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 African Spirits Speak A White Woman's Journey into the Healing Tradition of the Sangoma by Nicky Arden The moving story of an expatriate coming to terms with her country's history, and her joyous spiritual and emotional rebirth as an African healer. |
One of the first
accounts of the mysterious sangomas, the healers of South Africa's black
population, set against the stirring backdrop of a crumbling apartheid
regime. African Spirits Speak is the lyrical account of white South
African Nicky Arden's journey into the world of the sangomas, the diviners,
doctors, psychologists, and priests of South Africa's black population.
While in her early twenties Nicky fled South Africa with her husband as
the stranglehold of apartheid tightened on her native land. For twenty-two
years they lived in California as expatriates--never once returning to
their homeland--until a deep depression, followed by a spiritual awakening
in the California desert, compelled Nicky to return to South Africa. During
her visit, while exploring deep in the bush, she unexpectedly met an old
black medicine woman--a sangoma. This meeting would change her life. Few
white South Africans are even aware of the world of the sangomas, but
this prophetic old woman saw in Nicky the spirit of a fellow healer and
set the author on a mystical journey that would reunite her soul with
its African roots. Thus began her astonishing and complex initiation into
a nearly unknown world and her quest to discover the truth about herself
and her heritage. Nicky Arden is the former director of San Diego Youth and Community Services, a social service agency. She and her husband divide their time between San Diego, California, and Johannesburg, South Africa. "A fascinating account of [the author's] search for acceptance by a tribal community. . . . Highly recommended for collections on social sciences, women's studies, and spirituality." Library Journal "A strong and unusually concrete spiritual memoir." Kirkus Reviews "African Spirits Speak is a poignant initiatory dive into the self. . . .Nicky Arden brings courage and wisdom back from her journeys to share with us all. The clear bell that she rings is truly a gift." Malidoma Some, author of The Healing Wisdom of Africa 272 pages, 6 x 9, Paper, $14.95, Less 20% |
 The Archaic Revival |
Speculations on Psychedelic
Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, Ufos, Evolution, Shamanism, the
Rebirth of the Goddess by Terence McKenna Cited as "the cultures foremost spokesman for the psychedelic experience," Terence McKenna is an underground legend as a brilliant raconteur, adventurer, and expert on the experiential use of mind-altering plants. This book takes you on a mesmerizing journey deep into the Amazon as well as into the hidden recesses of the human psyche and the outer limits of our culture giving you startling visions of the past and the future. 288 pages, 6" x 9", $16.00, Less 20% |
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Beyond
the Lodge of the Sun Inner Mysteries of the Native American Way Medicine man Chokecherry Gall Eagle reveals the authentic core of two powerful Native American teachings. Chokecherry Gall Eagle says he has been given "permission" for one time only to bring out this knowledge for all to read, breaking the barrier against sharing the wisdom outside Native culture. Radiating with a rare authenticity, the book also includes warnings about common illusions and pitfalls of false shamanism. 176 pages, paper, 6x9", $15.95, Less 20% |
 Black Elk |
The Sacred Ways
of a Lakota Wallace H. Black Elk "Black Elk opens the Lakota sacred hoop to a comic humanism for everyone. His book will stretch the common definition of shamanism and lift the Buckskin Curtain to the characters behind the great visions."--Kenneth Lincoln (author of Native American Renaissance) in the San Francisco Chronicle. In a first-person narrative, a Lakota shaman blends an explanation of the mystery and ritual of the sacred pipe with a lively account of growing up Native American. 224 pages, paper, 6x9", $13.00, Less 20% |
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Black
Elk Speaks Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by John Gneisenau Neihardt Introduced by Vine Deloria Jr. Black Elk was Crazy Horse's second cousin, a teenage witness to the battle of Little Bighorn, and a hero at Wounded Knee. Neihardt, a great turn-of-the-century poet and mythologist, recorded this great Sioux shaman's story, and vision, in his own words, thus capturing a truly authentic record of the powerful consciousness of Native America at its best. A towering classic, introduced by a great historian. Paperback - 298 pages, paper, 5.5x8", $11.95, Less 20% |
 The Body of Myth Mythology, Shamanic Trance, and the Sacred Geography of the Body J. Nigro Sansonese |
From Library
Journal: "Much like a musical composition by Claude Debussy, this is an impressionistic book, full of mythological and physiological allusions that affect the reader with "Eureka''-type discoveries. The book's organization is unorthodox, yet it succeeds in convincing the reader that there is definitely a physical connection between the human body and mythologies. Sansonese, who has practiced raja yoga for years and here shows how yoga can be used as an effective means of attaining a deeper self-consciousness, reveals himself to be a natural successor to Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung. Readers in public and academic libraries who appreciate and delight in the juxtaposition of science and religion, East and West, will especially enjoy this esoteric volume."-Gary P. Gillum, Brigham Young Univ. 369 pages, paper, 8.5x11", $24.95, Less 20% |
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Bone
Games Extreme Sports, Shamanism, Zen, and the Search for Transcendence by Rob Schultheis A crazy athlete with a lot to say. 184 pages, pages, 5.5x8.3", $12.95, Less 20% |
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Breath
Was the First Drummer A Treatise on Drums, Drumming and Drummers Dru Kristel "This comprehensive, entertaining book covers every type of drum, and the complete physical aspects of drum making, tuning and repair. I found the metaphysical information even more valuable. The transformational qualities of rhythmic attunement through tribal drumming and shamanism are explained. The easy-to-follow format encompasses Eastern and Western spirituality, and focuses on the connection between sound and light as a means of attuning with the Divine." 158 pages, paper, $16.95 |
 Buffalo Woman Comes Singing The Spirit Song of a Rainbow Medicine Woman |
by Brooke Medicine
Eagle In the spiritual community, Brooke Medicine Eagle has been renowned as a powerful teacher, a new embodiment of White Buffalo Woman. Now, with awareness of Native Americans growing, she reveals the extraordinary way in which she became a Native American Earthkeeper, healer, visionary and singer. Jean Houston, author of THE SEARCH FOR THE BELOVED: "BUFFALO WOMAN COMES SINGING explores fascinating uses of traditions like the Medicine Wheel; healing through ritual action; dreamtime; and the moon lodge -- the woman's place of retreat and visioning. These powerful personal tools integrate ancient wisdom with contemporary experience, as Buffalo Woman calls each spiritual warrior to her own true place in the dance of life. 495 pages, paper, 5.2x8", $12.50, Less 20% |
 Chamalu The Shamanic Way of the Heart Traditional Teachings from the Andes Luis Espinoza |
Chamalu
tells the story of a young woman's initiation into Andean wisdom traditions
under the guidance of Chamalu, a Quechua shaman. The sacred way of the
heart, he tells her, is a spiritual journey that must be undergone by
anyone who aspires to be a Wanderer--a person who transcends illusion
and embraces primal reality, unmediated by religious doctrine or intellectual
constructs. The woman asks him to show her how to release herself from
the emotional pain that paralyzes her, and gradually, over a series of
meetings, Chamau reveals to her the secret of reconnecting with the spirits
of the ancestors and of Pachamama, Mother Earth. Presented as a
series of conversations, Chamalu is simply told in language that
appeals directly to the heart, Chamalu allows the reader to experience
Andean shamanic teachings based on the ancient Inca heritage of wisdom,
inner power, simplicity, and joy. Luis Espinoza (Chamalu) is a Bolivian Quechua shaman who has brought the traditional teachings of the Andes to modern-day apprentices in Spain, France, and the United States. Since 1993 he has directed Janajpacha, a spiritual center in the Cochabamba Valley in central Bolivia. "Mystic seekers may find this book refreshingly clear and exuberant. The unintimidated may find it both too general and too exultant. Doubtless it will find a place in specialty bookstores or collections, as part of the multicultural spiritual experience." Linda Vavra, American Bookseller 112 pages, paper, 5.4x8.3", $9.95, Less 20% |
 Circle of Shaman Healing through Ecstasy, Rhythm, and Myth Karen Berggren Circle of Shaman focuses on the shamanic flight of ecstasy-the core experience that distinguishes shamanism from other spiritual and healing practices-and how it enables the psyche to heal itself of dysfunctional patterns, allowing the Self to evolve. Based on her own experiences, Karen Berggren explores the development of rhythmic empathy to engage the ecstatic experience. |
Karen Berggren's
CIRCLE OF SHAMAN is a wonderful gift that will be adored by everyone interested
in shamanic experience. This is her personal story of entering the world
of the shaman and how her journey takes us into the heart of ecstatic
experience. Today's growing interest in shamanism has led to an acknowledgement
of the power of imaginal realms, the space where archetypal presences
grace us in visionary encounter. In our drumming and calling forth of
totemic relations, we have been re-shown old ways of healing. Yet, in
spite of this contemporary revival of the shamanic way, something of vital
importance has been left out and kept in the dark. We have forgotten that
the heart of shamanism is nothing less than unfettered ecstatic experience
and this is what Karen Berggren awakens us to remember. The word, "shaman,"
originally referred to the excited, often shaking of the body of a person
filled with life's spirit. As an old Micmac medicine man once told me,
"No shake, no shaman." To enter the heart of shamanism is to
enter the core of ecstatic experience. Karen Berggren fully understands
this and her exciting text, which weaves inspiring prose, narrative, and
academic research, brings a much needed healing to the over-sober scene
in contemporary shamanism. Karen Berggren is a writer, musician, and performer who has been involved in spirit work and mediumship since 1975. In 1989 she was unexpectedly initiated into the path of shamanism. She gives lectures and workshops on shamanism and the healing power of drumming, dance, and rhythm. She is also cofounder of Theater of the Spirit, an experimental theater company that explores mythic and shamanic themes. She currently lives in Acton, Massachusetts. "Karen Berggren’s Circle of Shaman is a wonderful gift that will be adored by everyone interested in shamanic experience . . . her exciting text, which weaves inspiring prose, narrative, and academic research, brings a much needed healing to the too-sober scene in contemporary shamanism." Brad Keeny, author of Shaking Out the Spirits 208 pages, paper,6x9", $12.95, Less 20% |
 Compass of the Heart |
Embodying Medicine
Wheel Teachings Loren Cruden Arranged in the form of a medicine wheel, Compass of the Heart uses the teachings of the six directions - East, South, West, North, Sky, and Earth - as it explores what it means to be consciously engaged in the life that swirls around us each and every moment. Cruden discusses daily spiritual practices-meditation, work with chakras, even teaching children or gardening-as ways of maintaining a connectedness to truth through the ups and downs of experience. These practices deepen one's relationship with the Earth so that spiritual awareness occurs not just in rare moments of inspiration but as an integral and ongoing part of life itself. More than a guide, this is the perfect companion to those following the compass of their hearts toward a union of body, earth, and spirit. For those who feel a desire for a natural spirituality in their lives, Compass of the Heart offers insights and suggestions based on Loren Cruden's lifetime of work with Native American and other Earth-oriented traditions. Further develops the ideas and practices set forth in the author's previous work, The Spirit of Place. Loren Cruden, a midwife and herbal healer, leads shamanic workshops in the Pacific Northwest. She is the author of The Living Earth Tarot Deck, The Spirit of Place, and Coyote's Council Fire. She lives in Washington State. 211 pages, paper, 6x9", $14.95, Less 20% |
 Conscious Conception Elemental Journey Through the Labryinth of Sexuality by Jeannine Parvati Baker, Tamara Slayton, Frederick Baker Conscious Conception is the comprehensive reference for fertility awareness. All natural methods of family planning, both ancient and current, are presented within the larger context of sexuality and an evolving spirituality, which embraces the religious wisdom traditions and goes beyond. The book is for anyone who wants to prepare before conception for the great journey as partners in creation: commonly known as becoming PARENTS. Couples who are labelled "infertile" will discover new possibilities and ways to naturally conceive. This book is also for anyone exploring fertile sexuality and desires a way to avoid contraception and pregancy both at once. The information is shared with the hope that every baby can be a welcomed baby AND strengthen sexual relationships. Rather than rely upon medical device, chemicals or surgeries, the invitation of Conscious Conception is to experience fertility as not in the way of sexuality, but rather, that fertile sexuality is THE way of spirituality. |
Jeannine
Parvati Baker us the author of Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal.
The authors boldly guide us through such real issues as abortion,
adoption and choosing the gender and birth time of our babies
yet always within a larger story of SOUL ~ myth, metaphor and
our evolution of ideas about sexuality and by extension, creation.
