Thursday, April 4, 2013

SHAMANISM AND SCHIZOPHRENIA


Obituaries


SCHRODER, FLORENCE KRAEMER

Thursday September 18, 2003
Florence Kraemer Schroder
Florence Kraemer Schroder, a homemaker, died Tuesday of heart failure at Pontchartrain Health Care Center. She was 73. Mrs. Schroder was born in Marrero and lived in Mandeville for the past three years. Survivors include three sons, Richard Aysien and David and Freddie Schroder; two daughters, Susan Schroder Newton and Connie Schroder Stewart.

Today, my mamma would have been 83 years old had she stayed on the planet. Flo died without ever knowing the beauty of her incredible gift.  Of Shaman descent, the veils that were to rise and fall did not do so for her.  She was unable to regulate her "vision" the way I can, therefore, she constantly saw "things" most do not - or would not ever chose to - see.  This haunted her during most of the years of her life.

Schizophrenia is often called the "Shaman's disease".   What we call schizophrenic is, as Joseph Campbell has discussed, called (positively) visionary or mystical in shamanic cultures, hence is valued, not feared or sedated with chemicals. As he clarifies 'The shaman is the person, male or female, who ... has an overwhelming psychological experience that turns him totally inward. It's a kind of schizophrenic crack-up. The whole unconscious opens up, and the shaman falls into it.

I am grateful that Mama held open the door for me so that I could come into the world and into my own shamanistic healing abilities.  She endured tremendous suffering.  Shamanic initiation is often unpleasant, even at times horrific, and can involve being mythically stripped to the skeleton, dismemberment, or being taken to pieces. Fortunately, I found healing and ego stability at the other end of my ordeal; Mama did not.

Happy birthday, Mama.  What you fought for on Earth is now at your fingertips.  I love you.

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