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EARTH MEDICINE: The Shamanic Way to Self-Discovery Ref: BXR0115

Kenneth Meadows

Earth Medicine, derived from the N American Indian Medicine Wheel, is a remarkable system of psychological profiling and self-development which reveals your inner potentials & enables you to find purpose, direction & fulfilment in your life. RARE, out of print.

288pp, 9x6, illus. ... Paperback
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THE LAKOTA SWEAT LODGE CARDS: Spritual Teachings of the Sioux Ref: A2A46

Chief Archie Fire Lame Deer & Helene Sarkis

This book and full colour forty-eight-card deck are inspired by the ancient Lakota ritual of healing and purification known as the sacred Inipi, or sweat lodge ceremony. Sitting in the sweat lodge, an improvised womb of Mother Earth, you may experience an expanded vision of your being and purpose as well as an intimate sense of walking in balance between the conscious world and the world of spirit. In a variety of spreads the Lakota Sweat Lodge Cards access the powerful symbols and teachings of the Inipi and capture the spirit of this ancient ceremony, directing your consciousness toward inner growth and self-knowledge. Includes 160 page book.

Boxed Set

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MOTHER EARTH SPIRITUALITY: Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves & Our World Ref: B636

Ed (Eagle Man) McGaa

Mixing natural spirituality, a belief that humannity is rooted in a living, feeling earth, and an awareness of scientific ecological principles, Eagle Man draws on centuries of Native American wisdom to offer practices and ceremonies that reestablish a nurturing relationship with nature.

256pp, 9x6 ... Paperback

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THE NATIVE AMERICAN SWEAT LODGE Ref: AW75

Joseph Bruchac

"Bruchac presents a thrifty and cogent explanation of the function and role of sweat lodges both historically and in the present. Sweat lodges are part of nearly every native North American culture and have always played an important role in rituals of healing, preparation, and prayer. Bruchac discusses the repression of sweats, first by the Spaniards and later by the U.S. government, and notes the hypocrisy of these bans, since saunas and other therapeutic steam baths were popular across Europe for centuries... To deepen our understanding of the significance of sweat lodges within Native American cultures, Bruchac shares 25 relevant traditional tales from the Lakota, Blackfeet, Nez Perce, Seneca, Navajo, Hopi, Huron, and others.

146pp, 9x6 ... Paperback

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NATIVE HEALER: Initiation into an Ancient Art Ref: 1340

Medicine Grizzlybear Lake

Trained by numerous teachers, including Rolling Thunder, Lake explains the process by which a person is called to be a medicine man or woman and the trials and tests of a candidate. He gives an intimate portrait of the world of the Native American medicine man, explaining the spiritual laws for healing and the role of psychic abilities in diagnosing and treating illness. “A rare opportunity to learn about shamanism from somebody who has been taught, trained, studied in both worlds and societies. I therefore recommend it highly.” - Rolling Thunder

200pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback

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ROAD TO THE SUNDANCE: My Journey into Native Spirituality Ref: 2373A

Manny Twofeathers

A casual account of intensely painful ceremonial rituals that provide pathways to the spiritual world of the Shoshoni and Lakota peoples. The usual picture of religious self-flagellation pales compared with what Twofeathers, a Native spiritual leader and craftsman, undergoes to achieve a higher understanding. Writing in a relaxed conversational prose, Twofeathers describes how, at urgings from the spirit world, he began to immerse himself in the yearly Sundance rituals held throughout the West. At first, his participation in the Shoshoni ritual merely required him to dance nearly continuously under a hot sun for four days, whthout food or water. Graduating to the Lakota ceremony, Twofeathers has his chest pierced with bones to which ropes are affixed, tying Twofeathers to a sacred tree; running backwards at full speed is the painful means of seaparating from the tree. But there's more. Twofeathers also has his back piereced to enable him to drag up to eight buffalo skulls four times around a sacred arbor. As a veteran of these practices, Twofeathers comes to regard himself as a healer (to the amazement of doctors, he dissolves his agonizing gallstones and somewhat alleviates his high blood pressure and diabetic problems through spiritual medicine), a seer, and a counselor, whose services are sought after within the Native American community. Paralleling his account of these rites is the tale of his success as a craftsman of ``medicine wheels'' and ``dream catchers,'' which are eagerly snapped up at craft fairs and New Age gatherings, and the saga of his unhappy family life, which is finally stabilized, thanks in large part to his flesh sacrifices. A modest and likeable narrator, Twofeathers avoids the self- righteous polemics sometimes found in this genre, and while the gorier sections are initially jolting, his aplomb in withstanding pain and coming back for more lends a certain normalcy to this ritual." - Kirkus Reviews

228pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback

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