Peter Bowden has spent over 35 years following a shamanic path - this episode is the first part of his journey. How he first became attracted to shamanism and his initial visit to Canada to train with an American Indian teacher.

This is the last episode in this series so it is about putting all of this stuff together. What are the key questions to ask to be able to walk a sacred path through life?

This episode discusses how to create a self mastery system. It considers the key shifts that need to be made to walk a path of ascension and what the elements of a self mastery system are.

This episode revisits some of the key questions such as - Free will versus Destiny? and The way the world works? It considers what the implications are of the assumptions one makes in answering these questions and then proposes some key shifts required to walk a path of ascension. These are:- •Release self importance •Walk between the worlds •Mastery of Intent •Getting beyond thinking •Become comfortable in uncertainty •Work with cycles •Surrender to spirit

This episode explores the notion of self mastery and considers what you can actually do to achieve a level of self mastery in your life. It presents the 8 Principles of Self Mastery and the core practices required to achieve this.

This podcast explores the issue of how to create sustainable change. It:- - revisits existential philosophy and what can hold you in the past - considers complexity theory and how to use different strategies depending on the environment - looks at neuro-cognitive science and how complex environments impact on our decision making - explores systems thinking and the thinking shifts required - and then finishes with intentional change theory

This episode is a short recap of all of the key concepts covered so far in the first 6 episodes of The Sacred Path School Podcast.

In this episode I delve more deeply into why good people do bad things, look at a couple of case studies and then consider what the red flags are... •Existential Alignment Model •Causal factor model explaining why good people do bad things •Moral Intention Theory •Good people or Bad? •Inter-disciplinary theory •Case Studies

Key Concepts •Normative ethical theory versus reality • Ethical decision making •Is the theory flawed? •Good people or Bad? •Inter-disciplinary theory •Causal factor model explaining why good people do bad things •Moral Intention Theory

This episode explores the wonderful world of ethics including:- •A value isn’t a value unless you are willing to pay a price •Are people good or bad •What’s ethics? •Normative ethical theories •Ethical decision making •The 3 things that mess up our thinking