Shamanism, paganism and Druidry

A story-based guide to the techniques of shamanic healing*; Details indigenous medicine tools and soul healing techniques, including diagnosis and energy cleansing with plants, stones, fire, flower essences, and sound*; Offers protection and self-defense techniques for confronting negative energies such as spirit attachment and possession*; Shares healing stories that each address a specific condition, such as panic attacks, PTSD, depression, cancer, chronic pain, grief, and relationship problemsShamanic healing is making an astonishing comeback all over the modern technology-driven and consumerist world.

Discover the shamanic powers within each of us*; Explores ayahuasca rituals in the Amazon, messages from power animals and plant spirits, intuitive dreams, soul retrieval, and holograms of past lives and spirits*; Explains the shamanic way of ';seeing' to diagnose spiritual, emotional, and physical ailments via candle readings, remote viewing, and shamanic journeys*; Details how the author has helped individuals communicate with loved ones who have passed on and release themselves from negative spiritsEach and every one of us has shamanic powers.

Reveals how Christian mythology has more to do with long-standing pagan traditions than the Bible *; Explains how the church fathers knowingly incorporated pagan elements into the Christian faith to ease the transition to the new religion *; Identifies pagan deities that were incorporated into each of the saints *; Shows how all the major holidays in the Christian calendar are modeled on pagan rituals and myths, including Easter and Christmas In this extensive study of the Christian mythology that animated Europe in the Middle Ages, author Philippe Walter reveals how these stories and the holiday traditions connected with them are based on long-standing pagan rituals and myths and have very little connection to the Bible.

A visionary guide to safely using psilocybin mushrooms to tap in to the wisdom of Nature and reconnect humanity to the biosphere *; Explores the ecopsychological effects of wild psychedelic mushrooms, including enhanced biophilia, expanded awareness, eco-shamanic encounters, and access to the ancient wisdom that binds all life on Earth *; Examines the most recent scientific studies on psilocybin in the U.

The moving story of an expatriate coming to terms with her country's history, and her joyous spiritual and emotional rebirth as an African healer.

A ';what to expect' guide for first-time ayahuasca users paired with accounts from the author's extensive shamanic experiences in the Amazon *; Describes how to prepare for the first ceremony, what to do in the days afterward, and how to maintain a shamanic healing diet *; Details some of the author's own ayahuasca experiences, including an intensive trip in 2009 when he underwent 17 ceremonies *; Explores the many other plants that are part of the ayahuasca healer's medicine cabinet as well as the icaros, healing songs, of the ayahuasca shaman Since 1999 Jan Kounen has regularly traveled to the Peruvian Amazon to participate in ayahuasca ceremonies.

By understanding osogbo, the spirits of misfortune, we can better overcome them and return to health and balance in our lives *; Explains how misfortune works in this world as living spirits that plague humanity but are also a catalyst for self-development and conscious evolution *; Shows that we can overcome osogbo through eb, sacrifice, and hard work as prescribed by consulting the orishas through the casting of the diloggn *; Shares more than 40 ancient African sacred stories about the spirits of osogbo Beginning with the story of his goddaughter's battle with stage IV cancer, Lucumi priest cha'ni Lele explains the role of osogbo, or misfortune, in our lives.

An exploration of the chemical, biological, psychological, and experiential dimensions of ayahuasca *; Details the scientific discovery of ayahuasca's sophisticated psychoactive delivery system in the brain and body and its potential applications in medicine and psychology *; Includes contributions from Dennis J.

A detailed account of the transformation of consciousness and discovery of life's purpose brought on by peyote *; Shows how peyote and other visionary plants do not distort reality but gloriously unveil it, pulling the mind out of its cosmic slumber and revealing our unity with all life *; Explains the necessity when working with peyote to remain the master of one's mind and consciously work on oneself *; Examines how modern society's revulsion to sacramental plants and other consciousness expanders is deeply rooted in Western philosophy Charles Duits was caught in the grip of a dead-end existential and spiritual crisis.

