I was called to the Shamanic path from the spirit realm. I've never met or even talked to a shaman or knew anything about it until several months ago. However, I have completed all trials and was anointed in the spirit realm. It would be nice to meet another practicing shaman. To learn, to connect, to share, and not feel so alone on this path. All I know is from raw internal experience and have yet to study anything, I'm getting there. 😊 I have all three traits. Seer, medicine man, and spirit walking.

Jacob I know you have said before you are not a scholar or historian - but as a professional historian myself, I can tell you that you are doing an amazing job bringing the world and paganism back into the ligbt. Keep doing what you are doing friend - its very important work.

Wounded Healer. Connecting to the Universal Spirit and offering Light and encouragement to others is what my Artist’s Path has come down to. I am an avid outdoorsman and spend time in nature everyday. I don’t practice any specific rituals however I live a disciplined life. My journey has been over 50 years since my teens, 20 years of that time were very emotionally tough which began by following my first Spirit Guide into the desert of the unseen, I came out sober and then was lead by my next Spirit Guide, Jesus. Now at 66, I listen more than I speak. My word for this new year is “CONTENT”, I focus on that throughout my day. As for Shamanism….whatever helps, for myself it is my art that is my expression of my Spirit and few others seem to connect to that, if I wish to help another to heal their soul, I must come to them at a comfortable place for them, be accessible and welcoming. My more bizarre inner self is the mask that others tend to cross the street to avoid interaction with and so I do not show my Shaman-self…..that is for me only.

Thank you so much for pointing out that being a Shaman is way more than drumming and smudging on the internet with a few nice insta pictures. I see so many self initiated shamans these days popping up like mushrooms, people who have no idea what they are talking about really bit who present and sell themselves. In that way shamanism gets viewed very wrongly,being called esoteric - while in truth it is the opposite. I agree 💯 that humanity and the world needs more shamanism and animism again in order to regain balance.

So many seeds are being planted world wide right now. I'm looking forward to seeing them sprout! Regards from Germany

I'm waiting for our own rituals to regain the sense of reckless abandon and joy that doesn't need to pull from anger or "going primal." For me it's less about abandoning our humanity and more about abandoning our fear of judgement or shame. To feel free enough to dance and sing and celebrate Ecstatically in the real sense of the word.

Once the illusion of reality is shattered within you things like shamanism, nature, plant medicine, creativity fill the void. Learning with the understanding that I may never truly know anything. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on shamanism and showing me the beautiful gathering you've allowed me to experience a very small part of through your video.

It is definitely coming back!🙏🌊🌟🦅

I appreciate what you are doing to dispel misconceptions about shamanism, mainly that it is not exclusive to indigenous communities. While in these communities there has been an unbroken tradition while in other parts of the world shamanism has to be rediscovered. What I know is that we do not choose Shamanism, it chooses us. Shamans will not have a common, mainstream or easy life. They will have a unique history that will include supernatural events, and some extreme physical events (NDE's, lightning strikes, ego death, death of beloveds, mysterious illness and other).

I really enjoy your content and I appreciate how you articulate your thoughts. Thank you for your work

The tying wishes to trees .... and this is the same for prayer flags or feathers etc. ... and then music for prayers. Or even smoke from a Pipe or a fire. These tap into natural energies that allow the prayers to move forward or move onward from this realm and through the next. It's like with how paranormal researchers have documented (and I've witnessed personally) how the presence of "ghosts" or spirits can suck the warmth from the air or kill batteries in cameras. These are pulling energy to manifest. It's the same, in my personal opinion and observation. Energies are being tapped to move the prayers from this realm into the spirit so that those prayers get to where they need to go. It's also why I have a bell on the staff I walk with. (And another reason I share is speaking these words help me to own them, and get them straight in my own mind and heart. So hope you don't mind.)

It's about your journey of pain and reaching down within doing some real soulsearching to bring yourself back to good.....and with isolation we become connected to everything

I so agree with you and thank you for spreading this message! I am currently attending shamanic classes and learning how to become a shaman . Not easy. A long road and always learning

so thankful that the youtube algorithm has connected us! I deeply resonate with so much of what you said - you are doing brilliant work here!

