When certain illness would strike people in villages in ancient times the Shamans would say that the person was attacked by an evil entity or spirit and that their own soul was now lost and must be retrieved for them to recover by using soul catchers.
Shamans still use a form of these today for the same reasons. The material these were and are made of varies. In the olden times a tubular femur from a bear was used in their construction.
These were then decorated with shells. The association of bear being used is steeped from the bear symbolical of power, dreams, protection and healing in the shamanic world as well as the Native American too.
Many of the older versions and some of the new ones are plugged at each end by use of wood that is shredded. The most popular is the cedar tree bark. A lost spirit when found can then become contained or sucked into the catcher and then blown back into the host it belongs too.
A malicious entity can also be drawn out and trapped within as well from a sick person. All are usually amulet styles worn as necklaces by the Shamans of the village or town.
Once they locate the soul that has been lost they suck it into the catcher and then return it to the person whom lost it. Sometimes feathers are used in decoration of these to symbolize flight and spirits universal symbol too.
Some people confuse dream catchers with these but there is a difference between them. Dream catchers are actually used to place above the bed to ward off nightmares and bad or stressful dreams. They are not worn but made into a kind of spiderweb design with added feathers and beads.
Museums of Native American artifacts even house some very ancient versions of the soul catchers used by Shamans and natural healers of the ancient eras. These are crafted in beautiful detailing and the craftsmanship carved into the bone or ivory is really amazing for those times. Soul Catchers
Shamans still use a form of these today for the same reasons. The material these were and are made of varies. In the olden times a tubular femur from a bear was used in their construction.
These were then decorated with shells. The association of bear being used is steeped from the bear symbolical of power, dreams, protection and healing in the shamanic world as well as the Native American too.
Many of the older versions and some of the new ones are plugged at each end by use of wood that is shredded. The most popular is the cedar tree bark. A lost spirit when found can then become contained or sucked into the catcher and then blown back into the host it belongs too.
A malicious entity can also be drawn out and trapped within as well from a sick person. All are usually amulet styles worn as necklaces by the Shamans of the village or town.
Once they locate the soul that has been lost they suck it into the catcher and then return it to the person whom lost it. Sometimes feathers are used in decoration of these to symbolize flight and spirits universal symbol too.
Some people confuse dream catchers with these but there is a difference between them. Dream catchers are actually used to place above the bed to ward off nightmares and bad or stressful dreams. They are not worn but made into a kind of spiderweb design with added feathers and beads.
Museums of Native American artifacts even house some very ancient versions of the soul catchers used by Shamans and natural healers of the ancient eras. These are crafted in beautiful detailing and the craftsmanship carved into the bone or ivory is really amazing for those times. Soul Catchers
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