The world of the shaman is constantly moving. Everything in the shaman's world has its own special vibration, unique energy and power. The quest of the shaman is to achieve attunement with these vibrations and familiarity with Spirit. To accomplish this is to attain power. Still, the shaman knows that this cannot be pursued, only received. Power is a gift. That is the first wisdom of shamanism.

The shaman taps directly into the purest forms of Nature's energy. The shaman deals with the elemental forces of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. All of the energies of all the worlds spin like wheels on the shaman's path. The upper world of the sky journeys, the lower worlds of the earth journeys, and the middle world of humankind all connect on the path of the shaman.

All of the worlds of Nature spin like wheels for the shaman. The world of animals, the world of plants, the world of minerals, and the world of humans are all spinning wheels on the path of the shaman. All worlds spin and vibrate for the shaman. To deal with these directly, the shaman must know each vibration. He must ride the wheel of each world in order to feel its vibration and direct its power. This is another wisdom of the shaman. The shaman must experience the worlds by riding the wheels of their vibrations. This brings attunement with the deep shamanic energies of Nature.

All the while, the shaman must stay centered and balanced in the midst of the chaos of spinning wheels of energy and vibration. The shaman does this by remaining rooted in personal connection to the earth. From this Earth connection, the shaman is able to reach into Spirit. In this way, the shaman becomes a channel between the energies of the earth and Nature and the energies of Spirit. Like a living tree, the shaman is rooted deep in the earth, reaching and growing into Spirit. The shaman is an Earth connection; the shaman is a connection to Spirit.

In the wheels within wheels within wheels, which is the universe of the shaman, each new wheel turning is felt. Just by staying centered in our own power and riding the wheels of Self, Spirit, and Nature all alone, we can deepen all of the humankind's connection to the shamanic energies. This is an old truth and an old choice of many shamans who chose to live apart from others. This is a choice we have today as we begin to walk on the shamanic path.

We can choose the isolation of the shamans of old, if that is how our inner wisdom guides us. We may also choose the path of the medicine person who dwells in the center of the community she serves. In this time of blending, we may exercise our righs as Aquarians and create our own role on the shamanic path. We may bring the deep iner focus of the shaman together with the shared outward focus of the medicine person. We may create Aquaring shamanism. That is our choice. We live in a time of conscious choice.