Enjoy this selection of rattles — from rawhide and gourd rattles made ceremonially, including rattles from my Shipibo friends in the jungles of Peru off the Amazon River.

Rattles are excellent shamanic tools to call in your allies, to call in good energy, and even to use in soul retrieval ceremonies. Rattles are also great cleaning and healing tools. Shake your rattle with clear intention to clear the space in a room, in your house or office, on your land, and most of all through your aura, or the energy field of another. Use with intention to journey inward for answers, as well as to collect lost soul parts.