Dan Waller.

Photographer, Blogger & Shaman.

Tag: shaman

  • Battling a Djinn (Part 4: The Battle)

    Battling a Djinn (Part 4: The Battle)

    In Part 1 of this 5-part series, I discussed the history of the Djinn. Part 2, related a bit about about demons (the Shayāṭīn), why Djinn fear wolves and the ancient Egyptian god, Set. In Part 3, I talked about my first encounter with a Djinn in the desert. Now, in Part 4, I’ll tell…

  • Death For Newbies: Part 1

    Death For Newbies: Part 1

    I am going to be resting my Newbies series for a while, although please do feel free to email me any suggestions for future articles, which you would like to read, as I want to publish a few articles about my experiences in Egypt and my subsequent research. This being the case, it seems appropriate…

  • Mesas for Newbies

    Mesas for Newbies

    In this week’s blog, I will be taking a closer look at Mesas and how shamans use their bundle of healing stones in their ceremonies and their healing work. What is a ‘Mesa’? The word means table or altar. In shamanic terminology, the Mesa is like a portable altar. What does a Mesa consist of?…

  • Upper World Guardians for Newbies: 2 of 2

    Upper World Guardians for Newbies: 2 of 2

    Upper World GUardians – how they can help us in our everyday life.

  • Audible Review: The Shaman in Stilettos

    Audible Review: The Shaman in Stilettos

    In this week’s Audible Review, I will be discussing Anna Hunt’s novel, The Shaman in Stilettos, the true tale of how a modern woman falls for a charismatic shaman in Peru. The Shaman in Stilettos You have to give it to Anna Hunt – it’s a cracking title. In fact, I first heard about this…

  • Book Launch – Journeying Through The Munay-Ki

    Book Launch – Journeying Through The Munay-Ki

    Details of the launch of my new book, Journeying Through The Munay-Ki

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Solar Practices

    These are the instructions on how to perform some of the Incan ‘solar practices’, as taught by the great shaman and chacaruna, Jorge Luis Delgado, on the ‘Inca Cosmovision’ experience in Denmark (see my previous blog, link is here: ‘Inca Cosmovision, Denmark’). I have adapted these processes from Jorge Luis’ own notes and I thank…