The Shaman's Body: A New Shamanism for Transforming Health, Relationships, and the Community

From the author of Dreambody - a pioneering method of using crisis as a dynamic opportunity for accessing our inner world, confronting our fears, and catalyzing self-discovery. Library Journal Mindell, the author of Dreambody (1982) and an experienced shaman who has encountered African, Native American, Australian aboriginal, and Indian Hindu healers firsthand, outlines the process of accessing one's ``dreambody'' and developing a shamanic approach to everyday life. Each chapter wanders freely from modern psychotherapeutic understandings, enriched by Mindell's experiences, to what he learned from traditional cultures; most conclude with exercises to help the reader personally appropriate the teachings. Mindell is especially adept at putting learning from exotic cultures into accessible terms. Recommended for larger public libraries and academic libraries. Acknowledgments Description of Contents part one: DEVELOPING A DOUBLE 1. The Shaman’s Body 3 2. Shamanism and Processwork 1 3. The Path of Knowledge 4. First Lessons 5. The Hunter 6. The Warrior 7. The Ally 8. The Ally’s Secret 9. The Double 10. The Path of Heart part two: DREAMING IN THE CITY 11. Death or Sorcery 12. Dreaming Together 13. Phantoms and Real People 14. The Deathwalk 15. Dreamtime and Cultural Change Notes Bibliography Index Drawing on his shamanic experiences in Africa, Japan and India, the author takes readers on a "death walk" in which our worst fears and most profound emotions are confronted in order to awaken the shaman-warrior within. Through his method, argues the author, one's own sorcery is unleashed.