I was at the Gathering of the Shamans 2019.

My apprenticeship group had just finished an initiatory weekend and a handful of us headed to Sedona to assist our teacher. I had also been recruited to assist the event coordinator of the Gathering. 

As we rounded up the assistants and gave them their rundown of the weekend, one stood out and my lightning assessment had me knowing, like my “knowing's” in the gym...I was assessing another high-performance athlete. 

Just like any elite athlete that ...

Our shamanic group had just finished a wonderful lunch, as we were enjoying some down time before our next session, I hear glass shattering outside behind me. 

I turn and witness a large Rubbermaid container full of glass shards being poured into a bed that looks approx. six feet by three feet wide and 8 inches deep.

My body shivers, “What the flying fuck!”  was all that I could manage to get out of my throat.

Further scanning reveals a water bowl and sacred objects, leading me to believe we...