFINISHED BUSINESS, HELPING A PERSON TO CROSS OVER

Cost: $100.00

Jeannette McCullough
Registered Nurse
Shamanic Practitioner & Educator
416 686 2297
jeannette@shamansong.ca
www.shamansong.ca

Three Doors In My House

First: The Door of Release – I let go of everything in order to create a space for the Mystery of the Presence of Divine Love.
Second: The Door of Reception – I receive the light of Divine Love. I become that Divine Love. I unite with Divine Love. There is nothing else.
Third: The Door of Return – I return to Heaven on Earth. I return to ONE SPIRIT BEING, embodied, knowing it again, now for the first time.
So, you see, there are three doors in my house. Inside there is a labyrinth, and I walk in and out, meeting everyone once again, for the very first time.

the last shaman.

Catherine Stone speaks with SHCN today.

Catherine spoke about four things:
1) What it's been like to be lost;
2) What it's been like to face the inner world of trauma and healing;
3) The inspiration of other people;
4) The cracking open of the divine feminine.

"To be able to be here to share a story,
I want to talk to you, as if I was talking to each one of you individually. This is what it's been like.
being present...
being here...
being in an exchange.
I can become all the different things I AM,
because I am honest."

HONESTY TALKING

The whole thing is SPIRIT talking:

"To be able to be here to share a story,
I want to talk to you, as if I was talking to each one of you individually. This is what it's been like.
being present...
being here...
being in an exchange.
I can become all the different things I AM,
because I am honest." (Catherine Stone)

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A simple, yet effective start to healing.

LISTEN.
Just listen, and do nothing else.
This is the great challenge for the urban dweller.
Cut out all the noise, and listen to what is behind the noise.
Can I do it?
Will I do it.
Just try.

Listen.

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Lewis Mehl-Madrona Speaking in Toronto

Lewis Mehl-Madrona speaking in Toronto, at Woman's College Hospital on September 5, 2008.

Contact information is as follows:
www.mehl-madrona.com
www.coyoteinstitute.org

Mystical Trip to Peru - Highlands and Amazonian Jungle

Immerse yourself in ancient wisdom of old civilizations and healers... Listen to the Mountain Spirits, the Sacred Plant Spirits, the Big River Water Spirits, and the Animal kingdom Spirits deepening the connection with your True Self.

Live the Mystery of life, expanding your consciousness and the horizons of possibilities.
Experience and
embrace the extreme contrasts in nature, in culture, life styles and other aspects of living and take the opportunity to embrace within yourself your own contrasts and extreme polarities.

Peru is a land full of imprints of Spirit World. Being in the ruins of old civilization or in the magical healing ceremonies with the local shamans you can have a life transforming experience.

In this trip the shaman Cezar Augustine Rivas and his father master shaman Don Augustine Rivas will lead us through the Mystery. This family of healers lives in the Amazonian Jungle and travel around the world offering their ceremonies, teachings and healing.

The trip consist of:

8 days on the high lands of Peru (Cuzco) - We will visit the incredible ruins of Machu Pichu as well as other sacred sites, visiting the highest "Apu" mountain of the area - Ausagante, participating in ceremonies with local shamans, experiencing the ancient Inca civilization and also enjoying the healing waters of mountain's hot springs.


13 days in the Amazonian Jungle participating in the sacred mother plant ceremonies, learning about healing of the body, mind and spirit; connecting with the nature and learning about medicine plants; opening ourselves to heal and to Spiritual guidance.

Be ready for a life changing experience!



