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Kinney, who founded The Standing Bear in 1994, was initiated into a shamanic path in 1988 by members of the Bear Spirit Clan, and later studied women's shamanic ways with a Native American shaman woman for three years. She then went on to earn her master's degree in Mythology with an Emphasis on Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where her academic focus was shamanic mythology and psychology. Assisting Kinney with the lecture and workshops will be Camden resident and advanced shamanic apprentice Kristen Eckmann. Kinney's public talk at the library will begin with a brief discussion of her theory of "Depth Shamanism", which she utilizes in her shamanic counseling practice and teaching. She will then explain the various ways in which the North position on the medicine Wheel Mandala, and the Goddess archetype of "Nurturing Mother/Warrioress Woman," which is found there, foster, protect and support the development of feminist consciousness in depth shamanic practice. Following a question and answer period, Kinney and Eckmann will demonstrate how they use sound and percussion to open a path into shamanic archetypal reality. Kinney will then teach attendees two shamanic chants from her original shamanic myth, "The Stone Heart Turtle People", which members - more available