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Michael James Harner (April 27, 1929 – February 3, 2018) was an American anthropologist, educator and author. His 1980 book, The Way of the Shaman: a Guide to Power and Healing, [1] has been foundational in the development and popularization of core shamanism as a New Age path of personal development for adherents of neoshamanism. [2]
Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925 [nb 1] – April 27, 1998) was an American anthropologist and writer. Starting in 1968, Castaneda published a series of books that describe a training in shamanism that he received under the tutelage of a Yaqui "Man of Knowledge" named don Juan Matus.
The Celtic Shaman, Element Books Limited, Shaftesbury, Dorset, 1991 (Great Britain) Taliesin: Shamanism and the Bardic Mysteries in Britain and Ireland, Aquarian Press, 1991 (Reprinted as Taliesin: The Last Celtic Shaman (Inner Traditions, 2000)) King Arthur: From Dark Age Warrior to Mythic Hero, Carlton, 2004
Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination , or to aid human beings in some other way.
The Journal of Shamanic Practice 1: pages 21–25. "Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation" (with Sandra Ingerman) - March 2010. This book was awarded the gold medal first place award by the Independent Publishers Association in 2011 for the best body Mind Spirit book of the year.
These healing rituals often include seances and dances around fires for the shaman to enter their world. [21] Once there, the shaman would do everything in their power to ward off the bad spirits and cleanse the person’s sickness. After warding off the evil, these spirits would also be given parting sacrifices to end the rituals.