Inner Traditions/Bear & Co.
Weather Shamanism
Harmonizing Our Connection with the Elements
By Nan Moss with David Corbin
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ISBN-13: 978-1-59143-074-2
ISBN: 1-59143-074-7
Quality Paperback
Page Count: 272; 6.00 (width) x 9.00 (height)
Imprint: Bear & Company
Price: $16.00
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. Each storm, each flood, each blizzard seems to break 100-year-old records for both intensity and damage. Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases may be too little, too late.
Through a unique blend of anthropological research, shamanic journeys, and personal stories and anecdotes, Moss and Corbin show how humans and weather have always affected each other, and how it is possible to influence the weather. They present teachings directly from the spirits of weather that show how our thoughts and emotions affect weather energetics. They also reveal the ceremonial and therapeutic aspects of "weather dancing," a practice used to communicate with the weather spirits.
Weather Shamanism is about transformation--of ourselves, and thus our world. It is about how we can develop an expanded worldview that honors spiritual realities in order to create a working partnership with the spirits of weather and thereby help to restore well-being and harmony to Earth.
About the Authors:
Nan Moss and David Corbin have been faculty members of Michael Harner's Foundation for Shamanic Studies since 1995 and also teach courses at Esalen Institute in California and the New York Open Center. They have been researching and teaching the spiritual aspects of weather since 1997 and have a private shamanic practice located in Port Clyde, Maine.
"Nan Moss and David Corbin have given us a beautifully written book, enriched by an abundance of interesting stories that inspire a greater awareness and appreciation of our interrelationship with weather and all of Nature."
--Michael Harner, author of The Way of the Shaman
"In this time of climate change our planet is asking us to raise our consciousness and awareness and to find a state of peace, balance, and harmony within us. [Weather Shamanism] is filled with brilliant teachings that will fuel your understanding and insight not only into weather but about life itself."
--Sandra Ingerman, author of Soul Retrieval, Medicine for the Earth, and How to Heal Toxic Thoughts
"Nan Moss and David Corbin have written a wonderful and inspiring guide to living spiritually with weather. I greatly value their insights, as shamanic practitioners, into how we can be conscious and respectful partners with the great spiritual forces that pass across the sky, the land, and the seasons. A book for everyone who hopes to live more consciously with the natural elements."
--Tom Cowan, author of Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit, Shamanism as a Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life, and Yearning for the Wind
"Weather Shamanism is quite simply a wonderful, profound, power-filled book, alive with sacred stories and loaded with cross-cultural indigenous wisdom. Nan Moss and David Corbin are master shamanic teachers who reveal what becomes possible when we intentionally align ourselves with the ancient Forces of Nature to alleviate suffering and help restore order when chaos moves in. This book contains very good medicine!"
--Hank Wesselman, PhD., anthropologist and author of The Spiritwalker Trilogy, The Journey to the Sacred Garden, and co-author of Spirit Medicine
"With global climate change barreling down on us, the techniques of weather shamanism have become essential to our collective survival. Nan Moss and David Corbin share their courageous exploration of these ancient spiritual ways of living with and learning from weather. They have brought timeless wisdom and wit into working with clouds, water, wind, and the ethics of believing humans are in control. This book matters - it has guided me through Hurricane Katrina, serious floods, ice storms, long hotter and hotter summers, and an unpredicted winter tornado that hit my house in the middle of the night. Our ancestors practiced these ancient arts for countless millennium. They are even more relevant to the new world of weather we are ourselves experiencing. I say thank you to Nan and David and to this book."
--Martha Ward, Research Professor of Anthropology, University of New Orleans, and author of Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau
ISBN: 1-59143-074-7
Quality Paperback
Page Count: 272; 6.00 (width) x 9.00 (height)
Imprint: Bear & Company
Price: $16.00
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. Each storm, each flood, each blizzard seems to break 100-year-old records for both intensity and damage. Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases may be too little, too late.
Through a unique blend of anthropological research, shamanic journeys, and personal stories and anecdotes, Moss and Corbin show how humans and weather have always affected each other, and how it is possible to influence the weather. They present teachings directly from the spirits of weather that show how our thoughts and emotions affect weather energetics. They also reveal the ceremonial and therapeutic aspects of "weather dancing," a practice used to communicate with the weather spirits.
Weather Shamanism is about transformation--of ourselves, and thus our world. It is about how we can develop an expanded worldview that honors spiritual realities in order to create a working partnership with the spirits of weather and thereby help to restore well-being and harmony to Earth.
About the Authors:
Nan Moss and David Corbin have been faculty members of Michael Harner's Foundation for Shamanic Studies since 1995 and also teach courses at Esalen Institute in California and the New York Open Center. They have been researching and teaching the spiritual aspects of weather since 1997 and have a private shamanic practice located in Port Clyde, Maine.
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"Nan Moss and David Corbin have given us a beautifully written book, enriched by an abundance of interesting stories that inspire a greater awareness and appreciation of our interrelationship with weather and all of Nature."
--Michael Harner, author of The Way of the Shaman
"In this time of climate change our planet is asking us to raise our consciousness and awareness and to find a state of peace, balance, and harmony within us. [Weather Shamanism] is filled with brilliant teachings that will fuel your understanding and insight not only into weather but about life itself."
--Sandra Ingerman, author of Soul Retrieval, Medicine for the Earth, and How to Heal Toxic Thoughts
"Nan Moss and David Corbin have written a wonderful and inspiring guide to living spiritually with weather. I greatly value their insights, as shamanic practitioners, into how we can be conscious and respectful partners with the great spiritual forces that pass across the sky, the land, and the seasons. A book for everyone who hopes to live more consciously with the natural elements."
--Tom Cowan, author of Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit, Shamanism as a Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life, and Yearning for the Wind
"Weather Shamanism is quite simply a wonderful, profound, power-filled book, alive with sacred stories and loaded with cross-cultural indigenous wisdom. Nan Moss and David Corbin are master shamanic teachers who reveal what becomes possible when we intentionally align ourselves with the ancient Forces of Nature to alleviate suffering and help restore order when chaos moves in. This book contains very good medicine!"
--Hank Wesselman, PhD., anthropologist and author of The Spiritwalker Trilogy, The Journey to the Sacred Garden, and co-author of Spirit Medicine
"With global climate change barreling down on us, the techniques of weather shamanism have become essential to our collective survival. Nan Moss and David Corbin share their courageous exploration of these ancient spiritual ways of living with and learning from weather. They have brought timeless wisdom and wit into working with clouds, water, wind, and the ethics of believing humans are in control. This book matters - it has guided me through Hurricane Katrina, serious floods, ice storms, long hotter and hotter summers, and an unpredicted winter tornado that hit my house in the middle of the night. Our ancestors practiced these ancient arts for countless millennium. They are even more relevant to the new world of weather we are ourselves experiencing. I say thank you to Nan and David and to this book."
--Martha Ward, Research Professor of Anthropology, University of New Orleans, and author of Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau