Spirits from the Edge of the World, Classical Shamanism in Ulchi Society The Magic and Wonder of Oral Stories from the Spiritual Elders of the Ulchi, the people who gave us the name SHAMAN The Ulchi are Manchu-Tungus speaking peoples …Continue reading →
Sky Shamans of Mongolia: Meetings with Remarkable Healers Turner gives compelling accounts of healings and rituals he witnesses among Darkhad, Buryat, and Khalkh shamans, and goes on to provide us with his insights into a universal shamanism, principles that lie …Continue reading →
A Marvelous Blend of Memoir, Folk Wisdom, and Afro-American Beliefs. Actress, storyteller, and priestess Luisah Teish dramatically re-creates centuries-old African-American traditions with music, memoir, and folk wisdom. “A book of startling remembrances, revelations, directives, and imperatives, filled with the mysticism, …Continue reading →
Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts: The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt A radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts as shamanic mystical wisdom rather than funerary rituals • Reveals the mystical nature of Egyptian civilization denied by orthodox Egyptologists • …Continue reading →
For a thousand generations, desert shamans of the far West sought order in the stars and in the mysteries and wonder of their grand, if unforgiving landscape. When summoned, they doctored the stricken, be they stoic elders or frightened little …Continue reading →
Taking readers into the depths of sadness and despair and into the heights of celebration and hope, this disturbing account details the trauma suffered by Australia’s indigenous people and the resultant “trauma trails” spread throughout the country. It also discusses …Continue reading →
Ancient Spiritual Practices of the Northern Tradition An experiential guide to the wisdom preserved in Europe’s far north • Includes shamanic journeys to connect with deities and your ancestral shamans • Provides step-by-step instructions to prepare for and conduct a …Continue reading →
Reflecting sixteen years of intensive fieldwork, this book is a rich chronicle of the daily lives, belief systems, and healing rituals of four highly revered Tibetan shamans forced into exile by the Chinese invasion during the 1950s. Larry Peters lived …Continue reading →
Demystifying Hmong Shamanism is the first book to provide a comprehensive discussion of shamanism as practiced and experienced by Hmong Americans. A broad range of case examples are discussed that not only represent the initiation and maintenance of the shaman’s …Continue reading →
“A Marvelous Adventure! I Recommend It Highly!” –Richard Carlson, author of Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff, NY Times Best-Seller The Woodstock Bridge is about one man’s spiritual journey to rediscover the passion and hope he felt in the sixties. His …Continue reading →
Masters of the Living Energy: The Mystical World of the Q’ero of Peru Known as the “keepers of the ancient knowledge” the Q’ero Indians of Peru are the most respected mystics of the south-central Andes. In 1996 Joan Parisi Wilcox …Continue reading →
An accessible, enjoyable and informative perspective from a full-time shaman, actively practicing in a professional setting for over 25 years. A shamanic journey that is both personal and universal, sharing its heart in a modern way with the myths of …Continue reading →
Buckminster Fuller reminds us, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.” This book provides just that model, as well as concrete practices for living it. …Continue reading →
Haitian Vodou: An Introduction to Haiti’s Indigenous Spiritual Tradition Haitian Vodou is a fascinating spiritual tradition rich with ceremonies and magic, songs and prayers, dances and fellowship. Yet outside of Haiti, next to no one understands this joyous and profound …Continue reading →
The Bowl of Light: Ancestral Wisdom from a Hawaiian Shaman In 1996, a revered Hawaiian elder befriended an American anthropologist, and from their rare and intimate rapport, something miraculous emerged. Through the words and teachings of the kahuna wisdom-keeper Hale Makua, …Continue reading →
The Woman in the Shaman’s Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine A distinguished anthropologist–who is also an initiated shaman–reveals the long-hidden female roots of the world’s oldest form of religion and medicine. Here is a fascinating expedition into …Continue reading →
A world-renowned Pomo basket weaver and medicine woman, Mabel McKay expressed her genius through her celebrated baskets, her Dreams, her cures, and the stories with which she kept her culture alive. She spent her life teaching others how the spirit …Continue reading →
A spiritual crisis sent Orthodox rabbi Gershon Winkler to remote regions of the Southwest, where he studied with Native American healers. From them he began to recover the long-lost wisdom of what he calls “Aboriginal Judaism”: the religion’s tribal roots. …Continue reading →
Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman Maliodoma Patrice Some was born in a Dagara Village, however he was soon to be abducted to a Jesuit school, where he remained for …Continue reading →
Bomohs are shamans from an Islamic Unani tradition. While in Borneo with the Peace Corps in the 1960s, Ann Drake made contacts which eventually would draw her into this lineage connected with historic indigenous practices. (Book Description) The text begins …Continue reading →
