The Shamans: A Short Story

“See, I told you. Look how fast they’re walking now, and to them it seems like we’re following them,” Jamal exclaimed with an angered look on his face.

“Shoteka! We can not go around starting fights with the Choctaw boys. Who knows what will happen!” She scolded me. I put my hands up defensively.

“No Sir, I’m sure it's them wolfs again” he said worried, while the chief looked at me with hate.

I stepped forward and looked at the creature. “But what exactly are you? You appear so much against nature, that we can’t figure out why you are attacking us.”

“How did you know where the meeting would be?” she asked after getting her thoughts together. “Did the Alliance contact you while I was gone

“So yeah, some people may have been approached to discuss the plan -it wasn’t us.”

“Who’s they?” he wanted to know. “Who, specifically, do you think is trying to murder you?”

“Boss, you’ve never told me what we need to do. All you have implied is that this is dangerous, and if anyone sees us they will certainly shoot us. Would you tell me what we are here for?”, Deen asked.

Many different forms of medicine are currently practiced in the world. In fact, as our text states, “in all cultures, some people have become recognized as having special abilities to treat and diagnose health problems.” (Miller 107) Without argument, phytomedicinal and supernatural healers are two forms of medical treatment that have been around for longer than any other, regardless of culture. It has been estimated that shamanism has been practiced for over ten thousand years (Tyson 3). Native American and Celtic healers are often known as shamans.

In the book “Spirit Healing Native American Magic & Medicine” by Mary Dean Atwood she claims how ritual helps all the negativity get blocked out. “Ritual quiets the mind, making it accessible for spiritual acts, and a quiet mind blocks out negativity and wasted energy. Spiritual songs and prayers give power to the person performing them” (Pg. 114). Helping people overpower their negative thought to live a natural healthy live and a live with no stress.to be in harmony with themselves and be incapable to feel happy of themselves. Instead of buying stress reliving pills that have multitude effects. Jessica talks about how stress is a key factor. “Stress in an important cause of many health problems and it considerably weakens the immune system.

In the native religion everyone in the family has a job to do, in the book it says “Each member of the family always has a duty to perform. Like visiting neighbors, for instance, spending time talking to them in any free moments.” In the native religion young girls don’t hang out with adult women and young girls don’t hang out with young boys. In the book it’s says “ We’re taught, for example, not to mix with girls of twenty-two if we’re only twelve, because they are adults and won’t understand what we’re talking about.” and “ Boys and girls have fun in almost the same ways. Mind you, our parents don’t allow us to mix with groups of boys”.

Feeling the heat on my skin, I sat there staring at the fire. I watched as all the women in my village worked together to cook dinner. Hearing the laughter and conversations between everyone is what I loved. Looking out at the moon and listening to the sounds of the Everglades. I was pulled away from my thoughts when I heard my grandmother’s scream. We all looked over and saw her running towards us in a panic. She tried to tell us what happened, but all I heard was “It looked at me.” The men in our village had just returned and were quick to get their guns. So frightened, I ran to my chickee hut to get my older sister, but I stopped in my tracks. Right in my path was the large beast and looking at me.

support, providing cures to illnesses not only using herbs, but also via the spirit world. They would

The Shamans have a very powerful believe in creation. It is very important as a religious director to protect the earth. Shaman’s personal has a very important role in getting his flock closer to the creator. Their role is just like a pastor at the church, the pastor takes care of his people by gathering them around and making them feel comfortable. In my opinion, all the religious specialists have a big role in helping their communities in reaching a stable and a spiritual life. Shaman is no difference than other directors, the gathering that they do during hunting is their spiritual ritual.

Indigenous religions can be found all over the globe; the word indigenous means “pertaining to a particular area” therefor indigenous religions are those native to a specific geographic area. Indigenous religions and their polytheistic traditions and beliefs have been passed down since the pre-historic age. These religions are also animistic meaning they believe that all animals have souls. It is difficult to study these religions because they are threatened by globalization and the homogenization of cultures. They also suffer from loss of traditional lands, dropping numbers of people who speak their traditional language (which means fewer leaders able to lead rituals and transmit sacred knowledge to new generations), missionaries attempting