{"id":14545,"date":"2017-08-01T01:10:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T06:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=15069"},"modified":"2017-08-01T00:34:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T05:34:08","slug":"the-voices-and-visions-of-young-people-for-personal-and-planetary-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/08\/01\/the-voices-and-visions-of-young-people-for-personal-and-planetary-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Voices and Visions of Young People for Personal and Planetary Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This year I was asked to appear on the Shamanism Global Summit, July 2017. The Shift Network requested especially that I speak about my shamanic work with young people again, as I did last year. My shamanic group for children, The Time Travellers, has grown “older and wiser” since 2012, when we started this work. They are all teenagers now and acutely concerned about what is happening in our world<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One thing is clear: young people MIND not being asked for their opinions and visions. They will outlive us and inherit the consequences of many decisions we are making right now. Decisions about the environment and global warming, political and financial decisions and so forth.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Children have not been on the planet as long as we have. They have absorbed fewer layers of conditioning and “old energy”, the old paradigm. They have a talent for seeing to the very heart of the matter (many urgent matters) and we would do well to listen to them and take their voices and dreams into account.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To hear what young people are actually seeing and saying, please listen to this recording. I have tried to use their own words where possible. You will also hear me “campaign” for a Summit for young people – but I am not sure if The Shift Network is ready for that just yet. However, I will keep on repeating my message!!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The last thing I will say is that when children are encouraged to listen to their own spirit allies, they have the power to transcend the divisions that exist even within shamanism today (core shamanism, Western shamanism, various schools of thought). All existing cultures (including those of Europe) were preceded by earlier shamanic cultures. Shamanism is our birth right!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If this work calls you and you are looking for practical ideas and sessions plans to help you get started – please read my book!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This interview was part of the Shamanism Global Summit a free online event helping you discover ancient shamanic\u00a0practices\u00a0from diverse traditions to apply to your daily life and our world! For more information, please visit\u00a0http:\/\/shamanismsummit.com<\/a>.<\/i>\u00a0This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network<\/a>. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Imelda Almqvist,\u00a029 July 2017<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Imelda Almqvist<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0is the author of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Natural Born Shamans: A Spiritual Toolkit For Life<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span>, (Using shamanism creatively with young people of all ages) published by Moon Books in 2016. She teaches shamanism and sacred art internationally.\u00a0Imelda pioneered a shamanic program for young people called The Time Travellers. This offers safe group space for children and teenagers to develop a viable spiritual toolkit and her first book describes this work and why young people are our greatest spiritual teachers!\u00a0She is currently working on her second book (about sacred art).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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