One prevailing concept in Conscious Conception is that
we can put to rest the "victim-of-fertility" archetype
which has been at best the inspiration of great literature/tragedy
for millennia, and at worst has released much pain and suffering
upon our Earth. We can become conscious of our capacity to co-create
~ as simple as knowing when one is hungry or thristy, we can know
when we are fertile and act in ways which are best-for-life. This natural knowing is aided by attention to not only our physical bodies and fertility cycles, but our dreams and desires. What is emerging at the end of this millennium is the realization that fertility awareness is a SOURCE experience, one which puts us in direct relationship with creative energy. By becoming conscious of our fertility, we become more creative. Included are detailed ceremonies for healing previous abortions, both public and private rituals to resolve the past and be more present in the unfolding fertility story now. Abortion is not moralized as being "wrong" ~ rather, it just hurts and is increasingly unneccessary as the practice of Conscious Conception/ Fertility Awareness is spread throughout the world. Again, contraception is deconstructed to show its inevitable failure while in contrast, when cyclical abstinance is employed, there are no conceptions. Plus the world's best kept secret ~ fertility awareness inclusive of abstinance, enhances a long-term monogamous relationship in many ways that usage of contraception cannot. It also is optimal in short-term relationships as the practicioners need fear no untimely pregnancy. What would the world look like if every baby was a wanted, welcomed baby? If women knew ourselves and honestly communicated our truth in regards to fertility to our lovers? What if teens learned fertility awareness, which embraces the best of all ideas about sex education, and developed a real self to esteem? Conscious Conception describes such a world ~ a world of the POSSIBLE FAMILY. Freebirth, waterbirth, total breastfeeding, the family bed and attachment mothering are shared amongst many other topics as extensions of the optimal beginning in life ~ conscious conception between passionate partners with life. It sounds simple ~ by knowing when we are fertile, we can still express sexual love yet not conceive babies merely by not having seminal intercourse. Women are usually fertile for 1/3, 1/4 or 1/5th of the monthly cycle. During this phase of fertility, sexuality can be deepened by exploring many ways to ecstasy exclusive of intercourse. There is a courtship/ honeymoon rhythm each month which cultivates desire and passion. Plus, the dilemma of an unwanted pregnancy needn't interfere with the on-going deepening of trust between lovers. Conscious Conception explores why, when and how to practice effective fertility awareness, whether you want a baby or not ~ and to its credit, expands the mysteries of life as it does. This is an exploration of the labryinth of sexuality, where conception is a fractal of birth, and the doorway to many dimensions of existence, pre-existence and post-existence in the great round of being. 512 pages, paper, art, photos, notes, research/ references, book reviews/ bibliographies, glossary and index, $20.00, Less 20% |
 Conscious Dreaming |
A Spiritual
Path for Everyday Life Robert Moss Written by a popular leader of dream workshops and seminars, Conscious Dreaming details a unique nine-step approach to dreams, especially precognitive and clairvoyant ones, that uses contemporary dreamwork methods and techniques developed from shamanic cultures around the world. Presenting a nine-step approach to dreams, the author of The Firekeeper explains how to use dreams to help readers tap their inner sources of creativity and intuition to make better decisions about the challenges of life. 384 pages, paper, 5.3x8", $16.00, Less 20% |
 The Cosmic Serpent DNA and the Origins of Knowledge Jeremy Narby |
For ten years,
Jeremy Narby explored the Amazonian rain forests, the libraries of Europe,
and some of the world's most arcane scientific journals. He followed strange
clues, unsuppressible intuitions, and extraordinary coincidences. He collected
evidence and researched the seemingly impossible possibility that specific
knowledge might somehow be transferred through DNA, the genetic information
at the heart of every cell of every living thing, to a specially prepared
consciousness. Narby demonstrates that indigenous and ancient peoples
have known for millennia - and have even drawn - the double helix structure,
something Western science discovered only in 1953. He also suggests that
DNA and the life it codes for at the cellular level are "minded." "The Cosmic Serpent is a spellbinding, scholarly tour de force that may presage a major paradigm shift in the Western view of reality." --Michael Harner, Ph.D., president, Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and author of The Way of the Shaman 272 pages, paper, $12.95, Less 20% |
 Cosmos, Self, and History in Baniwa Religion For Those Unborn Robin M. Wright |
The Baniwa Indians
of the Northwest Amazon (a frontier region on the borders of Brazil, Venezuela,
and Colombia) have engaged in millenarian movements since at least the
middle of the nineteenth century. The defining characteristic of these
movements is usually a prophecy of the end of this present world and the
restoration of the primordial, utopian world of creation. This prophetic
message, delivered by powerful shamans, has its roots in Baniwa myths
of origin and creation. In this ethnography of Baniwa religion, Robin
M. Wright explores the myths of creation and how they have been embodied
in religious movements and social action - particularly in a widespread
conversion to evangelical Christianity. This research sheds new light
on millenarian, messianic, and prophetic movements in native South America.
The book contributes to current theoretical discussions in anthropology
on the links between myth, social action, and history. And it adds important
new material to studies of the relations among native religions and Christianity.
348 pages, cloth, 6.4x9.3", $40.00 |
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Dance
of Power A Shamanic Journey Dr. Susan Gregg's own path to self-empowerment, which has helped many people to interpret the ancient power rites in the modern age. 240 pages, paper, 5.3x8", $12.95, Less 20% |
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Dance
of The Four Winds Secrets Of The Inca Medicine Wheel by Alberto Villoldo Dance Of The Four Winds recounts the adventures of the American psychologist Alberto Villolodo as he journeys to Peru to explore the visionary ceremonies of the native shamans. Here Quechua masters use the jungle plant ayahuasca to further their spiritual progress along the four paths of the Medicine Wheel. 265 pages, 6" x 9", $14.95, Less 20% |
 The Dancing Healers |
A Doctor's Journey of Healing with Native Americans
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 Dreamgates An Explorer's Guide to the Worlds of Soul, Imagination, and Life Beyond Death |
Shamanic practitioner,
dream explorer, and author of Conscious Dreaming, Robert Moss provides
exciting, new conscious dreamwork techniques that can launch readers into
other worlds and the furthest reaches of their imaginations. Insisting
that we are each born with the ability to experience different ways of
seeing and knowing, Moss (Conscious Dreaming) invites readers through
the portals of "the twilight zone - the cusp between waking and sleeping,
and between sleeping and waking." Beyond this entrance to the dreamworld,
according to Moss, dreamers encounter spirit guides, experience physical
and emotional healings, see and create their own futures and are given
answers to specific questions. Teaching his method of "active dreaming,"
he provides many provocative individual and group exercises, including
breathing, drumming and a variety of visualization techniques. According
to Moss, the ultimate purpose of reconnecting dreaming and conscious states
is "soul remembering," the revelation of where we came from
before birth and where we will go after death, illuminating whatever lies
in between with new meaning. 368 pages, paper, 5.3x8", $14.00, Less 20% |
 Dreamtime & Dreamwork Decoding the Language of the Night Stanley Krippner, Editor |
In this
unique collection of a popular topic, pioneer researcher Stanley
Krippner presents a definitive, accessible volume that will address
the questions o readers interested in the theory and practice
of dreams. In this unique collection of a popular topic, pioneer
researcher Stanley Krippner presents a definitive, accessible
volume that will address the questions o readers interested in
the theory and practice of dreams. Included in this volume are
essays by June Singer, Montegue Ullman, and 28 other leading dream
workers. From Library Journal: Dreams evoke strong psychological and spiritual feelings, from fear to curiosity to wonder. Covering the range of emotions, this collection of essays surveys existential approaches to dreamwork, Jungian perspectives, the use of dreamwork for problem-solving, erotic dreaming, dreaming and shamanism, and gender-based differences in dreaming. One chapter offers guidelines for evaluating books on dreamwork. Written in a readable style by such scholars and practitioners as June Singer, Montague Ullman, and David Feinstein, this is recommended for college libraries and/or large psychology collections. 304 pages, paper, $14.95, Less 20% |
 Dreamtime and Inner Space |
The
World of the Shaman Holger Kalweit, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Designer) A shaman-according to the classic definition given by Mircea Eliade-is a man or woman who makes spiritual "journeys" in an altered state of consciousness in order to heal the sick, divine the future, or contact the spirits of the dead. In this book Holger Kalweit has collected the first- person accounts of tribal shamans from Africa, Siberia, and the Americas, describing their paranormal experiences and visions as well as their rituals, healing techniques, and spiritual disciplines. Out-of-body journeys, spirit weddings, the use of sacred drugs, descent to the underworld, healing with crystals, and acquiring animal allies are just some of the experiences surveyed. How a person becomes a shaman and what psychic stages of development he or she passes through are also discussed. By drawing parallels with the findings of modern research into altered states of consciousness, the author demonstrates that shamans are important "astronauts of inner space" who have valuable knowledge to contribute to our understanding of the universe and of our human potential. 297 pages, paper, 6x9", $22.50, Less 20% |
 The Eagle's Quest A Physicist's Search for Truth in the Heart of the Shamanic World Fren Alan Wolf An acclaimed physicist takes us on a fascinating journey as he examines shamanism in the light of modern science. |
"Breaks
down barriers between modern science and a mystical worldview."--Publishers
Weekly. Journeying through the shamanistic world, from the Himalayas to the jungles of Peru, Fred Alan Wolf encountered strange phenomena--natural healing, firewalking, shape-shifting, near-death and out-of-body experiences, visions of the past and future, time traveling, and lucid dreaming-that seemingly could not be reconciled with his training as a theoretical physicist. Wolf shows how the concepts of the New Physics--the "observer effect," parallel universes, the uncertainty principle, and the "holographic universe"--can illuminate the mysteries of shamanism, and vice versa. A surprising exploration of the links between the natural and the supernatural, The Eagle's Quest is an inspiring intellectual and spiritual odyssey. From Publisher's Weekly: Personal odysseys through shamanic rites lead Wolf to posit links between the Shaman's experience and the ``new physics.'' A captivating, lucid quest for awareness. Wolf is the author of the American Book Award-winning Taking the Quantum Leap. 320 pages, paper, 6x8.5", $12.00, Less 20% |
 Encyclopedia of Native American Healing by William S. Lyon |
This
monumental volume explores, explains, and honors the healing practices
of Native Americans throughout North America, from the southwestern
United States to the Arctic Circle. Designed for ease of use with
maps, a detailed subject index, an extensive bibliography, and
cross references. With more than 1,200 entries, the Encyclopedia
of Native American Healing introduces readers to renowned Native
American healers throughout history; societies and divisions into
which healers were categorized; sacred objects used in healing
rituals and how each was used; types of healing ceremonies conducted;
plants used to increase healing powers; symbolic motifs used in
healing rituals; major concepts that formed Native American healing
traditions; and major scholars of Native American healing, complete
with first-hand accounts of their experiences. The alphabetical
entries are cross-referenced, enabling the reader to thoroughly
explore a particular concept or the evolution and relationship
of ideas, practices, customs, ceremonies, and peoples. Each entry
cites tribal origin and corresponding geographic location. These
regions, in turn, are keyed to tribal territorial maps that pinpoint
exact tribe locations. A bibliography and a subject index complete
this work, making it a fundamental resource for students and scholars
alike. 416 pages, paper, illus, 7.3x9.6", $14.95, Less 20% |
 Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism William S. Lyon |
The author:
"It is designed to operate as a companion volume to Encyclopedia
of Native American Healing. It is the first book ever written
that surveys the various manifestations of shamanic powers in
Native North America as they have been recorded since the early
1600's. Readers of this volume will be astonished to learn of
the far-reaching applications to which shamanic medicine powers
have been applied by Native American shamans and the many different
forms in which these powers manifested. This is a scholarly work
that is designed to aid in research in which each entry contains
bibliographical references to original sources for more intensive
inquiry into any subject concerning Native American shamanism.
However, the general reader interested in the magical feats of
Native American shamans will find much here to discover." 468 pages, cloth, 7.3x10.3", $65.00 |
 Entering the Circle Ancient Secrets of Siberian Wisdom Discovered by a Russian Psychiatrist Olga Kharitidi |
A young
Russian psychiatrist recounts her spiritual adventures in the
Siberian mountains, where, guided by a shaman and a Soviet physicist,
she experienced the ancient, nearly forgotten wisdom of Siberian
shamanism. Already generating a movie and major foreign rights
sales, Olga Kharitidi's riveting account of her soul-altering
journey into the mysterious realm of Siberian shamanism opens
a treasure chest of spiritual wisdom and offers readers an ancient
tradition's riches--powerful teachings on consciousness, life
and death, and the true potential of the human mind. Joining
an ailing friend on a spontaneous trip to the Altai Mountains,
Dr. Kharitidi is taken into apprenticeship by a native Shaman
who guides her through bizarre, magical, and often terrifying
experiences that open her eyes to a wellspring of deeper learning.