Though I am a fully devoted Protestant, I find valuable wisdom in your words and the values of paganism, especially in it's teachings of nature and connection to the natural world. I admire your religion and respect it very much, respect from Nagaland✝️

There are few content creators that I feel enthralled in the content…I feel you were meant to bring people together here. ❤

Thank you Jacob. I am being pulled to a Shamans path. I am not sure yet if I am meant to BE a Shaman...but I want to incorporate many of the practices into my path. Learning about Kai from Heilung, and meeting several Shamans in the last 3 years and then doing a LOT of research has awakened something in me. I'll keep you posted ;) Great video!

The ancestors are calling us back

Just simply beautiful

You showed up in my newsfeed and then checked ur page out and just wow! The 1st video of u selling ur belongings to study religion I was like...my tribe 💫💥💯

It was great to meet you! I hope our paths cross again, and I’m sure they will!

I love this video

Thank you very much Dear Jacob- May your day shines beautifully 🌲🌲🌲- See you at your next video

Very nicely done!

Strength and healing in unity 💯

Shamanism hasn’t left. It took me to realize this once I’ve had my intense life experiences. Shamanism or a shaman finds you when you need it most.

Even though I'm far from being a shaman, I'm sure I'd love the vibe there - a lot of energy converging in that spot. Plus, I've heard that travel in Eastern Europe is way more affordable and you get to see a lot of the same kinds of architecture, historical sites and museums.

This world needs the shamans now more then ever. I respect the diversity of their respective backgrounds and cultures, as i am a finn descendent slowly learning my ancestral faith( ukkonusko ) i am happy to see such beautiful rituals being shared and respected equally and not a contest to see who's faith and practice is better. We NEED the shamans to guide us once again in these strange times. Thank you for this beautiful video you have produced 😊

For me, I carry a sacred Pipe that came to me. Since it did so, it has led me down a path that seeks the similarities between Norse and Albion paths. It has me curious what the peoples were like back before the land bridge (or Doggerland) between England and Europe sank into the North Sea. With Scandinavia, I've always found the Sami fascinating and wish we knew more about what the first peoples of the British Isles would have been like. Now back to the video ... as excited for this series. Thank you, Jacob, for doing these. Sidenote ... I have "Way of the Shaman" on my desk right now as I've just started it. Have to admit, I've started and stopped reading many times over a long while now as I'm deeply rooted into the foundations of what was originally shared with me those years ago and along the way. When I've had questions or needed to learn this or that, I've found that's when someone new crosses my path with shared wisdom that helps nudge me on the right track. Then when it feels right and I then finally get to a book like this one ... I find its no longer a how to guide but something that helps fill in the gap. Does that make sense? And what you said about being a Shaman might look cool, but in reality .... Well, that's kind of how I'm finding being a Pipe carrier to be. Don't get me wrong, I love what it's asked me to do but ... it quickly showed me how ill prepared I was / am ... How far I've got to go. How much work there is ... How I had to and am having to learn to step outside of myself as your life is no longer really your own. There are days I wish I'd never set foot in that first Full Moon Pipe Circle or asked to learn to pray with a Pipe or they deciding to teach me. In fact, I'd finally let go of all that after a few decades and then this Pipe came to me after I set foot on the Norse path and blew up everything I thought I knew and showed me how much I've got to learn. It's often like being a toddler and being dragged along by your parent when you have to be somewhere in a hurry. BUT ... I've seen remarkable things I can't explain and stand in awe. And this ended up being much longer than I was planning. Apologies. Now back to the video. :)

Living the best life ❤😊

This was just amazing,thank you so much❤❤❤❤

Great video. Thank you for making it.

Thanks a lot sir for your revelation of the world of spirits. I am happy to see you explaining the phinomina of spirits in such an interesting manner. Basically all most all civilizations, I am referring to ancient civilizations and not modern civilization, all civilizations have a mechanism of connecting with spirits. All living creatures like plants, animals, birds, almost all living beings including human beings have spirits. I don't agree to the point that non living beings like stones, machinary, instruments like washing machine, or telephone have life. Contacting and connecting with spirits can be done through various means. One way is through shamanic retuals like making sound or music, singing, dancing and showing respect to trees rivers and such natural forces. This is a formal and traditional method. The other method is looking at our value system. And finding and analysing our value systems. Yes, if we remove all negative values like hatred, jealousy, dishonesty, violence, hurting, harming, then our soul or spirits what so ever name we may give gets cleaned and purified. Once our soul or spirits gets purified it acquires strength or power or capabilities to connect and communicate with other spirits. It also means liberating our spirits from impurities and strengthening of our spirits. This method is needed in our present modern civilization. This method, I think may be most suited for our modern civilization. Thanks for the video.

