What is therioshamanism?
Therioshamanism (the blog, anyway) started out as my attempt to formalize the shamanic elements of the neopagan path I’ve been walking since the 1990s. After a year’s hiatus from spirituality in general, I’m finally finding my way again, though it doesn’t look exactly like what I had been creating before. With each incarnation of therioshamanism, my spirituality becomes more and more integrated into, and affected by, other areas of my life. I’ve always been of the opinion that spirituality is no good if it’s sequestered away from the rest of one’s life. However, a lot of what would qualify as “spirituality” for me looks suspiciously like other things–artwork, cooking, outdoor activities, even my professional life. If you read through this blog, you can basically see my evolution over the past few years. The beginning is pretty naive and awkward, the later bits only slightly less so. But it’s a good record of where I’ve been, and also a good reminder that even those of us who have been
