An exceptional experience with Amir Peleg: A Night with the Khövsgöl Shaman
We found her through local mediators, after following a winding trail of introductions and quiet agreements. Finally, we were told to come at 11 PM to her remote ceremonial yurt.
Inside, the air was dim and heavy with woodsmoke. She spoke in her local dialect, and our Mongolian guide interpreted for us. Before beginning, she carefully warmed her sacred wolf-skin mantle by the stove, then adorned herself with protective metal disks, a feathered headdress, and a loose cloth mask that partly covered her face.
When she lifted her drum and turned her back to us, the space shifted. She began with soft chanting, her drumming faint but steady. Gradually her movements grew more forceful, her voice dropping until it became hoarse and low. Then, trembling, she sank to the ground, shaking her head in a trance-like rhythm.
I was invited to sit close to her and introduce myself: my name, and the year I was born—the Year of the Rabbit. She held her warm, gentle hands a breath above mine, sometimes brushing my skin, as if reading the texture of my energy. Rocking her body, she murmured in that low, altered voice.
Soon, she asked the reason for my visit. She explained that she was channeling a kind spirit, four centuries old. Through her, he listened as I spoke of my work with trauma. He recognized my pain, and in his words I felt an unexpected compassion: a reminder to care for myself, so that my heart could continue its mission of healing others.
When the spirit had finished speaking, she asked me to bow. The drumming and chanting resumed, rising and falling in waves that felt like they washed through me. Something inside loosened. By the end, I was trembling, with tears on my face.
Others also had their turn with her that night. By the time the last session ended, it was nearly 2 AM. She was drained, her body slumped with exhaustion. So was I. Yet I left carrying something precious: the weight of grief lifted slightly, replaced by a fragile but real sense of being seen, and accompanied.
המחיר אינו כולל דבר שאינו מוזכר
בביטול פחות מ 36 שעות לפני הטיול, יחולו דמי ביטול מלאים
המחיר כפוף לתנאי ההרשמה של טיולים אחרים ומותנה ב 12 משתתפים הטיול מתאים לאנשי שטח וטיילים מנוסים