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Drawing Down the Spirits: The Traditions and Techniques of Spirit Possession
Par Raven Kaldera, Kenaz Filan. 2009
An insider’s view of the inner workings and prevalence of spirit possession in our modern world • Provides practical techniques…
for preparation, safety, aftercare, and aborting harmful possessions • Reveals the forms of ritual possession present throughout the world--including Uganda, Nepal, Korea, Bali, Greece, Turkey, Scandinavia, and France Drawing Down the Spirits presents an insider’s view of the inner workings, sacred traditions, and prevalence of spirit possession existing in our modern world. Spirit possession is an integral part of shamanism as well as many neo-pagan forms of worship that draw down deities or invite spirit possession. However, spirit possession is not for the unprepared. In Drawing Down the Spirits, Kenaz Filan and Raven Kaldera, both initiated and experienced in shamanic and Vodou traditions, present the practical guidance needed to participate in ritual possession. Addressing the benefits and the dangers that await the naive, Filan and Kaldera show that there is no such thing as a guaranteed “safe” possession because spirits have their own agenda--and they are much more powerful than we are. The authors provide a variety of techniques to prepare for possession and abort possession and to promote the safety of the possessed as well as the spirits and witnesses present. With a wide-ranging look at the historic forms of ritual possession found throughout the world--including Uganda, Nepal, Korea, Bali, Greece, Turkey, Scandinavia, and France--the authors also include numerous firsthand accounts collected from witnesses of modern spirit possession.Psychonavigation: Techniques for Travel Beyond Time
Par John Perkins. 1990
After 'Hit Man'The New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man documents John Perkins’ extraordinary career as a…
globe-trotting economic hit man. Perkins’ insider’s view leads him to crisis of conscience--to the realization that he must devote himself to work which will foster a world-wide awareness of the sanctity of indigenous peoples, their cultures, and their environments. Perkins’ books demonstrate how the age-old shamanic techniques of some of the world’s most primitive peoples have sparked a revolution in modern concepts about healing, the subconscious, and the powers each of us has to alter individual and communal reality.This groundbreaking book is John Perkins’s firsthand account of his experiences with the shamanic technique of psychonavigation--a method of traveling outside the body by means of visions and dream wanderings--and his encounters with the Shuar of the Amazon, the Quechua of the Andes, and the Bugis of Indonesia. Shuar shamans psychonavigate for the purposes of hunting and healing, while the Bugis, among the most renowned sailors of the world, use these techniques to navigate without the aid of charts and compasses. Perkins explains how these techniques work and how the people of these indigenous cultures psychonavigate to both distant physical destinations and sources of inner wisdom. Throughout history, psychonavigation has been practiced by highly creative minds such as Beethoven, Jung, and Einstein. Perkins’s riveting narrative takes us on a journey of personal discovery as he learns the great value of these techniques and their relevance not only to individual well-being, but to the health of the environment and of the world at large. He reveals how by attuning to the positive forces in nature and communicating with our inner guides we all can become psychonavigators, finding our way to wise decisions and developing innovative approaches to the challenges we face as individuals and a world community.A Woman's Book of Rituals and Celebrations
Par Barbara Ardinger. 1995
This is a handbook on how to perform sacred ceremonies in the tradition of Goddess spirituality in one's own home…
with ordinary household items. An annual cycle of celebrations is included, as is advice on how to set up an altar and use simple tools. The author, a practitioner of Wicca (witchcraft), expounds the life-affirming, eco-feminist values of that tradition. Suggestions for rituals and ideas for inventing one's own are given. Poetry and blessings blend in a title which supports celebration of the Goddess image in daily life. These rituals are personal, moving rites which celebrate love and peace, and which act as meditations for considering new rituals, old traditions, and the course of women's lives.Because of You, I Am
Par Mary Ann Bumbera. 2013
Because of You, I Am is an exploration into the nature of the spiritual world. With courage, insight and humor,…
