Resources
Recommended Books
The Way of the Shaman
Michael Harner
Harper San Francisco; ISBN: 0062503731; 10th anniv edition (October 1990)
Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self
Sandra Ingerman
Harper San Francisco; ISBN: 0062504061; (September 1991)
Shamanism as a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life
Tom Cowan
Crossing Pr; ISBN: 0895948389; (September 1996)
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstacy
Mercea Eliade
1972, Princeton Univ Press
How to Heal Toxic Thoughts
Sandra Ingerman
Sterling Publishing, NY; ISBN: 1-4027-4260-6; (2007)
Medicine for the Earth
Sandra Ingerman
Three Rivers Press; ISBN: 0609805177; (January 16, 2001)
Plant Spirit Medicine
Eliot Cowan
1991, Granite Publications; ISBN: 1893183114
Shamanic Voices
Joan Halifax
Arkana; ISBN: 0140193480; Rei edition (December 1994)
Spirit Medicine
Hank Wesselman and Jill Kuykendall
Hay House; ISBN: 1-4019-0291-X; (2004)
The Cosmic Serpent
Jeremy Narby
J. P. Tarcher; ISBN: 0874779642; (April 1999)
The Journey to the Sacred Garden
Hank Wesselman
Hay House; ISBN: 1-40190-111-5; (2003)
Vision Seeker (Series)
Hank Wesselman
Bantam Books; ISBN: 0553378376; (August 1996)
Energy for Life: Connect with the Source
Colleen Deatsman
Llewellyn, MN (2006);
ISBN-13: 978-0-7387-0774-7 ISBN-10: 0-7387-0774-0
Inner Divinity: Crafting Your Life with Sacred Intelligence
Mara Bishop
IUniverse (March 2007);
ISBN-10: 0595407439 ISBN-13: 978-0595407439
John of God
Heather Cumming and Karen Leffler
Atria Books, NY: ISBN-13: 978-1-58270-164-6
ISBN-10: 58270-164-4 (May 2007)
Modern Shamanic Living: New Explorations of an Ancient Path
Evelyn Rysdyk
Red Wheel/Weiser; ISBN: 1578631254 (September 1999)
The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds
Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Perigee Books, NY (April, 2006); ISBN: 0-399-53256-0
The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth
Tim Flannery
Atlantic Monthly Press, NY (2005): ISBN 13:978-0-87113-935-1
ISBN 10: 0-87113-935-9
The World We Used to Live In
Vine Deloria Jr.
Fulcrum Publishing, Golden Colorado (2006)
ISBN-13:978-1-55591-564-3
ISBN-10:1-55591-564-7
Recommended Links
Founded by internationally renowned anthropologist
Michael Harner with a three-fold mission to study, to teach, and to preserve shamanism, the Foundation for Shamanic Studies has built a reputation of consistency and dependability by providing reliable training in core shamanism to interested learners worldwide.
Sandra Ingerman is the author of Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self Harper San Francisco 1991, Welcome Home: Following Your Soul’s Journey Home, Harper San Francisco 1.994, A Fall to Grace, Moon Tree Rising Productions 1997, and Medicine for the Earth, Three Rivers Press 2001. She is also the author of "The Beginner's Guide to Shamanic Journeying" and "The Soul Retreval Journey" lecture programs and the book and CD program Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner's Guide produced by Sounds True.
The Society of Shamanic Practitioners is an alliance of people deeply committed to the re-emergence of shamanic practices that promote healthy individuals and viable communities.
It is a not-for-profit public benefit corporation whose goal is to support the re-emergence of shamanism into modern, western culture. While many other shamanic organizations seek to document and learn from what has been done in the past, the Society is focused on the here and now and is interested in documenting how shamanism is changing and how it is being used as it interfaces with the twenty-first century world.
A center designed to foster personal and social transformation, Esalen offers those who join us the chance to explore more deeply the world and themselves.
Daniel Bianchetta is the Media Director for the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Ca.
Daniel’s sensitive eye finds him creating deeply moving and emotional images of the Big Sur coastline, and following Native American Rock Art sites throughout the Southwest, Canada, and Hawaii. His passion for the Big Sur California coastal tribe, the Esselen, has led him to an in-depth study of their way of life and history. His photographic work is in galleries and private collections all over the world.
A nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering global shamanic community.
Shared Wisdom
is the vision of
Hank Wesselman and Jill Kuykendall, whose purpose is to create transpersonal bridges to facilitate the emergence of a new subculture in the Western world.
Tom Cowan is a shamanic practitioner specializing in Celtic visionary and healing techniques. He combines universal core shamanism with traditional European spirit lore to create spiritual practices that can heal and enrich one's own life and the lives of others. He is an internationally respected teacher, author, lecturer, and tour leader.
Myron Eshowsky has formally studied shamanism and folk healing since 1970. A teaching faculty member of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, he has written and published extensively on the integration of shamanic methods into modern life. He is the founder of the Healing Communities project for youths at risk in Madison, Wisconsin, a shamanism training and healing program for high school age teens. He is also the editor of Community Shamanism, a newsletter on applied shamanc practice in the United States.
Shamanic healing, workshops and retreats.
Spirit Passages is a joint practice of
C. Allie Knowlton, MSW, LCSW, DCSW, Psychotherapist & Shamanic Practitioner; and
Evelyn C. Rysdyk, Shamanic Practitioner, Author & Sacred Artist.
The purpose of Spirit Passages is to give individuals the tools to become conscious participants in their own healing, health and spiritual evolution.
The core NYSC group practices healing and journeying work every week since 1997. We work and study with a wide range of powerful indigenous and Western shamans from around the world.
NYSC is dedicated to promoting and supporting a shamanic community in New York City. Through its activities (workshops, monthly Open House Shamanic Circles, Monthly Women's Circles, and The annual Shamanic Gathering in Central Park), NYSC's commitment is to deepen the rich presence of the global shamanic community in NYC. Through its work, NYSC's desire is to promote a supportive community of earth-honoring living in ways that foster environmental and social balance.
Looking ahead, our vision is to establish the New York Shamanic Center, the home for all of NYSC's events, activities and gatherings, including an annual New York Shamanic Film Festival.
Shilo's ancestor spirits have asked her be a toolmaker and to co-create with them. The ancestors come to her in her dreams, giving her the visions of what they want created. These ancestor spirits move through her hands while she works, guiding the art and moving powerful energy into the objects. Together, Shilo and her ancestors bring these power objects into being, to work with those healers called to use them.
