"Shamanism is a path of compassion and healing followed by those who are "tender-hearted". Its perspectives and therapies (Divination, Soul Retrieval, Extraction Healing and Rites of Passage Rituals and Ceremonies) are all aimed at bringing its recipients to a state of personal power, divinity and integrity with all of life. True Shamans can be recognized by their refusal to lay claim to any personal power to heal, and will dedicate their lives to doing whatever is necessary to become a clear vehicle through which miracles can be made manifest. They have been referred to as “those who walk between the worlds”, bodhisattvas, yogis and saints and can be recognized within virtually every organized religion of the world." –Nancie LaPier.