Other religions and spiritual beliefs

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 authors 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.

Taoist techniques that can quiet your mind so you can discover your true self in the wisdom of the heart Teaches that the Tao is the flow of nature, the effortless middle path of self-discovery Shows how to quiet the monkey mind (the ego) and listen within for your inner voice Fosters a connection to the Tao through diet, exercise, livelihood, and sexuality Taoists say that we must learn to observe with the mind and think with the heart.

The guide to engaging and directing the three primordial forces of Earth, Heaven, and Higher Self to achieve enlightenment and immortality Explains how to circulate the life force, or chi, by balancing yang (male) and yin (female) currents of bioenergy Includes an overview of the complete Taoist body/mind/spirit system along with newly refined methods of activating the life force The sequel to the classic Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao In 1983, Mantak Chia introduced the Microcosmic Orbit to the West.

An ancient Taoist system for detoxifying and rejuvenating the internal organs Presents techniques to clear blockages in the bodys energy flow Includes illustrated exercises to relieve common ailments, revitalize the organs, and enable readers to take charge of their own health and well-being Focuses on the navel center, where negative emotions, stress, and illness accumulate The techniques of Chi Nei Tsang evolved in Asia during an era when few physicians were available and people had to know how to heal themselves.

Advanced Taoist techniques for detoxifying and rejuvenating the internal organs through the release of negative chi Works with the navel center, where negative emotions, stress, and illness accumulate Presents advanced techniques to release negative energy from the body and reestablish a healthy flow of vital energy to internal tissues and organs From the Taoist point of view, good health depends upon the free flow of chi--healthy life-force energy--throughout the body.

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.

Explains how the initiatory practices of the Ninja can be used to achieve self-mastery Uses the five human archetypes of lover, seeker, magus, soul warrior, and mystic Shows how to access kuji-kiri, the positive energy of the Ninja Godai, to dispel fear, disempowerment, and soul fatigue The Ninja are a mysterious warrior elite said to be so spiritually advanced they knew the mind and will of God.

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.

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.

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 souls 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 authors journey to becoming a Bushman shaman and healer and how this tradition relates to shamanic practices around the world Explores the Bushmens 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 pharaohs 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.

Explains the science behind the practice of nei kung, the elemental nature of yin and yang energy--the two components of ch'i, and how learning to control the yang energy in our ch'i can result in the release of dynamic energy.

Teaches the three paths that Taoist masters have used for centuries to create tranquillity in one's life.

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

An extensive examination of Hawaiian spiritual tradition and its emphasis on ancestral spirits by a descendant of an ancient lineage of Hawaiian priests Describes the time-honored intergenerational bond between a people and a land that embodies the heart of indigenous spirituality A powerful and authentic portrait of a culture on the cusp of extinctionIn Hawaiian spiritual tradition, the sacred bond formed between the land and its people is perpetuated in every new generation by the voices of the ancestors who pass on this inheritance.

The first English translation with commentary of three classic Taoist texts on immortality Translates The Jade Emperors Mind Seal Classic, The Immortals, and The Three Treasures of Immortality Defines the Taoist concept of immortality and examines the lives and practices of Taoists who achieved this state Reveals the steps needed to achieve immortality in our modern societyTaoist mystics claim that it is possible to achieve immortality: Within each of us dwells the medicine to cure the affliction of mortality.

Explains the phenomenon of shaktipat, the spiritual transmission of power from a teacher to a devotee Shows how technology has eroded personal power and how insight and awareness can play a higher role in our lives Reveals how insight is the vehicle for profound self-transformationShakti is the creative force, the bonding power, that holds the universe together.

A highly successful plastic surgeon embraces shamanic healing techniques and helps her patients experience true beauty and ecstasy.

Discover the thoughts, history, and customs of the Shuar of the Amazon, as told in their own words.

Mongolian shamaness Sarangerel provides a hands-on guide for serious students of the shamanic path.

A powerful story of one man's redemption through the Lakota Sun Dance ceremony.

The first book written about Mongolian and Siberian shamanism by a shaman trained in that tradition.

Explores the living spiritual tradition surrounding birds in Native American culture Pairs scholarly research with more than 200 firsthand accounts of bird signs from traditional Native Americans and their descendants Examines the legends, wisdom, and powers of the birds known as the gatekeepers of the four directionsEagle, Hawk, Crow, and Owl Provides many examples of bird sign interpretations and human-bird communication that can be applied in your own encounters with birds Birds are our strongest allies in the natural world.

