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Alexander Nikolsky

Tuvan Shamans: Photography by Alexander Nikolsky, Siberian Times

Spiritual leaders from different corners of the globe gathered for the ‘Call of 13 Shamans’, a four-day festival held near the village of Khorum-Dag in the Tyva Republic.
It is the centre point of the Asian continent and an area that is said to have high spiritual ‘charge’. The timing of the event had been chosen to match natural cosmic cycles.
The group of shamans, who travelled from countries including Mexico, Mongolia, Greenland, Russia and Korea, began by trekking to isolated locations for three days of meditation before performing a number of ceremonies – many of which originated in prehistory.

Shaman with Totem Staff

Photographer Unknown:  (Shaman with Totem Staff)

Celtic Shamans used a staff as both a symbol of authority, leadership and as a tool for spiritual journey. Often carved with mystical symbols, Celtic runes, or animals, these were the Shamans’ tools to help aid in their workings and guide their path as well as the path of their clan. The totem staff is carved and often decorated with the antlers of a deer, with leather, feathers and/or with stones or beads. Each staff is unique to it’s owner and their position in the world, giving special meaning to that person’s life and their usage of the staff.