A Bit About the Art Shaman
As the Art Shaman, I use art as a tool in assisting someone's soul for the purposes of transformation. It's a title I created for myself through my involvement in the online reality of Second Life. In the realms of art, shamanism, magic and Second Life the line between reality and imagination are very blurry. (My lens about Second Life) In a way, I am just posing as an "art shaman", making it up as I go along. But that's the way it is at the heart of creativity, too, and that's where transformation happens. The Art Shaman is real and not real at the same time, standing in the middle of the creative flow.
The art I do is mainly intuitive. (My lens about intuitive portraits.) I rarely know what's going to happen as I sit down to work. I have been attuned to Usui Reiki II and Kundalini Reiki to the Master level, so the energy flows from my hands as I work. I know, intuitively, that the art I make can change the viewer's energy field, aligning it to higher vibrations. That's something I knew was happening even before I read the The Healing Power of Hado.
The Law of Attraction is a hot topic right now, and my goal as an artist is to give people an image they can put in their surroundings that can actually help them attract the things they want in life, especially on an emotional level. Some people would consider it sympathetic magic, and it is. And it works, especially when charged with the universal life force energy. (See my lensroll for a lens about the Law of Attraction)
In my studies of subtle energies in the human body I have learned about the chakra system. There are many books and websites about chakras now, and I have links elsewhere on this page. My art is designed to "tune up" your chakras in order to increase your own creative flow and also draw into your life the things you want by repatterning your own energy field and unconscious mind.
Fantastic Art Shaman Guidebook: The Artist Inside
I knew it had to exist...
The Artist Inside: A Spiritual Guide to Cultivating Your Creative Self
Amazon Price: $16.72 (as of 12/08/2009)![]()
This book perfectly combines creativity and shamanism. The author guides you through a shamanic process of connecting with your inner artist and power animal to create an ongoing relationship with them through journaling, inner journeying, ritual, energy work, making a sacred space art studio, etc. The theory is that it will help your creative efforts to actively engage with your other levels of consciousness.
The Art Shaman is....
- An agent for change at all times, without even trying.
- A reiki practitioner.
- Well traveled in alternate realities.
- A medium for the deceased.
- Clairsentient.
- Able to dream while awake.
- Far from perfect.
My Art
Image courtesy of heartaday (that's me) on Flickr.
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heArt-a-Day - heArt Art
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Several years ago I had an idea to make 1000 hearts. I also had the idea to sell miniature, artist-trading-card-sized (2.5 x 3.5 inches) pieces of original art on eBay, which I tried and failed at. I was apparently just six months ahead o...
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Intuitive Portraits
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In early 2005 I did some experimenting with what I call “intuitive portraits”. I’ve never been much of a portrait artist. One night I was playing around and drawing a friend and I found that my hand wanted to keep drawing other face...
Urban Shaman by Serge Kahili King
How to Become a Huna Adventurer
I've met Serge Kahili King in, of all places, Second Life. Huna and shamanism as described in Urban Shaman pulls together all the various pieces of what a shaman does that I've been collecting for years (at last!). Serge hosts a weekly healing circle in Second Life at Pali Uli on Wednesdays at 11 AM Pacific Time, and also a monthly Talk Story there on the first Sunday of the month at 12 PM PT.

Serge Kahili King's Healing Circle at Pali Uli in Second Life
A Handy Little Book About Shamanism
So You Want to Be a Shaman: A Creative & Practical Guide to the History, Wisdom & Rituals of this Ancient Tradition
Amazon Price: (as of 12/08/2009)![]()
This is a great pocket-sized book that teaches you the basic components of being a shaman whether you want to actually be one or just understand what a shaman does. Each page covers a different topic such as:
- The Sacred Artist
- Shamanic Awakening
- The Vision Quest
- Animal Spirits
- The Fool
- Who Are the Shamans
- And more!
This book does not cover shamanism in great depth, but sometimes less is more.
Art and Shamans
Image courtesy of Medicinehorse7 on Flickr. Art by Herbert Stash.
- The Artist as Shaman: Madness, Shapechanging, and Art
- A book review from the "Mythic Passages Newsletter".
- Another "Art Shaman"
- See...I'm not the only one.
- Art of the day: Shaman
- An article about prehistoric art and shamans.
- Path Of The Feather
- The Path of the Feather: A shamanic journey, medicine wheels and spirit animals. The Path of the Feather is about becoming a shaman through your own life as a vision quest.
- The Artist as Reluctant Shamanka
- Article by Monica Sjoo, noted author and artist and expert on the goddess throughout time.
- Shamanism, Arts and Healing
- Bill Moyers: "Who interprets the divinity inherent in nature for us today?Who are our shamans? Who interprets unseen things for us?"Joseph Campbell: "It is the function of the artist to do this.The artist is the one wh
- Evolution - January 1997: Shaman art
- Article about the art of ancient shamans.
How to Become a Modern Shaman
When You Can't Go Be an Apprentice
Other Art Shamans
Image courtesy of Luckaz Strachanowski on Flickr.
