Shamanism and Paganism

Salvia divinorum has been used since ancient times by the Mazatec shamans of Mexico for divination, vision quests and healing. Known by many names - nearly all associated with the Virgin Mary, who has come to symboliSe the spirit of salvia - this plant ally is now regarded as the most powerful natural hallucinogen. Providing the first practical guide to the shamanic, spiritual and therapeutic uses

Millions of people worldwide have been introduced to Reiki, the Japanese 'hands on' form of healing; and shamanism has been practised by indigenous cultures around the world for thousands of years. In this book, shaman and Reiki Master, Jim PathFinder Ewing (Nvnehi Awatisgi in Cherokee), combines both traditions to demonstrate step by step how anyone with rudimentary knowledge of Reiki or shamanis

CHANGE YOUR STORY, CHANGE YOUR LIFE is a practical self-help guide to personal transformation using traditional shamanic techniques combined with journalling 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 consciousl

Specific body postures reappear in the art and and artifacts of world cultures, even those widely separated by time and distance. What are these images of unusual postures telling us? Anthropologist Felicitas Goodman discvered that people sho assume these postures while in trance report strikingly similar meditative experiences. The results from this research are astonishing, proving that certain

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

A journey of healing and transformation through Toltec mysticism, shamanic dreaming, and the teachings of the Mayan prophecies. • The author studied with don Juan Matus and the Nagual sorcerers who taught Carlos Castaneda. • Includes numerous transcripts of Toltec Dreamwork sessions, providing examples of how dreamwork can transform personal life challenges. Merilyn Tunneshende lea

Humanity is in crisis: War, poverty, environmental disasters, and more have brought the planet to a tipping point. In our personal lives, many of us carry deep-seated fear, resentment, anger, and even hatred for others and ourselves. Since ancient times, Toltec shamans have taught that the root of all this discord can be found in the human mind and what they called its addiction to suffering. They

Offering a unique, hands-on guide to advanced self-transformation, James Endredy shows how traditional shamanic techniques offer a doorway into the sacred art of alchemy, the inner transformation of the soul. Revealing the practical and intuitive connections between shamanism and alchemy, including not only Western alchemy, but also alchemical practices from the East, Endredy recasts the 7 stages

Offering an insider's experiential account of ancient Maya spiritual wisdom and practices, initiated Maya shaman-priestess, Gabriela Jurosz-Landa, opens up the mysterious world of the Maya, dispelling the rampant misinformation about their beliefs and traditions, sharing the transcendent beauty of their ceremonies and explaining the Maya understanding of time, foundational to their spiritual world

Drawing on her more than 20 years' experience working with present-day Mesoamerican curanderos/as and the ancient shamanic healing traditions of the Mexica and Maya, Erika Buenaflor provides a step-by-step guide for the curanderismo practice of soul retrieval. She explains how the soul is a form of sacred energy that can escape when someone experiences trauma or is threatened by challenging and st

This book is a panorama of texts translated from nearly a dozen languages on the ayahuasca experience, including indigenous mythic narratives and testimonies, religious hymns, as well as stories related by western travellers, scientists and writers who have had contact with ayahuasca in different contexts. In addition to contributions from Wade Davis, Dennis McKenna and Richard Spruce, this new ed

· Reveals, step by step, the shamanic rituals and techniques to prepare crystal homoeopathic elixirs to heal the waters of the Earth· Explains how to create a sacred water altar in your home for elixir preparation as well as programme the crystals used with healing intentionsRavenwood explains how to create crystal homoeopathic elixirs using a sacred water altar and attuned crystals. Detailing how

Shamanic practice acknowledges the presence of spirit, wisdom and healing energy in all things. Since ancient times, the shaman has realised the ‘medicine’ within and beyond this world, and used this connection for the betterment of all. Now, you can access the knowledge, protection and insight of the shaman’s medicine, through this beautiful oracle. Best-selling authors, Barbara Meiklejohn-Free a

Those of us who live in our so-called 'advanced' nations of the modern world have been educated to use our minds and encouraged to satisfy our physical needs. But in so doing we have become isolated from the very essence of our existence as individuals - our own spirit. In SHAMANIC SPIRIT Kenneth Meadows introduces Shamanics his spiritual science of living which recognises the primacy of the spiri

Twilight Language of the Nagual recounts the author's experiences under the tutelage of don Juan Matus, the Toltec shaman who mentored Carlos Castaneda, and the sorceress dona Celestina. Tunneshende learns the Twilight Language of Dreaming, a means for understanding the energetic gateways of human existence, enabling communication between beings of the upper and lower realms.

• Explains how to tune in to imaginal cells to heal the past, activate the shaman within, and download information from the future• Includes shamanic breathwork practices and rituals to open access to your spiritual blueprint--the hologram of who your highest, best self is meant to be--and be more potent and powerful in the presentWe are in a highly transitional time on Earth as old structures bre

Incorporating psychospiritual tools with her shamanic breathwork practice, Linda Star Wolf shows how to spiritually journey in the same way shamans entrain to the rhythms of drums or rattles using the breath, either alone or together with music. Much like travelling to sacred places or ingesting entheogens, this practice can be used to enter altered states of consciousness, connect to cosmic consc

When Rima Morrell first went to Hawai‘i as a young anthropology student from Cambridge University, she was surprised to find a lighter brighter world where trees talked to her in ancient temples and magic regularly happened. She found the system of ancient Hawaiian wisdom known as Huna, a system that teaches us how to focus the light of our own being to make magic. Following her Higher Self-

The Mysteries of Mithraspresents a revival of the magical practices and initiatory system of Mithraism, the ancient Roman mystery religion that was immensely popular in the Roman Legions from the late second century B.C. until A.D. 400 and was taken to every corner of the Roman Empire. As the last pagan state religion in Europe, it was the most important competitor to early Christianity and heavil

Banned after promising research in the 1940s, '50s and '60s, the use of psychedelics as therapeutic catalysts is now being rediscovered at prestigious medical schools, such as Harvard, Johns Hopkins, NYU and UCLA. Through clinical trials to assess their use, entheogens have been found to ease anxiety in the dying, interrupt the hold of addictive drugs, cure post-traumatic stress disorder and treat