Suggested Reading

Shamanism & Healing
   

 

The Quest for Paradaise  

Singing the Soul Back Home: Shamanism in Daily Life by Caitlin Matthews. Connections, 2003.

While this book can never convey the amazing, healing vocal abilities of Caitlin Matthews, it is still a great resource for anyone interested in shamanism, especially from a European perspective.

     
 

Dancing the Dream: The Seven Sacred Paths of Human Transformation by Jamie Sams. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1998.

Using the metaphor of the Medicine Wheel, Jamie Sams show how to heal our past, head towards the future without fear, and remain focused on the present, as we dance the dream on our own sacred path.

     
The Quest for Paradaise  

Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade. Trans. Willard R. Trask. New York: Bollingen, 1964.

This is a must read for anyone who is interested in shamanism. It offers a cross-cultural perspective on the roots of shamanism around the world, the process of shamanic initiation, the symbolism of their costumes and drums, various beliefs held by shamanic cultures, and the role of the shaman as a healer and psychopomp.

     
More Suggested Reading
Animal-Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small by Ted Andrews. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 1993.
Dreamtime & Inner Space: The World of the Shaman by Holger Kalweit. New York: Shambhala, 1988.
Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit by Thomas Dale Cowan. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.
Healers on Healing edited by Richard Carlson, and Benjamin Shield. New Consciousness Reader. New York: J.P. Tarcher, 1989.
Journeying: Where Shamanism and Psychology Meet by Jeannette Marie Gagan. Santa Fe, NM: Rio Chama Publications, 1998.
Jung and Shamanism in Dialogue: Retrieving the Soul, Retrieving the Sacred by Michael C. Smith. New York: Paulist Press, 1997.
Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins by Sandra Ingerman. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000.
Nature Spirits and Elemental Beings: Working with the Intelligence in Nature by Marko Pogacnik. Forres, Scotland: Findhorn, 1995.
Plant Spirit Medicine by Eliot Cowan. Columbus, NC: Swan·Raven, 1995.
Reality Is Just an Illusion: The World of Shamans, Ghosts, and Spirit Guides by Chuck Coburn. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 1999.
Sabbath: Restoring the Sacred Rhythm of Rest by Wayne Muller. New York: Bantam, 1999.
The Sacred: Ways of Knowledge, Sources of Life by Peggy V. Beck, and Anna Lee Walters. Tsaile, AZ: Navajo Community College, 1977.
Secrets of Shamanism: Tapping the Spirit Power within You by Anthony Stevens, and Lena Sedletzky Stevens. New York: Avon Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins, 1988.
Shamanic Guide to Death and Dying by Kristin Madden. St. Paul, MN: Llewllyn, 1999
Shamanism: As a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life by Tom Cowan. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1996.
The Shaman's Doorway: Opening the Mythic Imagination to Contemporary Consciousness by Stephen Larsen. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
Shamans, Healers, and Medicine Men by Holger Kalweit. Boston: Shambhala, 1992.
The Shamans of Prehistory: Trance and Magic in the Painted Caves by Jean Clottes, and J. David Lewis-Williams. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998.
Shamans through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge by Jeremy Narby, and Francis Huxley. New York: J.P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2001.
Slavic Sorcery: Shamanic Journey of Initiation by Kenneth Johnson. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 1998.
The Soul of Shamanism: Western Fantasies, Imaginal Realities by Daniel C. Noel. New York: Continuum, 1997.
Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self by Sandra Ingerman. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
Spiritual Housecleaning: Healing the Space within by Beautifying the Space around You by Kathryn L. Robyn. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications: Distributed in the U.S.A. by Publishers Group West, 2001.
Stones, Bones and Skin: Ritual and Shamanic Art edited by Anne Trueblood Brodzky, Rose Danesewich, and Nick Johnson. Toronto: Society for Art Publications, 1974. (Out of Print/Buy Used)
The Way of the Shaman by Michael J. Harner. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990.
 
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