Extracting
Energetic Intrusions
Extraction work is one of the many traditional shamanic healing
techniques used by many, many shamanic cultures worldwide.
What
Intrusions Are
Extraction is one of the shamanic healing techniques performed as part
of a Middle World journey, which means that the shaman is operating in
the energetic analog of the world we most commonly agree on as our
everyday "reality". Our bodily energy fields can become
infiltrated by "foreign" energies, energies that are not of ourselves,
and which disrupt our normal way of being, sometimes causing
discomfort, irritation, even pain and disease.
An intrusion can be caused deliberately, for instance when we argue
with someone and "throw barbs". Though we think of these as
merely verbal, with sufficient hurtful intent, we can send energetic
forms at the other person, where they can lodge and cause
dysfunction. Intrusions can also be accidental; sometimes being
in the path of someone who is very angry can be sufficient to receive
one of their energetic intrusions. Even though they may not mean
to, the other person's anger can be so intense as to form into an
intrusion which lodges into our own energy body. Intrusions are,
in essence, "congealed" energy constructs that don't belong where they
have come to reside. Energy in and of itself is neither
good nor bad, so the shaman views an intrusion as an imbalance that can
be corrected by helping energy return to its proper place.
Removing energetic intrusions can restore a person's energy field to
its normal harmoniously functioning state, thus helping alleviate
chronic pains, irritations, emotional issues and restoring one to
balance.
Extracting Intrusions
When a shaman's allies indicate that a client has intrusions which are
to be removed, the shaman embarks on a Middle World journey and asks to
be shown the intrusion. An intrusion will often "look like"
something that we know in ordinary reality, such as a knife, a rope, a
sword impaling the client, or it might look like a rock, or a
bone. But it is generally clear that the intrusion "does not
belong", is not harmonious with, the client's normal, "native" energy
body.
Once the intrusion is identified, the shaman then asks his or her
allies what the best means of extracting the intrusion might be.
While safely merged with his/her Power Animal, the shaman might simply
pull the intrusion out using claws, teeth, or paws. The intrusion
is then safely disposed of in the manner that the allies have
previously given the shaman. Sometimes, a more complex route must
be taken to remove a stubborn intrusion. The shaman man sing,
drum, chant, or dance with the client to loosen the intrusion and make
it easier to fully remove. The smoke of burning sage or other
sacred herbs may also be used to help identify, loosen and extract the
intrusion.
Sucking extraction is another method used by many peoples the world
over. Sucking extraction is used when the intrusion is not solid,
or when pulling/clawing/cutting methods won't work. While fully
merged with the Power Animal, the shaman sucks the substance of the
intrusion out of the client's body either into his own mouth or into a
sucking extraction tool that is specially made and energized for this
specific purpose. The intrusion is then spit and/or heaved out
into a waiting vessel containing charged water or another substance
that the allies have directed the shaman use for this type of
healing. The intrusive substance is sucked and spit back out
until none is left. If using a sucking tool, the tool is then
cleansed in water or salt water, or in what ever way the allies have
directed. Sometimes a crystal is embedded in the tool to serve as
a receptacle for the extracted substance. In that case, the
crystal is then cleansed along with the tool itself, then charged by
the allies' direction for its next use. A caveat: though powerful,
sucking extraction is very specialized and should not be attempted
without special training and supervision by an experienced
practitioner.
Once free of intrusions, the client is likely to feel a sense of
increased ease, and cessation of irritations, pain and
dysfunction.
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