I'm so grateful for your videos because these discussions are important to be able to shift our paradigm. Thank you!

Thank you so much for sharing Jacob! Amazing work you do!

I have just recently found your channel and have been binge watching....this episode has moved me to tears...thankyou for sharing your discoveries on your journey.

Shamanism exists all over the world & it deals with the opposite of mainstream religions. It's usually offered by those who've had big failures in their life but have conquered their fears & suffering by submitting to spirits. If there is no Shaman from the Amazon, Mongolia or from Africa in this gathering, then you're missing out a lot.

Fantastic video about a fantastic topic! I want full-length documentaries about this topic, this event, and these people.

Glad to see you well friend

Super inspiring video, very grateful for your hard work, thank you

Nice job Jacob!

Thank you for sharing this! Wonderful video! ❤

Thank you.

What an important message. Thank you for making these videos.

I was initiated into witchcraft and shamanism in 1997 by the High Priest of the Wicca clan in Nottingham. My advice is ignore all internet courses in shamanism and as Jacob said quite rightly, training can only be done by a shaman. But remote viewing can be taught and learned from anywhere.

Thank you so much for this episode Jacob!! Wow…❤ I am an unlabeled healer …~✨

An excellent video. A great message, Jacob!

You're right about doctor medicine not working .

Brilliant episode Jacob, thank you for uploading. I only wish we had such festivals in the UK. To hear directly from different traditions and their perspectives on shamanism and life in general must have been fascinating.

Thank you Jacob for another excellent video

thank you Jacob, for sharing your insights & overall explanations of the various ways of walking a Shamanic Spiritual path. I’ve been following Shamanism since the 90s & it has helped me, my family & community shift into a higher awareness of living & connecting. Also, the fact you were in Estonia, a place that’s close to my heart, really resonated so deeply with me bc it’s where I was gifted with an Elks tooth, one of my 1st power animal medicines. What part of Estonia were you in?

Love the video man! Couldn’t agree more.

I love everything about this video but possibly my favourite part is you pronouncing "sauna" correctly, always a delight to hear! I hope to someday take part in this festival, it seems very welcoming and like one I'd feel at home at. Thank you for sharing your experiences!

Awesome video! I hope there are many more shamans in this world when I leave than when I arrived. The ring of people danicing through the coals looked powerful.

No more understanding iyah, we inner stand !!

Thank you for this video. Blessings to all 💜💜☮️

This looks like so much fun! What beautiful Lammas vibes with the grass and sunset too

Great video! It is clear by the tone and cadence of your speech that you are in a good spot. Clearly that was a moving event. Very cool.

I wholeheartedly agree with what you are saying. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful experience

God bless you love this vid! the info help affirm my omnist beliefs, thank you

I absolutely love your channel. You do an amazing job of research to give us the most accurate info on Paganism. Thanks!

I agree you are very smart and from the heart. Thanks I will follow you. Kool

Absolutely beautiful, we definitely need more of this in the world.

I'd love to see a video that compares the similarities and differences between shamans and druids. Some people I've met in the world don't know the difference at all and it's difficult to explain sometimes.

Thank you! You have no idea how important this video was to me! Keep spreading shamanic wisdom everywhere 🤗

Great video, ❤

💚☯️ Interesting journey for you to take part in, for lifes purpose. ☯️💚

Thank you for making this channel! I loved this video 👏 I live in Latvia ( it is next to Estonia) and I didn't know that there is this kind of festival! Maybe see you there next time 🙋🏼‍♀️ Or in Latvia - you should come here as well ❤ 🇱🇻

Thank you for such a beauuuuuuutiful video and great memories

How great!

I just found your videos and am enjoying them. Would you do a video on what you mean when you say "spirit."