An exploration of shamanism and the archetypal symbolism that sits at the foundation of all human life*; Not just an academic work.

*; A study of the primordial figure of the Great Goddess and her continued worship through time as shown by the myths, shrines, and sanctuaries around the world that honor this powerful symbol of creation.

An insider's experience and personal transformation with ayahuasca and the religious philosophy surrounding it *; An intimate account of the genesis of the Santo Daime tradition *; Edited and introduced by Stephen Larsen, author of The Shaman's Doorway In search of something to restore his spiritual connection to life after his release from captivity as a political prisoner in Brazil, Alex Polari de Alverga had a transformative encounter with Padrinho Sebastiao Mota de Mela, one of the two revered founders of Santo Daime.

A diagnosis of cancer leads to healing and transformation in the Amazon jungle *; Explains in vivid detail De Wys's experience of being healed from cancer through visionary ayahuasca rituals in Ecuador *; Describes her apprenticeship and relationship with the shaman who cured her *; Explores the ways this spiritual medicine can heal the emotional origins of disease now plaguing our modern technological culture *; Chosen as one of the ';Top 10 Books of the New Edge' by Jonathan Talat Phillips on The Huffington Post When composer and Bard College music professor Margaret De Wys learned she had breast cancer, the diagnosis shattered her comfortable life.

A working guide to the proper methods of interacting with the full Vodou pantheon *; Includes the myths, cultural heritage, and ancestral lineage of the lwa and how to honor and serve them *; Provides an introduction and guide that is especially useful for the solitary practitioner *; Discusses the relationship between Vodou, Haitian culture, and Catholicism In The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Kenaz Filan, an initiate of the Socit la Belle Venus, presents a working guide to the proper methods of interacting with the full Vodou pantheon, explaining how to build respectful relationships with the lwa, the spirits honored in Haitian Vodou, and how to transform the fear that often surrounds the Vodou religion.

A guide to the practice of planetary magic *; Offers tools for practitioners of green magic and folk magic to incorporate astrology into their practice *; Includes an extensive collection of magical remedies to resolve astrological afflictions *; Provides information on creating planetary altars and the astrological correspondences of traditional pagan holidays Traditionally, magically oriented astrology has focused on Sun-sign horoscopes while modern Western astrology has focused on attempting to become as ';scientific' as possible in hopes of aligning with its sister science of astronomy.

A working guide on how to achieve financial success by working with the lwa, the spirits of Haitian Vodou *; Provides spells and spirit work for job hunting, financial success, and career advancement *; Spells included are detailed and easy to follow--learn to Heat Up Your Business with Ghede or Peruse the Want Ads with Legba Haitian Vodou is a very practical and scientific craft: either you please the spirits and get results or you don't--often for good reason.

True account of a decade-long apprenticeship with Huichol shamans in the Mexican Sierra Madre *; Contains an insider's view of the Huichol's shamanic spiritual practices, including their ritual use of peyote *; Offers the Huichol path to sustainable healing for individuals and our planet Never conquered by Europeans, the Huichol--known for their use of peyote in spiritual ceremonies--have thoroughly retained their ancient way of life.

A guide to understanding the phases of astrological Moon signs and their effects on emotions and personality *; Describes the positive and negative character-defining traits of each of the 96 Moon phase/Moon sign combinations *; Explains how to use your natal Moon's sign and phase to predict how current and approaching Moons can affect you *; Explores the universal challenges arising during each Moon phase throughout the year and ways to honor each phase as it passes The Moon's ever-changing phases offer a way to deepen our understanding of our natal Moon sign as well as the Moon's day-to-day influence on our emotional tides.

The shamanic roots of Taoist practice *; Explains the principles of the Taoist Medicine Wheel, including the Five Elements, the animals of the Chinese zodiac, and the trigrams of the I Ching *; Includes exercises from the ';Wheel of Love' to access the Tao of Ecstasy *; Contains illustrated teaching stories about the Eight Immortals Thousands of years ago the immortals known as the Shining Ones shipwrecked on the Chinese coast.