Mary Ann Bumbera reveals a deeper unseen reality that we are all part of but rarely consider. Faced with the illness of her dog, Charlie, Mary Ann races to understand the nature of death. Is death really the end? Is this all there is? Do we have a spirit? Over time while Charlie's illness worsens, Mary Ann discovers that there is far more to our existence than just the physical body, whether animal or human. She shares and celebrates her discoveries with readers; affirming that death is not the end for any being. Stepping into unfamiliar territory, Mary Ann ventures into the ancient practice of Shamanism, energy healing and animal communication, which deepens her relationship with Charlie. She swims with humpback whales and dolphins, and experiences a profound connection. Through her search she utterly transforms her understanding of Charlie, herself, and the nature of reality, including both death and life. She concludes nature in all its forms has a spirit or consciousness that is intelligent, benevolent and loving, and that is not extinguished following the death of the physical body. The ideas in Because of You, I Am will linger long after you finish it. You will come away with a deeper connection to your spiritual self, to others in your life, and to animals, whether they are beloved pets or those found in nature. And you will have a better understanding of the mysterious power of love that transcends deathThe Making of a Healer
Par Russell Foureagles. 2014
Once Oneida healer Russell FourEagles (Atuneyute Keya) went to see his friend Bob, whom doctors had declared incurably paralyzed following…
a stroke. Within minutes of FourEagles' attention, Bob was kicking the covers off the bed. "You should write a book!" Bob later encouraged. And here it is. FourEagles' grandparents escaped the reservation-school education that obliterated Native American culture, preserving the healing abilities that can be traced in an unbroken lineage back two hundred grandmothers. In The Making of a Healer, he openly shares his knowledge in an effort to keep the old wisdom and practices from being forgotten. Recounting sacred Oneida myths and cosmology, he describes the healing powers of the Fire Ceremony, energy exchange, and humor; discusses natural remedies; and explains how he healed himself from post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in the Vietnam War.Patti d'amore
Par Juan Pedropablo, Anna Del Riso. 2018
Fin dall'inizio della creazione, e per un lungo periodo di tempo della storia dell’umanità fino ad ora, alcune scintille divine…
hanno deciso di incarnarsi sulla terra. Fu allora che ebbero origine i Complementi Divini o anche chiamate Anime Gemelle, che dopo un processo di densificazione sono entrate nel nostro sistema solare per compiere la loro evoluzione esperienzale e ad un certo punto tornare a incontrarsi con un fine più alto e più sublime, ottenere l'ascensione, oppure tornare a casa. Queste Anime belle, che contengono l'essenza stessa della divinità, non sono qualcosa di lontano, qualcosa che appartiene a un altro mondo o dimensione. Molte di loro vivono e coesistono proprio qui sul nostro pianeta, in modo palpabile e tangibile come la vita stessa. “Alleanze d'Amore” ci presenta in modo semplice, pratico e rivelatore due storie di persone che hanno sperimentato questo magico incontro della loro essenza, attraverso le loro esperienze reali possiamo riconoscere e ricordare che l'Amore Eterno e Sacro è una Realtà . Non c'è dubbio che questo libro vi farà porre delle domande che ci porteranno ad indagare di più su questo entusiasmante tema e ci faranno ricordare dei percorsi che forse sono stati dimenticati. Una testimonianza scritta come un romanzo, che si incarna in parole ed eventi che rivelano al lettore la realtà dell'amore puro, concreto e spiritualizzato, vissuto ore e da sempre da tempo immemorabile. Un libro sui generis, una storia d'amore fatta di mail, messaggi ed esperienze. Un tuffo nei ricordi, un amore unico raccontato da due fronti. I protagonisti Mariela, José Marìa, Juan e Maria in un intreccio che confonde presente e passato, vivono l'esperienza dell'amore delle anime gemelle, fatto di esperienze extrasensoriali, momenti di domande e di esplosione di amore. Leggere questo romanzo vi farà riflettere sull'esistenza del vero amore, sPath of the Sacred Pipe
Par Jay Cleve. 2012
In these days of global crisis, thoughtful seekers increasingly turn to Native Americans for healing wisdom. The Sacred Pipe is…
