"Shamanic ecstasy is an act of surrender that authenticates both the individual self and that which is surrendered to the mystery of being.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Because our maps of reality are determined by our present circumstances, we tend to loose awareness of the larger patterns of time and space.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Only by gaining access to Source can those patterns of time and space and our role in them be glimpsed. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Shamanism strives for this point of view... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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A Shaman is one who has attained a vision of the beginnings and the endings of all things and who can communicate that vision.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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To the rational thinker, this is inconceivable, yet the techniques of Shamanism are directed towards this end -⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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AND THIS IS THE SOURCE OF THEIR POWER."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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- Terence McKenna