What's really important about shamanism is that there is another reality that you can personally discover...we are not alone.
Michael HarnerHe (the Shaman) is a self-reliant explorer of the endless mansions of a magnificent hidden universe.
Michael HarnerShamanism is a great metal and emotional adventure, one in which the patient as well as the shaman-healer are involved
Michael HarnerShamanism is a path of knowledge, not of faith, and that knowledge cannot come from me or anyone else in this reality. To acquire that knowledge, including the knowledge of the reality of the spirits, it is necessary to step through the shaman's doorway and acquire empirical evidence.
Michael Harner