On the road to Belovedia, a fabled civilization of highly evolved
beings, she encounters revolutionary mystical teachings while
discovering ancient secrets of magic and healing. At once a modern
odyssey and a timeless dreamscape, Entering the Circle is an inspiring
story of personal growth and an insightful work about the limitless
potential of human spirit. 224 pages, paper, 5.4x8", $12.00, Less 20% |
 Entheogens and the Future of Religion by Robert Forte, Albert Hofmann, R. Gordon Wasson, Brother David Steindl-Rast, Jack Kornfield, Terence McKenna, Ann and Alexander Shulgin, Robert Jesse, Dale Pendell, Thomas Riedlinger, Thomas Roberts, Rick Strassman, and Eric Sterling |
"This book provides a balanced,
thoroughly research and clear account about a topic that has fascinated
people for centuries - even millennia - and will be with us, on
way or another, for a long time to come." -- Harvey Cox,
Ph.D., Professor of Theology, Harvard Divinity School "This book of essays plows new ground.... It is well worth reading. Anything that can bring the human family closer together should be investigated." -- Rev. Dr. Kenneth B. Smith, President, Chicago Theological Seminary "The sensible use of entheogens is one of the most promising paths to deep spiritual insight for many people, and this book shows how that could be done." -- Charles T. Tart, Ph.D. author of Living the Mindful Life "We have long needed this well-articulated, thoughtful, and rational basis for understanding the power of psychedelic biochemicals to stimulate visionary experience. These essays make a strong case for the use of these substances in future religious practice." -- Frank Barron, Ph.D., Sc.D., author of No Rootless Flower: An Ecology of Creativity Paperback, 6x9", 14.95 |
 Experiencing Ritual A New Interpretation of African Healing by Edith Turner, Singleton Kahona, William Blodgett The scene is Zambia in 1985. A patient has been invaded by the tooth of a dead hunter, a spirit object which causes her much pain. Only a drum ritual can cure it. |
The company starts to sing and drum, and when
at last the dramatic climax breaks, the anthropologist sees
a six-inch blob--a kind of plasma or gray spherical ghost--emerging
from the patient's back. Experiencing Ritual is Edith
Turner's account of how she sighted a spirit form while participating
in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. Turner's experience with
the Ndembu is extensive; from 1951 to 1954 she and her husband,
the preeminent anthropologist Victor Turner, conducted fieldwork
among them. This fieldwork formed the basis for Victor Turner's
highly influential work, The Drums of Affliction. In that study,
Victor Turner analyzed the Ihamba in terms of its social and
psychological functions, but dismissed the Ndembu view that
the real context of the Ihamba is spiritual. When Edith Turner
returned to the Ndembu in 1985, she learned what she and Victor
did not learn during their early fieldwork--how to understand
the Ihamba in Ndembu terms. Through her richly detailed analysis
of the ritual and her willingness to make the spirit central
to her analysis, she presents a view not common in anthropological
writings--the view of millions of Africans--that ritual is the
harnessing of spiritual power. This provocative and challenging
work will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology,
African studies, and religious studies. |
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Finding
the Sacred Self A Shamanic Workbook Susan Gregg The 40 exercises in this workbook - which you can do alone or in a group - will help you stop you inner pain and radically shift your perception of reality so that you can experience life anew, free and strong. Through exercises such as "meeting your protector" and "channeling healing energies," you will actually encounter your inner knowing. 210 pages, paper, 6x9", $12.00, Less 20% |
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Fire
in the Head Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit Tom Cowan A lyrical exploration of shamanism and Celtic tradition that explores various myths, tales, shamanic techniques, and cross-cultural connections. A wealth of subjects are covered, from the traces of shamanistic practice we find in the lives of Celtic heroes to the deeper significance of the Arthuran legends. An interesting part of the book is the section on the Sacred Wound, a vital but mysterious part of shamanic initiation. Within this retelling, Cowan outlines the techniques used to access the shaman's world. Cowan coauthored How to Tap into Your Own Genius. 240 pages, paper, 6x9.2", $17.00, Less 20% |
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The
Flowers of Wiricuta A Journey to Shamanic Power with the Huichol Indians of Mexico by Tom Pinkson, Ph.D The Flowers of Wiricuta is the gripping autobiographical account of Tom Pinkson’s decade-long immersion in the shamanic traditions of the Huichol tribe of north central Mexico, who have retained their ancient way of life more thoroughly than other indigenous groups, and are known primarily for the use of peyote in their spiritual traditions. Pinkson has successfully integrated their teachings into his work with terminally ill children and their families. His book is a heart-felt record of a personal search for a clearer understanding of the true self. Tom Soloway Pinkson, Ph.D., is a practicing psychologist, consultant, teacher, public speaker and high-performance coach to business executives and health professionals. He lives in San Rafael, California. "Boldly reveals the path of a true modern shaman. As this engaging book clearly shows, shamanism has much to contribute to contemporary society." James Swan, Ph.D. 304 pages, 6 x 9, Paper, $16.95, Less 20% |
 Forest of Visions Ayahuasca, Amazonian Spirituality, and the Santo Daime Tradition by Alex Polari de Alverga |
The
story of Santo Daime--a new religion that blends elements of
Christianity with older Amazonian indigenous spiritual practices--and
the ecologically sound and spiritually centered utopian community
it has inspired. Edited and Introduced by Stephen Larsen, author of The Shaman's Doorway A true story of a classical spiritual encounter, as well as an intimate account of the genesis of an important religious tradition that continues to grow worldwide. Alex Polari de Alverga spent years as a political prisoner during the rule of the military junta in Brazil, enduring torture, brutality, and deprivation. On his release from captivity and in search of something to restore his spiritual connection to life, he had a transformative encounter with one of the two revered founders of Santo Daime, Padrinho Sebastiao Mota de Mela. Santo Daime--an Amazonian religion, born out of jungle entheogens, mediumship, and healing, that is a potent and unique synthesis of Christianity and indigenous practices--provided Alverga with an alternative to his disillusionment with modern society. His quest for spiritual initiation eventually led him deep into the heart of the rainforest to Mapia, one of the spiritual centers of Santo Daime, where he became a teacher and leader of the Daime community. Forest of Visions is a story of a classic spiritual encounter comparable to the Tibetan Saint Milarepa's search for his teacher Marpa. It is also an intimate account of the genesis of an important religious tradition that from modest beginnings in Brazil has now spread throughout the world and continues to grow. It provides an inside look at the spiritually centered village of Mapia, a model for communities in the 21st century. 288 pages, paper, 6 x 9", 8-page b & w insert (17 photograghs), $14.95, Less 20% |
 The Four-Fold Way |
Walking
the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary Angeles Arrien A leading expert on native spirituality and shamanism reveals the four archetypal principles of the Native American medicine wheel and how they can lead readers to a higher spirituality and a better world. Features meditational exercises, a self-inventory to track progress, and inspirational quotations. 30 illustrations. Brooke Medicine Eagle, author of Buffalo Woman Comes Singing: "No matter how much I learn, grow and share, Angeles Arrien's wisdom always holds more before me to practice, integrate, and give away to others. She is a shining light in my life, and I know she can become one in yours through this fine, empowering book!" 203 pages, paper, 7.4x9.2", $19.00, Less 20% |
 From the Realm of the Ancestors An Anthology in Honor of Marija Gimbutas by Joan Marler (Editor) Born in Lithuania, Marija Gimbutas was a national heroine even before her death in 1994. A classically trained archaeologist, Dr. Gimbutas was also a linguist, mythologist and folklorist who possessed the vision of an artist and the broad understanding of a philosopher. |
Widely
respected as a world-class expert on Baltic and Slavic prehistory
and the Indo-European Bronze Age, she devoted the last thirty
years of her life to exploring and interpreting the earlier Neolithic
cultures of Europe. This seminal archaeologist's unearthing
of the goddess-based, matrilineal society that preceded the patriarchal
Indo-European culture has been widely recognized as ground-breaking,
initiating a new perception of European prehistory that challenges
traditional assumptions about the origins of Western civilization.
In this splendid collection, an international group of scholars,
artists and writers articulate their deep respect for Marija Gimbutas
as they acknowledge the contributions she has made to their own
work. From the Realm of the Ancestors features a brilliant and profound collection of essays by scholars from various disciplines - in Australia, Canada, the United States, Eastern and Western Europe - who acknowledge the significance of Dr. Gimbutas' scholarship. The book is divided into three sectons: PART ONE: REMEMBERING A GREAT WOMAN OF SCIENCE PART TWO: DEEPENING THE DISCIPLINES I. ARCHAEOLOGY, II. Genetics, Linguistics, Indo-European Studies, III. ARCHAEOMYTHOLOGY, IV. MYTHOLOGY/FOLKLORE, PART THREE: EXPANDING THE VISION I. AN EMERGING PARADIGM, II. THE ARTISTIC VISION, III. THE SYMBOLISM OF AN EARTH-BASED SPIRITUALITY, IV. THE POETIC VOICE, V. THE INTERIOR REALM 530 pages, paper, 7x9", $45.95, Less 20% |
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The
Gift of Life Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru Bonnie Glass-Coffin In a uniquely personal account of the lives and healing arts of female shamans in northern Peru, the author alternates diaristic writings about her own experiences with ethnographic description. These alternate with chapters in which she describes the crisis that rocked her identity, her first contact with a female healer, and her own tumultuous but ultimately rewarding healing journey under two female shamans. 17 photos. 256 pages, paper, 6x8.5", $15.95, Less 20% |
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The
Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe Myths, and Cult Images, 6500-3500 B.C. by Marija Gimbutas The seminal archaeologist's pictorial revivification of matriarchal Neolithic Europe. Very heavily illustrated with the overtly pharmaco-shamanic art of the ancestors. Defintive. 304 pages, paper, 7.4x9.8", $19.95, Less 20% |
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Hallucinogens
& Shamanism |
 Healing The Shadow Ross Bishop Santa Fe shaman, Ross Bishop, offers a unique perspective on self-healing and therapy. |
Ten
years in the making and based on twenty years of healing experience,
Shadow provides readers with the tools and resources to manifest
positive change in their lives. For 40,00 years shaman have been
teaching people about the forces of the shadow and how to deal
with them. Healing The Shadow renders those ancient concepts into
a form that can both be understood and used in the modern Western
world. Shadow explains the origins of our stifled passion
and how the fear created by the shadow affects everything we do.
In addition to explaining these limiting forces, the book offers
practices to help each individual move through their self-limiting
beliefs and fears. Most notable of these is a presentation, for
the first time in print, of the ancient shamanic practice of "soul
retrieval," adapted to fit the needs of modern society. Healing The Shadow is a transforming and life enhancing book. It is one of the best guides to understanding and transforming life you will ever read. As one reader says, "it is not for those simply looking for a comfortable new age read, for it ultimately demands putting the book down and actually doing the work. If you are serious about moving forward with your life, however, this book will become a treasured dog-eared ally." 325 pages, paper, $19.95 |
 Imagery in Healing |
Shamanism
and Modern Medicine Jeanne Achterberg Combining the practices of the earliest healers with the latest data from modern medicine, this comprehensive work shows how the systematic use of mental imagery can help patients through painful events. An instant classic when first published in 1985. Science Books & Films: "This well-written and thoroughly documented book powerfully challenges modern assumptions of mind-body dualism, and inspires us all to go beyond our limiting beliefs to activate our imaginations. This tribute to the inner healer is highly recommended for undergraduate, graduate, and medical classes, high-school and adult education courses, and interested teachers, professionals, and lay persons." 253 pages, paper, 6x9", $25.00, Less 20% |
 Initiation A Woman's Spiritual Adventure in the Heart of the Andes by Elizabeth B. Jenkins |
In 1989,
Elizabeth Jenkins was living in San Francisco, working on a doctorate
in clinical psychology. Her life seemed full...but she felt empty.
Then she traveled to Peru, intending to research Andean healing
practices--and found herself taking an unexpected journey, with
the guidance of an initiated priest of the Andean Path.
