Sheldon Shalley's Blog
August 20, 2025
The Power of Shamanism
Shamanic healing is an ancient and profound pathway to remembering who and what we truly are: whole, connected, and full of magic. It is a return to harmony, a reawakening of our deep connection to Spirit, nature, and the wisdom held within our own souls. Through this work, we do not merely seek healing; we reclaim our power, rewrite old stories, and open ourselves to the unseen forces that guide us toward wholeness.
Shamanic practice reminds us that life is not just something that happens to us. It is something we are co-creating with Spirit every moment of every day. Through the wisdom of the unseen realms, the rhythms of nature, and the whispers of our own souls, we remember how to walk with purpose, trust, and a little bit of wonder.
The journey Sheldon shares with you here is one of deep personal transformation shaped by years of shamanic practice, direct experience in the unseen realms, and a profound relationship with Spirit. He weaves his knowledge through both his healing work and through his art. In both his journeywork and his creative expression, Sheldon allows the sacred to move through him, offering healing through words and through the very essence of his being.
This book is a true gift—one that invites you to step into the mystery and embrace your own healing in a way that is both profound and playful. Healing isn’t just about the work of releasing and shifting. It’s also about rediscovering joy, magic, and the beauty of connection. The stories that Sheldon shares here remind us that we are not alone, that Spirit is always speaking to us (sometimes through feathers and synchronicities; sometimes through big, wild dreams), and that our journey is unfolding exactly as it should.
The world needs more of this medicine. In a time when it’s so easy to feel disconnected, shamanism calls us home—to ourselves, to nature, to each other. Shamanism and its ancient healing tools remind us that the universe is alive and responsive and that there is a sacred rhythm to life waiting to be remembered. Sheldon’s words are an invitation to trust, to step into that rhythm, to open up to possibility, and to let the adventure of your own healing surprise you.
So, take a deep breath. Settle in. Let this book guide you, inspire you, remind you of the magic that is already within you, and help you reclaim the magic that is your birthright. May this book serve as a doorway for you—one that leads to healing, insight, and a deeper communion with the mystery of life. Trust what calls to you within these pages. Your heart and soul know the way.
–Julie Hannon, Shaman, Teacher, Mentor
The Power of Shamanism and Energy Medicine: Personal Stories of Healing and Transformation
Shamanic practice reminds us that life is not just something that happens to us. It is something we are co-creating with Spirit every moment of every day. Through the wisdom of the unseen realms, the rhythms of nature, and the whispers of our own souls, we remember how to walk with purpose, trust, and a little bit of wonder.
The journey Sheldon shares with you here is one of deep personal transformation shaped by years of shamanic practice, direct experience in the unseen realms, and a profound relationship with Spirit. He weaves his knowledge through both his healing work and through his art. In both his journeywork and his creative expression, Sheldon allows the sacred to move through him, offering healing through words and through the very essence of his being.
This book is a true gift—one that invites you to step into the mystery and embrace your own healing in a way that is both profound and playful. Healing isn’t just about the work of releasing and shifting. It’s also about rediscovering joy, magic, and the beauty of connection. The stories that Sheldon shares here remind us that we are not alone, that Spirit is always speaking to us (sometimes through feathers and synchronicities; sometimes through big, wild dreams), and that our journey is unfolding exactly as it should.
The world needs more of this medicine. In a time when it’s so easy to feel disconnected, shamanism calls us home—to ourselves, to nature, to each other. Shamanism and its ancient healing tools remind us that the universe is alive and responsive and that there is a sacred rhythm to life waiting to be remembered. Sheldon’s words are an invitation to trust, to step into that rhythm, to open up to possibility, and to let the adventure of your own healing surprise you.
So, take a deep breath. Settle in. Let this book guide you, inspire you, remind you of the magic that is already within you, and help you reclaim the magic that is your birthright. May this book serve as a doorway for you—one that leads to healing, insight, and a deeper communion with the mystery of life. Trust what calls to you within these pages. Your heart and soul know the way.
–Julie Hannon, Shaman, Teacher, Mentor
The Power of Shamanism and Energy Medicine: Personal Stories of Healing and Transformation
November 18, 2020
Sexuality and Spirituality: Interdependent and Complementary
Freud’s discovery of the unconscious changed the world forever. For the first time we came to understand that phenomena outside of conscious awareness influences our beliefs, our thoughts, our feelings, and our behaviors, and therefore how we see the world and how we perceive reality.
Jung’s discovery of the collective unconscious with its archetypes altered our world even further. Not only did the unconscious influence reality, it organized it according to certain universal patterns, acting like a magnet attracting various and relevant experiences that influenced us to live out their emotional and behavioral stories.
