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THE SHAMANIC WORLDS

The Teaching and Healing Power of the Realms of Sea, Land, Sky and Fire

Start date: August 2025

This course is a chance to learn:

  • to pay attention to enviroments that turn up in the journeys, not just Animals, Plants and Stones
  • about the Realms of Sea, Land, Sky and Fire and their connection to the 4 elements (Water, Earth, Sea, Air)
  • meet and experience environments as conscious beings, learning to meet and work with the Oversouls of beings such as Mountain, Forest, Grassland, Wind, and even the Waves in the Sea. 

Even if you are already familiar with Lower-World work, you will find much new material and deeper insights in this course.

£150 for the course
Or just £165 bundled with 6 live sessions

The Live Shamanic Journeying Sessions are now open to all students with an account, not just those in the Embodied Shamanism course, so they are sold separately. You can either buy just the course for £150, or add 6 Live Sessions for just £15 more (a saving of £15 off the Live Sessions price if bought separately). Details of the Live Sessions are here.

IN THIS COURSE:

Video: UNPACKING YOUR JOURNEY

MORE ON UNPACKING YOUR SHAMANIC JOURNEYS

Shamanic reality is as strange as quantum reality (in some ways, it is quantum reality). To be able to perceive it, we fashion it into metaphors and symbols that we can relate to. So what we experience in shamanic journeying is mythologically, not literally, factually true. So we need to spend time interpreting it, making sense of it.

Video: THE JOURNEY TO WAVES AS A METAPHOR FOR LIVING YOUR LIFE

THE REALM OF SEA, LAND, SKY AND FIRE 
  • Delve deeper into the teaching and healing power of the Realms of Sea, Land, Sky and Fire. 
  • Learn to meet and work with the Oversouls of beings such as Coral Reefs, Mountain, Waterfall, Wind and even Waves in the Sea;
  • Explore different Animals, Plants and Stones of different environments

Video: THE HEALING POWER OF FIRE

THE HEALING POWER OF THE REALMS
  • SEA: explore the relationship between Sea, the Mother Archetype, and healing grief and attachment wounds; 
  • LAND: explore the relationship between Land,place in the world, and the Father Archetype;
  • AIR: explore the relationship between Air, Spirit, and the role of Bird Medicine in shamanism; 
  • FIRE: explore the relationship between Fire as transformation, the Hero’s/Heroine’s journey and making the darkness conscious. 

Video: ENVIRONMENTS AS SENTIENT, CONSCIOUS BEINGS

GETTING BACK INTO THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP 
  • As modern humans we are very disconnected from the environment we live in. We experience it as human going into nature, entering it, like it’s something separate from us. And we tend to bring that to shamanic journeys too – we are a human experiencing being a waterfall, a human experiencing being panther.
  • This course will shock us out of our human disconnection bubble, and challenge us to be Waterfall, to be Wind, to be Wave. We are a twig on a branch of a much bigger tree of Life and we need to learn to start living as an interconnected being again, as part of Nature. Environments are sentient, conscious beings we can have a conversation with if we are willing to listen.

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DETAILS

The course starts on SUNDAY 3RD AUGUST 2025 and consists of:

6 pre-recorded theory modules. Each module contains a video presentation of between 1 and 3 hours in length, with accompanying learning resources. They will be released at weekly intervals, on August 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st and September 7th.

• As usual, a website forum and an (optional) Signal group, where students can ask questions, discuss topics, share experiences and additional resources, and get support, encouragement, and a sense of community.

Bonus recordings if and when needed. 

In addition, there is the option of adding: 

6 live shamanic journeying sessions. On each of the 6 dates above, there will also be a Live Shamanic Journeying session. These are optional, so you can buy the course without these (for £150), or add all 6 live sessions for just £15 more (a saving of 50% on the usual Live Sessions price). Whilst the Live Sessions are optional, people who attend them usually find them of great benefit. The Live Sessions start at 2pm UK time and are two hours long. Recordings of these will only be available to those who have signed up for them. Click here for more details of our Live Shamanic Journeying sessions.

Self-Paced Study

The course last ran as a time-limited ‘live’ course, in November 2024. Due to popular demand, we are now offering it as a self-paced course, with no specific dates, allowing you to study in your own time and at your own pace.

The course consists of six pre-recorded theory modules. These are all ‘unlocked’ and available immediately to you as soon as you register for the course. Together, the modules are around 14 hours of teaching. 

The course comes with accompanying handouts, journey suggestions, and other resources.

The course also has an accompanying website forum and an (optional) Signal discussion group. Through these, if you wish, you can ask questions and get answers, discuss topics, share experiences and additional resources, and get support, encouragement and a sense of community to help you with your study. 

THE CURRICULUM

Module 1Overview. How to get over ourselves and really meet the other-than-human. The Animal People – like humans, but with important differences too!

Module 2The Plant People – a very different kind of consciousness.

