Comments on: Avatar the Movie: A Shamanic Journey

By: brian

brian — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:47:33 +0000

Thanks for the article! There was also to be a vision quest where jake gets to meet his animal totem: the TORUK

and thanks to MMAKANSAS (BUT were not in kansas anymore!) for the humor…USA kindly world ruler…

YOu can all see a US flag behind Quarich in the briefing scene: its made up of the window slats and the over head monitor.….USA UBER ALLES

By: kerry slavens

kerry slavens — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:52:15 +0000

Hi Mopz, I actually recognize and agree with what you are saying and that’s why I stopped commenting. I do not want to war with my neighbour.

By: Gregory Despain

Gregory Despain — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:20:45 +0000

Avatar was a great movie, I just watched it a few day ago. I don't usually go to the theather because I get nervious around a lot people but I think I'll give this one a shot because people are saying that it's even better on the big screen, I think it might be in 3D. Anyway the movie Avatar get two thumbs up from me, I watch all of my movies at voobymovies,com if anyone was wondering and it's free

By: Mopz

Mopz — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:24:45 +0000

By the way, the ‘intolerance of nations’ I mentioned in my previous post is being demonstrated above by Jim Brigleb and kerry slavens.
When two human beings are preoccupied with ‘getting the last word in’ and have deviated completely from the original thread of the web page, then don’t be surprised when mankind stays stuck in its present dire situtaion. If people behave like this on a small scale, then nobody should be surprised when populations on a large scale behave the way they do.

By: Mopz

Mopz — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:16:23 +0000

Made a major typo error in previous post, so lets try again... I have seen Avatar three times on Imax and I feel it is one of the most visually stunning films of all time. I have extensive experience in shamanism and I do agree that this film tells the story of the 'hero's journey' , involving new realms, entity encounters, experiencing new ways of being, spiritual/personal transformation; all of which are aspects of shamanism. Those would would say that shamanism is 'demonic' are depicting the same sort of ignorance as shown by certain characters in the film would would label the Na'vi people as 'fly bitten savages'. A very common idea I encounter from people is how can mankind ever get back to its original hunter-gatherer roots, its connection with nature, ie how can we get back to the 'Garden of Eden'. The answer is that we can't. Meanwhile the trauma of human existence, and all the greed, wars and intolerance of nations will continue. If there is ever a return to this more ideal past, it will be many centuries or more from now, when mankind is reduced to a tiny fraction of its present size, however that might happen.

By: Mopz

Mopz — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:04:05 +0000

Have seen Avatar three times on Imax and people ‘fly biten savages’. A very common idea I encounter from people is how can mankingd ever get back to its original hunter-gatherer roots, its connection with nature, ie how can we get back to the ‘Garden of Eden’. The answer is that we can’t. Meanwhile all the trauma of human existence, and the wars, greed and intoloerance of nations will continue. Or if there is ever a return to this more ideal past, it will be many centuries or more from now, when mankind is reduced to a tiny fraction of its present population, however that might happen.

By: Jim Brigleb

Jim Brigleb — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:14:04 +0000

...Obama is a fascist, not really a socialist. He takes over private industry and pretends it's still a private enterprise. You're welcome for the protection; you don't even realize you have it. Why would you ask for it? That would show some sort of need. Afghanistan? Don't want your help...don't want to be there. Afghanistan is known as "The Soviet's Vietnam." Been there, done that. Personally don't see much point in propping up another puppet, Karzai, like you're fond of saying we Americans are so wont to do. Keep your oil and electricity. Send a message to our Congress that America has to use its own resources rather than refusing to do on our own soil what we want you to do on yours. Oh, but that might seriously hurt your economy, wouldn't it? Selling us that dirt cheap energy. What, are you guys stupid? Raise the prices if we're taking advantage of you. And free treatment for brain cancer? How do you swing that? The hospitals, doctors, equipment, drugs, insurance, administration, and therapy are all free? How do you guys do that? Amazing. We don't have anything free in America...somebody always has to pay - even for the freeloaders who don't. Finally, I'm really glad you're bigger - that's important. I'll bet you drive a really big truck too.

By: kerry slavens

kerry slavens — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:36:15 +0000

I’d hardly call Obama a socialist but just as a side note, if you get brain cancer in Canada you can get treatment within three weeks and it’s free. And gee, thanks for protecting us Canadians. We didn’t ask for it but just to show our thanks we decided to help you out in Afghanistan and sell you lots of oil and electricity at dirt cheap prices. Just being a good neighbour because we share a continent (even though our place is a big bigger).

By: Jim Brigleb

Jim Brigleb — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:00:52 +0000

Mr. Slavens: It must be nice living in the relative safety behind the protection of the US. I mean, you get to enjoy the benefits and shelter of our imperialism and not have to ante up any of the real cost of protection. If we were out of the way, do you not think you’d be vulnerable? As to cruel regimes in Central America, I think you’d better go back and do some independent research of what really occurred there and what the options were. You sound like the victim of some university professor. By the way, if you get brain cancer and have to wait for treatment in Canada, you’d better hurry on down before Obama and the rest of his socialists make our system look just like yours.

By: kerry slavens

kerry slavens — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:23:24 +0000

I have to disagree with you, Bucktoothbill. Shamanism and paganism are hardly demonic. This demonic aspect was something invented by the Church to turn people away from the old religions. The devil was not an invention of pagans; he was an icon created by the Church and has nothing to do with the Horned God celebrated by some pagans.
In terms of the propaganda war against the U.S.A., I applaud the good that is done by many people in your country but abhor the imperialistic attitudes that have led the U.S. to continually intervene in the politics of other countries, including my own. While I cannot defend Canada’s own current Harper government, I have to say that U.S. actions, particularly in Latin America, have been far from “kind”. Death squads, CIA intervention, the propping up of cruel dictatorships such as Pinochet’s regime — these are all examples of a country who feels a moral superiority that allows it to treat the world as a playground for its wealth and political maneuverings.