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The Psychology of The Shaman (Inner Journey)

Eternalised

CHAPTER

The Tree of Life

In Norse mythology, this mighty sacred tree is known as ictrasil and is at the center of the cosmos. When the tree trembles, it signals the arrival of Ragnarok, the destruction of the universe. The shamans did not create the cosmology, mythology or theology of their respective tribes. They only interiorized it, experienced it and used it as the itinerary for their ecstatic journeys. Through the body of the cosmic tree, life and death are joined. It is this tree with its life giving waters, that binds all the realms together.

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