Module 3The Standing People (Trees). Great teachers of animist spirituality.

Module 4The Stone People. Not just crystals and rocks, but the Sea, the Wind, Mountains, and even the chemical elements.

Module 5The Fungi People in shamanism. Also, some discussion about the Smalls or Small People (micro-organisms, including viruses and bacteria) from an animist perspective. 

Module 6: What all the above teaches us about how to be Human, our nature, and how to live in right-relationship with the other-than-humans. 

OVERVIEW & THE ANIMAL PEOPLE

How to get over ourselves and really meet the other-than-human. The Animal People – like humans, but with important differences too! We are Human and we are also Animal. Knowing what Animal is like and how it differs from Plant and Stone helps us to know what to step away from, and what we need to step into, when it comes to understanding and working with the non-Animal Peoples. Animal People are dynamic, driven, and highly social beings. Unlike plants, animals must actively seek out food, which creates a predator-prey dynamic at the heart of their existence. They are expressive, forming deep bonds, communicating through complex language and behaviours, and displaying a wide range of emotions—from fear and rage to joy and affection. Their restlessness and need to adapt make them curious, inventive, and ever-moving, shaping the energetic, busy nature they bring into shamanic journeys.

Module 2: The Plant People – a very different kind of consciousness.
Module 3: The Standing People (Trees). Great teachers of animist spirituality.
Module 4: The Stone People. Not just crystals and rocks, but the Sea, the Wind, Mountains, and even the chemical elements.
Module 5: The Fungi People in shamanism. Also, some discussion about the Smalls or Small People (micro-organisms, including viruses and bacteria) from an animist perspective. 
Module 6: What all the above teaches us about how to be Human, our nature, and how to live in right-relationship with the other-than-humans. 

Working with AIR

Aligned with the East, Air symbolizes inspiration and the breath of life. It encourages individuals to embrace change.

We will look at:

  • Characteristics of Air
  • How unbalanced Air influences our personality
  • Challenging emotion: anxiety and being afraid of choosing
  • Air transformation practices: sky burial and being defleshed by birds
  • Birds shamanism
  • Air dragons
working with fire

Fire element is your source of personal power, pushing you to set boundaries, speak up, and stay true to yourself. It’s the energy that fuels your enthusiasm, giving you the confidence to tackle challenges, find joy and approach life with optimism.

We will explore:

  • Characteristics of Fire
  • How imbalanced Fire influences our personality
  • Challenging emotion: anger and depression
  • Issues around personal power & healthy personal boundaries
  • Fire transformation practices: burning
  • Phoenix and Fire Dragons
working with water

Aligned with the West, Water symbolizes emotional depth and the fluidity of life. As Fire burns out, Water encourages perseverance and reflection and helps us keep going.

We will explore:

  • Characteristics of Water
  • How imbalanced Water influences our personality
  • Challenges: resentment, stagnant processes and unresolved grief
  • Water transformation practices: Dissolvings
  • Sea shamanism
  • Water Dragons
working with earth

Aligned with the North, Earth symbolizes realism, practicality, and grounding. It encourages us to embody a sense of belonging and safety.

We will explore:

  • Characteristics of Earth
  • How imbalanced Earth influences our personality
  • Challenging emotion: fear
  • Earth transformation practices: burials
  • Tree shamanism
  • Earth Dragons
deepen your connection with the Lower-World

In Module 6, we will delve into various techniques to deepen our connection with the Lower-World.

We will explore:

  • Advanced Hollowing-Out techniques
  • The Witness part of us
  • Going beyond language – working with other senses and the body
  • Focusing technique

HOW DOES IT WORK?

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PRE-RECORDED ONLINE TRAINING & LIVE SESSIONS
  • Pre-Recorded Online Sessions With Founder of Therapeutic Shamanism, Paul Francis.
  • Option to add Live Shamanic Journeying Sessions
  • Study in the Comfort of Your Own Home.
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SUPPORT BETWEEN SESSIONS
  • Detailed Course Notes.
  • Video Recording of Every Class.
  • Submit Your Questions for the Next Session and Discuss with Peers.
  • Website forum discussion group & optional Signal group.
  • Learn at Your Own Pace.
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YOUR SHAMANIC TRIBE AND COMMUNITY
  • Meet Like-Minded People.
  • Connect Between Sessions on Website Forum and (optional Signal group).
  • Deepen the Connection in Break-Out Rooms During Live Sessions.

WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY?

JOIN US!

To attend the Shamanic Worlds, you need to have completed one of the college’s online First Steps courses.

Payment by instalments. We are committed to keeping our courses as affordable as we can, and this course is way cheaper than almost any comparable one. However, please remember that (depending on what country you are from) PayPal offers the option of spreading the payment over 3 monthly instalments. There is no fee at all for this, nor any interest incurred.

£150 for the course
Or just £165 bundled with 6 live sessions

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