Expanding upon the techniques that shamans use to establish connections to plant spirits, and provide practical exercises as well as a directory of traditional Amazonian and Caribbean healing plants and their common North American equivalents.
This book is an in-depth look at the role of plant spirits in shamanic rituals from around the world.
- Shows how shamans heal using their knowledge of plant spirits as well as the plant's "medical properties"
- Explores the core methods of plant shamanism--soul retrieval, spirit extraction, and sin eating--and includes techniques for connecting with plant spirits
- Includes extensive field interviews with master shamans of all traditions
