Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2019 Aspire Mag FINAL | Page 63

The Mother Mantra’s message and purpose
is that of eudaemonia. Within the tradition
it is known as mystic or alchemic marriage,
marriage of reawakening. The final purpose
of practicing the Mother Mantra lies in
recognizing one’s own good daimon, one’s
own invisible partner, and unite with them in
an erotic bond—that is, a creative bond. For
Eros is life’s creative energy.
Shamanic yoga is very ancient. Its central
characteristic is ecstasy. We can say that
we are practicing Shamanic Yoga when we
are lead to a state of ecstasy; that is, to an
amplified state of consciousness, a whereby
we go beyond the usual boundaries of
the mind and of perception. It is in this
state that we come into contact with the
usually invisible dimension and our own
guide spirit. Shamanic Yoga entails “fluid
sequences,” something like a dance, which
are accompanied by breath-control exercises
and mantras, gently leading you into a state of
ecstasy. The Mother Mantra tradition, which
is the heart of Shamanic Yoga teachings,
offers a great number of healing practices and
exercises—the so-called spiritual exercises
of the morning and the evening—which lead
you to ecstasy and reinforce the connection
with your guide spirit.
Selene Calloni Williams - Selene, with a degree in psychology
and master’s in screen writing, has authored several books and
documentaries on psychology, deep ecology, shamanism, yoga,
philosophy, and anthropology. A direct student of James Hillman,
she studied and practiced Buddhist meditation in the hermitages of
the forests of Sri Lanka and is an initiate of Shamanic Tantric Yoga.
She is the founder and the director of the Imaginal Academy Institute
in Switzerland. Learn more at https://selenecalloniwilliams.com/en
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power—and their ability to penetrate into the
body through their vibrations, penetrate into
what he himself called the “mind of cells”, so
as to bring their message into being at this
deepest level.