In spite of all the positives that have come about from the advancements of the digital age, modern life has become a labyrinth of traps. Addiction to devices, political polarization, longer working hours, and social isolation, all seem to sequester us from nature, community, and ourselves.
We have identified three primary attributes of a deeply connected person; Peace, Power and Purpose. We find these qualities increasingly elusive in the digital age. It is our mission to nourish the fruition of these qualities within individuals and communities the world over.
Eve Ball goes on to explain that Power is difficult to define as the Apache are reluctant to speak of it, but many in the community are in possession of it and it seems to come about through deep connection and asceticism.
The need for Traditional Cultures to advance community members from competent to confident, from capable to imbued with Power was likely a necessity. The void of Personal Power in the modern age is a substantial loss with tragic consequences.
If you are motivated by the Sacred Hunt Quest, as most traditional bowyers are, then you will need to specialize as a bowyer, while synthesizing additional guilds like archery, and tracking. For synthesis, the Shikari System is irreplaceable. And all Quests will benefit from synthesizing your training.
Take your time completing each of the Guild Challenges at the Coyote level of your Pathway. Complete All of the Journals for each challenge, write a final reflection, then scan and send in your research to
shi...@whitepinewilderness.org
Each of these Council levels requires a significant investment of time, research, and experimentation, they are huge accomplishments. Each of the Shikari Councils regulates this process with discernment and care. As a Council Member you will become a representative of the Shikari System so we invite you to carry yourself as such. This guidance can be found in the Oath, Protocols and Prohibitions and correspondence with the Council.
In order to keep the price of the Shikari Handbooks down we have separated the cost of Correspondence. This allows anyone with the Handbooks to train in the Shikari System for only the cost of the Handbooks.
If you do wish to enter a Council, which we highly recommend for reasons stated above, then please purchase the correspondence packages from whitepinewilderness.org/shikari. Correspondence packages cost $100 and will see you through the advancement of your Council from Coyote to Quest. Correspondence includes mentoring review of each X-Pac, an in person or video conference for each X-pac as well as provided Shikari bands, ties and certs for each council advancement (more on that below)
The greater Shikari Community finds expression in countless ways through workshops, evals, forest schools, rendezvous and social media. Council members will find comradery, peer mentoring, elders, and balance within a larger wilderness skills community.
The Tie is attached to the Band by making a small parallel slit in the middle of the Band with a knife. The Tie is slipped through the slit and tied with a slip knot.
If the student advances within the Council, the new Tie can replace the old one, in which case the old Tie should be burned. Shadow and Quest Ties should not be burned and should stay attached to the Band.
Councils
A Council includes all of the Ancestors, Elders, and Practitioners of that Pathway. The Council is in charge of maintaining the integrity of the Evaluations and thereby the integrity of the Council.
Ceremony/ Certification
The Ceremonial Rite of Passage into a Council is acknowledged with the gifting of a Band and or Tie by the Evaluator. This also involves Certification. The Council is then updated in our database, printed out for the relevant handbook and the wider Shikari community is notified.
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But in fact Raheem Lone was not the only shikari of great repute in Kashmir at the beginning of the twentieth century. One of his great friends, also from Bandipore in the north of present-day Kashmir, was a man called Ghulam Hassan Bhat, who died in 1952.
Like Raheem, Hassan Bhat (as he was known) was very familiar with the routes from Kashmir up into the Pamir Mountains and from there onwards to Kashgar and the hunting grounds of the Tien Shan Mountains in present-day Kazakhstan, where many an English army officer took leave in order to shoot ibex, maral deer, Marco Polo sheep and game. At the beginning of the 20th century these areas were still largely unknown and unmapped.
Hi Nick,
This is great stuff. I became acquainted with Atkinson during COVID when I ran across a somewhat worn but very nice used copy of Western Siberia. You are doing some very interesting work. I had an ancestor who traveled through Siberia in 1879 and left a journal to the family, so this stuff resonates.
Chris Sinacola