This page lists Shamanism books were the focus is on how shamanic practice emerges from a particular culture, issues that emerge from a culture, or some aspect of practice that is culturally related.
Dance of Stones: A Shamanic Road Trip by Ken Day
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 →
Demystifying Hmong Shamanism: Practice and Use by Linda A Gerdner
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 →
Entering the Circle by Olga Kharitidi
Entering the Circle: Ancient Secrets of Siberian Wisdom Discovered by a Russian Psychiatrist Olga Kharitidi’s debut book is a remarkable account of her spiritual adventure in snowbound Siberia. Joining an ailing friend on a spontaneous trip to the Atai Mountains, … Continue reading →
Fire in the Head by Tom Cowan
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 →
Haitian Vodou by Mambo Chita Tann
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 →
Healing Of The Soul: Shamanism And Psyche by Ann Drake
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 →
Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals by Luisah Teish
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 →
Journey to Q’eros: Golden Cradle of the Inka by Elizabeth B. Jenkins
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 →
Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life by Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Oscar Manuel Miro-Quesada
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 →
Subjects: Curanderismo, Mesa, Peruvian, South American Shamanism, Story of Shaman
Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream by Greg Sarris
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 →
Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism by Gershon Winkler
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 →
Masters of the Living Energy by Joan Parisi Wilcox
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 →
Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic by Jenny Blain
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 →
Subjects: European Shamanism, Norse, Research Related, Siedr
Of Water and the Spirit by Maliodoma Patrice Some
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 →
Subjects: African Shamanism, Story of Shaman, West Africa
Old Magic: Lives of the Desert Shamans by Nicholas Clapp
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 →
Subjects: Desert Shamans, Native American, Research Related
Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts by Jeremy Naydler
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 →
Sky Shamans of Mongolia by Kevin Turner
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 →
Spirits from the Edge of the World by J Van Ysslestyne
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 →
Subjects: European Shamanism, Healing Story, Research Related, Siberian Shamanism
The Bowl Of Light by Hank Wesselman
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 Norse Shaman by Evelyn C. Rysdyk
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 →
The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge A Yaqui way of knowledge. The teachings of don Juan is the story of a remarkable journey: the first awesome steps on the road to becoming a “man of knowledge” … Continue reading →
Series: Book One, Castaneda Yaqui Series | Subjects: Initiation, Psychotropic or Hallucinogenic, South American Shamanism, Story of Shaman
The Woman in the Shaman’s Body by Barbara Tedlock
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 →
The Woodtock Bridge, A Journey To Discover Your Spirit by Gregory Drambour
“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 →
Tibetan Shamanism: Ecstasy and Healing by Larry Peters
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 →
Trauma Trails – Recreating Songlines by Judy Atkinson
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 →
Working the Spirit: Ceremonies of the African Diaspora by Joseph M. Murphy
“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
Continue reading →Subjects: African Shamanism, Contemporary Shamanism, Historical Perspective