This is her story, filled with compelling details of her own initiation
in the beautiful but harsh setting of the high Andes--and how
the voyage has changed her life. From Library Journal: "Jenkins writes about her visit to the Andean village of Cuzco, Peru, while studying for her Ph.D. in psychology. Her spiritual experiences there were so compelling and profound that she returned home to San Francisco, sold everything, and went back there to live. Over the course of eight years, she traveled back and forth, studying and participating in the shamanic practices of the ancient Inca traditions. Her experiences are exciting, portrayed here with a great deal of honor and respect, and her writing is compelling. The result is a fine addition to the growing genre exploring indigenous spirituality." 273 pages, paper, 5.3x8.3", $13.00, Less 20% |
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The
Invisible Landscape Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching A thoroughly revised edition of the much-sought-after early work by Terence and Dennis McKenna that looks at shamanism, altered states of consciousness, and the organic unity of the King Wen sequence of the I Ching. 256 pages, 6x9", 16.00, Less 20% |
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Jaguar
Wisdom Mayan Calendar Magic Kenneth Johnson The Mayan people and their Sacred Calendar continue to be a subject of fascination. Jaguar Wisdom presents an accessible introduction to the spiritual teachings and practices of the ancient and contemporary Mayan people. Since the Sacred Calendar remains the foundation of the Mayan spiritual tradition, Jaguar Wisdom introduces its complete magical system including correspondences, ritual astrology, and divination. 288 pages, paper, 6x9", illus, glossary, bibliography, & index, $14.95, Less 20% |
 Journeying Where Shamanism and Psychology Meet Jeannette M. Gagan, Ph.D. Journeying not only shows the commonalities shared by shamanism and psychology, but expands on inherent healing possibilities when their forces are joined. |
This
book offers informed insight as to how the practice of journeying
weaves into the psychological perspective, as well as providing
those who know little about shamanism an enlightened view. Journeying
is the term used to describe a shaman's movement into an altered
state of consciousness to obtain healing information. Psychology,
like shamanism, works to alleviate human suffering and makes use
of altered states in a variety of ways including guided imagery
and hypnosis. Shamanism, the oldest healing tradition known to
humankind, springs from natural, intuitive, and spiritual sources.
Psychology, a relative newcomer on the Western scene, relies on
logic and science. In bringing these two healing disciplines together, the author illustrates how variations on the practice of journeying strengthens the psychological process. The true heart of this book rests in the application of journeying to the healing of emotional wounds--wounds that occur when parents are unable to sufficiently bond with their infants. In such healing journeys shamanic power animals and spirit helpers provide nurturing not previously experienced, softening edges of neediness and desperation that sometimes feed adolescent and adult aggression. Journeying beats a fast-paced path to the alchemy of psychological transformation in words easily understood by practitioners and lay persons alike. "Here is an author who clearly knows her subject. Gagan's book is nothing short of fascinating. It doesn't ask you to reject modern psychology, only to consider augmenting the discipline with a deeper plane of consciousness." THE NEW MEXICAN 192 pages, paper, 6x9", $16.00 |
 Jung and Shamanism in Dialogue |
Retrieving
the Soul/Retrieving the Sacred C. Michael Smith, Ph.D. In this highly original study, C. Michael Smith explores the affinities and distinctions between shamanism and Jungian psychology by bringing them together in dialogue. According to Smith, shamanism is considered to be a complex of practices of magico-religious character concerned primarily with psycho-spiritual and psychosomatic healing. Smith systematically examines shamanism from a Jungian perspective, and Jungian psychology from a shamanic perspective, ultimately reflecting on the clinical and cultural implications of this study on psychotherapy and spirituality today. Jung and Shamanism in Dialogue makes an excellent resource for anyone interested in tapping into psycho-spiritual wisdom. 304 pages, paper, 6x9", $29.95, Less 20% |
 The Language of the Goddess |
by Marija
Gimbutas "One of the most breathtaking examples of a new surge of feminist-oriented scholarship" Breathtaking because completely empirical. Gimbutas was the premier archaeological excavator of Neolithic Europe, and this astonishing work is a photographic trip, via the actual artifiacts themselves, into the pharmaco-shamanic Neolithic, the Mother of us all. Encyclopedic - hundreds of incredible photos & illustrations organized by a seminal genius. Marija Gimbutas' masterpiece. "A dramatic story of paradise lost and rediscovered."--New York Times 416 pages, paper, 7.3x9", hundreds of photos & illus, $23.00, Less 20% |
 The Lighted Path A Journey of Transformation and Transcendence Risha Henrique |
Hawk
on the Wind, a Native American medicine woman and shaman, uses
the shared prophecies of many cultures, including Mayan, Hopi,
and Tibetan. She shows how the world has entered an evolutionary
period of spiritual renewal led by the enlightened ones known
as Thunderbeings. Through their timeless message of peace, caring,
and harmony, these healers of our world illuminate the path of
human destiny. Through her journal, The Lighted Path, Hawk's student, Risha Henrique, reveals the secrets that reconnect us to the internal intelligence and allow us to become masters of our own destiny. A reader writes: "The book is the real-life account of how Risha Henrique's search for the meaning of today's spirituality turned into the adventure of a lifetime. Over a seven-year period, Risha was exposed to fire walks, sweat lodges, vision quests, the deep dream state, forgotten realms, and momentous prophecies. By sharing her adventure, she hopes to inspire others to step on to a "lighted path". Occult and Metaphysics Editor's Recommended Book. 249 pages, paper, 5x7.5", $12.00, Less 20% |
 Magical Passes The Practical Wisdom of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico Carlos Castaneda |
Deepak
Chopra: "Carlos Castaneda is one of the most profound and
influential thinker of this century. His insights are paving the
way for the future evolution of human consciousness. We are all
deeply indebted to him." Chicago Tribune: "It's impossible to view the world in quite the same way after reading him...If Castaneda is correct, there is another world, a sometimes beautiful and sometimes frightening world, right before our eyes at this momentif only we could see." Life: "Castaneda's sanity lends to even the most lurid experiences the force of data. It compels us to believe that don Juan is one of the most extraordinary figures in anthropological literature, a neolithic sage. It helps us to accept, from the continent we stole, a mysterious gift of wisdom." 225 pages, paper, 6.2x9.2", $14.00, Less 20% |
 Medicine Grove A Shamanic Herbal by Loren Cruden Medicine Grove offers guidelines for incorporating herbs into one's spiritual life. A comprehensive herbal, listing common herbs as well as wild plants of North America, it is based on Loren Cruden's lifetime of work with Earth-based spiritual practices. This book includes chapters on gathering wild herbs, finding plant allies in the wilderness, and using herbs in shamanic ceremonies. It also provides practical information for all herbs discussed. |
Medicine
Grove includes descriptions of the part of the plant used,
notes on preparation, lists of symptoms alleviated by the herb,
and common effects. But Medicine Grove goes further, with
chapters on gathering and growing wild herbs, using herbs in shamanic
ceremonies or as plant allies in the wilderness, and birth, death,
and dreaming herbs. Cruden combines her own first-hand experiences
with a profound knowledge of indigenous traditions, enabling the
reader to bring herbal lore into his or her own practice. She
explains which herbs are best for seasonal ceremonies, smudging,
and making offerings, and tells how to purify a sacred space.
She covers topics such as vision quests, consciousness-altering,
and the special connections between certain herbs and totem animals.
Medicine Grove brings the concept of an herbal into sacred territory,
offering guidelines for incorporating herbs into one's spiritual
life, based on the author's lifetime of work with Native American
practices. Loren Cruden leads shamanic workshops and sweat lodge ceremonies throughout the Northwest. She is the author of The Spirit of Place, Coyote's Council Fire, and Compass of the Heart. She lives on First Thought Mountain in Washington State. Table of Contents: Part 1: Shamanic Herbalism 1. Gathering and Growing Herbs 2. Preparing Medicinal Remedies 3. Healing with Herbs 4. Plant Allies 5. Offering Herbs 6. Smudge Herbs 7. Maintenance Herbs 8. Ceremonial Herbs 9. Smoking Herbs and Use of Psychotropic Plants 10. Birth, Death, and Dreaming Herbs 11. Trees Part 2: Materia Medica Appendices Appendix 1: General Tips for Growing Common Garden Herbs Appendix 2: Forms for Medicinal Application of Herbs Appendix 3: Plant Associations Within the Web of Life Appendix 4: Herb Allies for Specific Aspects of Well-being Appendix 5: Herbs Used in Ceremony Suggested Reading Sources of Supply Plant Index General Index 176 pages, 6x9", 14 b&w photos, paper, $14.95, Less 20% |
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The
Medicine Way A Shamanic Path to Self Mastery by Kenneth Meadows, author of Earth Medicine To the Native American, the word "medicine" means more than a substance to restore health. It refers to a vital energy force available to all who call upon it--and also means "knowledge." This practical handbook of shamanic self-mastery offers a distillation of the ancient shamanic truths of the Native American, blended with wisdom derived from the East and from Europe. 256 pages, paper, 5.2x9.2", $17.95, Less 20% |
 Medicinemaker Mystic Encounters on the Shaman's Path Henry Barnard Wesselman |
In 1985,
anthropologist Hank Wesselman began to experience disturbingly
vivid altered states that ultimately propelled him on 12 fantastic
journeys across time and space. He wrote about these in Spiritwalker.
Now Dr. Wesselman continues his extraordinary narrative as he
recounts his true adventures where he is given foreshadowings
of imminent ecological, political, and spiritual challenges to
the future of civilization. Dr. Wesselman learns that his journeys
are much like the journeys shamans of all cultures have taken
for years. But his journeys take him far into the future, past
the collapse of civilization, to a "new" stone age.
There he meets a Hawaiian Kahuna mystic named Nainoa who teaches
the author about what the world is like after the fall of the
modern age. The result is another fascinating adventure, an exciting
discovery, and the story of how a hardheaded scientific realist
may have stumbled on an important piece in the puzzle of human
evolution. Continuing the fantastic true story begun in "Spiritwalker", Wesselman offers the memoir of a scientist and shaman who has time-traveled 5,000 years into the future, where the modern world has disappeared and indigenous tribes are making a new way in the world. 336 pages, cloth, 6.4x9.5", $22.95, Less 30% |
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Persephone's
Quest Entheogens and the Origins of Religion A brilliant trip into the meaning of ancient history and human psychology. The seminal classic that gave the language the word "entheogen." by R. Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, Jonathan Ott, Carl A.P. Ruck 257 pages, Paperback, $18.00 |
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Richard
Grossinger The legendary poet-publisher gives us a cross cultural look at the sources of medicine. Origins covers the sources of medical systems in various cultures and through history. Chapters include: Shamans; Medical Traditions: Lineages and Dichotomies; Disease and Cure: Image and Process in Medicine; The Cultural Basis of the Cure; The Origin of Medicine; Practical Ethnomedicine: The Ancient Skills; Spiritual Ethnomedicine; Guilds; Vitalist Science and Energy Medicine; Eurasian Medicine; Ayurvedic and Taoist Medicines; Sigmund Freud and the Origin of Psychotherapeutic Healing; Wilhelm Reich: From Character Analysis to Cosmic Eros; Alternative Medicine paper, 500 pages, $25.00, Less 15% |
 The Possible Human A Course in Enhancing Your Physical, Mental, and Creative Abilities by Jean Houston "When Dr. Jean Houston began The Foundation for Mind Research in 1965, her aim was to explore cultures in order to uncover the many ways peak human potential was defined and achieved. |
After
extensive research using techniques such as dream work, altered
states of consciousness and biofeedback on thousands of subjects,
she began to conduct workshops that focused on psychophysical
(mind/body) awareness and enhancement to reach a higher level
of being. The core elements of these workshops are recreated
here through essays and exercises designed to "awaken,"
in every sense, our physical and mental capacities, and to explore
the realms of our inner space and creative processes. This is
a fascinating work, both for its approach and the breadth of perspective
given by the rich historical and cultural context the material
is drawn from. Jean's social perceptions are remarkable, her delivery
accessible and her confidence in human ability inspiring."
