Scotch Wichmann - Shamanism & Magick CV

Scotch Wichmann
Shamanism & Magick Curriculum Vitae (CV)

CONTACT

TRAINING

Shamanic work since 1990, with formal training since 2007. Trained in ancient healing methods, power/animal/soul retrieval, psychopomp work, negative energy extraction and depossession, and divination since 2007, primarily through the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. Teachers have included Michael Harner (author of Way of the Shaman), Sandra Harner, Sandra Ingerman, Betsy Bergstrom, Susan Mokelke, Mujiba Cabugos, Beth Beurkens, Juan-Carlos Safa, and my spirit guides.
Training in Performance Art, creativity, and art therapy under John M. White (1991-1999), with my own adaptations to integrate performance, Jungian psychology, and Shamanism via Psychomagic techniques taught by Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Self-study, experimentation, and practical fieldwork since 1990 across a range of magical & Shamanic practices, especially Norse/Odinic/Icelandic, Sámi, Canaanite (pre-Christian), Egyptian, Wiccan, American Hoodoo, and Chaos (Austin Spare/Peter Carroll).
Experienced first paranormal events and shamanic calling at age 6 (1977). Began practicing witchcraft at age 11, using intuitive techniques I later learned could be found in seiðr, Sámi, and other traditions common to Arctic regions.

EDUCATION

ASSOCIATIONS

Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS), Member
Parapsychological Association (PA), Member
Int'l Metaphysical Ministry, Reverend
Descended from Norse & Sámi ancestors who practiced Shamanism and magick in Norway's Finnmark and Vestre Slidre regions

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

The Occultist (award-winning TV pilot script), 2021
"Kidnapping As Art," A Journal of Performance And Art (PAJ), MIT Press, 109, January, 2015
Two Performance Artists Kidnap Their Boss (award-winning novel), Freakshow Books, 2014

SELECTED PAST PERFORMANCE ART RELATED TO SHAMANISM & MAGICK

John's Arrow, Art City Gallery, Ventura, CA, 2019
Biggest Fan Redux, Electric Lodge Gallery, Venice, CA, 2017
Crawling Through Broken Glass for Chris Burden, Ventura Art Walk, Ventura, CA, 2015
Doppelganger, 5x5x5 Show, ALoft Gallery, Ventura, CA, 2015
Ice Fish Fur, HIGHWAYS Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA, 2012
Roughhausers Sideshow, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland, 2011
Sister's Teeth w/Nate Dryden, Univ. of California, Irvine, 1993
Selected photos: https://www.falconmagick.com/performances

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