Einstein’s famous discovery that E=MC2 or energy equals mass plus light squared, set in motion a series of scientific experiments that concluded, in the language of quantum physics, that at the most basic level everything is energy. Both the physical plane of matter and the more abstract plane of the mind are energy. Therefore, our thoughts, our emotions, our fantasies, and our behaviors are expressions of energy, each vibrating with information that attracts to it those experiences that match its energy.
Sexuality and spirituality can thus be understood as expressions of energy. Sexuality does not exclude spirituality, nor does spirituality exclude sexuality. Rather, they represent two aspects of a person’s total energy flow. Sexuality and spirituality are one energy. The flow in one direction is complementary to, and dependent upon, the flow from the opposite direction. This means that the spiritual life of each person is an inner, private exploration in which each individual is trying to understand the meaning and purpose of his or her life in his or her own terms. Inevitably, as sexuality and spirituality become increasingly recognized as interdependent and complementary forces, the fulfilling of this purpose includes an exploration of one’s sexual life.
If everything is energy, and if sexuality and spirituality are two aspects of one energy flow—each complementary and dependent on the other—then all sexuality including homosexuality and same-sex attraction can also be understood to have a spiritual purpose. By spiritual purpose I mean the intent of homosexuality as an interplay of energy within the individual to provide a healing to the soul—a reconciliation of a split between the “outer-man” or “ego-self” and some “inner-man” or “unconscious self” that longs to live and of which a man may be completely unaware.
From an energetic point of view, sexual attractions, fantasies, and behaviors are fundamental and meaningful patterns of energy that play at creation and development. They are archetypal in the sense that they express the call of a basic power in the depths of the soul that is essentially of a spiritual or sacred nature. These images and sexual acts carry a certain mystery, a certain sense of awe, a certain power that grabs the soul. The experience, whether in fantasy or acted out, can be so powerful that it is capable of lifting one outside of oneself into some transcendent place.
To further explore sexuality and spirituality as interdependent and complementary forces, I invite you to take a look inside my book, The Other Man in Me—Erotic Longing, Lust and Love: The Soul Calling, at https://www.amazon.com/Other-Man-Me-L...
Jung’s discovery of the collective unconscious with its archetypes altered our world even further. Not only did the unconscious influence reality, it organized it according to certain universal patterns, acting like a magnet attracting various and relevant experiences that influenced us to live out their emotional and behavioral stories.
Einstein’s famous discovery that E=MC2 or energy equals mass plus light squared, set in motion a series of scientific experiments that concluded, in the language of quantum physics, that at the most basic level everything is energy. Both the physical plane of matter and the more abstract plane of the mind are energy. Therefore, our thoughts, our emotions, our fantasies, and our behaviors are expressions of energy, each vibrating with information that attracts to it those experiences that match its energy.
Sexuality and spirituality can thus be understood as expressions of energy. Sexuality does not exclude spirituality, nor does spirituality exclude sexuality. Rather, they represent two aspects of a person’s total energy flow. Sexuality and spirituality are one energy. The flow in one direction is complementary to, and dependent upon, the flow from the opposite direction. This means that the spiritual life of each person is an inner, private exploration in which each individual is trying to understand the meaning and purpose of his or her life in his or her own terms. Inevitably, as sexuality and spirituality become increasingly recognized as interdependent and complementary forces, the fulfilling of this purpose includes an exploration of one’s sexual life.
If everything is energy, and if sexuality and spirituality are two aspects of one energy flow—each complementary and dependent on the other—then all sexuality including homosexuality and same-sex attraction can also be understood to have a spiritual purpose. By spiritual purpose I mean the intent of homosexuality as an interplay of energy within the individual to provide a healing to the soul—a reconciliation of a split between the “outer-man” or “ego-self” and some “inner-man” or “unconscious self” that longs to live and of which a man may be completely unaware.
From an energetic point of view, sexual attractions, fantasies, and behaviors are fundamental and meaningful patterns of energy that play at creation and development. They are archetypal in the sense that they express the call of a basic power in the depths of the soul that is essentially of a spiritual or sacred nature. These images and sexual acts carry a certain mystery, a certain sense of awe, a certain power that grabs the soul. The experience, whether in fantasy or acted out, can be so powerful that it is capable of lifting one outside of oneself into some transcendent place.
To further explore sexuality and spirituality as interdependent and complementary forces, I invite you to take a look inside my book, The Other Man in Me—Erotic Longing, Lust and Love: The Soul Calling, at https://www.amazon.com/Other-Man-Me-L...
