I’ve spent the last two decades making documentaries about ancient medicine traditions and the science behind their effectiveness.
While working on these projects, there are some clear through lines that almost every traditional school of healing shares. Ways of diagnosing and treating illness based on far more than surface symptoms.
An experienced shaman / healer / seer will observe ALL the ways you show up in the world, mapping everything out into the unique constellation that is you. The stars, moons, and planets in this constellation are everything from your posture to your coloring to your mannerisms to the words you use… the habits, proclivities, and cravings you have… your dreams at night… your triggers… even the aura and energy fields you project outward.
Once you know your constellation, this complex blueprint can dramatically expedite the healing process and aid you in your spiritual evolution.
There are parts of you that you may have never met, because the cultural patterns we’ve been forced to adhere to are so strong.
Ever thought about where your thoughts come from? Where the words that make up most of those thoughts originate? What the makers of those words prioritized, in terms of what you need to know and what we, as a human race, should be concerned about?
Colonialism is not just the capture and control of physical terrain. We all know how the Roman Empire, the English Empire, and the current American Empire operate on the physical plane. They take over countries, exploit economies, and control everything they can. But what do they do to the Earth’s population on a mental, emotional, and even spiritual level?
Have you ever wondered why it is that almost all world religions preach peace, and yet most of what we see in our societies are the exact opposite? Driven by fear, greed, shame, anger, and distrust?
A powerful exercise might be to ask yourself – Is it possible that I can access my highest powers and potential while harboring these types of emotions on a daily basis?
“Culture is not your friend.” – Terence McKenna
Ridding yourself of destructive cultural mindsets is just the beginning. It’s the demolition that needs to be done before you can build your palace, your mothership to other realms and dimensions…
The tricky part is that it’s sometimes hard to see the truth until you unplug yourself from today’s poisonous culture of fear and get your cockpit’s navigation system firing again.
This is what all the ancient ceremonial practices and interventions are for. Whether it’s deep meditation, sweat lodge, plant medicine, or shamanic journeying. They are remarkably effective at dissolving the toxic societal beliefs and neural signaling that are keeping us in our pain body.
Like Grandma always said, sometimes we all have to take our medicine.
There are so many time honored rituals and remedies to choose from. Just make sure you dive in with all your heart.
Stay curious,
Nick Polizzi
Founder of The Sacred Science
