MISSION STATEMENT

We are an alliance of people deeply committed to the re-emergence of shamanic practices that promote healthy individuals and viable communities.

VISION STATEMENT

To keep up with the changing times, the Society of Shamanic Practitioners:

• Creates an alliance of diverse shamanic practitioners, which functions as a circle of peers
• Gathers and disseminates knowledge about shamanic practice
• Promotes the importance of personal responsibility in doing the inner work necessary to live and practice with integrity
• Focuses resources and shamanic energies to bring healing and unity to the world
• Provides a forum for sharing ideas about integrating shamanic practice into contemporary society, clinical practice, institutions, and efforts to heal the earth
• Encourages a dynamic exchange around how people use spiritual practice in their personal daily lives and how we bring shamanic practices into our professions
• Creates grass roots communities that support each other
• Supports education through conferences, regional gatherings and small focused retreats
• Maintains a repository of stories and clinical case studies of successful shamanic interventions
• Facilitates research evaluating the outcomes of shamanic healing