As I begin this podcast I am feeling stuck. I have no idea what I am going to say to fill the time, and so I begin to explore the idea of Point of Departure, the Podcast Title, and end of comparing it to Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. I soon find that I am no longer stuck but on a journey with you, the listener exploring the parts of a shamanic journey.

I’ll talk about what a Point of Departure is in shamanic terms and compare that to Point of Origin, and we’ll continue of journey by explorin...