shamantic 6sy shaahhh man, whatever! sham an tic shaman antics 081123 ... h|s|g The Shamanic Humorists & Optimists (SHO) welcome anyone and everyone who practice shamanic shifting though healing laughter, prophetic entertainment, and fun restoration. We are activating and energizing the word "Shamantic!" (the contraction of shaman_antic) as a name for any of us who blend shamanic_questing and sacred_jesting into many ways of spiritual_alchemy In ancientimes, the jester, clowN OR comedian of the tribe or court was a peculiar kind of shaman who helped restore and maintain the natural_balance of things through re_creative use of tricks, humor, chaos, psychODrama, expressive arts, an d is guises. The ant i_c S OF The shamanic fool or jester, distrACT, AWakEn, & ENTeRtAIN, while pushing self_importance ASs ID e, allowINg new dreams and stories to be danced to life. The clown can take a fall to help others feel better and the fool can sneak or rush into restricted_areas of mind and HEARtHAt need healing - whereven angels are barred from tREADING by our fears. shaMAN I_C fools and jesterS CAN Shift self, consciousness, reality, and the UnIverse WITh costumes and mASkspecial connections to Spir,it'Shamanic street_jesters are often experts at revealing blessings that come thickly disguised and transforming Trickster amIDst everyday situations. shaman_fools are life adventurers more than spiritual warriorSome are perpetu ally traveling alchemist entertainers, living on thEdges of emerging_purpose, on purpose, bringing to light unexpected_challenges and NEW Stories, dreams, and shapes everywhere they go. Practitioners of the Shamantic Arts have always known that the "building_blocks" of the universe are Signs_and_Wonders - now called quantum fluctuation, uncertainty, chaos, relativity, et_cetera - and that the cosmos was designed WITh play in the wheels and wiggle_room in the web of being! So remembher, nothing is foolproof! We recommend tha t each shamanic quester and jester ask for and receive unique visions, dreams, medicines, and words out of the play of imagination and the shaman foolINg FUN of IT all. f_u_n to us is fun_freely_flowing_and_unfurling_universal_unity_new_now! {ffuunn}} Sacred clowning and street jesting are shamanic ways of many ways to restore fun, laughter, and freedom; loosen bindings, permeate boundaries, and poke passageways in self_importance; and allow pattern and course changes, radical re_minding, and shamanic shifting through_all_modes of living and being. Cosmic fun and laughter are the key links between all beginnings and endings - from the alef_alpha and tau_omega to the sulfur and salt to the head(s) and tail(s) of everything and anything. If a spirit_way is fun it is also teaching us to laugh in the face of, and then laugh right along with death when it is time to release all everyday limits of self. Betweenow and then, shamanic fun restoration encourages merging, transforming, and expanding with LIFE Spirit and the Spirits of Life: running, flying, swimming, crawling, climbing-creeping, molding, flowing, and more as animals, trees, flowers, rocks, angels, dragons, dinosaurs, fairies and even all the fungi(s!) of the universe. Shamanic dream and shift with any kind and kin who must be dreaming of shamanic questing and jeSTING wiTH yOU! The universe runs on play and even toys can send us into trance! A fun fractal web widgetoy to play wiTH IS here! (More Shamanic Links: At Shamanic Ways Links Project's del.icio.us and Shamanic-Ways.info.) Contemporary shamans are called, empowered, and taughthrough individualizedirect experiences of Spirit('s) aS WELL as mentoring in ordinareality. To many the most solemn among shamans might appear clownish or foolish - and then come the shaman fools! 110217 ... hssg:// How am I ever to beco me a gre at fool if I forgethe link?! http://www.shamantic.org/shamanticarts.phtml 110217 ... h|s|g * fffuuunn gahh odd efffuuunn damned typos! 110217 what's it to you? who go blather from