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Soul Retrieval
The Soul Retrieval ritual is an integral part of Shamanic healing. Through trauma,
illness, or injury a person may lose a piece of that vital life force we call the soul. This
loss is a defense mechanism of the soul. The pain would be even greater if the person
stayed whole during the trauma. In Shamanic belief this part goes into another reality or
the Spirit world, often waiting for the call to come back. In modern psychology this
fragmentation is known as disassociation, there is acceptance and an acknowledgment of
the loss, but there is no effort made to bring the pieces back. The ritual the Shamanic
healer performs to bring these pieces back and restore them to the person is known as
Soul Retrieval.
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A Shamanic Way
Shamanic Healing, Soul Retrieval, Extraction and Cord Cutting
contd
Through the ritual of Soul Retrieval a person will experience a sense of wholeness and
integration of self. Remembering the trauma associated with the original soul loss is not
required in Shamanic healing. Only the reintegration and the honoring of the returning
soul pieces is necessary for the healing process.
The Soul Retrieval process includes a Shamanic journey into non-ordinary reality. The
Shamanic healer journeys and lost soul pieces that want to come back and be helpful
are invited to return home to the person being healed. Upon return to ordinary reality
the Shaman blows the returning soul pieces back into the persons heart and into the top
of their head.
When the ritual is completed the recipients work begins. Integrating, processing and
welcoming back those returned soul pieces facilitates healing into the whole, healthy and
happy person we were created to be.
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