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What is Your Shamanic Aptitude?

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While this simple test is by no means all-inclusive in terms of how I would evaluate your shamanic aptitude, it will nevertheless give you some idea of your innate capacity for successfully doing shamanic work. For a more in-depth analysis of your shamanic aptitude, you can click on the link below, which will take you to several essay questions, with instructions about how to complete them.

Answer the questions below spontaneously, choosing the first answer that feels right to you. Write down your answers.

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  1. The cougar in the picture to the left is:
    1. frightening
    2. part of another reality
    3. part of physical reality
    4. intriguing

  2. When I was a child, I felt "different" from others:
    1. never
    2. always
    3. sometimes
    4. often

  3. I have dreamed:
    1. about domestic animals
    2. about wild animals
    3. about strange landscapes
    4. of elemental forces (floods, fires, earthquakes, winds)

  4. My interactions with the natural world are:
    1. uncomfortable
    2. unusual
    3. comfortable
    4. lively
  1. Stones are:
    1. hard
    2. repositories of history
    3. conscious
    4. storytellers

  2. Trees are:
    1. beautiful
    2. travel routes
    3. energy conduits
    4. energy connectors
  1. The plant world is:
    1. passive
    2. full of knowledge about healing
    3. trusting
    4. quietly powerful

  2. One must be careful when handling feathers because:
    1. they may harbor avian flu virus
    2. they carry the energy of the bird from which they came
    3. they can carry energies from one point to another
    4. they can be used to make "medicine"

To score your quiz results, click here.

If you would like a more in-depth analysis of your shamanic potential, click here to begin.





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