Study Groups and Lodges

Centers for Ceremony and the Study of Shamanism

All over the world, lodges and study groups affiliated with the DTMMS offer teachings, educational workshops, lectures, ongoing classes, ceremonial opportunities, publications and learning tools for the pursuit of personal wholeness and the study of shamanism.

Study Groups

Study Groups are the nucleus family of our tribe. They historically originated in the gathering together circles around the campfire, where the people gathered for story telling. The attraction was that they would be exposed to new concepts, and given practical tools and techniques to help change their life. This is what fed them. They came whenever they needed more, for here they could test the waters of their curiosity with no demand for further commitment. So it is with our Study Groups.

Lodges

The Lodges are the clans within our tribe. They originated in the village gatherings at the sacred fire. Here the story-tellers would come monthly to disseminate the knowledge that they had gathered in their travels and that demanded decisive action. For those who made the determination to apprentice, these gatherings at the sacred fire became the backbone of going for the more, going for that which lay beyond.