The program includes:
private healing with Don Cesar Augustine Rivas (Viejo).
several ceremonies
trips to sacred sites in the nature
translation
safe and joyful atmosphere and leadership
private assistance when needed with Heloisa
group processing with Heloisa and/or Viejo
some free time for reflection and/or leisure
Itinerary:

Oct 23 - Departure from Toronto, arrival in Lima
Oct 24 - Departure of Lima and arrival in Cuzco
Oct 31- Departure of Cuzco, arrival in Iquitos.
Nov 1 - Arrival in Don Augustine camp / lodge in the Amazon Jungle
Nov 13- Departure of camp and arrival in Iquitos
Nov 14- Departure from Iquitos- Lima - Toronto and Arrival in Toronto


Cost in US dollars:

1) Only Cuzco:
US$1,500.00 + air fare (approximately US$1,000.00)
2) Only Amazonian Jungle: US$1,880.00 + airfare (approximate US $1,000.00)
3) Full trip 23 days: US$3,330.00 + air fare (approximately US$ 1,200.00)


Trip fee covers: Don Augustine teachings, ceremonies and healing; translation and Heloisa's personal assistance; simple accommodations in Cuzco; transportation (buses, trains, boat rides; and all the food in the jungle.
Meals on the traveling days and in Cuzco are on your own expenses so that you can have choices in what and where to eat. You might expend from $80 to $200 US dollars according to your choices.
Also optional and of your own expenses are individual coca leaf readings from the local Shaman in Ausagante Mountain

Please bring some extra money for shopping gifts, tips or donations you might feel called to do. (Suggestion around $300.00)
In the jungle the pueblo is very poor and they love to receive summer clothes and school material for the children.


How to Register and pay:

To register call Heloisa @ 416-651-8981 and complete the registration form.

All payments are in US dollars

1) ½ of trip fee at registration (cash or us cheque or money order) and the other ½ (cash only) a few days before the departure.

2) In three payments:
Sept 20, Oct 8 and Oct 22.

3) Full trip in advance

4) We will buy the airfare on line.

5) A meeting will be arranged prior to the trip with all participants.

In Cuzco and in Iquitos you can withdraw from your account in bank machines.


FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER CALL
HELOISA @ 416-651-8981

HEALTHYSELF

Shamanic Research tells me that we are able to say:
The HEALER is able to look into the OTHER, because there is no OTHER.
The HEALER is able to step beyond the many and into the ONE.
HEALTHYSELF is most profound.
There is no-one else to heal.
:-)

THREE TIPS FOR TODAY, FOR HEALING

1) DO NOTHING, SPIRIT will come.
2) BECOME BORN AGAIN, become a container for THE CREATOR
3) PAY ATTENTION, to everything, as everything is your teacher.

Be well, happy, and peaceful.
Bela Ray

BECOMING THE MEDICINE Sun Oct 19

Some of you have expressed an interest in this teaching and joining the monthly circle that meets to practice it.

The teaching will be offered on Sun Oct 19.

I'm writing to invite you to a full day of shamanic journeying in preparation for BECOMING THE MEDICINE, based on Sandra Ingerman’s MEDICINE FOR THE EARTH: HOW TO TRANSFORM PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS.
Over the last few years this approach to healing has consistently shown it’s potential to reverse environmental pollution in water. And.....We are mostly water. The work of Japanese researcher and photographer, Masaru Emoto is illustrative of the possibilities. And…..the impact of the work on humans has been sufficient to interest the University of Michigan Medical School. They began researching its effectiveness with a population who have cardiovascular conditions in a study which commenced in February, 2005, and the preliminary results are very positive.

Sandra Ingerman was invited to present the work to a group at the United Nations in July, 2006.

If you want to consider this teaching, to prepare yourself for the process, it’s helpful to look at Sandra Ingerman’s book, "Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins."

Additional information can be found at http://www.medicinefortheearth.com

Once you’ve been initiated into the work, depending on your situation at any given time, you can come out to offer healing or to receive healing, at ongoing monthly gatherings. The cost for these gatherings for healing, journey work and research purposes is $10.00.

Sandra, who developed and pioneered this work, has been in my life as a teacher since 1996, and I’ve been involved in the Medicine for the Earth work with her since before her book about it was published in 2000. In that year Sandra invited me to join an international alliance of teachers she is building to bring the work to the communities we live in.

The cost for the orientation is $100.00.

The time is 10:00am to 6:00pm.

The location is Toronto.

Please give this your consideration, and if you’d like to know more, or to register, you’re welcome to contact me at 416 536 7424 or jeannette@shamansong.ca . Have a look closer to the end of this message for additional details.

