Sacredphrenia Venn Diagram

I’m not saying all “schizophrenics” are shamans. I’m also not saying all shamans are “schizophrenic.”

I’m saying all “schizophrenics” have shamanic potential. Just as all shamans have “schizophrenic” potential.

I’m saying there’s a zone in the middle where the two non-ordinary states merge, and that some serious magic can happen in that place. Because when a “schizophrenic” becomes a shaman, an unbelievable obstacle has been overcome, and heaven’s forces smile over such an accomplishment.

The opposite is also true. When a shaman regresses to a disturbed, preegoic, “schizophrenic” state, there is great education in that experience and they are made the better for it, assuming they are able to make it out of their psychological chasm.

I want to make one thing very clear: I’m not for a second glorifying the horrendous side of “schizophrenia,” the far left side of this Venn diagram. I recognize there is a place so horrible, many people wouldn’t last there for fifteen minutes, let alone for years on end. I know because I’ve been in a place like that. And I never want to step foot within a mile of that place ever again.

I’m simply saying it is my firm belief that all “schizophrenics” have the potential to become fully sacredphrenic and therefore shamanic.

It’s a new distinction that opens up new doors.

If you can’t already tell, I’m having the time of my life, having made it to the center of this Venn diagram. My goal is to help you do the same.