How to work with the chakra centers to heal unresolved psychic wounds *; Reveals how psychic injuries become lodged within the energy body *; Links one major developmental stage with each major chakra *; Provides a detailed guide to healing and clearing the tensions each chakra holds The chakra system identifies eight centers in the psycho-anatomy of humans, each one associated with a different part of the physical or energy body.

An exploration of the many forms of the ancient myth of the Wild Hunt and its influence in pagan and early Christian Europe *; Recounts the myriad variations of this legend, from the Cursed Huntsman and King Herla to phantom armies and vast processions of sinners and demons *; Explains how this belief was an integral part of the pagan worldview and was thus employed by the church to spread Christian doctrine *; Reveals how the secret societies of medieval Europe reenacted these ghostly processions for soul travel and prophecies of impending death Once upon a time a phenomenon existed in medieval Europe that continuously fueled local lore: during the long winter nights a strange and unknown troop could be heard passing outside over the land or through the air.

Sacred myths from Santera centered on nature and the natural world *; Includes more than 40 myths, stories, and histories from the Lucum tradition *; Reassembles the oral fragments from the African diaspora into coherent stories *; Demonstrates that the African peoples, specifically the Yoruba, had deep philosophies and metaphysics involving nature and the natural world Since ancient times the Yoruba of West Africa created sacred stories--pataks--to make sense of the world around them.

A guide to the practices, tools, and rituals of New Orleans Voodoo as well as the many cultural influences at its origins *; Includes recipes for magical oils, instructions for candle workings, and directions to create gris-gris bags and Voodoo dolls to attract love, money, justice, and healing and for retribution *; Explores the major figures of New Orleans Voodoo, including Marie Laveau and Dr.

Presents the mystery of the Divine Mother in all her manifold aspects *; Explores more than 30 different goddess aspects of the Shakti force, both beneficial and malefic *; Includes Sanskrit hymns and classic verses by Sri Auribindo for each of the goddesses Shakti is synonymous with the Devi, the Divine Mother or divine power that manifests, sustains, and transforms the universe.

A working guide on how to find love and sexual fulfillment by working with the lwa, the spirits of Haitian Vodou *; The first book on wanga (love magic) by an actual Vodou initiate *; Provides spells and spirit work for many different problems associated with affairs of the heart *; Spells included are detailed and easy to follow Haitian Vodou, like other folk traditions, is an eminently practical craft.

A journey into the deeper workings of indigenous healing in the Amazon*; Explores the three pillars of Amazonian shamanism: purging, psychoactive plants, and diet*; Shares the experiences of apprenticing with an Ashaninca master shaman*; Reveals the intimate relationship between shamans and plant spiritsThe Jaguar that Roams the Mind is a journey into the vanishing world of Amazonian shamanism--an adventure of initiation and return--that explores the unique reality at the heart of the Amazonian healing system.

The spiritual teachings of Israel's biblical prophetesses from a kabbalistic perspective *; Explores the lives and symbolic significance of seven female prophets: Sarah, Miriam, Devorah, Chanah, Avigail, Chuldah, and Esther *; Uses the gematria of Jewish metaphysics to demonstrate that prophecy is a mystical initiatory path by which Divine Will is made known, not only a tool for telling the future *; Presents practical applications of kabbalistic teachings for spiritual development The seven prophetesses of Israel--Sarah, Miriam, Devorah, Chanah, Avigail, Chuldah, and Esther--lived between 1800 and 350 BCE.

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Recounts one woman's discovery of her ability to heal through contact with spirits and reveals how others can awaken this same gift in their own lives *; Explains how reconnecting with our inner sense of joy is the first step in healing *; Shows how to rid our life of the traumas from the past that hinder our spiritual development, including unresolved traumas from past lives *; Provides a roadmap that others can use for rediscovering their own connections to the spirit world Like many others who have discovered that they have a healing vocation, Alexandra Leclere began meeting with other healers and shamans to learn how to put her gift to use.

