Shamanic Voices: A Survey of Visionary Narratives

by John Halifax and Joan Halifax

Book Overview

Shamans, the physical and spiritual healers who are the central figures of many tribal cultures, share eloquent testimonies including harrowing tales of initiatory rites, vivid accounts of visionary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525475257
• ISBN13: 9780525475255
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: E P Dutton
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

The Real Deal

This book is for the serious apprentice, though it's possible casual readers might enjoy the stories as well. Those looking for new age fluff should pass on this text, until they can learn to appreciate hands-on techniques 'solitude & suffering to transcend' and other fun topics like that. I've read many books on shamanism over the years but this one is the one I'd prefer to keep with me in place of all the others. This and perhaps Shapeshifting by John Perkins.

Beautiful Glimpse into a Magical World

It is amazing reading these stories from shamans all over the world. The soties are moving and tie into one another. This book leaves a mark on its reader.

A must read for the serious student of shamanism

Joan Halifax has done an great job of taking important clips of information from various interviews done with various shaman from around the world. Such famous shaman as Black Elk (from Black Elk Speaks) are contained in here. She shows the similarity between all shamanic traditions as well as the differences with specific rights. Her selections of what she included were very smart, and also gives you insite as to what future books to buy, and what to avoid. A must read!

Shamanic Voices

Great book I reccomed reading the way of the Shaman first though.