Free Podcast of First Sami Drum Joik

 "About My Cousin" by Piera Jovnna Somby

In this first Sami Joik podcast, Sami musician Piera Jovnna Somby, accompanied by Ingebrigt Pedersen on sunshaped traditional drum, perform a special joik dedicated to Piera’s cousin. Discover this talented musician and an old traditional Sami vocal art. A joik is more than a song. One's joik, is one's way. One's way of doing things, one's way of living and singing and making music. Click here to download the first Sami Joik podcast in HTML5 of "About My Cousin" by Piera Jovnna Somby. This app is the first of 8 web-guides dedicated to the immense natural and cultural heritage of Iceland by World On Communications.

"The Time of the Black Jaguar"

Arkan Lushwala is an indigenous shaman from Peru who has traveled across the globe sharing his insights, focused on teaching what we can do, what we can learn, and how we can restore balance to the planet. Like most indigenous shamans, Arkan believes that we humans have all the necessary talents to be reciprocal caretakers of Mother Earth. In his recently published book, The Time of the Black Jaguar: An Offering of Indigenous Wisdom for the Continuity of Life on Earth, Arkan reveals our true capacities in a strong and clear way, offering the reader not only information, but a genuine opportunity to participate in the healing work that needs to be done to save our planet. I highly recommend this book to all people who are awake and ready to engage in the real shamanic work of our time.

"On Magic, Shamanism, and Listening"

"Cosmic Unconscious" by Gary Abrams

The Collective Unconscious of C.G. Jung

by Bonnie Bright

.... if we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place.  It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can be so vividly and brilliantly. - Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

"Our ancestors had far more contact with magic. They lived life closer to nature, a force larger than life. They saw themselves as an intrinsic part of a pattern that happened around them and to them and in them and through them, an ongoing dialogue with equals. Rather than placing themselves above the objects we see as inanimate, everything they saw and experienced in the physical world was endowed with the life force of something akin to a brother, sister, father, or grandmother." Read more.

Experience a Shamanic Journey

Shamanic drumming is drumming for the purpose of shamanic journeying. Researchers have found that when a drum is played at an even tempo of three to four beats per second, most people can journey successfully even on their first attempt. Shamanic journey drumming awakens your innate ability to commune with your inner self and retrieve information. Your inner self is in constant communication with all aspects of your environment, seen and unseen. You need only journey within to find answers to your questions. Click on the following video to experience a shamanic journey.

Guinea Music

"Guinea Music" - Photos by Len Mackey; Music by Mamoudou "Delmundo" Keita. Guinea is a West African nation, composed of several ethnic groups. Of these, the music of the Mande has been particularly popular and internationally well-known, even outside of West Africa. Mande music is strongly influenced by the jelis, West Africa’s hereditary praise singer-historians. The traditional Mande drum ensemble includes the cylindrical dunun paired with the goblet shaped djembe. In Guinea, the typical Mande patterns have been combined with other rhythms, resulting in a distinctive national style. The late, great dunun player Mamoudou "Delmundo" Keita, who taught in the Hamana-style from Upper Guinea, made one CD "House of Roots."