This comprehensive introduction answers many frequently asked questions such as:
* What is shamanism?
* Where is it practiced?
* What are the beliefs and understandings inherent to shamanism?
* Who are the shamans?
* What do shamans do?
* Can anyone train to be a shaman?
* Where can I learn more?
About the Author: Colleen Deatsman is a counselor, social worker, Usui Reiki master, clinical hypnotherapist, and shamanic practitioner. She is the author of three previous books, including Seeing in the Dark. She lives in Mason, MI. Author website: www.colleendeatsman.com
Editor's Notes: I was excited to get this book. Shamanism is one of my interests. My friend and respected Shaman Esther Jenkins tickled my curiosity many years ago when I interviewed her on my Open Mind Show. I found this book captivating and it cleared away a lot of misconceptions and confusions about real shaminism. When I get a book, I open it to a random page and there is usually a message there for me. I opened to page 111. At the start of Part Four, Shamaism and Healing, there is a poem by Mark Nepo, "What Sustains."
The more I am hollowed
by the fire, the more my ribs
spread like the tree of life.
The more I am washed
by the tears of others,
the more my heart rounds like an ocean shell.
The more stories I tell
of how one picks up another,
the more my hands open
like scoops for grain.
To be what others drink,
to be what others stand on
to reach what they love--
to be worn by this.
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