Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation Today, practicing shamanism doesn’t mean you have to live in a rain forest or a desert. Thanks to a modern renaissance of shamanic spirituality, practitioners from all walks of … 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 →
Everyone agrees that our troops deserve a return to productive and creative lives after service. Yet in spite of billions spent on psychological care and reintegration programs, we face an epidemic of combat-related conditions like PTSD. What’s the solution? With … Continue reading →
“An appreciative and user-friendly book on religion in the African diaspora. Murphy’s skillfully drawn portraits offer an inviting introduction to the religious worlds of Vodou, Candomble, Santeria, Revival Zion, and the Black Church” – David W. Wills, Amherst College Available Formats: BookGenre: … Continue reading →
A Spirit Walker’s Guide to Shamanic Tools: How to Make and Use Drums, Masks, Rattles, and Other Sacred Implements Shamanic implements assist us in going deeper into the intangible worlds and numinous realms of the spirit, where shamans and spirit … Continue reading →
At last, the sequel to Elizabeth Jenkins’ International Bestseller, THE RETURN OF THE INKA! Jenkins continues the rivetting true-life account of her initiation into the Andean Mystical Tradition as she leads a group of initiates to where the High Andes … Continue reading →
Shamanic Voices: A Survey of Visionary Narratives Shamans, the physical and spiritual healers who are the central figures of many tribal cultures, share eloquent testimonies including harrowing tales of initiatory rites, vivid accounts of visionary journeys, and revealing expressions of … Continue reading →
Animal Spirit Guides: An Easy-to-Use Handbook for Identifying and Understanding Your Power Animals and Animal Spirit Helpers After the publication of his best-selling book Power Animals, many people inquired about the meaning of spirit animals that were not contained in that … Continue reading →
What does the brain do during “soul journeys”? How do shamans alter consciousness and why is this important for healing? Are shamans different from other kinds of healers? Is there a connection between the rituals performed by chimpanzees and traditional … Continue reading →
Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit In ‘The Song of Wandering Aengus’ William Butler Yeats refers to the ‘fire in the head’ that characterises the visionary experience. Tom Cowan has pursued this theme in a lyrical cross-cultural … Continue reading →
Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism This accessible study of Northern European shamanistic practice, or seidr, explores the way in which the ancient Norse belief systems evoked in the Icelandic Sagas and Eddas have been … Continue reading →
Twin from Another Tribe: The Story of Two Shamanic Healers in Africa and North America A gift to a world divided by race, this memoir is of two healers in the Bantu tradition-one in Africa, one in a U.S. hospital-who … Continue reading →
The shaman occupies a key role as a healer mediating between the world of the living and the world of spirits and is a potent figure in alternative medicine. Shamanism, a richly illustrated guide, looks at both historic and present-day … Continue reading →
First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian émigré–scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the practice … Continue reading →
The Strong Eye of Shamanism: A Journey into the Caves of Consciousness An exploration of shamanism and the archetypal symbolism that sits at the foundation of all human life • Not just an academic work. Helps the reader experience the … Continue reading →
The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary A leading expert on native spirituality and shamanism reveals the four archetypal principles of the medicine wheel and how they can lead us to a higher spirituality … Continue reading →
This inspirational book blends elements of shamanism with inherited traditions and contemporary religious commitments. Drawing on shamanic practices from the world over, Cowan’s book addresses the needs of contemporary people who yearn to deepen their own innate mystical sensibilities. This inspirational … Continue reading →
Shamanic journeying is the inner art of traveling to the invisible worlds beyond ordinary reality to retrieve information for change in every area of our lives from spirituality and health to work and relationships. With Shamanic Journeying, readers join world-renowned … Continue reading →
