E05: TOTEM POLE (TREE OF LIFE) - SHAMANISM, CHAKRAS AND THE HUMAN BODY with Paul Francis

The Three Ravens Podcast | Therapeutic Shamanism, Animism, and Psychotherapy

Welcome to episode 5 of the Three Ravens Sessions on animism, shamanic journeying and therapeutic shamanism. In this episode, we're gonna talk about the tree of life, sometimes also called the totem pole and how it can help us connect with our shamanic practice in a more embodied way.
ABOUT THE TREE OF LIFE (OR TOTEM POLE)
00:28 The tree of life and its means in shamanism and animism
2:37 Is Tree of Life the same as the Totem Pole?
3:35 Why Tree of Life we teach at college is universal and not from any particular lineage
6:39 Paul and his first encounters with the Tree of Life?
CHAKRAS
10:32 What are chakras?
11:51 The exploration of each chakra and how does that contribute to building our personal inner Totem Pole
TOTEM POLE COURSE
16:07 Benefits people get from Totem Pole course - making the shamanic practice more embodied
18:20 Part of the chakra system involves the element system of ether air, fire, water and earth. This is also covered in another course - the medicine wheel - for people who have done that course already - is it worth doing the tree of life as well?
19:47 Do students need any prior knowledge of the chakra system to do the course?
20:40 Are there any other courses students need to have done before doing the three of life?
21:41 What if students can't make the live sessions? Will recordings of the session be available?

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