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 bravo to the connection

Shamanism is the way people will see the light 🙏🏼

interesting video

Interesting to find this today. I was looking at some stuff that alleged the civilization before younger dryas, was shamanistic in nature.

Wonderful and informative video. I am currently studying shamanic healing. I heard you say here in "Estonia". But where exactly? And will this retreat be happening again? I'd like to attend. Thanks 🌻

Please do a video on Veleda

Welcome to the Shaman Path.

Question ... What is the wheel made of stones at timestamp 19:31? It looks like a medicine wheel, but has more divisions and sections within. Kind of reminds me of the wheel of the year, but ... more than that. Deliberate placement of standing stones along the outside as well as the poles / flags .... Isa it the wheel of the year?

I would love to be with you 😊 Blessed by

Hello Jacob! i'm a little confused with shamanism and the "völvas" or the "runic masters", i don't understand the differences or if they are the same but in different periods of time. Could you make a video where you explain all this?

❤ Are there any more shaman events like this coming up soon, if so, where ?

Thank you. I am a shamanistic practitioner, but don't consider myself a shaman.

In Africa to become a healer Sangoma is a calling from the Spirits not your choice. the initiation ritual is hectic ,physical death by drowning laying with a goat etc. if you have been called you must listen. Blessed be you

People find similar solutions in their lives, I practice historical technology re-creation as a hobby examples are Bull-roarers found in the archeological records on every continent humanity lives on, willow baskets from different cultures separated widely in time and distance that take an expert to find the differences. I really struggle with many accusations of "cultural appropriation" I hear about for that reason. (I need to research how many peoples independently developed archery). However I do see cultural appropriation happen, but the examples I think are rarely get called out. I'm trying to research pre-Christian European sauna rituals but finding very little. I've attended several different native American tradition ceremonies but those aren't my path.

When the Spirits choose you take up your calling serve your peaple.

the origin of sauna is somewhat a mystery.. the linquistics say the word means a place under snow, while in the volga region it was more of a sandy / underground pit that was heated up.. i´ve also read it was a hut made out of willow branches (all of which says earth to me, very similar to the native american huts, originally not stationary but build for a specific occasion, even the stones were hand picked carefully here). i have so much knowledge of saunas, still i don´t know the origin, maybe you´re not supposed to :) i´ve been going anti-spirit because you can just see a beautiful tree, if you love nature that should be enough.. you don´t need to include the invisible realm, you can, but you don´t need to :) it´s like with any tradition, you can have different ways to the same outcome (it´s the traditionalists and those who want to go to the opposite direction). forest teachers and human teachers, which one is older.

From what I saw, it could be a great time. Too bad the audio wasn't working. 😢

Hello I like in Quebec city and do shamanism and would like to go to this festival. What is it called?

You can still preserve nature even if you're not a shaman or shamanist

Where in Estonia does this gathering take place?

Maybe i missed it, but is this a public gathering? What is it called? I would love to come and experience it sometime so soon!

Perhaps the most straightforward way to show the spirit world exists is to point out the existence of our non-material conscious sensations which is something not a part of physics. Then consider that it must also have an evolutionary purpose otherwise out material brains would not have connected to it. This implies we get some sort of survival inputs from consciousness (spirit world).

Estonians like very simple close to nature life,Iam not surprised it happened there

What about us!!!!????? Up here in the Arctic???

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Im a muslim(by choice) , but i find shamanism interesting, my great grandma was a native brazilian, true pureblood native, she knew how to heal every sickness using plants in her Garden, she knew wich forest spirits were agressive and wich ones would help us, she also had a copy of saint ciprianus book(witchcraft, not some espiritual/emotional thing like wicca, like, real witchcraft, she once became a log, it scared me shitless), she was probably one of the few people who still knew how to worship the brazilian thunder god Tupã, if i weren't a muslim, id probably follow her footsteps, sadly she is now dead by 15 years, even if i wanted to, i can't ask her to teach me. Just for you to know how messed up that book is, it cant be burned, torn or cut, my uncle burried that somewhere in the rainforest and i honestly hope noone ever gets to it, there are demons inside of it.

Im a spirtual christian a real one and have alot of shamanic beliefs its complicated

What do they say about current situation , deforestation and not respecting sacred sites of indigenous people ? We’re they conversation around those topics ?

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