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@@lonmangar3209 I don’t yet have good photographs of many of the masks because i need to have stands made individually to take the images I need . But I’m currently writing a book on Shamanic ritual objects from the Himalayas. And have long term plans to put all the photographs and film footage on a large public web site . Aimed at preserving shamanic traditions from around the world . Can you please share your interest in the masks ?

Thank you yes ! this is part of my collection . I’m a visual artist deeply interested in the language and symbolism of different cultures , As an artist I create explore play and discover , through the unknown as well as studying the known through reading and intellectual pursuit . I find direct cognitive Experiance deeper and more multifaceted , so I began collecting Art and cultural religious objects about 38 years ago . I found that living with and using Ritual objects gradually deepened in to a Shamanic practice , and I funded my colecting by supplying authentic empowered ritual objects to other practitioner around the world . The last 10 years I’ve been based in Nepal working with Himalayan shaman and filming for several TV documentary series on shamanism and on the Spiritual festivals of nepal . This filming work is well advanced but not yet compleated , and will be accompanied by 3 books also ongoing , my collecting supports this , and helps me to understand the symbolic languages and processes , revealed within the objects , but often not found in academic writing or articulated in first person interviews

Thank you glad you enjoyed the Chanel lots of plans to continue filming and expand the channel this year , please let me know if there are particular videos you would be interested in ?

You're welcome! Hope you found it interesting and useful

Hello Antonio . I bought some of the bowls from bowl and antique ,dealers in Kathmandu but you really have to know what to look for as 95% to 99% of the bowls that look old are modern but made to look old . You can usually tell by the sound and touch . The older bowls often have some silver content and are warmer and creamier to the touch , also the sound is richer usually with better harmonics than modern bowls . Also stylistically there are lots of older bowl shapes that are no longer made like the chama bowls or tulip bowls with the slightly out turned rim . Also old bows sometimes have thicker rims with a groove along the top edge as a form of fine tuning , modern bowls never have these features , as it’s too much work and probably beyond the skill of modern makers . I also send scouts all over the Himalayas and in to India naga land and bangladesh looking for old singing bowls , the last few years the most interesting and unusual bowls came from the remote tribal groups in far west nepal , some fantastic lingum bowls from naga land and from bengal . The naga bowls are coming from Bangladesh .

Great answer! Thanls so much for the rich details. Unfortunately I have to stick with local dealers, who never sell the real stuff, although the sound quality is fairly good. Thanks again and congratulations for your amazing collection.

What's a good price range for a legitimate bowls .

Hello

@@paulwilkinson5970 I like Ur stuff

@@paulwilkinson5970 I too have some from Indonesia.

Thank you Ariel , I’ve recently returned to England from nepal and am looking forward to my shipment of singing bowls to arrive . I managed to put together 2 12 piece chakra sets of naga bowls and 2 12 piece chakra sets of medium sized talking bowls , to find a few lingum bowls and a selection of very high pitched space clearing bowls , so once the shipment clears customs I will begin to organise some singing bowl master class workshops in london . Please let me know if there are any particular questions you would like me to address in the videos .

Hi Paul good to see a " heart " to my comment ...does that mean you will think about parting with your treasure ?? BTW have you ever been to India? you should make a trip to the mountains here and i am sure you will find it quite interesting.

Hi glad you enjoyed the video ! Yes I’m happy to sell the knife you mentioned . I’m in England at the moment based in london and all the shamanic and Tibetan knives arrived in my last shipment about a week ago . My email is paulcreativeearth@gmail.com . Your also welcome to connect on Facebook talk soon 🙏🌞

Thank you yes it felt like the iron of the knife and it’s sharpened edge together with the mantra transmitted some sort of electrical energy in to my body . That held the typhoid and dysentery at bay . I could still feel the heat an vulnerability in my body but less pain and and the diarrhea held in a sort of suspension a few days to give me time to get back to Kathmandu

Hello I have a fantastic selection of Denguru along with many other shamanic ritual objects already sent to England and more in my collection in Nepal I’m I can send denguru by currier from England but will have to check about Australian import customs as I know they are supper strict about organic materials like wood and leather . I will check from here and perhaps you could check your end

Glad you enjoyed the video I will make some videos about the shamanic Marla’s very soon , and do feel free to ask any questions or suggest other videos all the best Paul

It’s from Trishali area in Nepal probably the part nearest Sindupalchok where the shaman are mostly Tamang and Sherpa

@@paulwilkinson5970 Thank you for responding so quickly. Why I'm interested is because one of the names gifted to me translates to Praying Horse.

@@wolffeatherdancer that’s a beautiful name . I love the symbolism. Of traveling in prayer 🙏 journeying on one’s spirit horse through the other worlds , horses here have a very positive symbolic meaning of pure thought and intentions moving you rapidly toward good fortune . The shaman often call their dengue drums their horse also

Good they have my love and respect .Can you share anything about the Magar Daityas ?

@@paulwilkinson5970 good work sir😊 you buy those things or what?

