2°
International Conference
"SHAMANIC HEALING"

The 2° International Meeting "SHAMANIC HEALING" was a real success. The offer of the workshops  was wide and the numerous partecipants had the possibility to encounter many cultures: from  Africa, represented by Papa Elie Hen, to Mexico, with Brant Secunda, from Siberia, with Ai-Tchourek Ojun and Vera Sazina, to Nepal,with Indrabahadur Newari and Bhola Banstola. All partecipants got deeply involved in the various seminaries, they enjoyed a living and true experience, rather than a purely theoretical and intellectual one.
 Ai-Tchourek Ojun and Vera Sazina, shamans from Tuva, led us to experience the power of some traditional methods of purification and they taught  us how to sing purification songs, after drinking sacred milk.
Indrabahadur Newari and Bhola Banstola, accompanied with the rhythm of the drum, led us to discover our inner guide and performed the Karga Puja, an ancient shamanic ritual, in order to eliminate the obstacles that can block our spiritual evolution.
Brant Secunda told us of Grandfather Fire and of His great purification power and introduced us to the Deer Dance. We have all sung, drummed, shook the rattles and stamped our blissfull dance into Mother Earth.
Papa Elie Hien reminded us how to keep in touch with our Ancestors, because only being tied to them we can find a connection with God and our own Spirit and be whole again.
The last ritual in honour of the Ancestors was led by Papa Elie the Hien, the elder, together with all the other shamans, according to the ancient  tradition of Burkhina Faso, his country of origin. At the end all participants  were blessed with Sacred water, as a wishfulfilling thought for prosperity and well-being for the year 2000.
Once again, what strikes us more, at the end of these intense and extraordinary three days, is the extraordinary semplicity, humility and harmony that the shamans emanate and transmit  to everybody as if for osmosis.
Their message, for everybody, is that we must meditate on the necessity to keep in touch with our origins, our Ancestors and to engage ourself to respect the Earth as Our Mother.