It was bees that inspired me to become interested in the spirit world and the practice of shamanism. I then met several guides, influences and traditions, which little by little enlightened my path.
Here are a few words about my journey, going back in time.
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My current practice is built around different traditions and encounters. My recent influences are linked to the Hawaiian tradition, sometimes called Huna, which speaks to me a lot. It is very close to daily life, while providing access to the world of spirits with very strong tools, rituals and symbolism. She considers that our relationship with the world is supposed to be enchanted, in permanent connection with the spirits all around us, while our modern and mental world tends to distance us from it. This Hawaiian tradition has origins that go back to the Siberian tradition, the mother of all traditions, which also influenced North and then South American traditions. There are many common points between these various influences, to which I also add that of ancient Greece, which I really enjoy exploring. Meetings with other shamanic practitioners are also a source of wonder and enrichment for me.
My shamanic journeys are made in the company of my drum (Lakota tradition), my ipu (Hawaiian instrument) or in my dreams which occupy an important place in my practice. The goal is always to be in contact with the spirits, the true bearers of messages and shamanic action.
And, to say a few words about my life “before”, I was born here because I wanted to be in this world. Because I like him (maybe that’s why I was born a Taurus). I had to hang on so that it worked and my trip didn't end too quickly. Serious illness just after my birth, then a few accidents that almost made me leave.
Quite young, between 5 and 10 years old, I realized that the spiritual dimension that surrounded me was the dogmatic Catholic religion structured around a very hierarchical earthly power. So I rejected it altogether and became an atheist, then an agnostic, developing a taste for the rational world, to the extreme.
But along the way, this absence of faith, or this faith in absence, was repeatedly tested by events that defied logic. Each time, I chose a rational explanation, or just acceptance of the unknown, or the unknowable, while seeing that certain windows were trying to open. Until I met the bees.
I retain a taste for the scientific vision, which has given me a lot. I now see it as belonging to the logic of ordinary reality, entirely relevant in this world, but not made to explore other realities, beyond the limits of the world of ordinary reality.
Finally, in terms of encounters, I end with the one of primary importance, my life companion Eileen, oracle and spiritual master whose path I was lucky enough to cross, and who allowed me to glimpse beyond the veil .
Before that, a few years ago, my entry into the shamanic world was a little more “academic”, through the FSS (Foundation of Shamanic Studies), founded by Michael Harner, of which I followed practically all the courses. training. It is an approach that gives an interesting basis to the apprentice shaman, drawing from various traditions with the idea of recreating a tradition that we have lost.
It was the bees that led me on the path of shamanism. Practicing beekeeping for over 15 years now, a change led me to change my relationship with bees in an important way. There was an unusual encounter with them. A kind of strange dialogue was established and I wanted to know more. This is what brought me to shamanism. Today, I still work with the spirits of bees, but not only that, while continuing a classic beekeeping practice at the same time (link to the “beekeeping” site of our apiary). Many other spirits come to share guidance, support and messages.
