Dan Waller.

Photographer, Blogger & Shaman.

Category: Shaman Blog

  • Munay-Ki for Newbies – Part Two

    Munay-Ki for Newbies – Part Two

    Following “Munay-ki for Newbies – Part One”, this is the ninth in my weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology of shamanism in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. Last week I discussed the Foundation Rites and this…

  • Munay-Ki for Newbies – Part One

    Munay-Ki for Newbies – Part One

    This is the eighth in my weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology of shamanism, in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. This blog post is about the first four shamanic initiations, known as the Foundation Rites, of…

  • Cacao For Newbies

    Cacao For Newbies

    This is the seventh in my weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology of shamanism in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. This one is about the sacred plant medicine, Cacao. I enjoyed reading about Ayahuasca in your…

  • Ayahuasca For Newbies – Part Two

    Ayahuasca For Newbies – Part Two

    This is the sixth in my new weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology of shamanism in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. This one is about the sacred plant medicine, Ayahuasca. I’ve split this article into two…

  • Ayahuasca For Newbies – Part One

    Ayahuasca For Newbies – Part One

    This is the fifth in my new weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology of shamanism in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can.    This one is about the sacred plant medicine, Ayahuasca. I’m going to split this…

  • Chakras For Newbies

    Chakras For Newbies

    Apologies for the delay in posting this, which was due to an extraordinary visit I undertook to Egypt (details of this, will be coming soon to this website but, in the meantime, please check out my short film of the trip here!). This is the fourth in my new weekly (every Friday) series of blog…

  • Journeying For Newbies – Part Two

    Journeying For Newbies – Part Two

    This is the third in my new weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology in shamanism in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. Continuing on from last week, I look again at ‘journeying’ and at some other journeys…

  • Journeying For Newbies – Part One

    Journeying For Newbies – Part One

    This is the second in my new weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology in shamanism, in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. This week I look at ‘journeying’. My first shamanic teacher, Simon Buxton, told me that…

  • Shamanism for Newbies

    Shamanism for Newbies

    I thought that I would start a new weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’ to outline the basic practices and terminology of shamanism in as clear and easy to understand prose as I could. I’m going to start with the question my mother regularly asks me… What exactly is a shaman? A…

  • My Mysterious Photographs

    I will continue to update this blog post, whenever I come across a new mysterious photograph in my collection – so, please bear in mind, that some of the photographs below might already be familiar, if you’re a regular visitor to this site…