the medicine, says Jay Cleve in this informative and practical guide to a key practice of Native American spirituality. The Hopi and other ancient cultures predicted our present age as one of transition into a New World. The galactic alignment ending the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012 occurs only every 26,000 years and is thought to be a critical time for raising consciousness to align with the radical expansion of Earth energies. Cleve shows how the Pipe can facilitate transformation on both the personal and planetary levels. He explains its use in rituals such as the sweat lodge, the vision quest, and the sun dance and in relation to the Medicine Wheel. He also provides practical information on obtaining and caring for a Pipe and on preparing for and performing the Pipe ceremony.Sacred myths from Santería centered on nature and the natural world • Includes more than 40 myths, stories, and histories…
from the Lucumí tradition • Reassembles the oral fragments from the African diaspora into coherent stories • Demonstrates that the African peoples, specifically the Yoruba, had deep philosophies and metaphysics involving nature and the natural world Since ancient times the Yoruba of West Africa created sacred stories--patakís--to make sense of the world around them. Upon arrival in the New World, the Yoruba religion began to incorporate elements from Catholic and Native traditions, evolving into Santería, and new patakís were born, adding to the many chapters already found in the odu of the diloggun--the sacred oral teachings and divination system of the Yoruba, or Lucumí, faith. Comparable to the myths of ancient Greece and Rome and rich with jewels of wisdom like the I Ching, these Santería stories are as vast as the Hindu Vedas and as culturally significant as the parables in the Torah, Talmud, and Christian Bible. Diloggun Tales of the Natural World presents more than 40 patakís that shed light upon the worldview of Santería. Each story in this collection, reassembled from the oral tradition of the African diaspora, is centered on a spiritual principle in nature: the waxing and waning of the moon, solar and lunar eclipses, the phenomenon of shooting stars, the separation of sky and earth, and the origins of the animals and birds who play key roles in Santería symbology. Revealing the metaphysics, theology, and philosophy of the Yoruba people, this volume shows these stories to be as powerful and relevant today as they were to the ancient Yoruba who once safeguarded them.Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt: The Initiatory Path of Spiritual Journaling
Par Gloria Brown. 2011
Tools to powerfully write about and manifest your life using the power found in the sacred sites of ancient Egypt…
Reveals how to create meaning from one s life experiences and manifest new destinies through spiritual writing Contains meditations and creative writing exercises exploring sacred themes in the Egyptian Book of the Dead and other hieroglyphic texts of ancient Egypt Shares transformative and inspiring pieces written by those who ve attended the authors Egyptian sacred tours Within each of us is a story a sacred story that needs to be told of our heroic efforts and of our losses The scribes of ancient Egypt devoted their lives to the writing of sacred stories These technicians of the sacred were masters of hieroglyphic thinking or heka--the proper words in the proper sequence with the proper intonation and the proper intent Learning heka provided scribes with the power to invoke and create worlds through their words and thoughts To the writer heka is a magical way to create meaning from experience Through heka we manifest new visions and new relationships to ourselves and to others We can make new art filled with beauty and light Revealing the spiritually transformative power of writing the authors take us on a journey of self-discovery through the sacred sites of Egypt from the Temple of Isis to the Great Pyramid of Giza Through meditations and creative writing exercises exploring the powerful themes found in the hieroglyphic texts of ancient Egypt and the Egyptian Book of the Dead they show how through writing we can live beyond the ordinary give our dreams form and discover who we really are and what our lives really mean Sharing transformative and inspiring pieces written by those who ve attended their Egyptian sacred tours the authors reveal how writing your spiritual biography allows you to reconnect to the creativity and divine within face your fears offer gratitude for what you have manifest new destinies and recognize your life as part of the sacred story of EarthWalking on the Wind: Cherokee Teachings for Harmony and Balance
Par Michael Tlanusta Garrett. 1998
In the spirit of the highly acclaimed Medicine of the Cherokee, coauthored with his father J. T. Garrett, Michael Garrett…
