I saw this incredible photo in a news story. I do not watch or read a lot of news. But I do find myself curious.
One day, I decided to click on “the top stories” in the news. And my eyes were met with such an incredible sight. A Ukrainian woman was shown bursting and ready to give birth and was just taken out of fighting the war against Russia. In the Ukraine, women fight until they are 7 months pregnant. I cannot even imagine having to do this if my life was so threatened! How would something like this change you, make you grow, mature? Could we be so sensitive if we had to stand up and fight for our freedom and lives, which might come at some point for all of us?
What is happening now is a tremendous amount of outward projection. For some it does feel like we are at war as we are constantly warring with each other. For Americans, we never had the experience of bombs dropping on houses and cities. But a lot of our ancestors shared too many stories like this from other countries. And of course our community of readers do know the stories of war at home as readers of this column are scattered all over the globe.
It feels Ike bombs are dropping on us now due to how much fear, anger, and sadness people keep projecting as different pieces of news from our friends, loved ones, and the local and world news march into our inner landscape.
I used to be a big nighttime dreamer, and then in the last few years I stopped dreaming. I am starting to dream again, and it is amazing how many images in my dreams I can track back to something I saw in a TV show, or in the news, or a photo I saw. It is amazing to me how my unconscious just absorbs what it is shown. And the interesting thing is Winston Churchill is in all my dreams. Didn’t he say, “We shall never surrender!!” I know I keep talking about surrendering, but I trust you get that this is a different context.
I wonder how many of you reading this column are aware of the images you are taking in, that are impacting the messages given to your brain, which ends up impacting your emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health.
Each month I try to give you encouragement to explore what you are holding in your psyche so you release the bonds to what is not true about you or your life now. So many people are saying goodbye to their past, which is part of personal healing, but is also healing the collective.
This month I would encourage you to journey and meditate and keep exploring what your heart is trying to tell you about what you are picking up, what you are feeling, and how you are feeling. You might find that you are holding the energy of fear in your heart but trying to behave in the world as if everything is fine. Or maybe you have a heavy heart filled with grief and sadness, but you hide behind it in your communications.
This is very important to keep checking in with your body to discover what you are holding and repressing so you can survive and show the world you are living a normal life. I don’t know how many are living what would be called “a normal life”, but I believe so many of us are moving into deep inner explorations and listening to that which has been hidden and repressed. Due to being willing to look at what we are hiding, and working our issues through, many can now expand to really take in the beauty of nature and life unconditionally. So many people are discovering a new dimension of life.
But this takes a lot of inner work and a lot of honesty with yourself. Don’t feel afraid to get to know yourself in an intimate way, holding compassion for all you have been through where you sculpted a life so that you could find a way to fit in and survive in this world. The gift in doing this is that you find how much you love yourself and how much you do care and honor yourself. And then that leads to a portal where you can find inner peace and hopefully one day unconditional joy. I do believe that is our birthright. We have forgotten what is the most beneficial part of life to engage in – love, light, inner peace, inner joy and all on an unconditional level.
And for those of you who feel the energy marching your way is too intense and hurtful, remember the powerful practice of transmutation and transfiguration we have been working with for over 25 years now! Absolutely everything can be transformed into the energy of light and love. Everything! You have a power that was given to you as you came into this world born from Spirit, and you are a divine Spirit. You have the power to transform everything you take in life and everything you share in your life into the most beautiful divine light that lives inside of you. Your Spirit carries you through the fires and turmoil of life, and has all the knowledge of the divine and the creative forces of the universe. For you were born a divine being who chose to put on a certain costume and role in life. But you can drop all of that and remember the truth of who you are. And that creates healing for all as everything in our outer world is simply a reflection of our inner world.
As Neville Goddard taught: “The whole world is you pushed out.”
The full moon is October 6. It is the Harvest Moon and also a super moon. What a great power to work with in coming together as a loving community of thousands to honor and emanate the light within, the divine that we are and can share that with ourselves and the entire world. This is our birthright. Expand your divine light and let it shine within you, drink it, absorb it, become it, and be that light in the world. As we do this together, we create a powerful force of divine change for all of life in our sacred web of life.
If you are a new reader of the Transmutation News, please read Creating a Human Web of Light on the homepage.
I went to see a Blues concert. The singer said “I feel like I am going into a panic attack. I better start singing.” What great advice for all of us.
Wishing you all a beautiful month of October filled with divine light and love!
Announcements:
On the homepage, there are links to a list of Resources that include short articles I wrote on shamanism and Medicine for the Earth practices. I also have a lot of YouTube videos listed you can watch.
