Once up on a time, and for vast eons of it, there were just a few shamans born in each human tribe -they performed the tasks of serving people and spirit for the benefit of all. They lived slightly apart from the rest of the people, their principal relationship being with the spirit world. Their reward for this deep work of service was a knowledge, understanding of and communion with spirit that other people did not get to enjoy.
Born to fulfil the role of healer, medicine person, walker between the worlds, the shamans were recognised as children by the elders of the tribe and brought up, trained and nurtured to be who they were. One famous method of identifying the shaman child was to give them both girl and boy toys to play with. If they preferred to play with the toys considered those of the gender opposite to…
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