Training methods for tracking and wilderness observation woven into extraordinary real-life stories of intuitive animal-reading skills Explains technical tracking methods and observational skills such as shadowing and envisioning through the innermost thoughts of an accomplished native tracker Reveals how to track by expanding your awareness and consciousness to become one with the animal you are tracking Shares stories of tracking Wolves, Bears, Deer, Cougars, and many other animals Stepping beyond the shape of a footprint and into the unseen story of the track, veteran wilderness guide Tamarack Song takes you inside the eyes and mind of an intuitive tracker, with intimate stories where Frogs show the way out of the woods, scat reveals life histories, and Bears demonstrate how to find missing people.

Shares the spiritual wisdom of Rastafari through the stories, teachings, and traditions of practicing Rastas in Jamaica Includes the authors interviews with bush doctors, healers, and Rastafarians gathered during his 15 years of living in Jamaica Reveals the old ways of the Rastafarians and how their beliefs form an unbroken lineage tracing back to King Solomon Explains the connection of Rasta beliefs to important biblical passages Tracing their lineage back to King Solomon--the wisest man who ever lived--Rastafarians follow a spiritual tradition of peace and meditation that is more a way of life than an organized religion.

Reveals how the Nagual shamans move between this world and the dream realms Shows how the Twilight Language of Dreaming is an avenue for understanding the energetic gateways of human existence Presents detailed exercises for practical experiences in extra-lucid dreamingTwilight Language of the Nagual is a shamanic and spiritual account that illuminates the authors experiences under the tutelage of don Juan Matus, the Toltec shaman who mentored Carlos Castaneda, and the sorceress doa Celestina.

The teachings of Bill Eagle Feather, Sun Dance chief and medicine man of the Rosebud Sioux, as told by his apprentice.

A traditional Native American healer from the Karuk tribe shares his personal story of reconnection to the Great Spirit in contemporary America.

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 book to approach reincarnation from the perspective of dreams Identifies soul bloodlines, the key to past life therapies Combines the authors own experiences with case studies and dreamwork with empirical research Reveals how the analyst and client are often karmically linked In Past Life Dreamwork, Sabine Lucas examines soul bloodlines--character traits, talents, and life issues that are the common elements and circumstances of successive past lives.

Creating an alliance and working partnership with the spirits of weather to restore well-being and harmony to Earth and ourselves Reveals that, intentionally or not, we affect the weather not only through our actions but also through our thoughts and emotions Explains shamanic techniques for working with the spiritual nature of weather Special section on weather dancing details both its ceremonial and therapeutic aspects With the growing consensus that global warming is a fact comes the realization that the increasingly violent weather we are experiencing is its chief manifestation.

A metaphysical instruction manual on the role of dreaming in the Toltec tradition Describes the energy body, its modes of perception, and how it produces dreaming Provides an outline of the dream gates showing how they correspond to the chakras Includes detailed instructions for awakening dreaming potential and for exercising and expanding the dreaming body--what to expect and how to respond Toltec Dreaming explores the many aspects and levels of the dream-state, distinguishing ordinary dreaming from dreaming awake, a condition of heightened awareness through which the active dreamer ascends to the Dream of Transcendence.

Combines shamanism, alchemy, and energy medicine to create a unique healing modality Explores how to turn the base substance of who you are--the dark mystery of your subconscious--into the alchemical gold of knowledge and enlightenment Includes techniques of distant healing and working with power animals and plant, mineral, and elemental spirits Shows how to utilize the Universal Life Force to reawaken inherent healing abilitiesAlchemical Healing brings together innovative techniques of shamanism and energetic healing with the principles of alchemy, creating a practical form of physical healing, therapeutic counseling, and spiritual growth.

A book of wisdom teachings and rituals that invoke ancient Egyptian deities to awaken human consciousness Provides guided shamanic visualizations to invoke 26 of the most significant gods Takes the reader through shamanic portals of death, rebirth, and illumination Reconciles internal conflict through a sacred marriage of heart and mind In Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt, Nicki Scully and Linda Star Wolf renew humanitys connection to the ancient gods of Egypt, the neteru.

Shamanic practices to access your spiritual blueprint, communicate with the universal mind, and transform in to your highest spiritual self 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 present Includes 55-minute Visionary Shamanism Musical Journeys CD We are in a highly transitional time on Earth as old structures break down in preparation for the new world that is coming.

Tools to powerfully write about and manifest your life using the power found in the sacred sites of ancient Egypt Reveals how to create meaning from ones life experiences and manifest new destinies through spiritual writing Contains meditations and creative writing exercises exploring sacred themes in the Egyptian Book of the Dead and other hieroglyphic texts of ancient Egypt Shares transformative and inspiring pieces written by those whove attended the authors Egyptian sacred tours Within each of us is a story, a sacred story that needs to be told, of our heroic efforts and of our losses.

