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New Suggestions...
Anne Fadiman The
Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Felicitas Goodman Where
the Spirits Ride the Wind
Linda Hogan Dwellings
Laurel Kendall Shamans,
Housewives and Other Restless Spirits
Peter Kingsley A
Story Waiting to Pierce You
Gershon Winkler Magic
of the Ordinary
Carmen Blacker The Catalpa Bow
Reading List for Basic Shamanism
Harner, Michael The Way of the
Shaman / Hallucinogens and Shamanism / The Jivaro
Ingerman, Sandra Soul Retrieval / Welcome Home
Castaneda, Carlos A
Separate Reality
Halifax, Joan Shaman,
The Wounded Healer/ Shamanic Voices
Cloutier, David Spirit,
Spirit Shaman Song
Cowan, Tom Shamanism
as a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life /Fire in the Head / Pocket Guide to
Shamanism
Cowan, Eliot Plant
Spirit Medicine
Narby, Jeremy,
& Francis Huxley, Ed. Shamans
Through Time/The Cosmic Serpent
Eliade, Mircea Shamanism:
Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
Matthews, John The
Celtic Shaman
Mason, Bernard How
to Make Drums, Tom-toms and Rattles
Lamb, F. Bruce Wizard
of the Upper Amazon
Plotkin, Mark
J. Tales
of a Shaman's Apprentice
Speck, Frank G. Naskapi:
The Savage Hunters of the Labrador Peninsula
Greene, Brian The
Elegant Universe
King, Serge
Kahili Kahuna
Healing / Urban Shaman
Prechtel, Martin Secrets
of the Talking Jaguar
Mehl-Madrona,
Lewis Coyote
Medicine
Shamanic Training in Creativity
Sandra
Harner, Shamanism and Creativity, Shamanism, Fall/Winter 1999, Vol. 12, No. 2 http://www.shamanism.org/articles/article12.html
David Bohm On Creativity Routledge 1998
Nancy Slonim Aronie Writing from the Heart Hyperion 1998
E. J. Barber Women's Work, The
First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times Norton 1994
Ray Bradbury Zen in the Art of Writing,
Essays on Creativity Capra
Press 1990
Julia Cameron The Writer's Life Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 2001
The Artist's Way Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 1992
Betty Edwards Drawing on the Artist
Within Simon
& Schuster 1986
Steven Lonsdale Animals and the Origins of
Dance Thames & Hudson 1981
Sark A
Creative Companion, How to free your creative spirit Celestial Arts 1991
Brenda Ueland If
You Want to Write Greywolf
Press 1987
*****Dying and Beyond*****
1. Forever Ours Janis Amatuzio Midwest Forensic Pathology, 2002
2. How Can I Help? Ram Dass & Paul Gorman Knofp, 1985
3. Who Dies? Stephen Levine Anchor Books, 1982
4. Journey of the Heart Andrew Todd Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1995
5. Journey of Souls Michael Newton Llewellyn, 2002
6. Life Before Life Jim Tucker, MD 1997
7. Heaven and Hell Emanuel Swedenborg
8. Graceful Exits Sushila Blackman 1997
9. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Sogyal Rinpoche 1992 (see especially pages 173-186)
10. Inner River Kyriacos
Markides (2012) (especially, pp. 123 - 171)
11. Shades,
2000 (This is a mini-series. With Dervla Kirwan, Sally Hurst,
Hannah Bridges, Stephen Tompkinson. Meeting as "shades" after their unexpected deaths, Mark and Maeve team up to try influencing
the world they can't seem to leave.)
