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Barter vs. Free vs. Fixed Cost
One of the areas of controversy within shamanism is what to charge for one’s services.
Here’s my thoughts.
( It is one of those great ironies in Western culture that the people who tend to need healing most; people like myself, on Disability welfare, with severe disorders that stop me from working in the contemporary Western paradigm, are the ones who are least able to pay high amounts for such services. )
One of the areas of controversy within shamanism is what to charge for one’s services.
Here’s my thoughts.
( It is one of those great ironies in Western culture that the people who tend to need healing most; people like myself, on Disability welfare, with severe disorders that stop me from working in the contemporary Western paradigm, are the ones who are least able to pay high amounts for such services. )
