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title: "What is a sky-religion?"
description: "The vertical, hierarchical reordering of the sacred that the Fall installed, governed by the spell 'up is good, down is bad': transcend the body, escape matter, purify upward. The conditioning Therapeutic Shamanism works to undo. ## Where does this come…"
url: "https://www.therapeutic-shamanism.co.uk/wiki/what-is-a-sky-religion/"
updated: "2026-11-10"
category: Glossary
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# What is a sky-religion?

The vertical, hierarchical reordering of the sacred that the Fall installed, governed by the spell 'up is good, down is bad': transcend the body, escape matter, purify upward. The conditioning Therapeutic Shamanism works to undo.

## Where does this come up in the wiki?

These answers say more about it:

- [Is Therapeutic Shamanism a religion or belief system?](/wiki/is-therapeutic-shamanism-a-religion-or-belief-system/)
- [What is spiritual bypassing and how can psychotherapy help prevent it?](/wiki/what-is-spiritual-bypassing-and-how-can-psychotherapy-help-prevent-it/)
- [What are the three shamanic realms?](/wiki/what-are-the-three-shamanic-realms/)
- [What is the Upper-World?](/wiki/what-is-the-upper-world/)
- [What is the Fall?](/wiki/what-is-the-fall/)
- [How does animism understand power and hierarchy?](/wiki/how-does-animism-understand-power-and-hierarchy/)
- [How do values help us live an ethical animist life?](/wiki/how-do-values-help-us-live-an-ethical-animist-life/)

## Where can I find the other terms?

Every term used across the wiki has a short definition in the [glossary, A to Z](/wiki-glossary/#sky-religion).