Shamanism

This influential book shows how the systematic use of mental imagery can have a positive influence on the course of disease and can help patients to cope with pain.

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ANTHROPOLOGY / SHAMANISMA moving testament to interior ways of knowing.--Publishers WeeklyProfound and personal, cosmic and compassionate. . . . Memoir, Andean adventure, and quest for wisdom, the book is an even deeper, wiser, more moving tour of the extraordinary, with Villoldo a refreshing guide, frank amd engaging.--San Francisco ChronicleA narrative rich in myth, history, and metaphor.--BooklistIsland of the Sun recounts the American psychologist Alberto Villoldo's return to Peru in search of the Quechua Indian shaman Don Jicaram. The authors' earlier book, Dance of the Four Winds, described Villoldo's first initiation, under Don Jicaram, into the secrets of the Inca Medicine Wheel and the spiritual journey of the Four Winds. Villoldo had begun that journey in the South, "where one goes to confront and shed the past." With use of the powerful mind-altering plant ayahuasca, he had continued to the West, a direction also inhabited by fear and death. Now in Island of the Sun he prepares himself for the journey to the North, where lies the wisdom of the ancient Inca shamans. Traveling from Machu Picchu to the "Island of the Sun," a sacred site in Bolivia, Villoldo uncovers a profound secret about the journey to the East--the journey home. ALBERTO VILLOLDO, Ph.D., is also the author of Dance of the Four Winds, Millenium, Healing States, and Realms of Healing. ERIK JENDRESEN is a playwright and screenwriter. Learn More

Lynn V. Andrews takes the reader with her as she goes on inward journeys with the help of the Sisterhood of the Shields, and relates the stories of others. Follow her to the Yucatan, where the medicine wheel leads her, and she is faced with the terrifying reality of the butterfly tree (Jaguar Woman). Learn More

At last, the sequel to Elizabeth Jenkins' International Bestseller, THE RETURN OF THE INKA! Jenkins continues the rivetting true-life account of her initiation into the Andean Mystical Tradition as she leads a group of initiates to where the High Andes meet the Amazon jungle. Here at 15,000 feet, in the tiny isolated villages of Q'eros, the group is tested to the limit as they encounter their deepest fears and greatest hopes on their way to meet the living descendants of the Inkas. In the ancient Inka village of Choa Choa where "...smiling sacred brown-eyed people, living on the edge of time, invite you into their stone houses and serve you tea..." they pass their first test and meet Don Manuel Q'espi, High Priest of Q'eros. Only then is the group permitted to receive his initiation, and follow him to the Q'ollorit'i Festival held at 17,000 feet altitude---the precise location where the first Fifth Level Priest endowed with super healing powers, is prophesied to appear.

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Once again the author of The Andean Codex, Dr. J. E. Williams has written a true story of shamanism and the sacred way of the Q'ero family into which he has been initiated as a member.

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Through humor, warmth, and honesty, Kristin Madden shares first-hand experience and specific details of shamanic healing practices. Drawing on a wide variety of shamanic cultures and modern practitioners, as well as the author's personal experience of over 30 years of healing, Magick, Mystery, and Medicine provides a unique manual for empowering both healer and patient.This inspirational book complements any alternative healing practice by guiding readers to: Learn to use indigenous magickal techniques to boost healing power, develop the ability to clear intrusions and to heal soul loss, increase your ability to work effectively with plants and animals, work with the dying and departed, gain insight into advanced shamanic methods never before described, and empower yourself to create success, honor, peace, and well-being. Learn More

Find peace and calm amid the busyness of your life with this new book by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

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INDIGINOUS CULTURES / SHAMANISMThe Q'ero have preserved a path for which many in the modern world hunger and thirst--how to participate in a world of living energies. William Sullivan, author of The Secret of the Incas Treats the beliefs and religion of the Quechua people with profound feeling and a deep identification seldom seen. Jorge A. Flores Ochoa, professor of anthropology, National University of Cuzco, Peru A treasury of shamanic knowledge and practices whose insights into an ancient wisdom can help those of us living in a modern society find attunement with nature and harmony within ourselves. Kenneth Meadows, author of Shamanic Experience Known as the keepers of the ancient knowledge, the Q'ero Indians of Peru are the most respected mystics of the south-central Andes. In 1996 Joan Parisi Wilcox traveled to the Andes and was able to record the mysteries of kawsay pacha, the multidimensional world of living energy, through intensive interviews with six Q'ero paqos, masters of the ancient spiritual traditions of Peru. The Q'ero are known for having preserved the Inca spiritual tradition more purely than any other indigenous population in the Andes. The in-depth interviews presented in this book recount the direct words of these masters so readers can discover for themselves the mind and heart space of these people. Several chapters focus on the work of the mesa, the Andean form of a spiritual medicine bundle, and its use as a conduit for the healing energies of nature. The mesa is called the heart's fire because it represents the finest energy--the energy of compassion--that a paqo cultivates while walking the sacred path. An Andean paqo provides instructions on how tomake, activate, and work with a mesa, and Wilcox provides other practical exercises showing how we can use the power of the Andean spiritual tradition in our own lives. JOAN PARISI WILCOX has been studying the spiritual arts of Peru since 1993 and has received the rites of the Q'ero and other Andean masters. She is the author of Ayahuasca: The Visionary and Healing Powers of the Vine of the Soul and has published articles in Shaman's Drum and Magical Blend. She lives in North Carolina. Learn More

Medicine Woman is the autobiographical account of a woman's search for idenity in a Native American culture….What begins as a search for a Native American marriage basket becomes Lynn Andrews's often terrifying journey into the wilderness of Manitoba, where inexplicable events and dangerous encounters serve as testing grounds for Lynn's spiritual journey...In light of this odyssey, one wonders if Carlos Castaneda and Lynn Andrews have not initiated a new genre of contemporary literature: Visionary Autobiography. Learn More