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John Polomo
Brennan
Box
1305 Mt.
Shasta, CA
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530.938.4027
polomo@wildvenana.com
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Harner,
Michael |
The Way of the
Shaman
{Global} |
Harper,
SFO |
1980/90 |
0-06-250373-1 |
This is the best book on core
shamanism which I know of.
Core shamanism is those set of activities that all shamans
perform, regardless of their culture. Examples include recognition
of non-ordinary reality and, in that, the upper, lower and middle
worlds. All shamans
perform some form of activity which places them in a state to
receive information from the spirits in non ordinary reality. Examples include rapid
drumming or rattling, and psychotropic drugs.
Harner covers several universal
shamanic healing modalities such as divination, journeying, soul
retrieval, extraction, in a brief but informative way. Core shamanism is a
spiritual practice rather than a religious practice. It neither promotes nor
advocates any religion or any change in one’s religious orientation
or belief sets.
Shamanic practitioners come from all religious
paths.
He deals with core shamanic
elements in a pleasing and didactic way making the book a pleasant
and easily recallable read.
Polomo
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