Tlingit Spirituality and Shamanism in the 21st Century

[@louisjov]

Thank you for making presentations like this so publicly accessible

[@janaenae1338]

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[@lexi-gi1wl]

Very very interesting, I’ve always heard about Tlingit Shamans but never truly knew what they did!

[@jellyfirmin6699]

Thank you for sharing! I wish we could have seen all 80 pages. I learned so much today, ana basee'

[@johnvliet523]

Are the pages and images of this lecture available as a book or electronically as a PDF?

[@tlingitfpv5765]

Christian thinking has caused this. Please do not let this type of thinking wipe out our culture. It is precious.

[@darkhorde6926]

Yes, conservative Christian thought combined with capitalist colonialism was the end of thousands of cultures, peoples and lives :(

[@TayTay-or4bx]

I’m having a hard time finding the paper they referred to that Dr. Worl wrote on shamanism. Anyone know where it’s at?

[@serenityempressmomma2017]

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[@lillianjaehnig2530]

I would like to learn this, I had a premonition, seen kooshdaakaa 6 time’s and communicate with animals, and believes in natural medicine’s. I would send out a warning to the person, to stop there bullying, I use the full moon for my energy’s

[@noahriding5780]

What is the spiritual meaning of totem poles? do they denote lineage, or like a ladder to heaven?

[@CloverSnelling-Klanott]

Totem poles belong to clans, they tell clan stories and history, there are also shame poles. They are meant to be read. we Lingit don't have a "heaven" its very different, we practice cremation and the ashes go up to the village where all of our ancestors live. Shamans are believed to be fireproof so they are the only ones whos remains are not burned, instead they are put into mortuary poles with their belongings. but in all there isnt a "spiritual" meaning, its just a form of "written" history and stories

[@complimentary_voucher]

It's perfectly legitimate to evolve and alter ritual practises when the circumstances of a people change. You are still dealing with the same spirits and relationships; it's counterproductive to cling blindly to redundant forms when the life you're living and some of your needs have been transformed. Sympathy with that transformation is surely a strong element of shamanistic practise. You are interpreting and mediating a flow of energy. So no Tlingit should feel diminished by change or that they aren't entitled to practise this most ancient belief. Seize the day and construct a new way to channel your respect and intuition.

[@HeavenOnEarth444]

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[@janaenae1338]

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[@jaredlewis6854]

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[@darkhorde6926]

I wholeheartedly admit the Tlingit culture

[@tlingitfpv5765]

How can Non - Tiingit's make sense of Shaman's practice's? An outside organization should not have access to these items. They will not be a able to gain true knowledge. Why are they interested? What do they think they can gain?

[@darkhorde6926]

I think the non- tlingit they may want to take ownership of their culture! So I think that Tlingit should not let strangers to "train" something of their spirituality, your culture is fantastic, don't let whites people, or others take it from all of you!

[@yamiyomizuki]

This is both unproductive and illogical thinking. Culture is learned, not inherited genetically. Shutting your culture off from outsiders simply means that it's more likely to be lost. I should also point out that this is the exact same line of thinking that lead early colonialists to denny native peoples sovereignty, because they believed they couldn't understand Anglo-saxon values and as such were incapable of self governance.

[@dntskdnttll]

@@yamiyomizuki There have been and continue to be many many Culture Vultures who try to exploit indigenous cultures. This is not a new phenomenon and you can research the amount of people who have done this. If non native people want to connect with their own culture of origin that makes more sense as they have a direct connection to it. Cultures have a right to protect their practices and some knowledge is simply held as sacred, to be passed only to descendants. Cope with that, not everything is for every person to access.

[@yamiyomizuki]

@@dntskdnttll the only argument you actually have is the exploitation and commercialization of culture to which my response is that indigenous people can and do commercialize their own culture in a manner every bit as crass as outsiders, and people from outside of a culture can study it just a sincerely and respectfully as people born into it. after that you get into pseudo mysticism and espousing racial exceptionalism for "woke" reasons.

[@mjinba07]

Late to the discussion, but for what it's worth... Protecting identity, heritage and spirituality is deeply important, of course. That said, in modern times such things are being shared and blended whether we want them to or not. Consider, also, that all identity, heritage and spirituality originated from a previous blend of sorts, however long ago, and have been influenced by other cultures periodically over the centuries. It's only through the gift of lengthy, relative isolation that any group can consider themselves unique. As a Non-Tlingit I can only say that I come with a particular interest in the parts of humanity and spirituality that we might share, not to imagine some sort of deep understanding or "appropriation," as some extraordinarily defensive folks might put it. I can't speak for others. Nor can I speak for those in the spiritual realms who might accept or reject the hearts and minds of knowledge seekers who don't have the more recent, requisite genetics.

[@tmadden4951]

I bet they are still here... hidden until seeked