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Stan Grof & Michael Harner in Dialogue Presented by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies

By Michael Harner — 2009

Stan Grof and Michael Harner discuss Holotropic Breathwork and shamanism. Stanislav Grof's professional career has covered a period of over 50 years in which his primary interest has been research of the therapeutic potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness. See more...

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The Fellowship of the River: A Medical Doctor’s Exploration into Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine

Western medicine has not been particularly successful at getting people relief from conditions like depression, chronic pain, migraine headaches, addiction, and PTSD. Dr. Tafur helps us to understand why. Too often, the Western medical approach fails to address the emotional dimension of illness.

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Shaman, Healer, Sage: How to Heal Yourself and Others with the Energy Medicine of the Americas

Villoldo explains that central to shamanic healing is the concept of the Luminous Energy Field that is believed to surround our material bodies.

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A Shaman’s Miraculous Tools for Healing

Meet a dancer who could barely walk until a series of sessions with Villoldo, a business woman who is freed from headaches and discovers the benefits of an integrated interior life, and a young woman who confronts her past and recovers from crippling depression.

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The Illumination Process: A Shamanic Guide to Transforming Toxic Emotions into Wisdom, Power, and Grace

Life itself invites us to be initiated through many means—the possibility of love, the loss of a parent or friend, the birth of a child, or a serious health crisis. True initiation is empowered by facing personal challenges and experiencing the spiritual rebirth—or illumination—that follows.

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Grow a New Body: How Spirit and Power Plant Nutrients Can Transform Your Health

This fragmented approach to health is merely a stopgap. To truly heal, we need to return to the original recipe for wellness discovered by shamans millennia ago.

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Walking in Light: The Everyday Empowerment of a Shamanic Life

A shaman can serve as a healer, storyteller, and a keeper of wisdom―but most of all, teaches Sandra Ingerman, "Shamans radiate a light that uplifts everybody.

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The Book of Ceremony: Shamanic Wisdom for Invoking the Sacred in Everyday Life

We perform ceremonies to mark important events and celebrate holidays―yet our modern approach to ceremony only scratches the surface of its true potential.

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Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation

Today, practicing shamanism doesn’t mean you have to live in a rain forest or a desert. Thanks to a modern renaissance of shamanic spirituality, practitioners from all walks of life now use powerful indigenous techniques for healing, insight, and spiritual growth.

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The Way of the Shaman

This classic on shamanism pioneered the modern shamanic renaissance. It is the foremost resource and reference on shamanism.

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Hallucinogens and Shamanism

Anthropologists report their findings on the use and importance of hallucinogenic plants in shamanistic practices.

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Comparing Belief Traditions