What poltergeist accounts through the ages reveal about our own worldviews *; Provides a wide array of case studies from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Europe to the modern world *; Explores the relationship between poltergeists and troubled adolescence *; Looks beneath the Christian adulteration of pagan practices to reveal the hidden ancestral beliefs tied to poltergeists and haunted houses Stories of poltergeists and their mischievous and sometimes violent actions--knocking, stone or chair throwing, moving objects with invisible hands, and slamming or opening doors--are a constant through the ages.

A comprehensive examination of the rituals and philosophies of the Celtic holiday of Samhain, the inspiration for Halloween.

After 'Hit Man' The New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man documents John Perkins' extraordinary career as a globe-trotting economic hit man.

An exploration of the personal and spiritual truths revealed through LSD *; Reveals that LSD visions weave an ongoing story from trip to trip *; Shows that trips progress through three stages: personal issues and pre-birth consciousness, ego-loss, and on to the sacred *; Explores psychedelic use throughout history, including the mass hallucinations common in the Middle Ages and the early therapeutic use of LSD Toward the end of his fifties, Christopher Gray took, for the first time in years, a 100-microgram acid trip.

Transformational wisdom designed for both women and men to access and enhance the inner power of the Divine *; Reveals how to activate your sacred sexual self and find your soul mission *; Shows how to access the wisdom of the Galactic Center *; Explains why men need the Shakti Circuit to connect with the Divine Masculine Shakti is the Divine life force that ceaselessly manifests, creates, and activates.

The first book to explore the sacred myths of Santera *; Includes more than 100 myths, stories, and histories about the odu and the orishas *; Reassembles the oral fragments from the African diaspora into coherent stories *; Demonstrates that the African peoples, specifically the Yoruba, were deeply spiritual At the core of the diloggn--the sacred divination system of Santera--are the sacred stories known as the pataks, narratives whose themes are as powerful and relevant today as they were in the minds of the ancient Yoruba who safeguarded them.

Psychedelics as therapeutic catalysts for emotional and spiritual transformation *; Explores the latest medical research on the healing powers of entheogens *; Reveals the crucial role of tribal and shamanic wisdom in psychedelic medicine *; Provides guidelines for working with psychedelics, including the author's personal healing and recommendations for creating change on the spiritual and societal levels 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.

After 'Hit Man'The New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man documents John Perkins' extraordinary career as a globe-trotting economic hit man.

A guidebook for communicating with the departed and gaining first-hand knowledge of life beyond death*; Reveals that the easiest way to communicate with the departed is through dreams*; Offers methods for helpful and timely communication with deceased loved ones*; Provides powerful Active Dreaming practices from ancient and indigenous cultures for journeying beyond the gates of death for wisdom and healingWe yearn for contact with departed loved ones.

Ejercicios prácticos para alcanzar niveles más elevados de orgasmo, renovar las relaciones y descubrir el poder sanador del sexo

• Se ilustra cómo identificar y proporcionar la mayor satisfacción posible a los nueve tipos de anatomía genital masculina y femenina, como los del “hombre coyote” o la “mujer búfala”

• Se presentan ejercicios para la obtención de mayor placer sexual e intensidad del orgasmo

• Se explica cómo realizar una poderosa labor de sanación con energías sexuales, con los chacras y el cuerpo de luz

La práctica del Quodoushka, que se basa en antiguas enseñanzas mayas, olmecas y toltecas, trasmitidas de generación en generación por los ancianos naguales del cabello torcido del sendero de la dulce medicina de la danza del sol, ofrece orientación práctica sobre el sexo, la intimidad y las relaciones y sobre cómo alcanzar niveles más elevados de orgasmo y éxtasis sexual.