If you are looking for a summary of all the Medicine for the Earth and Healing with Light practices, they are all in my book Walking in Light, which is available in multiple formats. And if you are looking at how to perform shamanic ceremonies The Book of Ceremony teaches how to perform ceremonies, and I also shared ceremonies you can do for all we experience in modern life. If you are looking for how to deal with your toxic thoughts, How to Heal Toxic Thoughts is a short and powerful book I wrote.
“Polishing the Path of the Soul” (my audiobook) is one of the best resources I have for walking through these times from a state of grace. I was in such a deep spiritual place when I spent a week recording this audiobook. I don’t remember a recording I ever did that went this deep or far or embraced so much of the energy of unconditional love!
Llyn Roberts and I wrote such a beautiful book titled Walking Through Darkness, and then I recorded on my own “Polishing the Path of the Soul”. Don’t be afraid to explore the maps I shared with you for walking through dark times. For those are the times we are in. With my book and audio, you are provided a clear roadmap of how to keep walking forward, exploring the amazing territory of darkness and the healing it holds, and then how to emerge on a new path feeling empowered by your journey through the times we are living in and what you experienced in your past.
I am still consistently posting inspiration posts on my Authors Page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/SandraIngerman and @ingermansandra on Instagram. I have been doing this for a year now and all the posts are still up. Reading and pondering what I am sharing is very inspiring. I hope you will check it out.
And don’t forget to visit our Shamans are Gardeners of Energy Facebook page to post inspirational stories and images, and also to be uplifted by what our community is sharing. To join the Facebook group Shamans Are Gardeners of Energy, go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/991720834662313. The password is “Transfiguration”. “
I love going to Shamans are Gardeners of Energy to rest from life and take in so much of the beauty that people post. It is my sacred space for getting away from the conditioned world.
It is important to me to know that I created these FB pages to give inspiration. Yes, I do promote as I do have new books, audios, and courses to share about. But my reason for posting now is to help lift us all up in these challenging times. I don’t care how many people sign up for my FB pages. I am simply trying to keep our community inspired and moving forward with our work – those who want some inspiration.
Sylvia Edwards has generously compiled a list of the ceremonies that have been shared so far on the Shamans Are Gardeners of Energy website. Below is a link to that page.
Thank you, Sylvia, for gifting us with this list:
https://www.sandraingerman.com/shamans-are-gardeners-of-energy/
Renee Baribeau love recording our podcast The Shamans Cave. We are doing audio only. For more information, please visit www.ShamansTV.com. We are having a wonderful time sharing!!
I have some really great Evergreen courses to learn more about shamanic work. Here are some of my courses with links where you can buy a course that was once live but is now a recording you can watch in your own time.
Here are some courses I have available:
Shift Network Courses:
Cultivate Spiritual Immunity with Shamanic Medicine of the Earth: https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/csiSI/ingerman/
The Ancient Practice of Shamanic Journeying (Evergreen): https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/apsjSI/ingerman/
The Dark Night of the Soul as a Portal to the Shaman’s Light: https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/dnsSI/ingerman/
Shamanic Practices for Spiritual Immunity: https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/spSI/ingerman/
This is actually my course Medicine for the Earth and Healing with Spiritual Light
Shamanic Journeying with the Spirits of Nature: https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/snSI/ingerman/
Shamanic Journeying for Guidance and Healing part 2: https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/sjcSI/ingerman/ This an audio only
Sounds True courses:
Through Sounds True I taught an in-person Medicine for the Earth and Healing with Spiritual Light Training that was recorded and is still for sale: https://www.soundstrue.com/products/healing-with-spiritual-light-online-course
Here are some events that might be of interest to you:
To heal ourselves, our country, and our planet, we must awaken the power, essence, and balance that only the Sacred Feminine can bring. Receive free and instant access to the 3 Essential Keys: Awakening Your Sacred Feminine for Vitality, Connection, and Fearlessness, featuring renowned shamanic healer, teacher, and author Evelyn Rysdyk. You are warmly invited to enjoy it now at this link: https://www.spiritpassagesacademy.com/a/2148160373/FizyRhhB
Shamanic masterclass in the Heart of Africa.
Experience Dreams and Tracking in the Kalahari retreat in Feb/March 2026.
Led by John Lockley, a traditional South African Shaman (Sangoma).Contact: www.johnlockley.com.
In Experience the Power of Pandiculation with Martha Peterson, you’ll discover how to release chronic muscle tension, improve mobility, and restore natural movement patterns through gentle, mindful exercises that retrain your nervous system for lasting relief and greater ease in your body.
https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/epp/ingerman
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