REAL SHAMANIC STORIES AND INSIGHTS
Lived, not borrowed — from my own journey and from inorganic beings, my astral friends.A guide through the other realms and altered states of consciousness, with techniques you can use.Brutally honest. Sometimes raw.
With a little black humor on top.
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LIBRARY - Books, guides, and tools. Many are free.
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TERRA SECRETA
Sacred ground. Working map of the Invisible.Authentic. What is inside was lived, not borrowed.A territory densely populated with real-life shamanic and spiritual stories, esoteric knowledge, and deep insights. Those come from my long personal shamanic journey and from inorganic beings — my Astral friends. It is interwoven with teachings from various religious traditions and with modern scientific findings — acting as a sanity anchor.Most of those insights exist nowhere else. It isn't hidden — it's just rarely seen from this angle.A guide through the other realms and altered states of consciousness. Practical shamanic wisdom, for everyday use. Integrating inner peace and outer success, neither one paid for with the other. Finding ordinary life to be the real spiritual test — especially on Monday mornings.Showing and guiding. Not preaching. It empowers you to comprehend your ordeals, traverse them while staying whole, and emerge stronger.Brutally honest. Sometimes raw. Sometimes profound. A little bit of black humor added on top.You will get a roadmap, techniques you can actually use, and a companion along the path.
You are in the right place if:
You would rather hear a truth said plainly than a lie said beautifully.
You can tell the difference between what is true and what merely sounds true — often before you can explain why.
You have had spiritual experiences you can barely share with anyone.
You have quietly suspected that the standard version of our world doesn't add up.
You are open to a different paradigm, but you don't accept it blindly, without questioning it first.
You are not looking for a guru. You are looking for a map from someone who has traversed the terrain.
Delphi, Greece. Ancient sanctuary.
Standing where they once came to ask.
Iggy Ardo
I have been on the esoteric path for more than twenty years. I underwent initiation in 2004, following a North American shamanic tradition.For twelve years, I have had thousands of hours of conversation in a daily relationship with inorganic beings, my Astral friends. Not everything I write is my own insight. Much of it is what I was shown and what I learned from them.Shamanic apprenticeship was hard in a way that is difficult to describe. It went on for many years — in the wild and in the Astral. Through ordeals that no amount of reading or seminars could replace. It was not for everyone — it almost broke some of us. It did not build up the ego. It took it apart.Shamanism, for me, is a way of life, not a practice I step into and out of. I did not withdraw from the world — the same decades went into building a business. I call that convergence Initiatic Realism: inner work that has to hold up within an ordinary life, and an everyday life that is not allowed to wear it down.A Master Mason, I have also been exploring spirituality through Buddhism, Christianity, and Astrology. I am building my own map, interweaving the wisdom of older traditions with modern scientific findings about consciousness and the field.I write because many people have had experiences they cannot place, and no clear map to follow.And because, at some point, writing stopped feeling optional.
A GIFT FOR YOU
Before anything else — take this.
The Crazy Doctor's Assignment:
Carrying the Weight of Golija Mountain
A short book with authentic photographs about my first steps on the shamanic path.Twelve kilometers, one heavy log, and an initiation where inner force met something larger, so what seemed physically impossible quietly became reality.
STORIES
Esoteric real-life stories and occasional announcements.
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LIBRARY
Books, guides, maps, images, and practical tools.Built from my own practice.Many are free.
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BOOKS & GUIDES
- BOOKS -
The full maps.
Where the stories end, books keep going further down the hole.- GUIDES -
Practical material: how to actually do the Work.
Short, specific, plainly said.
Step-by-step, the way I do it.
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Some are free. The rest are priced like books, not like enlightenment.
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IMAGES
Images from the same territory as the writing.Shamanic and spiritual symbols, spirit animals, the drum, and lines worth living with.
For altars, walls, screens, and T-shirts.Some are free. The rest are in the shop.
Shaman Wolf
Eagle
Shaman Drum
Born To Be Free
Shaman Mask
Shaman Drum
Shaman Worlds
Born To Be Shaman
Shaman Eagle
Shaman Mask
Shaman Tools
Escape The Matrix
Freedom Is Priceless
Fenix
Lotus Flower
In Love With Nature
Meditation Calmness
Recovery Meditation
In Recovery Mode
Smile, Love And Dance
Owl
In a Romance With Knowledge
Every Day A Little Bit Better
Constant Upgrading
Smile, Love And Dance
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