(also see the Depossession reading list)
******Divination*******
Joseph McMoneagle Remote
Viewing Secrets
(pp. 184 - 191 pendulum
and scrying)
Eugene Maury Exorcism
(for his use of the pendulum and charts)
Raymon Grace Techniques
That Work for Me (for his use of the pendulum)
Christopher Bird The
Divining Hand
Enid Hoffman
Huna:
A Beginner's Guide (Chapter 5, pp. 209 - 212, pendulum)
*****Spirits of Nature*****
1. Last Chance to See Douglas Adams
2. Nature-Speak/Enchantment of the Faerie Realms Ted Andrews
3. The Secret Teachings of Plants Stephen Buhner
4. Plant Spirit Shamanism Howard Charing & Ross Heaven
5. The Songlines Bruce Chatwin
6. Plant Spirit Medicine Eliot Cowan
7. Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Scott Cunningham
8. Places of Power Paul Devereux
9. The Faery Teachings/The Tree of Enchantment Orion Foxwood
10. Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day Thor Heyerdahl
11. Mother Earth Spirituality/Native Wisdom Ed "Eagleman" McGaa
12. Journey of the Pink Dolphin Sy Montgomery
13. Nature Spirits and Elemental Beings Marko Pogacnik
14. Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice/Medicine Quest Mark Plotkin
15. Pale Blue Dot Carl Sagan
16. Kamongo or, The Lungfish and the Padre Homer Smith
17. Aroma: The cultural history of smell by Constance Classen, David Howes and Anthony Synnott
18. Reading the Rocks Bjornerud
Dreamwork Workshop
The Dreaming
Universe Fred Alan Wolf
Healing Dreams Marc Ian Barasch
Dreamkeepers Harvey Arden
Aboriginal Men of High Degree A. P. Elkin
Dreamways of the Iroquois Robert Moss
The World is as You Dream It John Perkins
******Spirit Mate *******
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstacy by Mircea Eliade (1964)
pg. 71 Goldi
pg. 74 Yakut
pg. 76 Teleut
pg. 77 Uriankhai
pg. 79-81 discussion of celestial wives
pg. 133 Maori
pg. 421 Saora/Savara
pg. 463 Japan
Shamans Through Time ed. By Jeremy Narby (2001)
Pg. 115 Saora
Dreamtime & Inner Space by Holger Kalweit (1988)
Chapter 11 - Sacred Weddings, Spirit Marriages, and Dream Sexuality
pp. 127 - 143
The Faery Teachings by Orion Foxwood (2004)
Chapter 14 - The Faery Gifts and the Faery Lover pp. 189 - 194
Dreams and Reverie: Images of Otherworld Mates by Philip L. Ravenhill (1996) Among the Baule, West Africa
*******Depossession Workshop*******
Highly Recommended (listed in order of priority)
1. Healing Lost Souls William J. Baldwin, Ph.D.
Hampton Roads (2003)
2. The Unquiet Dead Dr. Edith Fiore
Ballantine Books (1987)
3. The Bright Light of Death Annabel Chaplin
DeVross & Company (1977)
4. Remarkable Healings Shakuntala Modi, MD
Hampton Roads (1997)
5. Entity Possession Samuel Sagin
Destiny Books (1997)
Optional and Interesting (listed in order of priority)
6. The Spirits’ Book Allan Kardec
Brotherhood of Life, Inc. (1989)
7. Thirty Years Among the Dead Carl A. Wickland, MD
Spiritualist Press (1968)
8. Burmese Supernaturalism Melford Spiro
Prentice-Hall (1967) Chapters 10 & 11
9. Phantoms Afoot; Journeys into the Night Mary Summer Rain
Whitford Press (1989)
10. Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession I.M. Lewis (3rd Edition) Routlege Press (2003)
11. The Magus of Strovolos (1985), Homage to the Sun (1987) Kyriacos C. Markides Arkana
12. People of the Lie M. Scott Peck Touchstone Books (1983)
13. Diabolical Possession and Exorcism Rev. John J. Nicola Tan Books and Publishing (1974)
14. Encounters Edith Fiore, Ph.D. Doubleday (1989) Chapters 12 and 13
Films:
Black Orpheus
Macumba, Trance and Spirit Healing Dir. Madeline Richeport 1984
*******Reading List for Soul Retrieval*******
1. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, Mircea Eliade
pg. 60 Australia
