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Shamanic Journey with the Drum — Free for Anyone Ready to Begin
Before You Begin
Pick Your Starting Point
Every journey to the Lower World begins from the same place — a location you return to each time, so your spirit mind learns the path. Choose carefully, and choose once.
Choose a place in nature — somewhere real, that you've visited in physical, flesh reality.
Choose a place that invites a downward feeling — a cave, spring, lake, or the hollow of a tree — something that can serve as an opening to the Lower World.
This becomes your starting point. You'll leave from this same place every time you journey to the Lower World.
There's no need to overthink this — your spirit mind will recognize the right place when you find it.
Your First Journey
When the Drumming Starts
- Lie down in a comfortable place where you won't be disturbed.
- Cover your eyes with an eye pillow.
- Use your intent to move with your spirit mind to your starting point.
- Begin your descent to the Lower World by looking for a tunnel or tube leading down from your starting point.
- If the path splits, always take the path leading down.
- Continue to the end of the tunnel and exit outdoors — once you exit, you are in the Lower World.
In the Lower World
During Your Shamanic Journey
The tunnel is your energetic and psychic protection as you travel through the Middle World — a guideline that keeps you from getting lost or sidetracked along the way.
Once you exit the tunnel, confirm that you are in the Lower World before proceeding. Simply ask: "Am I in the Lower World?"
If the answer is yes, proceed with the intention of your journey. If the answer is no, ask to be taken or guided to the Lower World, and continue until you receive confirmation.
The intention of your first journey is to meet your power animal and receive healing. The more focused your intent, the easier it will be to journey.
If you lose focus, get lost, or feel confused during your journey, simply return to the last place you remember clearly and restate your intent. You are learning to command your dreaming — it is a practice, and your ability to do this will develop over time. Be kind to yourself.
Coming Back
Returning From Your Journey
After your shamanic journey, always return fully to physical, flesh reality. It is essential that we learn to walk in both the world of flesh and the world of spirit — this is how we train ourselves to shift gracefully, at will, between physical reality and the Dreamtime. We do not want to limit ourselves to one or the other; we are learning to command our dreaming, to gain true freedom.
- When you hear the call-back signal on the drum, finish what you're doing in your journey and begin your return to your physical body.
- Return by reversing the path you traveled, recollecting the events of your journey along the way.
- Once back in the Middle World at your starting point, return to your body here and now, and ground fully back into flesh reality.
After Your Journey
Record Your Experience
Keep a journal reserved exclusively for your Shamanic Spirit Medicine practice. Write down your exact experiences — not your interpretations.
If you have an interpretation or a question about what you experienced, mark it clearly as your own interpretation or question. You can journey again later to answer that question, or to check whether your interpretation was correct.
One More Thing
Everyone Receives Information Differently
Sight, sound, feeling, and knowing are all valid ways of receiving information in the spirit world. Embrace whichever form comes most naturally to you.
Visual isn't "more real"
Just because someone is more visual when they journey doesn't mean their experience is more authentic, their healing deeper, or that they're more skilled.
Why visual feels validating
As a predominantly visual species, visual experiences can feel easier to accept at first — but that doesn't make them better in any way.
When you develop confidence in your own unique way of communicating with the spirit world, you'll achieve a dramatic sense of grounding and self-trust.
Ready to Go Deeper?
If this introduction resonated, there's more waiting for you — from a free 90-minute training to a full guided course in shamanic journeying.