shares with us the delightful, all-ages stories passed down from his great-grandfather and other medicine teachers. Blending his background as an Eastern Cherokee with his skills as a counselor, Michael reveals through these tales how to make sense of our experiences in life, see beauty in them, and be at peace with our choices. "Michael's blend of traditional Cherokee ways with that of science and psychology illustrates that both Native and non-Native peoples can learn to thrive together...for the betterment of all" --Native Peoples magazineA highly successful plastic surgeon embraces shamanic healing techniques and helps her patients experience true beauty and ecstasy.• The author…
has been featured by Healthy Living magazine as one of the top 19 holistic healers for the millennium.• Shows readers how to embody the spiritual within the physical to shapeshift their lives on all levels.• Both an exceptional personal journey and an extraordinary exploration of the nature of real healing.As a dual board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon and the first non-Quechua woman to be initiated into the Circle of Yachaks (bird-people shamans of the Andes), Dr. Eve Bruce sees herself as an agent of change in both worlds. After traveling to Central and South America to study indigenous healing techniques, Bruce realized that although our culture is obsessed with narrowly defined standards of physical beauty, we actually devalue the physical because we separate it from the spiritual. She saw that her plastic surgery patients who felt ashamed of their "vanity" had the least successful outcomes. Those ready for change on emotional and spiritual levels were able to use the physical "shapeshift" provided by the surgeon's knife to transform their entire lives. By integrating the two healing modalities of surgeon and shaman, Bruce is able to help people shapeshift into newfound health on all levels--physical, emotional, and spiritual. Because she bore her first child at sixteen, rose to the challenges of single motherhood, and worked her way through medical school, Bruce learned early to redirect the flow of her life, turning apparent obstacles into opportunities. As a powerful example of the human capacity for self-transformation, Bruce is uniquely qualified to inspire readers to redirect their own lives to places of beauty and self-acceptance.Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
Par Bobby Lake-Thom. 2001
A traditional Native American healer from the Karuk tribe shares his personal story of reconnection to the Great Spirit in…
contemporary America. • By Bobby Lake-Thom, author of the bestseller Native Healer. • Provides Native American shamanic perspective on disease and healing. • Explores indigenous social identity in a spiritual and political context. • Reveals authentic indigenous traditions and ceremonies from numerous tribes.This redemption story of Native American healer Bobby Lake-Thom invites the reader to enter a world of authentic indigenous traditions and ceremonies. Bobby, also known as Medicine Grizzly Bear, didn't recognize his shamanic calling at first. He didn't know that his vivid dreams, psychic abilities, and visitations by wild animals and ghostly figures were calls from the Great Spirit. In the age-old shamanic tradition, it took a near-death experience for the message to get through to him. Though still a young man, he was wracked with debilitating arthritis. Unable to handle the physical and psychic pain, he set out into the wilderness determined to kill himself with an overdose of drugs and alcohol. But before downing the substances, he approximated a Native American ceremony as best he could, sending a heartfelt prayer for assistance to the Great Spirit. He woke up--alive--the next morning and received a message from Eagle, telling him to seek help from Wahsek, a medicine man in the northern mountains. And so Bobby's apprenticeship began. Forbidden to reveal Wahsek's secrets until 10 years after his death, Bobby is now free to share this fascinating story with the world.Change Your Story, Change Your Life
Par Alberto Villoldo, Carl Greer. 2014
Change Your Story, Change Your Life is a practical self-help guide to personal transformation using traditional shamanic techniques combined with…
journaling and Carl Greer's method for dialoguing that draws upon Jungian active imagination. The exercises inspire readers to work with insights and energies derived during the use of modalities that tap into the unconscious so that they may consciously choose the changes they would like to make in their lives and begin implementing them.Weave the Heart of the Universe into Your Life: Aligning with Cosmic Energy
Par Carl Greer, Meg Beeler. 2017
This transformational guide offers you simple, effective, potent ways to connect with the energy, mystery, and power of nature and…