The teaching can also be arranged for your particular circle of friends, or colleagues or practitioners, in Toronto or elsewhere.

Additional information about my other shamanic healing and teaching work is available at www.shamansong.ca .

I look forward to hearing from you when the time is right.

Choose Hope,

Sincerely,

Jeannette McCullough

Registered Nurse

Shamanic Practitioner and Educator

BECOMING THE MEDICINE
Learn daily personal spiritual practices as well as ceremonies you can perform in a community to reverse personal and environmental toxins.

The earth gives us life.

Air gives us life.

Water gives us life.

The sun gives us life.

As within, so without:

Our health and the health of the planet are one.

You will learn:

*simple personal practices and community ceremonies to transmute toxins

*how to embody your own divinity on a cellular level: Who you become, not what you do, heals the world!

*how to bring forth the light from within to create health for yourself, for others and for the planet

The transformation is the resurrection.

We become a new creation, a transformation of what was to what is.

Hans Kung speaks to this in Eternal Life:
Is it then a bodily resurrection, a raising up of man with his body? yes and no. No, if we understand "body" in physiological terms as this actual body, the "corpse, " the remains." Yes, if "body" is understood in the New Testament sense as "soma," not so much physiologically as personally: as the identical personal reality, the same self with its entire history, which is mistakenly neglected in the Buddhist doctrine of reincarnation, even though the latter stresses the new (admittedly earthly) corporality. When we talk of the resurrection of the body, we mean then as the Catholic theologian Franz Josef Nocke expresses it, "that not only man's naked self is saved through death, when all earthly history is left behind, all relationships with other human beings become meaningless; bodily resurrection means that a person's life history and all the relationships established in the course of this history enter together into the consummation and finally belong to the risen person." (Eternal Life, Doubleday, 1984, p. 111).

Mandaza Speaks

The Myth of the Eternal Return

Eliade started to write The Myth of the Eternal Return in 1945, in the aftermath of World War II, when Europe was in ruins, and Communism was conquering Eastern European countries. The essay dealt with mankind's experience of history and time, especially the conceptions of being and reality. According to Eliade, in modern times people have lost their contact with natural cycles, known in traditional societies. Eliade saw that for human beings their inner, unhistorical world, and its meanings, were crucial. Behind historical processes are archaic symbols. Belief in a linear progress of history is typical for the Christian world view, which counters the tyranny of history with the idea of God, but in the archaic world of archetypes and repetition the tyranny of history is accepted. Stoics created from the concept of the eternal cycle a theory which embraced the whole universe. Eliade contrasts the Western linear view of time with the Eastern cyclical world view. In the 19th century Nietzsche's criticism of Christian dogmas brought back the idea of the eternal cycle to Western discussion. These ideas were further developed by Oswald Spengler in his study The Decline of the West (1918-1922).

Reference link:
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/eliade.htm

Shamanism (Definition)

Shamanism refers to a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world. A practitioner of shamanism is known as a shaman. There are many variations of shamanism throughout the world; following are beliefs shared by all forms of shamanism:[1]
Spirits exist and they play important roles both in individual lives and in human society.
The shaman can communicate with the spirit world.
Spirits can be good or evil.
The shaman can treat sickness caused by evil spirits.
The shaman can employ trance inducing techniques to incite visionary ecstacy.
The shaman's spirit can leave the body to enter the supernatural world to search for answers.
The shaman evokes animal images as spirit guides, omens, and message-bearers.
Shamanism is based on the premise that the visible world is pervaded by invisible forces or spirits which affect the lives of the living. In contrast to organized religions like animism or animatism which are lead by priests and which all members of a society practice, shamanism requires individualized knowledge and special abilities. Shaman operate outside established religions, and, traditionally, they operate alone. Shaman can gather into associations, as Indian tantric practitioners have done.

Reference link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism

Welcome to The Last Shaman

This blog is a place to record shaman stories.

The shaman is the one who is able to see beyond this world and into the world of the future.
In this time of the great turning, from anthropocentric to eco-logical, we all become shamans.