不過,我發現,對於靈魂療癒的認識會隨著時間而轉變,幫助薩滿學會(Foundation of Shamanic Studies)開發出靈魂修復(Soul Retrieval)的珊卓.英格曼在出了她的書幾年之後,她告訴她的學生與同事們,她對於靈魂修復的概念與做法有些轉變,原本,很強調創傷部份,並會深入地與個案聊創傷細節的做法,已經被她自己推翻掉,反而,她著重在力量上,也不再細細地去與個案描述創傷細節,許多薩滿實踐者也開始轉變他們的做法,把重心放在帶回的力量上,而不去細述創傷細節。
「既然你生來具有天賦,你就不可能會過普通生活,不該把它(不正常)變成一種病症,而應該把它當成驕傲的來源…你是你所有奇怪特點的獨特獨一無而的組成,因為,奇特是天賦的第一特徵,事實上,你的奇特點是直接指向你天賦的箭頭,,因此,絕對不要對自己有多麼奇怪感到羞恥,你一定要珍惜你的奇異…正常是天賦的敵人,正常是你天賦的敵人。」 ~~Clarissa Pinkola Estes, The Power of the Crone (註)
註: In beauty I walk With beauty before me I walk With beauty behind me I walk With beauty above me I walk With beauty around me I walk It has become beauty again
I exist in beauty.
I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me. I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me. I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful. In beauty all day long may I walk. Through the returning seasons, may I walk. On the trail marked with pollen may I walk. With dew about my feet, may I walk. With beauty before me may I walk. With beauty behind me may I walk. With beauty below me may I walk. With beauty above me may I walk. With beauty all around me may I walk. In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk. In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk. My words will be beautiful…