Voices, ocarina, didjeridoo, drums, rattles and guitar are blended in a collection of healing songs inspired by several shamanic traditions to create a space of inner exploration.

12 MP3 Songs in this album (56:12) !
Related styles: WORLD: World Traditions, WORLD: Mbaqanga

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This shamanic-inspired album takes the listener into an inner exploration.

The journey begins with an invitation to decend into deeper realms of the soul. The familiar landscape of every day reality dissolves, leaving room for new possibilities. Shamanic forces are invited to invoke transformation, which is the axis where opposites meet, the treshold that joins the above and the below.

Within the Shamanic crucible, songs of the heart emerge, which enrich the soul with the qualities of gratitude and devotion.

This journey is inspired by our ancestors and teachers from different world traditions; Australia, Bulgaria, England, Eskasoni, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico and South Africa.


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Francoise Bourzat

Growing up in Paris, France, I was surrounded by world music from an early age. As a teenager, while being part of a folk band, I was deeply inspired by French ballades from the Middle Ages. Since then, I have travelled many countries and I have been fascinated by the rich and unique sounds of each culture.

I arrived in California in 1981, and soon, started a profound personal exploration through an ancient shamanic tradition.For many years, I have explored the shamanic worlds with indigenous healers from Native American and Mexican origins.

Through this shamanic exploration, songs and musics have emerged from within, to inspire transformation, wisdom and compassion within us.


Jacques Rossouw

I started my journey into the world of music as a percussionist, growing up and walking the streets of Johannesburg, listening to street performers playing Mbaqanga.

In 1995 I moved to San Francisco and was deeply affected when I heard a live performance with Stephen Kent playing didjeridoo. In the collection of rhythmic animal calls and insect sounds he made through the didjeridoo, I heard, for the first time, the transformative and profoundly spiritual message of the Dreamtime. I committed myself to the didjeridoo and soon found myself traveling to Australia to learn from the original keepers of this ancient and sacred language: the Yolngu people of Arnhemland, Northern Australia.

I honor and thank Djalu Gurruwiwi for his generosity and guidance and offer my music with deep respect to the ancestoral wisdom of all indigenous cultures, past and present.