the universe. Imbued with indigenous wisdom and shamanic insight, "Weave the Heart of the Universe into Your Life" guides you in dissolving worry and self-doubt as you find fluidity in the face of complexity. It offers you medicine for your soul and spirit. Shamanic teaching tells us that we live in a cosmos in which all things are connected. Through Energy AlchemyTM—practices, insights, meditations and animist perceptions adapted to modern life—you will discover how to lift heaviness from your heart and open up to the beauty and harmony found in a true connection with the universe. Author Meg Beeler offers you 84 experiential practices to help you: • Let go of patterns and stories that weigh you down. • Reconnect with the amazing, interconnected web of life. • Make space for light—the light of the cosmos and your own essence—to fill you. • Thrive and live profoundly in joyful celebration of life. A potent journey of re-enchantment with nature, expanded perception, and connection with the heart of the universe awaits you.Toltec Dreaming: Don Juan's Teachings on the Energy Body
Par Ken Eagle Feather. 2007
A metaphysical instruction manual on the role of dreaming in the Toltec tradition • Describes the energy body, its modes…
of perception, and how it produces dreaming • Provides an outline of the dream gates showing how they correspond to the chakras • Includes detailed instructions for awakening dreaming potential and for exercising and expanding the dreaming body--what to expect and how to respond Toltec Dreaming explores the many aspects and levels of the dream-state, distinguishing ordinary dreaming from “dreaming awake,” a condition of heightened awareness through which the active dreamer ascends to the Dream of Transcendence. In this book, Ken Eagle Feather presents the history of dreaming’s place within the Toltec tradition and provides a practical how-to manual for achieving and maximizing dreaming potential. The Toltec Way superimposes on the waking world the subtle physics of the dream world in order to create a conscious dreaming body, often referred to as an “out-of-body experience,” that can allow anyone to use dreaming as a vehicle to higher consciousness. Once the dreaming energies are fully awakened, unbounded conscious perception can come alive, whether one is in the world of dreams or in daily life. The author shows how to communicate while in the dreaming body and indicates what one may encounter in the dream. He also identifies barriers to dreaming and includes instructions for detaching the dream body from the waking ego. Filled with techniques that stimulate dreaming and the development of the dreaming body, this book will guide practitioners along the Toltec Way of the Dream.Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt: Awakening the Healing Power of the Heart
Par Linda Star Wolf, Nicki Scully. 2008
A book of wisdom teachings and rituals that invoke ancient Egyptian deities to awaken human consciousness • Provides guided shamanic…
visualizations to invoke 26 of the most significant gods • Takes the reader through shamanic portals of death, rebirth, and illumination • Reconciles internal conflict through a sacred marriage of heart and mind In Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt, Nicki Scully and Linda Star Wolf renew humanity’s connection to the ancient gods of Egypt, the neteru. Voices from these divine ancestors remind us of the healing power of the heart, and call us to bring their consciousness into the present to help us remember our true nature as divine humans with sacred purpose. The authors provide rituals, meditations, and rites of passage to help us meet our personal and planetary challenges with grace, wisdom, and love. The shamanic initiations provided are invoked, directly experienced, and transformed into embodied wisdom that awakens consciousness and illumines the intelligence of the heart. Scully and Star Wolf focus their rituals on 26 of the primary divine entities that preside over the ancient mysteries whose roots are in Old Kingdom and pre-historic Egypt. This fresh interpretation of ancient mysteries unites the energies of Thoth and Anubis to guide us through the current cycle of Earth changes and to help us remember who we really are at heart. Through these passages, Anubis lives up to his ancient title as the Opener of the Way, and Thoth as the Architect of Higher Learning. Together they evoke their power to unite heart and mind in the sacred marriage that brings transformation, renewal, and the awakening of consciousness.The Heart of the Shaman: Stories and Practices of the Luminous Warrior
Par Alberto Villoldo. 2018
The Heart of the Shaman will take you on a journey into the sacred world of the shaman, through stories,…