The Womansource Catalog & Review In what has been called "an intellectual and spiritual feast, " acclaimed pioneer in human development Dr. Jean Houston offers readers a tour of the great and unknowable homeland of the human spirit, while introducing them to a comprehensive theory and program for conscious creativity. THE POSSIBLE HUMAN is the book version of Houston's innovative and groundbreaking workshops. 256 pages, paper, 7.5x9", $15.95, Less 20% |
 PRENATAL YOGA AND NATURAL BIRTH By Jeannine Parvati Baker Originally published in 1974, this book is a perennial favorite of pregnant women who intuit that birth is a spiritual as well as natural rite-of-passage. With the conception of the author's sixth baby, PRENATALYOGA & NATURAL BIRTH was revised and expanded in 1986 into its present form. |
Translated
into Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, German, Japanese, etc. and still
selling strong after 25 years, this is the first and best loved
book on yoga and conscious pregnancy, birth and beyond. The story
is simple: an American yogini becomes pregnant and is informed
that she must stop doing yoga now. Instead, she creates a yoga
practice for mothers. From the author's experience in giving ecstatic
birth and in sharing prenatal yoga with mothers around the world,
this (wo)manual is created. All childbirth preparation is based
on the principles of yoga breath control, relaxation/surrender,
and a flexible strength to maintain focus. These are taught through
yoga and when applied to the childbearing process, are the best
news since psychedelics for the evolution of consciousness. Perhaps
the most important contribution to healing the Earth by healing
Birth, PRENATAL YOGA is a definitive textbook on "freebirth" how
to honor the Holy Trinity of mother, baby AND father. Men will
find the main thesis of PRENATAL YOGA to be an excellent map of
consciousness for the journey home to their souls as fathers.
The book has five of the author's personal birth stories including
a breech baby, twins and two waterbirths at home plus an excellent
introduction to the ecstatic possibilities of mothering as a spiritual
process. However, the main text is devoted to simple instructions
in how to do yoga when pregnant and prepare for a conscious birth
and beyond.Postures, Breath Practices, and Meditations with many
photos and drawings to accompany the clear text. The images of
ecstatic birth, like a family album, serve as an inspiration for
the possible family conscious co-creators out of love. The ideal
baby shower or Blessing Way gift with durable smithsewn binding
and designed to be handed down with the best baby clothes. paper, 94 pages, $10.00 |
 Primal Awareness Donald Trent Jacobs The remarkable story of one man's rediscovery of his primordial mandate and of the strange journey that took him there. Explores the innate knowledge that exists within us all, a "primal awareness," that can help us to live in harmony with our world. Shows how we can rediscover this unseeable realm. |
In 1983,
caught in a violent rainstorm while kayaking the Rio Urique in
Mexico's Copper Canyon, Don Trent Jacobs was swept into an impassable
catacomb of underwater tunnels toward what he believed was certain
death. But instead of panic, Jacobs found himself filled with
a strange consciousness that left him feeling at peace and invigorated
with a confidence he had never before known. Moments later he
was spit from the tunnel alive--not at the end of his journey,
but only at its beginning. Primal Awareness tells the story
of Don Trent Jacobs's remarkable vision of the human mind and
heart and the compelling spiritual quest that brought him to it.
Through his experiences with the Raramuri people of Mexico and
his research of other indigenous societies, Jacobs identifies
what he calls our "primal awareness," an innate knowledge
that exists within us all. Jacobs shows how we can rediscover
this primordial mandate that unites all things and that helps
us to find our own inner strength an harmony. Don Trent Jacobs earned a doctorate in health psychology while training wild horses, playing piano in nightclubs, and working as an EMT. He holds a second doctorate in education renewal and is the Education Department Chair of the Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He is the author of The Bum's Rush: The Selling of Environmental Backlash and seven other books. "Primal Awareness is a great book. Equal in effect to Carlos Castaneda's writings, it challenges our thinking in a way that reveals the true magnificence of human potential." Daniel Hays, coauthor of My Old Man and the Sea "A philosophical quest for the lost ark, filled with adventure." Sam Keen, author of Fire in the Belly "Don Jacobs is a renaissance man who has written an adventure story that reflects his depth of experience as well as his heart. Primal Awareness is compelling reading with a profound impact. Both suspense story and spiritual quest, it embraces realms of psychology, anthropology, and magic. As I turned its pages, I was moved to laughter and tears. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the mysteries of the human mind and heart." Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and Everyday Enlightenment "Don Jacobs has uncovered the roots of indigenous psychology that all people share and that, once found, can lead to harmonious living."Ed McGaa, Eagle Man, author of Mother Earth Spirituality 273 pages, paper, 6x9", $16.95, Less 20% |
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Rainbow
Medicine A Visionary Guide to Native American Shamanism Wolf Moondance Wolf calls the Rainbow People to the Seven Star Lodge at www.wolfmoondanceauthor.com. "HER RAINBOW MEDICINE SERIES IS SHAMANIC NATIVE AMERICAN TEACHINGS. THE BOOKS ARE FULL OF CEREMONY AND SHAMANIC GUIDANCE." Many people find her profoundly inspiring and useful. 192 pages, paper, 6x9", $12.95, Less 20% |
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The
Reluctant Shaman A Woman's First Encounters With the Unseen Spirits of the Earth Kay Cordell Whitaker This is Kay Whitaker's spellbinding account of her "reluctant" apprenticeship to Domano and Chea Hetaka, two charismatic shamans from the Amazon Basin who came to teach her - a young homemaker - to be a Kala Keh na seh, a "builder of webs of balance," and to hand down the ancient wisdom of their people. In spite of her doubts and fears, Whitaker finds the balance and harmony she was destined to know. Readers find this true story "deeply authentic." 304 pages, paper, 5.4x8", $14.00, Less 20% |
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The
Return of Spirit A Woman's Call to Spiritual Action Josie Ravenwing A practical, thought-provoking resource for healers, spirituality teachers and any woman seeking active participation in her own spirituality. This unique book illuminates options for spiritual action in diverse areas such as increasing personal vitality, dealing with male-female balances of power, healing sexual trauma and past relationships, and more. 240 pages, paper, 5.5x8.5", $11.95, Less 20% |
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Road To Eleusis R Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Carl A P Ruck, Huston Smith, JHeremy Bigwwood, Danny Staples, Jonathan Ott |
A reader:
"If other books are dynamite, this is nuclear. It documents
how the Mystai at Eleusis became Epoptes, a standard rite of passage
for all the famous Greek minds we seek to understand. Full understanding
is not possible without initiation such as is outlined in this
volume. Eleusis is at the end of a line of mystical experience
that goes back to 5000 BCE. Is is not so much that the Mystery
of Eleusis is revealed, as that it points the sacred way to unravel
the mystery of our own existence. The Greeks knew, and if you
do as they did, you can too. Wasson tells us what the Greeks did."
Tells it, that is, empirically, archaeo-logically. cloth, 150 pages, $50.00 |
 The Sacred Heritage The Influence of Shamanism on Analytical Psychology Edited by Donald F. Sandner & |
By introducing
the core of shamanism in contemporary form, these essays shape
a powerful means of healing that combines the direct contact with
the inner psyche one finds in shamanism with the self-reflection
and critical awareness of modern consciousness. Introduction:
Analytical Psychology and Shamanism; "What Was All that Rustling
in the Woods?": Quotes from C. G. Jung; Eliade, Jung, and
Shamanism; C. G. Jung and the Shaman's Vision; The "Book
of Knowledge" in Shamanism and Mysticism: Universal Image
of the Source; An Integrated Approach to Soul Possession: Applying
Shamanistic and Jungian Techniques; Shamanic States in Our Lives
and in Analytic Practice; The Felt Vision; The Clinical Use of
Animals in Dreams; Serpent Fire Arousal: Its Clinical Relevance;
The Ally; Pain and Surgery: The Shamanic Experience; Cancer, New
Age Guilt, and the Dark Feminine; Learning to Listen: A Snake
Calls Me to a Shamanic Path; Shamanic Dismemberment; Coyote Attends
My Surgery; The Dark Feminine: Death in Childbirth and Entry into
the Shamanic Realm; Trapped Souls: A Passage to the Spirit World;
Lakota Teachings: Inipi, Humbleciya, and Yhuwipi Ceremonies; Buffalo
Vision; The Sun Dance: Wiwayang Wacipi; Renewal of the World Tree:
Direct Experience of the Sacred as a Fundamental Source of Healing
in Shamanism, Psychology, and Religion; Beyond Tourism: Travel
with Shamanic Intent; Firework: A Hawaiian Guidebook to the Goddess;
Editors and Contributors; Index Paperback - 320 pages, paper, 6x9", $20.99, Less 20% |
 Sacred Mask, Sacred Dance |
Evan John Jones, Chas Clifton (Contributor) Occult and Metaphysics Editor's Recommended Book Most people think that masks are designed to conceal, but Sacred Mask Sacred Dance reveals how masks are a tool for transformation. Evan Jones and Chas Clifton have studied the use of masks and dance in ancient rituals, and incorporated masked dances into modern workings. Their approach to incorporated masked rites into a coven's rituals reflects a concern for maintaining the well being of the group while exploring the power of the masked dance to transcend the usual state of consciousness and "awaken dormant spiritual states." 224 pages, paper, 7x10", $19.95, Less 20% |
 The Sacred Mushroom Seeker Tributes to R. Gordon Wasson Thomas J. Riedlinger, editor, Terrence McKenna, Peter T. Furst, others |
Wasson (1898-1986)
was an amateur mycologist whose scholarly writings on hallucinogenic
mushrooms pioneered the field of ethnomycology and sparked the
psychedelic movement. A legendary figure in the field of ethnobotany, R. Gordon Wasson's trail-blazing work on hallucinogenic mushrooms with the Mexican curandera Maria Sabina in the 1950s brought increased scholarly attention to the importance of psychoactive plants in the spiritual life of indigenous peoples, and had a profound influence well beyond the academic world. His accessible writings helped popularize these discoveries, forming the ground for the social revolution of the following decade. With the growing interest in the role of psychoactive plants in society today, the work of R. Gordon Wasson and the example set by the man himself, so well illustrated here, takes on increasing importance. Edited by Thomas J. Riedlinger, who has written extensively on psychedelic plants and psychology, The Sacred Mushroom Seeker includes essays by the most distinguished names in the fields of ethnobotany, comparative religion, and anthropology. "This work is a remarkable achievement. It successfully captures all aspects of a complex personality. Gordon Wasson was a wonderful mixture: part businessman, part adventurer, part scholar. He achieved more in each of these fields than most do in any one discipline. Sketching a life-size portrait of this intriguing man is no mean feat, but this work achieves that goal." Dr. Mark J. Plotkin, author of Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice The informative essays herein are accompanied by a great variety of photographs and drawings, many in color. 283 pages, 7x11", 24.95, Less 20% |
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A Visit
to a Remote and Magical World in the South American Rainforest
Florinda Donner This fascinating adventure follows anthropologist Florinda Donner as she experiences firsthand the wild mystery and slow destruction of an indigenous tribe in the endangered rain forest. Her rich images of daily life as she lives with the Yanomama and the magic of ritual in this native village unforgettably portray a world threatened by extinction. This captivating narrative of archaeologist Florinda Donner's life among the Yanomama Indians of South America portrays an indigenous culture at risk. "Its well-crafted images of the rhythms of life among gentle 'primitives' are indelible."--Newsday 320 pages, paper, 5.4x8", $14.00, Less 20% |
 Shakti Woman Feeling Our Fire, Healing Our World: The New Female Shamanism Vicki Noble |
From
the author of Motherpeace, Vicki Noble--an empowering guide
for awakening women's shamanic healing powers. Noble urges the modern woman to cultivate her deep feminine shamanic power, using her "shakti" (Indian for power or ability) to combat the planet's state of emergency and work for social and political change. A guide to awakening women's shamanic powers to heal ourselves and our planet. From Library Journal: "This is an important work of feminist, New Age, and Goddess spirituality by one of the creators of the Motherpeace Tarot cards. Whether or not one accepts all of the beliefs she presents, Noble's book is a fascinating account of her personal journey and a powerful call to women to rediscover their connection to nature, their own bodies, and their creative and healing powers. Noble is concerned not only with personal healing but with the healing of the earth and human society. Her book is recommended for most libraries." 255 pages, paper,6.2x9.2", $18.00, Less 20% |
 Shamanism Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy Mircea Eliade |
Healer
and psychopomp, the shaman is these because he commands the techniques
of ecstasy--that is, because his soul can safely abandon his body
and roam at vast distances, can penetrate the underworld and rise
to the sky. Eliade's study of shamanism is one of his greatest
and most influential works. He takes a global approach to the
subject but focuses particularly on the traditions of North and
Central Asia. Born in Bucharest, educated in Calcutta, and a professor at the Sorbonne before settling at the University of Chicago, Eliade was considered the foremost authority on religion in the world. He was also an original writer of fiction and short stories, blending philosophy, mythology, fantasy, and personal narrative. Through his own ecstatic experience, the shaman knows the roads of the extraterrestrial regions. He can go below and above because he has already been there. The danger of losing his way in these forbidden regions is still great; but sanctified by his initiation and furnished with his guardian spirits, the shaman is the only human being able to challenge the danger and venture into a mystical geography. The great empirical overview by the seminal mythologist who defined "shamanism" for modern scholarship. Suffers, however, from Eliade's unempirical pharmacophobia. Nonetheless, an invaluable source. 610 pages, paper, 5.4x8.5", $18.95, Less 20% |
 Shamanism and the Drug Propaganda Patriarchy and the Drug War by Dan Russell Discusses the archetypal aspects of the drug war - the evolutionary politics of the transition from tribal to industrial culture. It is true ancient history. The text is illuminated by 200 genuine pharmaco-shamanic images from the ancient world. |
Herbal magic, real pharmaco-shamanism,
is at the core of all matriarchal cultures. The Goddess does not
separate from her herbal magic, from her invention of medicine.
