Shamanic Wisdomkeepers: Shamanism in the Modern World

By Tim Freke

Book Overview

Shamans have the power to heal, receive visions, and transcend their personal identities to become our representatives in the spirit world. Who are these remarkable people and what do they believe? Here are the answers, in the actual words of shamans from around the world -- along with stunning color photos taken at work, at home, and in traditional ceremonies. They discuss their training, magic abilities, the importance of the non-material world, and how to stay healthy in body, mind, and spirit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806987995
• ISBN13: 9780806987996
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

A quick read. Highly recommended overview.

I read through this in a few hours, eager to get some insight into shamanism in the modern world, especially in the americas and in australia, and this book delivers the goods, diving quickly into the depths of rites through the personal words of various healers from hawaii, the aboriginees, and from those indigenous native americans, actually providing exercises you can do to enhance your visual skills. I was especially impressed various techniques the different shamans mentioned that are actually universal around the world, like sitting in the woods alone and watching without blinking. Of course, honoring the aniimal and nature spirits is always fundamental, but to really attune to them, that is what these healers have done, breaking through the limitations of our hypermodern world and glimpsing the other side, if only for a moment. Caution. Don't try this at home unless you have a spiritual leader to check on you. Some of the techniques mentioned in this book can be dangerous!

Shamanic Wisdomkeepers

I agree this is a nice book to have. I enjoyed 'listening' to the various voices from around the world and I appreciate the input they gave to give everyone a better understanding of what shamanism is really about.

Warning to Aborigines

This book contains the photo of a deceased person. This is an excellent book that allows people from all over the world speak in their own voice.

Shamanic Wisdomkeepers; Shamanism in the Modern World

This is a gem of a book on learning about Shamanism in the modern world. One gets tired of reading about new age spirituality with a guru bent. This book is clear sighted. Shamanism at its most non-commercial. Shamans who talk the talk and walk the walk. Photographs to immerse one in the big blue marble earth. Gaia is the key to understanding the way of the Shamans. We are truely an ecosystem and it is not nice to fool mother nature. This book is to learn what it means to be a non-commercial shaman. Someone who wants to be a true loving healer on this planet earth for its own sake.