Elizabeth's and Shamantic!'s Journeying Journal - June shifts at Shamanic Shift Center - Milwaukee WI

June shifts: The Friday 7PM Shamanic Circle resumes with a purpose-shift...community and global transformation towards the best rather than individual healing issues. The circle will continue to be for shamanic shifting of reality through contemporary, adapted, and innovative shamanic ways - not any traditional or aboriginal shamanisms. A few more circles will be study and discussion circles instead of ceremonial circles and there will still be occasional special activities related to our purpose and mission. 

Is this an open circle?  The Friday night circle is 'open' to contemporary shamanizers who are in resonance with our community and global shamanic shifting purpose and mission, who call or email ahead every week by Thursday to pre-register.  Elizabeth and a non-ordinary reality/cyberspace circle of 20 or more do circle around for our intentions every week whether or not the Friday night circle gathers in materially-energetic spacetime on the east side of Milwaukee WI.  So if you cannot form and stick to a strong enough intention to call or email ahead to attend the ordinary reality Friday shamanic circle, just intend and attend circling around wherever you are, as you are, through whatever you are doing.  

And...On weeks when no one has called to pre-register by Thursday there will likely be no formal, ordinary reality Friday night shamanic circle, although Elizabeth and the non-ordinary/cyberspace circle will meet as usual.  Shamanic Shift Center's Friday circle is 'ad hoc' (on purpose) and more informal than many circles (by design), but intention, attention, and follow-though are essential to effective shamanizing anyway, so pre-registering is mandatory.  

Please do not just 'show up' in person at the last moment 'just in case' there might a formal circle because others set aside spacetime in their schedules for shamanizing in circle and called or emailed ahead.  From attending shamanic circles over the years I know I am not the only shamanic circle facilitator around the Milwaukee area who has found that only one or two individuals can consistantly set aside these particles and waves of matter, energy, and spacetime for shamanizing before they get overbooked.  

True...the 'Hey let's go for it!' at the last minute approach works ok with some spiritual methods, especially larger group unifying activities such as Kirtan (which is also often available in our neighborhood) and in many individual shamanic moments (for someone who lives on purpose).   I have learned that the 'last minute' attitude does not help me to host a shamanic circle effectively so I will insist upon pre-registration even if this policy results in Shamanic Shift Center's ordinary realtiy circle staying tiny.  

What is happening with Shamanic Shift Center's Milwaukee mission contradicts several of my earlier expectations, assumptions, and opinions...and I am happy to be surprised.  The non-ordinary-cyber-and-longer-distance circle keeps growing and flowing and we are keeping a shamanic practice available to our neighborhood.  I am almost thoroughly convinced that shamanizing is the method of choice for only very few although many can benefit from shamanizing going on close by.          

Connecting: Visit our monthly events and updates weblog for information. Open an email conversation.  Call 414-289-8661. 

Also: The Rev. Elizabeth is an ambassador for the Gaia Community again. Join us at Gaia too!