This workbook is intended for the serious shamanic and spiritual studies student who is ready to gain the necessary knowledge and tools to become a competent spiritual worker in the modern world.This book has arisen out of three online courses that Mary has taught over the years: Animism, Working with the Elements, and Grids.The work of the Spiritual Healer is that of intermediary. It is a path of deep connection, discernment, and listening to the forces, beings, and spirits that inhabit our daily world. This may be a personal path of revelation, or to become an intermediary of the natural world and the Other for others. We need individuals who are willing to reconnect, to re-enchant, the world that is directly around us. This book teaches with depth and beauty the skills and practices needed to do so.Animism is an understanding of ourselves and the world around us as consciousness and energy. Learn how to commune with the natural world, to develop the skills of discernment and listening to deeply connect. This work is deeply transformative, and is an antidote to the disconnection and emptiness that many people feel on a soul level.The Elements are the building blocks of our reality. Learn how to work with Earth, Air, Fire, and Water within and without, as well as how to work with Elementals.Our reality is made of grids, or weavings. Learn to recognize the grids, and how to work with them to bring balance and healing to space, home, and land.All of Shutan's courses and books are focused on depth teachings, embodiment, and connectivity to the energetic and spiritual layers of reality that are a part of our daily existence.