Product Description: An in-depth look at the role of plant spirits in shamanic rituals from around the world
• Shows how shamans heal using their knowledge of plant spirits as well as the plant’s “medical properties”
• Explores the core methods of plant shamanism--soul retrieval, spirit extraction, and sin eating--and includes techniques for connecting with plant spirits
• Includes extensive field interviews with master shamans of all traditions
In Plant Spirit Shamanism, Ross Heaven and Howard G. Charing explore the use of one of the major allies of shamans for healing, seeing, dreaming, and empowerment--plant spirits. After observing great similarities in the use of plants among shamans throughout the world, they discovered the reason behind these similarities: Rather than dealing with the “medical properties” of the plants or specific healing techniques, shamans commune with the spirits of the plants themselves.
From their years of in-depth shamanic work in the Amazon, Haiti, and Europe, including extensive field interviews with master shamans, Heaven and Charing present the core methods of plant shamanism used in healing rituals the world over: soul retrieval, spirit extraction, sin eating, and the Amazonian tradition of pusanga (love medicine). They explain the techniques shamans use to establish connections to plant spirits and provide practical exercises as well as a directory of traditional Amazonian and Caribbean healing plants and their common North American equivalents so readers can ex-plore the world of plant spirits and make allies of their own.
Great for those practicing the earth path. This book is full of exercises, for both Amazon Jungle and here in the West. It explains tradition which is very exciting. I love this book.
Enlightening! Must Read for all Spiritual practioners I read a lot of books on spritiality, spiritualism etc, but this book shows the way to spirituality, which is very simple and right in front of us. I was born and brought up in India, I have seen a lot of spiritual practices being followed in India, I did not know why people do them, this book answered all my questions, this is a must book for each and everyone of us to understand nature and to realize that we are not alone.
Some aspects of this book regarding pusanga, etc are debatable, but overall this book is a eye-opener, it changed my life and affirmed my faith and love in God and Nature.
helped me connect with Gaia on a much deeper level Brilliant book, well written, insightful and mind blowing. I was camping when I read it and have a totally different respect and understanding of mother earth now, to understand the consciousness has helped greatly. I highly recommend this book! You will never look at plants, grass, trees earth in the same way again!
Healers will find this essential to understanding plant processes. PLANT SPIRIT SHAMANISM: TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR HEALING THE SOUL explores not the usual medicinal qualities of plants, but shaman communications with the spirits of the plants themselves. Both authors have years of in-depth field shamanic work in the Amazon, Haiti and Europe, and their experiences and interviews with other master shamans in different areas results in a core of insights gleaned from not just one but a variety of indigenous cultures. Healers will find this essential to understanding plant processes.
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