I am a Maker, part of a group dedicated to preserving and working with an old tradition that today, some people would refer to as shamanism. This site is for those in and around Louisville Kentucky who feel something is missing from their heritage, perhaps at least part of the answer can be found here.

The Maker Tradition comes out of a European history traced back to Germany and France and, according to family history, all the way to St. Valentine. Recently, the Makers were held within Eastern Kentucky families as an oral tradition passed through generations, from grandfather to their offspring, whomever appeared to hold the ability.

The last of them decided some 20 years ago, to bring it out into the world to benefit those people who have 'the gift' to heal, 'the sight' to foretell in dreaming or 'the knack' of the ability to affect things in the real world. Makers always believed it is not so much a blood issue or genetics, that was just how it flowed through for a while. We see it as a spark and mark in people, rare, but present, even more in modern times.

The Makers way of being and seeing the world, people and all that exists, both inside and outside of time, is as pure energy. We know that absolutely everything is connected directly and creates a complex tapestry of cause and effect, ebbing and flowing through time.

It is founded on healing ourselves first, in order to help others. The reason is . . . we move energy. We move it in ourselves and others, in order to heal and teach. Simple to say, yet takes a mountain of self-change to accomplish and assumes a great responsibility.