Shamanic practices for making a difference in the world Offers shamanic tools for solving the challenges we face as a global community Provides healing practices and initiatory journeys to address pollution-based diseases, natural and man-made disasters, and environmental degradation Explores time, physics, and other dimensions to explain how to repair and evolve DNA and see into the future in order to change it In Planetary Healing, shamanic healer Nicki Scully and visionary Mark Hallert reveal how to move beyond feeling helpless and overwhelmed by global crises so we can make a difference in the world through active participation in healing ourselves, our families, our communities, and the planet.

How to connect with animal guides to expand individual and planetary awareness Reveals techniques for exploring dreams, shamanic journeys, healing, and shapeshifting with animals Presents words of wisdom from cats, dogs, horses, llamas, rabbits, ravens, bears, and even insects As companions, helpers, and spiritual guides, animals have always held a special relationship with humans.

A guide to personal spiritual initiation through the transformation of habitual patterns, apathy, and resistance Based on the Native American medicine wheel, the Vedic wheel, and the universal initiatory mandala Enables readers from any tradition to initiate themselves through practices of thought transformation, narrative medicine, meditation exercises, rituals, and journaling Facilitates breaking through personal and societal illusions that perpetuate resistance and apathy Intentions and spiritual principles, meditation and contemplation, ritual, and risk-taking are the conditions that comprise an initiated life.

Trance-inducing postures for shamanic journeying, initiation, healing, divination, and transformation of the soul Provides practices from Mayan, Egyptian, African, Native American, Sumerian, and other ancient and indigenous traditions Shows how these practices can detoxify the energy body The human need for ecstasy--the ability to be free of the limitations of ordinary consciousness--is as imperative as the need for food.

A practical guide to understanding and awakening the human energy body Shows how the energy body forms our reality from the infinite possibilities presented by our thoughts, feelings, and those around us Illustrates the anatomy of the energy body, including its connections to the nervous system, chakras, and meridians Provides step-by-step exercises to awaken the energy body, expand awareness, and begin consciously creating your own reality At a time when consciousness and other aspects of our energetic anatomy are finding their way into modern science, Kenneth Smith blends traditional shamanism with cutting-edge research in bioenergetics and neuroscience to offer this users guide to the energy body--explaining what it is, what its capabilities are, and how to harness it as a vehicle for higher consciousness and heightened awareness.

A hands-on approach to working with the healing powers of plant spirits Explores the scientific basis underlying the practices of indigenous healers and shamans Illuminates the matrix where plant intelligence and human intelligence join Reveals that partnering with plants is an evolutionary imperative Indigenous healers and shamans have known since antiquity that plants possess a spirit essence that can communicate through light, sound, and vibration.

Rolling Thunders life and wisdom in his own words and from interviews with those who knew him well Contains never-before-released talks by Rolling Thunder preserved by the Grateful Deads Mickey Hart as well as accounts of remarkable healings and weather magic from famous personalities who knew him Explains that in order to heal Natures afflictions we must first restore balance and unity in ourselves Intertribal medicine man Rolling Thunder (1916-1997) was a healer, teacher, visionary, and activist who rose to popularity in the 1960s and 70s through his friendship with artists such as Bob Dylan and as the inspiration for the Billy Jack films.

Spiritual lessons from insect archetypes of the Medicine Wheel Reveals the sacred wisdom inherent in Honeybees pollinating, Butterflys transformation, Spiders weaving, and Earthworms recycling Provides experiential practices, such as Shamanic Breathwork journeys, to connect with insect teachers and harness their consciousness-activating patterns Shows how Dragonfly, Cicada, and Cricket connect us with the Great Star Nations, the depths of Mother Earth, and the music of life Includes access to Cricket Chorus Meditation audio tracks Our insect brothers and sisters are some of the most ancient beings and teachers on planet Earth.

A shamanic ritual with the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet to bring about alchemical transformation at the deepest levels of your being Details how to work with Sekhmet to transform your negative behavior patterns and character flaws into creative impulses and higher energies Leads you through guided visualizations, illustrated with photographs, to Sekhmets chapel at the Temple of Karnak and through her shamanic ritual of transformation Includes initiations, rites of passage, and transmissions from Sekhmet to release your fears and anger and rejuvenate your body, mind, and spiritSekhmet is the lioness goddess of the Egyptian Pantheon, a fierce protector of truth, balance, and the Cosmic order of Maat.