{"id":1065,"date":"2008-09-23T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2008-09-23T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-23T17:20:00","slug":"shamanism-and-ptsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1065","title":{"rendered":"Shamanism and PTSD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article in the weekly <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Colorado Springs Independent<\/span> discusses using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamanism.org\/\">Michael Harner<\/a>-style (I assume) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csindy.com\/gyrobase\/Content?oid=oid%3A29879\">shamanic techniques for veterans with PTSD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Haggins says alternative practices heal what regular therapy cannot. Through shamanic ritual, he says, he can literally return a part of a soul shed on the battlefield. This is the procedure that Unverzagt, hesitantly, agreed to undergo in January.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article in the weekly Colorado Springs Independent discusses using Michael Harner-style (I assume) shamanic techniques for veterans with PTSD. Haggins says alternative practices heal what regular therapy cannot. Through shamanic ritual, he says, he can literally return a part of a soul shed on the battlefield. This is the procedure that Unverzagt, hesitantly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-shamanism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-hb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3778,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3778","url_meta":{"origin":1065,"position":0},"title":"Siberian Shamans and their Music","author":"Chas S. 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