- Artshaman: artwork of BG Dodson
- Digital Art, Woodworking and Sculpture of BG Dodson
- Stone Fires - Liquid Clouds, a book by Derek Hyatt and Peter Woodcock
- A book about Derek Hyatt, his art and his view of art history
- Lila | Visionary Art
- Visionary art news, interviews and gallery, lila, exploring shamanic creativity, medicine culture, entheogens, and the process of transformation
- Balam Soto web Gallery | Art, Community, Students, Understan
- Teaching Philosophy I teach both children and adults. Class offerings vary, but generally fall into the category of Shamanic Art, Arts and Technolo...
Twittering Art Shamans
Image courtesy of Lynn (Gracie's mom) on Flickr.
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- bakafox
- Ember Horse Shaman prints http://fav.me/d2ewkdf #printmaking #linocut #art
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- StringAll
- Beautiful - powerful Hungarian Shaman art - http://www.soul-guidance.com/houseofthesun/lightbeings(1).htm#Introduction
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- WoWBlips
- Resto Shaman, Where For Art Thou? #worldofwarcraft http://bit.ly/90byj5
Shamanism
- Shaman Links
- Shamanic Information, Shamanic Links
- Aloha International - Huna From Hawaii
- A great place to learn about Huna shamanism. Also a portal to Pali Uli in Second Life.
- Society of Celtic Shamans
- The original presence of celtic shamanism on the 'Net. Offers year long training programs for a fee and also free weekly classes in Second Life.
Art and Shamans in the Blogosphere
Image courtesy of mikeypan on Flickr.
- Patch 3.3 Going Live Tomorrow, Patch Notes | The Shaman Tavern ...
- Orc and troll shamans now have their own unique totem art. Racial Attribute Bonuses: These bonuses have been recalibrated to even out the amount of starting health on the various races. All races start with a standardized level of ...
- Resto Shaman, Where For Art Thou? « Armaggedon's coming
- The title of your post seems to reference the line in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that reads ?Wherefore art thou Romeo? yet the tone of your post seems to be talking about the location/existence of Resto Shaman blogs. ...
- Ovi Magazine : Medicine and religion: The spiritual dimension of ...
- In cultures practicing a ritual form of deep consciousness alteration, these phenomena are highly valued in religion, art and society. Apart from ecstasy techniques practiced by shamans and migr03_400 seers, migraine can be a trigger ...
- The Shaman Papers: Art Show and Book Release at Vitti Gallery
- ... from both Shaman Circus and Shaman in Exile, the second in the series. Shadow Archer Press featured 19 books by 16 writers from all over the world with original cover art and photography by ten local and international artists. ...
The Art Shaman at Work
Watch as I Create an Intuitive Drawing of a Spirit Guide
Intuitive Drawing Tutorial - Spirit Guide 101
A short lesson in drawing a spirit guide intuitively. Watch a drawing "grow" step by step. I keep hearing how the end product looks like Michael Jackson. Entirely unintentional and I think people just think so because of the pale skin and black curly hair. I flipped a filter on Photoshop and that's what I got.
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Music and Meditations to Help You Enter the Shaman's World
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Commission Your Own Spirit Guide or Angel Portrait
You may commission me to do a portrait of one of your spirit guides in one of two sizes: 3.5 x 2.5 inches for $30, or 4 x 6 inches for $50, which includes shipping and handling.Like the drawings you can see here and here, your portrait will be done with colored pencil on Bristol board paper. Recently I have started working much smaller, doing what are called "ACEO's", or Art Card Editions and Originals. They are 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I am very happy with the way they are turning out.
I accept payment via PayPal up front. I can work with a photograph of yourself or not, but the end result will likely not look like you that much. They don't always come out as having a human body, either, but always a friendly, light-filled face.
Contact Gretchen with "portrait" in the subject line for more information and to order.
The Three Most Influential Books
The Concepts in These Books Sum It Up
The Healing Power of Hado
"Hado" being the universal life force in everything.
Mandala: Luminous Symbols for Healing, 10th Anniversary Edition with a New CD of Meditations and Exercises
Contains exercises for opening up your own channel to the universal life force and putting it into your art.
FlowDreaming: A Radical New Technique for Manifesting Anything You Want
About getting into the flow to attract to you the things you want in life.
Donate to Ecotrust
A shaman's work is rooted in connecting with and being a steward for the Earth.
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- sandyspider sandyspider Mar 4, 2009 @ 8:21 pm
- Very nice lens and art.
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- WendyKrick WendyKrick Mar 4, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
- Love your art! 5 stars
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- vanillapud_vanillapod vanillapud_vanillapod Mar 4, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
- Wow! This lens is surely of interest to me as a traditional acupuncturist! Thanks so much for putting all this info together it's great. And thanks for visiting my lens and for the lovely comments!
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- ShamanicShift ShamanicShift Jan 9, 2009 @ 3:16 pm
- I enjoyed this excellent lens showing yet another perspective on a favorite topic!
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- Heinani Heinani Oct 1, 2008 @ 12:52 am
- Aloha! You are inspired. Blessings to the work that you do. May it prosper and flourish.
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