@@phurahnmongol4013 I’m filming shamanism and working directly with a wide range of shaman in nepal full time for the last 10 years . Many of the masks and other objects I found and bought from various antique shops in Kathmandu . Some shamanic ritual objects have been gifted to me by shamanic friends and teachers in nepal who respect my work and my integrity as a shaman . Sometimes I buy objects from the families of deceased shaman where no family member wishes to continue as shaman , or where the objects have fallen out of use and are not being cared for .Also sometimes shaman as well as collectors loan me objects to work with and to study as part of my documentary series and toward the book I’m writing on Shamanic ritual objects from the Himalayas

Hi yes I have a number of Denguru in England With shaman practitioner friends Who are looking after things for me while I’m in nepal . Also a few of the large open backed shaman drums with lots of magical forged ironwork from the chepung people . You could video call with my friends to hear the different drums . One easy way to put you in touch might be Facebook messenger . Message me at Paul wilkinson. And I can send you the links to my friends looking after the drums

Hello Mario yes many of the shamanic groups in Nepal wear peacock feathered head dresses . And some use feather fans made of peacock feathers for protection and cleaning away evil . The peacock feathered head dresses represent spiritual openness purity protection and also the light body . Among Buddhist shaman , With a Tibetan tribal root , the peacock is also seen as the purifier of poisons , because peacocks 🦚 are able to eat many poisonous plants . Peacocks are often depicted on shamanic phurba and associated with Garuda and with the protective light of the Sun . Sometimes there depicted along with tigers and there then associated with dawn and dusk . I’ve also seen peacock legs and skulls attached to Magar shamanic spiritual armor . In this context the idea of “ from head to foot embodies the symbolism of completeness

@@paulwilkinson5970 Thanks. Hello. Do you practice with buddhist shamans too? Newar or what else?

Mahamayuri is the one associated with peacocks, it forms a triad with Janguli and Green Tara

@@mariobroselli3642 Yes I’ve worked with shaman from a lot of different tribal groups within nepal , most of my practice here has been with Rai Tamang Sherpa and Gurung and cami shaman , But because shamanism in Nepal exists within And includes Hindu Buddhist tantric bon and Yogic practices processes and deities I have also filmed and conducted many hundreds of rituals with Buddhists Hindus and Tantric practitioners including Newars . The shamanism of different groups may have a more Buddhists or a more Hindu flavor depending on the individual or on the tribal groups origins . The Tamang Sherpa Rai and Gurung people are largely Buddhist , with tribal origins in Tibet . But all include worship of shiva and kali Bhirave and Ganesh as central figures in their shamanism

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Can you say more what you mean by Junguli Tara please Mario ? Many shaman give offerings to The nature Goddess Junguli and call on her assistance guidance and protection during ceremonies and healing . Tara is usually associated with the Buddhist goddess of wisdom and compassion seen as the guiding light of the stars . I know shaman with Tara on there altars and I’ve been part of rituals where shaman call on the spirit and light of the stars . But I’ve not come across the combination of Junguli Tara

@@paulwilkinson5970 I posted the link to video, is it one of the 21 Taras? Maybe the 20th if I recall right.

Hi sol Luna are you still in nepal . Sorry I just noticed that I had not replied

Hello yes I remember i messaged Claire but I haven’t heard back from her yet .she normally responds quickly unless she is traveling or on Retreat . I will message her again and let you know as soon as I here back from her

@@paulwilkinson5970 Namaste dear Sir Paul, I thank you for your answer. I know myself a friend who is not available when she is in retreat, so I understand. I hope you'll soon have some of her news. I wish you a very good day or a peaceful night 🕯🕉

@@sixty9media I’m mostly finding the masks in various antique shops so unfortunately, there is rarely information related to the masks and other objects . But I always ask questions . I’ve been working directly with and filming shaman in nepal full time for over 10 years and I sometimes show them the masks and other ritual objects and use them ritually ,with the shaman . I occasionally buy masks and ritual objects from shamanic families where the last shaman have died and the family members are not taking up shamanism’s . Then I’m able to get information about their use ,. I try my best to persuade the families to continue their traditions , and to keep the objects . But sometimes the sacred objects are deteriorating and not being looked after , and worse sometimes being destroyed, because family members have converted to Christianity or Islam .Thats sad because these family members then disrespect their ancestral spirits as well as the sacred objects . Im working directly as a Shaman , as well as studying and filming shamanism . And through my work many of the objects find their way back in to the hands of practicing shaman from many traditions

Dating shamanic ritual objects is quite difficult. There

There are a lot of different things to look out for . In Dating shamanic drums .The amount of wear and patina on the phurba handle . Gives some indexation of the amount of use . Although some ritual objects are used only occasionally or kept in a shrine room as an ancestral object so wear isn’t always an indicator . Most Denguru frames are slit with the grain then heat bent in to a circle the overlapping part has iron or wooden pins or binding these can show deepening coloring with age . There are lots of stylistic quality’s that indicate age . Offen new drums are less well carved . The leather drum skin will also show wear as well as deep patina from smoke and offerings old drums have a particular feel . If the phurba drum handle has a Forged iron or copper tip that can be an indication of where also the iron work or copper work has a particular tone darkening with age . Old drums usually have at least 3 magical objects inside more modern drums made to look old often don’t have these elements . Forged ironwork always has flattered hammer marks very fine ironwork on a drum is more likely to be old . If the drum has its original skin this is most likely to be dear skin from a male animal on one site and a female dear on the other there are often traces of fur on the edges . Sometimes other animals like bear skin are used or rare animals like musk dear in old drums . Most modern drums use goat skin .

That’s interesting were you working with Mohan Rai and his group of shaman . Mohan was a close friend and teacher He traveled and taught in Germany a few months a year with some of his core shaman . His sons still bring experienced shaman to Germany each year since Mohan’s death