The central sacrament of all Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze
Age cultures known is an inebriative herb, a plant totem, which
became metaphoric of the communal epiphany. These herbs, herbal
concoctions and herbal metaphors are at the heart of all mythologies.
They include such familiar images as the Burning Bush, the Tree
of Life, the Cross, the Golden Bough, the Forbidden Fruit, the
Blood of Christ, the Blood of Dionysos, the Holy Grail (or rather
its contents), the Chalice (Kalyx:'flower cup'), the Golden Flower
(Chrysanthemon), Ambrosia (Ambrotos:'immortal'), Nectar (Nektar:'overcomes
death'), the Sacred Lotus, the Golden Apples, the Mystic Mandrake,
the Mystic Rose, the Divine Mushroom (teonanacatl), the Divine
Water Lily, Soma, Ayahuasca ('Vine of the Soul'), Kava, Iboga,
Mama Coca and Peyote Woman. The transition from tribal to patriarchal
culture - the invention of chattel slavery - changed the sanctioned
interpretation of this imagery and criminalized the power-rites
to which it referred. "A magnificent production. I find it not only brilliant, but beautifully organized and, of course, something that needs to be. It is a tremendous work and, by nature, a tremendous volume." Professor Richard Evans Schultes, Director Emeritus, Botanical Museum of Harvard University "I had to write in appreciation of the invaluable contribution you've made to realizing the possible human. Immediately, I was impressed with the multi-perspectives through which you see the classics. I find your book a major ally in delivering truth today." Jeannine Parvati, author of Conscious Conception, Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal, Prenatal Yoga 357 pages, 200 Illustrations, annotations, 6x9" Paper, Quality Sewn Binding, $24.95 |
 Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man A Study in Terror and Healing by Michael Taussig A rare and stimulating combination of modern in-depth fieldwork experience and current ideas in literary criticism, performance theory, and self-reflexive anthropology - a subtle modern classic of anthropology, psychology and historiography. From D.L. Browman - Choice: "Taussig (University of Michigan) rejects what he terms the fetishism of scientific explanation and the tyranny of reification of concepts, arguing thatthe power of ideas and knowledge lies more in the realm of images than in concepts. . . . |
Following
this approach, his book is a series of dialectical images, and
eschews an objective focus for disorderliness. The book is a further
development of ideas initiated in his book The Devil and Commodity
Fetishism in South America, and is influenced heavily by the papers
of the Marxist philosopher Walter Benjamin. Because of its
powerful advocacy for an alternative exegesis of 'truth,' the
work is recommended for philosophers, students of comparative
literature and religion, theoretical social scientists, as well
as for the evident Latin American constituency." From Olivia Harris - New Statesman: "This is an enthralling and ambitious book. . . . It addresses colonialism. . . . It confronts the image of the primitive, . . . the craft of shamanic healing. . . . While Taussig's subject is a reality similar to that of the great Latin American novelists, his book is written as documentary and so avoids the more overblown conceits of, for example, Garcia Marquez. . . . the colonised peripheries, . . . the dispossessed inhabit a bizarre and fragmented world . . . brilliantly evoked by Taussig. When he turns to theorising, however, the torrent of words sometimes loses direction. . . . In a sense he forestalls any attempt to measure the consistency of his thought-provoking, often entrancing writing, by arguing powerfully against academic conventions of order in favour of what he calls 'epistemic murk.'" From Fernando Coronil - American Journal of Sociology: "This mind-opening book is a self-reflective exploration of colonialism and healing, a quest for new ways of seeing as much as for new insights into theworlds constructed by colonizers and colonized in the Americas. . . . arguments unfold in a dazzling allegorical narrative whose very form challenges the sense of order that anthropological discourse constructs by objectifying and dissecting 'exotic' peoples. As in his earlier work, he turns to Colombians to illuminate and destabilize the 'First World' self. . . . Undoubtedly, this extraordinary book will advance the heated discussion within anthropology that Taussig's earlier work has justifiably engendered; in prefiguring the journey ahead, it will encourage ever more critical and creative explorations." 538 pages, paper, 6x9", $19.95 |
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Shamans
and Elders Experience, Knowledge, and Power Among the Daur Mongols (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) The author uses her study of shamanism in Mongolia to illuminate the flow of history. Caroline Humphrey, Urgunge Onon (Contributor) 410 pages, paper, $24.95 |
 The Shaman's Doorway Opening Imagination to Power and Myth by Stephen Larsen, Joan Halifax A renowned psychotherapist's and scholar's significant and inspiring work on the relation of shamanism to both the psyche and society. |
Stanley
Krippner, Ph.D., author of Personal Mythology and Broken Images,
Broken Selves "Shamanism represents a body of knowledge that is pertinent to the ailments of contemporary society. Dr. Larsen guides us through this legacy with skill and ease, teaching us how the shaman's visions can expand our own awareness." Joseph Campbell "An excellent analytical and harmonizing survey of this very complex field." The Shaman's Doorway is one of the most significant and inspiring works on the relation of shamanism to both the psyche and society. Drawing on his own experience as a psychotherapist and his understanding of primordial shamanic traditions, Stephen Larsen shows the relevance of this path to the modern world and how it can lead to a creative and affirmative relationship with life. Defining the task of the shaman as one of bringing meaning and healing into life, and creating a sense of growing accord with the root of all being, Larsen clearly shows how the shaman, all too often perceived as belonging to the world's past, actually holds the key to our future. Stephen Larsen is a practicing psychotherapist and director of the Stone Mountain Counseling Center. He is codirector of the Center for Symbolic Studies and is Professor Emeritus of SUNY. He is the author of The Mythic Imagination and coauthor of Fire in the Mind, the biography of his friend and mentor Joseph Campbell. 272 pages, paper, 6x9", $14.95, Less 20% |
Shapeshifting Shamanic Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation by John Perkins |
An exploration
of the shamanic practice of shape shifting and the story of how
learning these techniques helped the author transform from corporate
executive to environmental activist. Many indigenous cultures
have known the art of shapeshifting: the actual transformation
of a human being into another living creature. Lakota Sioux warriors
would shapeshift into buffalo to become better hunters and to
honor the animal, and Andean shamans transform into plants from
the jungle to learn healing power. In this book, author John Perkins
examines these ancient shamanic practices and reveals the mental
techniques that enable an individual to merge with another living
creature. Shapeshifting is also the story of the author’s
transformation from a corporate utility executive to an environmental
activist. He examines the shamanic techniques of "becoming
the other" from different cultures, and shows how it is within
the capability of anyone to transform themselves on this deep
level and achieve a true unity with all things. John Perkins has traveled and worked with South American indigenous peoples since 1968. He currently arranges expeditions into the Amazon and has developed the POLE (Pollution Offset Lease on Earth) program with the Shuar and Achuar peoples as a means of preserving their culture against the onslaught of modern civilization. He is also the author of The Stress-Free Habit, Psychonavigation, Dream Change Audio, and The World Is As You Dream It. 176 pages, paper, 20 b/w photos, $12.95, Less 20% |
 Slavic Sorcery Shamanic Journey of Initiation Kenneth Johnson |
Kenneth
Johnson's nearly seamless integration of history with story, and
his ability to shift effortlessly from concise factual contemporary
reporting to Byzantine descriptions of his adventures in and around
Saint Petersburg make Slavic Sorcery read like a novel. Occult
and Metaphysics Editor's Recommended Book. Explore the history and folklore of Eastern Europe and European Russia as Johnson delves into the superstitions and wives' tales that helped earth-magic beliefs, such as dowsing, survive the religious and political turmoil of the region. At the same time, add secrets of the Slavic magical tradition to your own repertoire through Johnson's experiences with Slavic spells, sacred places of power, tree magic, and spirits of the otherworld. You'll also find a delightful recounting of Johnson's learning experiences under the tutelage of Vladimir Antonov, a colorful and well-known practitioner of this ancient earth magic. Booklist: "But Johnson does not merely share a travelogue of his adventures in shamanic Russia, though that would have been enough to make a fascinating book. He also provides an extraordinarily good review of the literature in English on Slavic religion. Moreover, he describes deities, old calendar beliefs, and ancient rituals in a lucid and appealing way. An excellent treatment of an unusual subject." 224 pages, paper, 6x9", $12.95, Less 20% |
 Soma The Divine Hallucinogen by David Spess forward by Ram Dass The definitive work on the ancient Hindu soma rituals mentioned in the Vedas and debated by scholars for decades. Soma has been shrouded in mystery for centuries. |
It is simultaneously
a sacred hallucinogenic plant used in secret rituals, a personified
God, and an important cosmological principle. Summarizing all
previous research on the subject, David Spess goes far beyond
his predecessors and shows that soma provides an important key
to the understanding of the earliest systemized methods of medicine,
psychology, magic, rejuvenation, longevity, and alchemy.
Most significant is that his intensive research provides the most
compelling case yet for actual identification of the plants that
served as the basis for the divine hallucinogen Nelumbo nucifera,
the sacred lotus of India, as well as some members of the Nymphaea
genus. Soma provides a much needed bridge between Eastern and Western esoteric traditions. Contained within the enigmatic verses about soma in the Rig Veda is a secret about ourselves and the nature of our relationship to the world and cosmos. Soma makes this knowledge available to us once again. David Spess has a master's degree in microbiology/mycology and studied Sanskrit at the Naropa Institute. He was formerly a research mycologist for the FDA and has taught at the University of Colorado. He lives in New Mexico. "Soma brilliantly completes the enquiry on the scientific and botanical aspects, as well as the anthropological and cultural development, of this very important subject. A magnificent book destined to become a classic." Oscar Ichazo, author of Psychocalisthenics and Between Metaphysics and Protoanalysis "By far the most thorough survey of both the botanical and the psycho-spiritual aspects of the soma plant that I've ever seen. All I can do is congratulate the author." Wendy Doniger, coauthor, with R. Gordon Wasson, of Soma: The Divine Mushroom of Immortality (sadly out of print) 400 pages, 6 x 9, 60 b & w illustrations, Cloth, $30.00 |
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Soul
Retrieval Mending the Fragmented Self Sandra Ingerman With warmth and compassion, Sandra Ingerman describes the dramatic results of combining soul retrieval with contemporary psychological concepts. Drawing on case studies from her ten years of teaching and practice, Ingerman illustrates what psyche or soul damage is and why it is a common yet little understood cause of psychological dysfunction. Her pioneering work has enabled thousands of individuals to overcome traumatic dissociation, depression, addictions, memory repression, and other problems through the age-old shamanic technique of soul retrieval. Ingerman is a popular and trusted teacher. 240 pages, paper, 6x9", $15.00, Less 20% |
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Spirit
Medicine Native American Teachings to Awaken the Spirit by Wolf Moondance, Jim Sharpe (Illustrator), Sky Starhawk (Illustrator) With the help of a Native American shaman, the author of Rainbow Medicine draws on her Osage and Cherokee heritages to create a book that helps readers reach beyond their physical limitations and achieve a wonderful wholeness by following the path of spirit medicine. 16 illustrations. 160 pages, paper, 6x9", $12.95, Less 20% |
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Spirit
of the Rainforest A Yanomamo Shaman's Story Mark Andrew Ritchie "Richtie's book accurately spells out what it's like to live in the Amazones as a Yanamamo because he writes it from a Yanamamo shaman's perspective, and it is based almost exclusively on endless hours of interviews with the Yanamamo people themselves." 271 pages, paper, 6x9", $14.95, Less 20% |
 Spiritwalker Messages from the Future Henry Barnard Wesselman "I am about to tell you a most unusual story, a chronicle of something that happened to me while I was living on the flank of an active volcano on the island of Hawai'i. I'm a scientist. I mention this because I do not feel that I was in any way predisposed for what was about to occur. In fact, my scientific training would seem to have preprogrammed me against such an experience." -- From Spiritwalker The astonishing true story of an anthropologist's quest into a spiritual world of magic, mysticism, and meaning. |
Hank
Wesselman's incredible story of a series of encounters that would
forever change his life began with what he at first tried to explain
away as particularly vivid dreams, but which grew increasingly
intense and insistent, ultimately propelling him on twelve fantastic
journeys across time and space. Over the next three years, his
journeys proved to be far more important than mere reason could
explain. Eventually, Dr. Wesselman became convinced that he'd
been granted a visionary encounter with what tribal people from
millennia past have called the "spirit world." During
his epic travels, Dr. Wesselman met shape-shifting entities, spirit
helpers, and guardians, and found himself traversing a mental,
physical, and spiritual landscape on a path intersecting that of a fellow traveler, a Hawai'ian kahuna mystic named Nainoa. Five thousand years into the future, Nainoa had been sent by his Chief on a journey into what used to be America, a once-powerful land of machines and magic, from which no previous voyagers had ever returned. What did Nainoa seek from Dr. Wesselman? What did the anthropologist have to learn about his own world from this exotic traveler from another time and place? Together, scientist and mystic are initiated into knowledge of non-ordinary levels of reality and given foreshadowings of imminent environmental, political, and spiritual challenges to their civilization. Without abandoning his scientific objectivity, Dr. Wesselman abandoned himself to the mystical, sometimes frightening, yet always luminous experiences that brought him beyond the boundaries of ordinary consciousness. The result is a fascinating and suspenseful adventure, an exciting and important archeological discovery, and the story of how a hard-headed scientific-realist stumbled on an important piece of the puzzle of human evolution. Socially urgent and disturbingly prophetic, Spiritwalker has a universal mythic resonance and an undeniable relevance for today as it challenges our perceptions of our world, our reality, and our future. Combining the prophetic elements of Ishmael and The Celestine Prophecy with the visionary dimension of The Art of Dreaming, Spiritwalker is the extraordinary true story of an anthropologist and skeptic who is initiated into an alternate reality and given dramatic insights into the future of our world. paper, 5.3x8.3", $13.95, Less 20% |
 Star Medicine Native American Path to Emotional Healing Wolf Moondance, Jim Sharpe (Illustrator), Sky Starhawk (Illustrator) Occult and Metaphysics Editor's Recommended Book |
To successfully
travel the shamanic path, one must develop an understanding of
the four elements that compose human beings: spirit, emotion,
body, and mind. Wolf Moondance uses her rainbow medicine wheel
to build a new interpretation of the vision quest based on the
traditional foundations of Native American shamanic traditions.
