Below are the best books we could find on Indigenous Healing Approaches and shamanism.
CLEAR ALL
This classic on shamanism pioneered the modern shamanic renaissance. It is the foremost resource and reference on shamanism.
Anthropologists report their findings on the use and importance of hallucinogenic plants in shamanistic practices.
First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon.
Whether you live in a mountain cabin or a city loft, plant spirits present themselves to us everywhere. Since its first printing in 1995, Plant Spirit Medicine has passed hand-to-hand among countless readers drawn to indigenous spirituality and all things alive and green.
In the Amazon, shamans do not talk in terms of hallucinogens but of tools for communicating with other life-forms. Ayahuasca, for example, is first and foremost a means of breaking down the barrier that separates humans from other species, allowing us to communicate with them.
While undertaking anthropological fieldwork in the Pichis Valley of the Peruvian Amazon, Narby became intrigued by the local community’s claim that they received their phenomenal biochemical knowledge under the influence of hallucinogens.
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A survey of five centuries of writings on the world's great shamans-the tricksters, sorcerers, conjurers, and healers who have fascinated observers for centuries.
Fascinating, comprehensive, and eminently readable, this guide explores shamanism―the world's most enduring healing and religious tradition―in the light of modern medicine, psychology, neuroscience, consciousness disciplines, and religious studies.
Indigenous healers and shamans have known since antiquity that plants possess a spirit essence that can communicate through light, sound, and vibration. Now scientific studies are verifying this understanding.
Rolling Thunder’s life and wisdom in his own words and from first-hand accounts and interviews with those who knew him well.
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