dreams, and ancient rites.In his latest book, Alberto Villoldo sets his focus on the dreaming and time-travel practices of the medicine men and women of the Andes and Amazon, whose wisdom radically changed his worldview. Villoldo shares some of their time-honored teachings that emphasize the sacred dream: an ephemeral, yet powerful vision that has the potential to guide us to our purpose and show us our place in the universe.The practices in this book will help you forge a sacred dream for yourself. They will help you craft a destiny infused with courage, and driven by vision. You’ll be invited to follow the footsteps of the luminous warrior and learn how to break out of the three nightmares surrounding love, death, and safety that have held you captive, and transform them into the experience of timeless freedom, known as the Primordial Light. This creative power exercised by shamans will lead you to create beauty and healing, and dream a new world into being.When you transform these dreams and accept that life is ever changing, that your mortality is a given and that no one except you can free you from fear —the chaos in your life turns to order, and beauty prevails."Wake up from the slumber you are living in, and dream with your eyes open so that all the possibilities of the future are available to you."Energy Strands: The Ultimate Guide to Clearing the Cords That Are Constricting Your Life
Par Denise Linn. 2018
This book helps you discover the cables, ropes, ribbons, strands, threads, and filaments of energy that flow to and through…
you. By learning ancient shamanic techniques, you’ll learn how to release the cords that bind you and empower the strands that strengthen and heal you.Some energy strands allow us to feel vibrant and alive. Others deplete and weaken us. Most people are unaware of these energy strands, but they can feel them on a subconscious level.In Energy Strands, Denise Linn shares some of the methods she’s learned over the years to support you in finding harmony and balance in your life through understanding these lines of energy. Topics covered include attachments with family, ancestors, friends, lovers, crowds, and pets. Energy Strands also explores the connection between sound (crystal bowls), breath, meditation, and visualization in strands. You will gain practical tools to clear negative cords from unhealthy attachments, toxic relationships, and spaces."Discovering and releasing the energy cords that don’t empower you is a voyage of letting go . . . and stepping into the flow of life."Soul on Fire: A Transformational Journey From Priest To Shaman
Par Peter Calhoun. 2007
Soul on Fire is a magical collection of stories describing the awakening of spiritual powers of an Episcopal priest turned…
shaman—powers that have usually been ascribed to Eastern masters of traditional shamans. It is about the quest for "lost knowledge" and the powers that Christ himself once promised.Within these pages we learn about the "Path of Return" to our wondrous Earth as a means by which we can reclaim our original soul powers. Soul on Fire is an inspirational guide and must-read for long-time seekers and those just beginning their journey alike. It may just be in a genre of its own. At a time when old modalities no longer seem to be working for many people, the stories in this book reveal a different way of thinking, feeling, and being. You won’t be able to read this book and still perceive the world in the same way.The Gospel of the Toltecs: The Life and Teachings of Quetzalcoatl
Par Victor Sanchez, Frank D az. 2000
A compilation of the teachings of Quetzalcoatl, avatar of the Toltecs, reconstructed from original source texts and the legends told…
at his birthplace in Amatlan, Morelos, Mexico. • The first complete historical account of the life and teachings of Quetzalcoatl, the most important figure in Mesoamerican spirituality. • Includes 86 chronological teaching stories accompanied by 27 codex illustrations. Quetzalcoatl Ce Acatl (born in A.D. 947)--whose stature has been compared to that of Christ, Buddha, and Krishna--was the key figure in the development of the spiritual culture of the Toltecs. In The Gospel of the Toltecs the author has gathered Nahua and Maya codexes, Spanish chronicles of conquest, and native oral tradition to recount the life of Quetzalcoatl: his temptation and fall; his initiation with sacred mushrooms; his long journey in search of spiritual enlightenment; his triumphant return to the Toltec land; and his subsequent teaching, self-immolation, ascension, and promise of return. Quetzalcoatl's teachings make up the Toltecayotl, or Toltequity--the art of intentional doing--which provides an initiatic guide for the transformation of individuals and society, while his personal history is a guide for the development of Nahualli, the magical side of human awareness. For all those who wish to deepen their knowledge of the roots of Toltec spirituality or who wish to grow from the teachings of one of the world's great spiritual leaders, The Gospel of the Toltecs offers a unique and authentic access to the life and ministry of one of the most important figures in the ancient world.