Singing Story, Healing Drum includes narrative, music, poetry and descriptions of
shamanic practice as practised by the people of the Turkic republics of Tuva and Khakassia in south Siberia.
Shamanic teacher and healer, Don Miguel Ruiz exposes self-limiting beliefs and presents a simple code of personal conduct learned from his Toltec ancestors.
Mark Fortney writes in his article on page 32, "Chinese medicine is a tradition that evolved from the earliest myths and philosophies of the Chinese people." The practices of the originators of Chinese medicine "were not standardized and were mostly ritual." These
shamanic healers danced their way to healing guidance for their patients.
Tedlock has not just read a lot; she had read a lot for years, traveling the world participating in
shamanic rituals and initiating the international scholarly discussion of shamanism.
However, Barbara Tedlock, professor of anthropology at the University at Buffalo (N.Y.), challenges the historical hegemony of the male
shamanic tradition, restores women to their essential place in the history of spirituality, and celebrates females' continuing role in the worldwide resurgence of shamanism in The Woman in a Shaman's Body.
These include
shamanic rituals in the Amazon, a hardcore detox in the Himalayas and, er, high-wire balancing in Slovenia.
In this case the foreign visitors found inspiration in
shamanic practices while the Yanomami received satellite mapping of their forest preserve.
This treatise on Ibanic
shamanic songs and their role in traditional Iban healing is based on intensive and extensive research spanning several decades.
Further we read, "There is no evidence that Jesus did or did not enjoy sexual contact during his life." He had "a bipolar tendency evident throughout his life", and was a teacher of the Kabbalah with mind-altering visions and "
shamanic power." Chilton writes, "Jesus' techniques as an exorcist centred on the esoteric practice he had learned from John [the Baptist].
Lushootseed Culture and the
Shamanic Odyssey: An Anchored Radiance.
In particular, Christianity has adopted
shamanic emphasis on the fulfillment of material wishes through prayers to or communication with spirits as a belief of its own.