Star Medicine, the third book in her Rainbow Medicine series,
focuses on the southern portion of the rainbow wheel, the domain
of emotions. In this book, Moondance teaches ceremonies and dances
of the South that can be performed by anyone with the desire and
dedication. These dances are the way to spiritual visions, where
lessons that show the magic of emotion are learned. Moondance
delves into the spirit world alongside readers as she lights the
path to discovery and connects visions with poetic accounts of
her personal experiences on the rainbow wheel. A Native American shaman draws on both her Osage and Cherokee heritages and on her training in modern psychology to present a totally new approach to emotional healing. Each chapter features a shamanic story, a ceremony, and a vision to help readers become more deeply in touch with the "dance of life." 44 illustrations. 160 pages, paper, 6x9", $12.95, Less 20% |
 Starwalking Shamanic Practices for Traveling into the Night Sky Page Bryant |
Interweaving
detailed star maps with descriptions of ceremonies and ceremonial
objects used by the ancient Egyptians, Native Americans, Britons,
Maya, Aztecs, and Dogons, this book creatively bridges astronomy
and shamanism. It provides a useful and practical guide for understanding
and reclaiming our spiritual connection to the stars. From Independent Publisher: "Page Bryant has written an interesting book that relates both ancient and current legends and practices for starwalking, or connecting to the spiritual world of celestial bodies. Her book combines information from her studies of astronomy and ancient ceremonial sites with extensive knowledge of both Native American and New Age spiritual practices. The impressionistic, anecdotal style that makes this book quite readable is also, however, sometimes its weakness.... Bryant also includes passages from her spirit guide, Albion and a belief in channelling is required to take those passages as seriously as other parts of the book. If you are very open to New Age practices, intrigued by the spiritual significance of the stars and planets, or interested in Native American spiritual practices, Starwalking will provide you with a plethora of ideas and significant history." 408 pages, paper,15 illus, 6x9", $18.95, Less 20% |
 The Strong Eye of Shamanism A Journey into the Caves of Consciousness Robert E. Ryan The author: "Shamanism is eternal mind. Through understanding the shaman's powerful symbols and techniques and the creative powers natural to our deep psyche we can help fight the dissociation which currently splinters the modern psyche. The psyche contains archetypal patterns of transformation with which contemporary man has lost touch but which shamans have employed over what appears to be an incredibly long period of time to gain access to a world of power, essence and meaning. |
The
shaman's symbols both give effective force to and bring to our
conscious attention these enduring patterns of transformation. Such
patterns exist with an uncanny similarity in both structure and
function throughout the world in various shamanic traditions even
though they belong to cultures so widely separated by time and
distance that cultural exchange appears to be either extremely
unlikely or extraordinarily remote in time. Yet, as this
book attempts to illustrate, in each tradition a visionary world,
a pattern of inner experience, emerges which employs a shared
grammar of symbols to both effect and reflect the experience,
in Mircea Eliade's terms, "of deeply meaningful altered states
of consciousness." The extraordinary durative power and universality
of these symbols suggest that they encode formal properties deep
within that portion of the mind which Jung referred to as the
transpersonal or collective psyche manifesting themselves in patterns
with a form and purpose which seem to extend from the Upper Paleolithic
era into contemporary times.These patterns are related to and
enlist natural properties revitalizing mind and body which are
both illuminative and therapeutic, and reawaken the plastic or
mythopoeic powers of the human mind explaining why shamans have
been recognized as the world's first true artists." Not just an academic work. Helps the reader experience the actual mindset of the shaman. Presents a cohesive view of the recurrent patterns of symbolism and visionary experience that underlie all religion. The Strong Eye of Shamanism draws together the many facets of the art of shamanism, presenting a cohesive view of the recurrent patterns of symbolism and visionary experience that underlie its practice. The strong eye of the title refers to the archetypal symbolism that sits at the foundation of all human life--whether in Paleolithic caves or today's temples. The author asserts that society has become separated from the power of those symbols that lead us into deeper understanding of our spirituality. In today's world of splintered psyches, a world in which people are in search of their souls, shamanism survives as an age-old technology of soul recovery, a living Rosetta stone that reminds us of the shared foundation that exists beneath even the most radically different perspectives. Through its study of shamanism, archetypal psychology, and symbolism, The Strong Eye of Shamanism encourages individuals--and society--to look inward and remember that the deepest forms of awareness begin with the knowledge that the answers reside within us. 308 pages, paper, 5x9", 60 illus, $19.95, Less 20% |
 Tangible Visions Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and Its Art Allen Wardwell Fifteen years in the making, Tangible Visions is a comprehensive study of the spectacular ritual objects created by Northwest Coast shamans, including the masks, rattles, costumes, amulets and other paraphernalia of shaman rituals, dating from as recently as the turn of the century. 600 illustrations, 325 in color The Atlantic Monthly, Phoebe-Lou Adams "Lavish and beautiful . . . a wonderful view of shamanistic equipment." Northwest Coast Indian Art is famous for its spectacular totem poles, house posts, feast dishes, boxes, and painted house fronts. Less well known but equally important is the art made for use by shamans, particularly those of the Tlingit, Tsimshian, and Haida tribes. This volume presents the first comprehensive illustrated study of the various kinds of painted and carved objects that were carried and worn by shamans as they went about their duties. |
In order
to form alliances with animal spirits, Northwest Coast shamans
deprived themselves of food, water, and sleep during long vigils
in the wilderness. The spirits that came to them in dreams and
visions at such times could then be summoned to assist in healing
and divinatory seances. Much of the ceremonial paraphernalia represents
the helping spirits in the shaman's service. Certain examples
which show complex juxtapositions of many animals and human figures
depict the dreams or trance experiences of the shaman at the time
he was forming his alliances. This study places Northwest Coast
shamanism in a world-wide context and demonstrates the ways its
practices and beliefs are similar to those found elsewhere. Throughout
the book are archival photographs - portraits of shamans and their
decaying grave houses - as well as descriptions of their lives,
exploits, and performances. A discussion of the characteristics
of shamanic art includes the meaning of the complex iconography,
which includes such creatures as land otters, devilfish, oystercatchers,
mountain goats, and drowning men. The heart of the book is a catalogue
of the objects - masks, amulets, storage boxes, drinking cups,
clothing, drums, rattles, figure sculptures, soul catchers, staffs,
crowns, and combs - employed by shamans. More than five hundred
photographs, a large number published here for the first time,
show the finest examples of Northwest Coast shamanistic art in
museums and private collections throughout the world. From Library Journal: "This book is the product of extensive scholarly investigation into the material culture of shamanism as practiced by various Northwest Pacific Coast tribes. Wardwell (Island Ancestors, Washington/Detroit Inst. of the Arts, 1994), who had access to the premier ethnographic collections of the United States, Canada, and Europe, focuses specifically on shamanic objects, including masks, drums, clothing, and other ceremonial paraphernalia. Many of the objects depicted have never been photographed or discussed in earlier publications. The richness of religious practice is captured in almost exclusive detail, illuminating the beliefs of the Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian peoples, among others. While the 500 beautifully photographed illustrations are the core of this work, the author's catalog entries provide invaluable information. Wardwell ties his research firmly to the history of shamanic ritual, making this essential for academic and specialized libraries." Paula A. Baxter, NYPL This lavishly illustrated record of the accoutrements of shamanism among Northwest coastal Indians is the product of 15 years of research by Allen Wardwell, former curator of primitive art at the Art Institute of Chicago. The items shown include amulets and robes, each a tangible echo of shamanistic power. 600 illustrations, 325 in color, cloth, 10.7x11.6", $85.00, Less 30% |
 The Teachings of Don Carlos Practical Applications of the Works of Carlos Castaneda Victor Sanchez, Robert Nelson (Translator) |
Sanchez
provides a method for applying the shamanic wisdom described in
Castaneda's books by means of techniques and exercises based upon
native meso-American thought. From Carlos Castaneda's first book,
The Teachings of Don Juan, to The Power of Silence, millions
of readers have enjoyed the fantastic teachings of Don Juan Matus,
the Yaqui shaman from northern Mexico. Author Victor Sanchez offers
practical techniques based on Castaneda's writings that can be
applied to everyday life--the body as a field of energy, the not-doings
of the personal self, stopping the eternal dialogue, the magic
of attention, setting up dreaming, the warrior's greatest love
and much more. Midwest Book Review: "Familiarize yourself with the spiritual transformative teachings of Don Carlos of the Castaneda shaman fame; then use this to provide practical applications of his philosophy to everyday life. Chapters present segments of his ideas and blend in exercises and applications to everyday life." 247 pages, paper, 5.5x8.4", $14.00, Less 20% |
 Technicians of Ecstasy Shamanism and the Modern Artist Mark Levy |
Mark
Levy's meaty scholarship and lucid interpretations demonstrate
the power and the centrality of the shamanic mindset in modern
and contemporarty art. He argues convincingly for the continuing
importance of the artist-as-shaman in these supposedly rational
times. As Levy insists, art heals and reveals that which science
cannot. Vincent Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, and Karen Finley are just
a few of the well-known artists who have used shamanistic techniques
to access visions. Levy explores the use of seeing dreaming
and ritual by these and other artists seeking the kind of visionary
experience that has long been the wellspring of creativity. Since
humankind first learned to use imagination and dreaming there
have been seers and sages eager to press beyond the known and
verifiable to see what they can see. This is their story. 360 pages, paper, 5.5x8.5", $14.95, Less 20% |
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Time
and the Highland Maya Barbara Tedlock A revised edition of a landmark ethnographic study of the Maya, this work focuses on rituals and cosmology among the contemporary Quiche Maya Indians of highland Guatemala paperback, 6x9.3", $15.95, Less 20% |
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Tobacco
and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert "A comprehensive ethnographic survey of the uses of tobacco in nearly three hundred Indian societies in South America. . . .An awesome piece of scholarship."--Virgil J. Vogel, Ethnohistory 298 pages, illus, paper, $19.00, Less 10% |
 Toltecs of the New Millennium Victor Sanchez, Robert Nelson (Translator) Sanchez describes the Toltec tradition living on in the practice of contemporary indigenous people of Mexico, and explains how this wisdom is available to sincere readers. According to the author, his work is "witness and participant in one of the most profound and powerful spiritual traditions of the mesoamerican indigenous world. . . ." Philosophy and Religion Editor's Recommended Book |
Having
lived among Mesoamerican Indians for 15 years, the anthropologist
Victor Sanchez informs his readers that Toltecs do not believe
in their gods but perceive them directly. Sanchez identifies these
natives as living descendants of the famous Toltec sages of Pre-Columbian
times and, noting that their "separate reality" cannot
be understood unless directly experienced, he takes us into their
world, introducing their rituals and beliefs, which, incredibly,
seem to substantiate much of Carlos Castaneda's depiction of Indian
spirituality. In their profound communion with nature, the living
