Shamans of the World: Extraordinary First-Person Accounts of Healings, Mysteries, And Miracles

What would you see if you could view the world through the eyes of a Dine healer, a Zulu High Sanusi, or a Shaker from St. Vincent Island? The answer can be found inShamans of the World, an intimate encounter with traditional healers from nine unique indigenous cultures.

Through mesmerizing firsthand accounts of miraculous transformation and healing,Shamans of the World transports you to the otherworldly reality of the shaman. Your global adventure begins in the lands of the Dine Nation, as you meet Walking Thunder, the Medicine Woman who reveals the importance of living life with full appreciation. Next, you visit Brazil and faith healers Otavia and Joao, who embody "a love that breaks through all boundaries of reason and rationality." South Dakota and Lakota Yuwipi Man Gary Holy Bull come next, as you glimpse at the inner life of one dedicated to the service of spirit.

Then it's off to the jungles of Paraguay, where the insights of Guarani Forest Shaman Ava Tape Miri unveil the immediate unity of all creation. The traditional healers of Bali share vital lessons on balanced living, before you explore the secrets of Japan's masters of seiki jutsu. After hearing from the Shakers of St. Vincent, who use the power of mourning and ecstatic prayer to create community-based healing, you conclude your journey in Africa, where you witness the ceremonial dances of Kalahari Bushman Mabolelo Shikwe, "the man who says and knows everything."

With 24 pages of full-color photographs, and poetry and prayers from the shamans themselves, Shamans of the World brings you authentic "first wisdom" directly from its source. Here is an unprecedented collection of our spiritual roots that offers a radical new understanding of the planet we share.

Note: Drawn from the ten-volume Profiles of Healing series edited by Bradford Keeney and published by Ringing Rocks Foundation.

Nancy Connor is the founder of Ringing Rocks Foundation, an organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of healing practices and spiritual traditions. A successful entrepreneur, she served in several roles, including president and chairperson, in a rapidly developing computer software company. Today, Nancy is bringing healing to others by teaching ways of opening up creativity through art.

Bradford Keeney is an internationally renowned scholar and therapist. He has conducted some of the most extensive field studies of healing and shamanism, and is recognized in cultures worldwide as an elder shaman. Keeney is the founder of Life Force Theatre and Shamanic Conversation. His many books include the psychotherapy classic Aesthetics of Change and, more recently, Shaking Medicine.