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The Shamanism Bible

The Shamanism Bible

The Definitive Guide to Shamanic Thought and Practice

by John Matthews
Paperback
Publication Date: 11/09/2014

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The ancient healing traditions based on spiritual connections.

New to Firefly's Bible series (Ayurveda Bible, Secret Societies Bible) this guide to shamanism is an evocative and detailed journey from its animistic origins in Europe, North America, Siberia and the Arctic 70,000 years ago, to the contemporary rituals practiced today. Illustrated with cultural images, totems and practicing shamans from all cultural settings, The Shamanism Bible reveals the past and explains how this ancient spirituality can empower modern life.

Shaman John Matthews shares his incomparable breadth of knowledge of shamanism and the significance of power animals:



Shapeshifting -- moving into different states of being
Healing with spirit guides
Vision questing -- finding guidance in meditation and dream experience
Working with totems
Shamanic drumming and trance.

The book opens with a survey of the roots of shamanism among the Celtic, Siberian, Norse, Sami and Inuit cultures, as well as in Africa, the Americas, the Far East and the Antipodes. The second chapter, The Shaman's Tools, describes the tools a shaman uses:



Soul Flights and Journeys (Trances, Dance and Drumming, Singing, Hallucinogens)
Allies and Helpers (Inner Helpers, Plant Medicine, Totems)
Magical Costume
Ritual (Rites of Passage, Healing Work, Medicine, Dreaming).

Part three describes the modern practice of shamanism:



Making and Keeping a Shrine
Greeting the Day
Casting away Sorrows
Leaves of Divination
Making a Shaman's Power Bundle
Kinship with the Web of Life.

Millions find the ancient origins and visceral spirituality of shamanism empowering. The Shamanism Bible reveals the history of this intricate belief system and explains how to incorporate it into modern life.
ISBN:
9781770854673
9781770854673
Category:
Shamanism
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11-09-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Firefly Books
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
400
Dimensions (mm):
165x140x25mm
Weight:
0.61kg
John Matthews

John Matthews has produced a number of successful divinatory systems based on early spiritual beliefs - including the best-selling Arthurian Tarot (with Caitlin Matthews and Miranda Gray), The Wildwood Tarot (with Mark Ryan and Will Worthington), The Green Man Tree Oracle (with Will Worthington), The Celtic Animal Oracle and Grail Tarot (with Giovanni Casselli). His book, Pirates, was No 1 in the New York Times Book Review and a bestseller for 22 weeks in 2007.

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