Toltecs have much to teach the urban spiritual warrior. Midwest Book Review "The toltec tradition is not only accessible through stories and legends, but as a living tradition with living practitioners among the indigenous peoples of Mexico. Victor Sanchez takes the reader directly into the power and majesty of the Toltec world, offering a rare glimpse into the life and practice of these spiritual warriors who trace their lineage to a time before the Aztecs. The Toltec heritage includes profound communion with their land, an intimate relationship with nature, unusual possibilities of perception, and belief that the Earth is a living being. In spite of the pressures of modern society, the Toltecs have managed to carefully protect their way of knowledge. Their amazing survival at the dawn of the new millennium points to the importance of a renewed commitment to a better way of life, congruent with spirit and nature. Toltecs of the New Millennium is a fascinating and revealing book!" 228 pages, paper, 5.5x8.5", $14.00, Less 20% |
 Vine of the Soul Medicine Men, Their Plants and Rituals in the Colombian Amazonia by Richard Evans Schultes,Director of the Botanical Museum (Emeritus), Harvard University and Robert Raffauf Professor of Pharmacognosy & Medicinal Chemistry (Emeritus), Northeastern University. |
Drs. Schultes and Raffauf
collaborate to produce an exceptional photographic essay accompanied
by detailed descriptions of the Amazon Indians' use of medicinal
and other sacred plant substances. Included are over 160 of the
most significant photographs ever taken on this subject, and an
extraordinary amount of information on the ethnobotany and phytochemistry
of the plants used by people from this region. "Quite simply a masterpiece ... Vine of the Soul deserves to be read by everyone interested in rainforests, indigenous peoples, shamanism, hallucinogens, ethnomedicine, and conservation." Mark Plotkin, Conservation International This latest collaboration brings together an extraordinary amount of information on the ethnobotany and phytochemistry of the plants used by the people of this region, and presents it in a way that is fascinating and inspiring to read." Michael J. Balick, NY Botanical Garden "We have here a wonderful integration of ethnobotany, chemistry and photography to produce a book that will long be an important historic record of one of the threatened cultures of the world. I hope that readers learning about ayahuasca, the vine of the soul, and other psychoactive drugs discussed here will have their concern heightened for the future fate of the Amazon Indians and their societies." Sir Ghillean T. Prance, Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, from the Foreword 288 pages, paperback, $22.95 |
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Visionary
Vine Hallucinogenic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon Marlene Dobkin de Rios An anthropologist tells some firsthand truths about the content of Amazonian culture. A scholarly classic. paper, 161 pages, $11.50 |
 Walking in the Sacred Manner Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers-Medicine Women of the Plains Indians by Mark St. Pierre, Tilda Long Soldier |
A portrait
of the role of women in the spiritual and religious life of the
Plains Indians community emerges from interviews with holy women
and their families, showing the special status of female healers
and destroying Native American stereotypes. Walking in the
Sacred Manner is an exploration of the myths and culture of
the Plains Indians, for whom the everyday and the spiritual are
intertwined and women play a strong and important role in the
spiritual and religious life of the community. Based on extensive first-person interviews by an established expert on Plains Indian women, Walking in the Sacred Manner is a singular and authentic record of the participation of women in the sacred traditions of Northern Plains tribes, including Lakota, Cheyenne, Crow, and Assiniboine. Through interviews with holy women and the families of women healers, Mark St. Pierre and Tilda Long Soldier paint a rich and varied portrait of a society and its traditions. Stereotypical images of the Native American drop away as the voices, dreams, and experiences of these women (both healers and healed) present insight into a culture about which little is known. It is a journey into the past, an exploration of the present, and a view full of hope for the future. In this brilliantly illuminating book, the authors explore how women are called to be shamans, the special status of female healers within the community, and the traditional rituals and healing methods they practice. 239 pages, paper, 6.2x9.2", photos, $12.00, Less 20% |
 The Way of the Shaman Michael J. Harner This classic on shamanism pioneered the modern shamanic renaissance. |
It is
the foremost resource and reference on shamanism. Now, with a
new introduction and a guide to current resources, anthropologist
Michael Harner provides the definitive handbook on practical shamanism--what
it is, where it came from, how you can participate. Nevill Drury,
author of The Elements of Shamanism "Harner has impeccable credentials, both as an academic and as a practicing shaman. Without doubt (since the recent death of Mircea Eliade) the world's leading authority on shamanism." Stanislav Grof, author of The Adventure of Self-Discovery "An intimate and practical guide to the art of shamanic healing and the technology of the sacred. Michael Harner is not just an anthropologist who has studied shamanism; he is an authentic white shaman." Carlos Castaneda "Wonderful, fascinating . . .Harner really knows what he is talking about." 171 pages, paper, 6x9", $14.00, Less 20% |
 The Wheel of Time The Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe Carlos Castaneda Dr. Carlos Castaneda is an anthropologist, and he was an apprentice of don Juan Matus, a Mexican Indian shaman. |
Carlos
Castaneda's new book, The Wheel of Time, is a collection
of quotes, drawn from eight of the books that he wrote about the
classical training of a shaman initiate. Don Juan Matus, who trained
Castaneda for thirteen years, endeavored to usher Carlos
Castaneda into the world of the shamans of ancient Mexico - the
founders of his lineage of shamans. His claim was that his shamanistic
world was ruled by another system of cognition, different than
the cognition that rules our daily world. According to what Carlos
Castaneda found out in the course of his apprenticeship, the world
of the shamans of ancient Mexico was indeed ruled by a system
of cognition vastly different than our own. Upon examining the quotations of The Wheel of Time, Carlos Castaneda realized that there was nothing extemporaneous about the way don Juan Matus had guided him, although at the time, his instruction seemed to have been carried out on the spur of the moment. Rather, his training was carried out following a covert impulse determined by a tradition that was set in motion by the shamans who lived in Mexico thousands of years ago. 290 pages, cloth, 6x9", $25.00, Less 30% |
 Where the Spirits Ride the Wind Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences Felicitas D. Goodman, Gerhard Binder (Illustrator) |
Anthropologist
Goodman (Speaking in Tongues) documents the effects of
body posture on trance experience. Intrigued by the physical changes
that take place during trance states, she began to record the
observations of students who entered a trance-like condition while
concentrating on the sound of Goodman's rattle for 15 minutes.
Whenever she led a workshop in trance journeys--whether in Berlin,
Vienna, New Mexico or Ohio--her subjects' journeys always lasted
for 15 minutes, but where they went and what they saw, heard and
learned, maintains Goodman, depended on the particular body posture
they had assumed. One position conjured up sensations of flying;
others took subjects into an underground realm; in some the journeyer
was transformed into an animal. From the "Tennessee diviner''
to the "healing Bear,'' the postures are derived, according
to Goodman, from ancient, even prehistoric traditions, known to
us through cave drawings, anthropological description and other
sources. "I found this book to be one of the most helpful
works to the study of shamanic realizations. Ms. Goodman has opened
up our minds to astounding possibilities." 242 pages, paper, 6.1x9.2", $13.95, Less 20% |
 The White Goddess A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth by Robert Graves The earliest European deity was the White Goddess of Birth, Love and Death, visibily appearing as the New, Full, and Old Moon, and worshipped under countless titles. |
In this
work, Graves shows that the theme of "true poetry" or
"pure poetry" is inseparably connected with the ancient,
inherently pharmaco-shamanic, cult-ritual of the White Goddess
and her Son. Graves created a great and true book of real history
by analyzing The Battle of the Trees, an ancient Welsh shaman
song preserved in the twelfth century by an interested monk. The
Battle of the Trees enabled Graves to analyze history as an ancient
Welsh shaman would have, in practical pharmaco-mythological terms.
A seminal classic, and an incredible time trip - but a challenging
read - not for the lazy. Poetry Editor's Recommended Book: "Robert Graves, the late British poet and novelist, was also known for his studies of the mythological and psychological sources of poetry. With The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth, Graves was able to combine many of his passions into one work. While the book is so poetically written that many of the passages amount to prose poems, it is also frequently plot driven enough to feel like a novel, and it is rich with scholarly insight into the deep wells of poetry. Especially fascinating is the chapter in which Graves explores the ancient and ongoing practice of poets' invoking the muse. Graves details the practice in both the Eastern and Western literary traditions, and shows specific similarities and differences among Greek, British, and Irish tales and myths about the muse. Graves has much to offer students of history and myth, but poetry lovers will also be fascinated with The White Goddess." 512 pages, paper, 5.5x8.2", $15.00, Less 20% |
 Witchcraft and the Shamanic Journey Pagan Folkways from the Burning Times Kenneth Johnson Learn why Shamanism has survived through the centuries. This book reveals the spiritual roots of Western culture. |
An in-depth
study of witchcraft trial records and the testimony of the witches
themselves prove that European peasants accused of witchcraft
died, in fact, for the sake of the world's oldest spiritual path.
The 20th century has seen an astounding revival of European pagan
beliefs such as witchcraft, but could these pre-Christian traditions
have roots in an even older heritage, one common to people in
lands as far apart as Iceland and South America? Kenneth
Johnson believes so, and as he sifts through the records left
from the witch trials of the 15th and 16th centuries, he uncovers
bits of evidence that point to an ancient shamanic lore that survives
in Slavic, Icelandic, and even North American cultural beliefs.
According to Johnson, such a far-reaching lore would necessarily
have its origins with the very beginnings of humankind before
we migrated across the continents. Johnson's colorful prose transports
the reader to diverse eras, from colonial Greenland to 19th-century
United States. He blends this prose with historical research and
practical spiritual exercises, exploring the origins of an ancient
pathway while reestablishing our connection to it. 288 pages, paper, 6x9", $14.95, Less 20% |
 The Witch's Dream A Healer's Way of Knowledge by Florinda Donner-Grau, Carlos Castaneda |
A renowned
student of don Juan Matus, Florinda Donner-Grau entered the world
of spiritual healing as an anthropologist. But her involvement
soon deepened into something far more personal when she bacame
an apprentice to doña Mercedes, and aged healer in a remote Venezuelean
town known for its population of spiritualists, sorcerers, and
mediums. This book presents a fascinating report on what she has
encountered. "Each chapter of this book takes you to one of the "lessons" Florinda was exposed to under the witch's tutelage. It's amazing that some of those lessons were just stories, not actual experiences lived by Florinda but by somebody else who tells her the story. In that sense, just reading it is like having the same input she had, taking the same lesson up to some extent, and that reading put me into deep philosophical and meditational mood. Really interesting and really deep for me." 288 pages, paper, 5x7,7", $12.95, Less 20% |
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The
Wolves of Heaven Cheyenne Shamanism, Ceremonies, and Prehistoric Origins Karl H. Schlesier A seminal trip into the Cheyenne Mesolithic - by a qualified anthropologist who is also a Cheyenne initiate. A brilliant use of contemporary Cheyenne mysticism and evolutionary memory to enlighten empirical scholarship and historiography. 232 pages, paper, 5.5x8.3", $14.95 |
 The World Is As You Dream It Shamanic Teachings From The Amazon And Andes by John Perkins In his third book on native spirituality and ecology, John Perkins takes fellow travelers deep into the jungles of Ecuador, to the home of the Shuar and their healing shamans, or curanderos. |
Hoping to help the Shuar, who face Western encroachment
and the destruction of native forests, Perkins comes to realize
that it is the mind and soul of the Western, "developed"
cultures that are most in need of help and healing. Our distorted
vision of the human being at the top of nature's pyramid contrasts
vividly with the native dream of an intricate, intimate relationship
among all participants in the web of life. Through their music,
myth, herbal medicine, and the sacred ceremony of the hallucinogenic
plant ayahuasca, the Shuar invite us into a dream that they
have made reality-one that is nourishing and life-sustaining
and in which the great privilege of being human is in embracing
our role as caretakers of Mother Earth. |
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