An in-depth investigation of traditional European folk medicine and the healing arts of witches*; Explores the outlawed ';alternative' medicine of witches suppressed by the state and the Church and how these plants can be used today*; Reveals that female shamanic medicine can be found in cultures all over the world*; Illustrated with color and black-and-white art reproductions dating back to the 16th centuryWitch medicine is wild medicine.

An examination of the sacred botany and the pagan origins and rituals of Christmas Analyzes the symbolism of the many plants associated with Christmas Reveals the shamanic rituals that are at the heart of the Christmas celebration The day on which many commemorate the birth of Christ has its origins in pagan rituals that center on tree worship, agriculture, magic, and social exchange.

Explores the breakdown in the chain of cultural transmission that has led to the decimation of Hawaiian spirituality, and how it can be restored*; Shows how reconnection to the ancestral ways can be achieved through letting go and forgiveness of the effects of colonization*; Reveals how the lessons of the decline of Hawaiian spiritual tradition reflect on other religions *; Clarifies the complex nature of Hawaiian ancestral worshipHawaiian spirituality teaches that individuals can be truly fulfilled only if they are conscious participants in the long ancestral chain of witnessing and transmission that connects the present to the time of origins.

Restores to the forefront of the Christian tradition the importance of the divine feminine*; The first complete English-language translation of the original Coptic Gospel of Mary, with line-by-line commentary*; Reveals the eminence of the divine feminine in Christian thought*; Offers a new perspective on the life of one of the most controversial figures in the Western spiritual traditionPerhaps no figure in biblical scholarship has been the subject of more controversy and debate than Mary Magdalene.

An overview of Mithraism, the ancient Roman mystery religion popular in the Roman Legions*; Provides a comprehensive history of Mithraism, including its influence on Christianity and Islam*; Includes rituals, meditations, and teaching tales for readers who wish to follow the Mithraic path*; Studies the evolution and divergence of the Eastern (Persian) and Western (Roman) forms of MithraismThe Mysteries of Mithras presents 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.

A guide to reconnecting with Jesus, Mary, and the saints as shamanic teachers of divine mysteries*; Contains meditations, contemplations, parables, and active ritual tasks that help bring forth a shamanic understanding and practice of Christianity*; Shows shamanic experience to be the root of mystical communionWhen the missionaries came to North America to ';save' the American Indians, they were perplexed to discover that while they talked about Jesus, some of the Indians claimed to talk directly with him.

Explores the ancient Iroquois tradition of dreams, healing, and the recovery of the soul*; Explains Native American shamanic dream practices and their applications and purpose in modern life*; Shows how dreams call us to remember and honor our soul's true purpose*; Offers powerful Active Dreaming methods for regaining lost soul energy to restore our vitality and identityThe ancient teaching of the Iroquois people is that dreams are experiences of the soul in which we may travel outside the body, across time and space, and into other dimensions--or receive visitations from ancestors or spiritual guides.

The author's journey to becoming a Bushman shaman and healer and how this tradition relates to shamanic practices around the world*; Explores the Bushmen's ecstatic shaking and dancing practices*; Written by the first non-Bushman to become fully initiated into their healing and spiritual waysIn Bushman Shaman, Bradford Keeney details his initiation into the shamanic tradition of the Kalahari Bushmen, regarded by some scholars as the oldest living culture on earth.

A radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts as shamanic mystical wisdom rather than funerary rituals*; Reveals the mystical nature of Egyptian civilization denied by orthodox Egyptologists*; Examines the similarity between the pharaoh's afterlife voyage and shamanic journeying*; Shows shamanism to be the foundation of the Egyptian mystical traditionTo the Greek philosophers and other peoples of the ancient world, Egypt was regarded as the home of a profound mystical wisdom.

An Italian ethnobotanist explores the remarkable propensity of wild animals to seek out and use psychoactive substances.

More than 60 pagan leaders and teachers describe in their own words what they believe and what they practice.