pg. 217 Buryat
pg. 219 Tatars/Chuckchee
pg. 219 Kazak-Kirgaz
pg. 220 Tremyugans
pg. 221 Ostyak-Vasyugan
pg. 223 Yenisei-Ostyak
pg. 224 Lapps
pg. 227 Samoyed
pg. 228 Yakut & Dolgan
pg. 238 Tungus
pg. 289 Eskimo
pg. 300 N. America
pg. 327 S. America
pg. 348 Sumatra
pg. 350 Dyak, Sea Dyak
pg. 414 India
pg. 433 Tibet
pg. 442 Burma, China
2. Introduction to Shamanism, Stutley
pg. 84 - 87 C. & N. Asia, Buryat, Tatar, Mongolia, Chulum Turks, Duar
3. Boiling Energy, Richard Katz (1982), pg. 86
4. Burmese Supernaturalism, Melford Spiro (1967)
5. The Jivaro, Michael Harner (1972), Chapter IV
6. Hallucinogens and Shamanism, Michael Harner, Ed. (1973), Chapter 7
7. Soul Retrieval/Welcome Home, Sandra Ingerman (1991, 1993)
8. Soul Recovery and Extraction, Ai Gvhdi Waya (1992)
9. Remarkable Healings, Shakuntala Modi, MD (1997) Introduction, Chapter VI
*******Reading List for Rites of Rebirth*******
Labyrinths: Ancient Myths & Modern
Uses
Sig Lonegren
Gothic Image (1991)
Optional Reading regarding Labyrinths
Walking a Sacred
Path
Lauren Artress
Riverhead Books (1995)
The Way of the
Labyrinth
Helen Curry
Penguin Books (2000)
Mazes & Labyrinths: Their History &
Development
W. H. Matthews
Dover (1970)
Optional Reading regarding Rites of Passage and Ritual
The Rites of
Passage
Arnold van Gennep
University of Chicago Press (1960)
Rites and Symbols of Initiation Mircea Eliade
Spring Publications (1958)
The Healing Wisdom of Africa Malidoma Patrice Some
(Chapter 7)
Web sites re: Labyrinths
www.labyrinthos.net
www.labyrinthsociety.org
www.waterlabyrinths.com
********Ancestor Time Reading List*******
Ghost Dance
Mooney,
James The
Ghost-Dance Religion and Wounded Knee
Kalweit,
Holger
Dreamtime & Inner Space (pgs. 36 - 38)
Eaton,
Evelyn I
Send A Voice (pgs. 149 - 154)
Howells,
William
The Heathens (pgs. 259 - 272)
Laubin, Reginald & Gladys
Indian Dances of North America (pgs. 52 - 71)
Spencer, Robert F. and
Jesse Jennings, ed.
The Native Americans (pgs. 509 - 511)
Mary Crow Dog and
Richard
Erdoes
Lakota Woman (pgs. 144 - 153)
Magneson, James
Ghost Dancing
Miller,
David
Ghost Dance
Ancestors
Cowan, Tom Shamanism: As a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life
(Chapter 8)
Doumbia, Adama & Naomi The Way of the Elders
Foxwood, Orion The Faery Teachings (Chapter 7)
MacEowen, Frank The Spiral of Memory and Belonging (Chapter 12)
Metzner, Ralph The Well of Remembrance
*******The Way of the Spiral*******
The mystic spiral Jill Purce
Thames and Hudson (1974)
*******Journey into the Impossible*******
Francis, Anne Voices from Home: An Inner Journey (1982)
(order from www.annefrancis.net)
Braden, Gregg The Spontaneous Healing of Belief
Boyd, Doug Rolling Thunder
Castaneda, Carlos A Separate Reality
Michael, Todd The Twelve Conditions of a Miracle: The Miracle Worker's Handbook (2004)
Perkins, John Shape Shifting: Shamanic Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation (1997)
The Healing Wisdom of Africa Malidoma Patrice Some
(Chapter 1)
Various Animal Interpretive Systems
NOTE:
These are included only as a place to begin understanding the nature of
helping animal spirits. Journey to your helpers, study their relations
in ordinary reality, support conservation efforts on their behalf in
ordinary reality. Do not rely on the "take" of others to the exclusion
of your own experience.
Andrews, Ted Animal Speak / Animal Wise
Carr-Gomm, Philip & Stephanie The Druid Animal Oracle
Gray, Miranda Beasts of Albion
Hartman, Lew Wolf Song Cards
Sams, Jamie Medicine Cards
Saunders, Nicholas Animal Spirits
Steiger, Brad Totems, The Transformative Power of Your Personal Animal Totem
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