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Considering most of the healing practices of the America's are passed down orally, I'm a bit dubious about someone who charges money to have a school to learn to be shamanic. However, that being said, there are some nice chapters on chakras in here that were helpful.
Villoldo is an anthropologist who has trained in shamanic practice with Peruvian and Brazilian teachers. This book recounts his training and the healing practices he now teaches in his own training program. The stories Villoldo recounts are highly entertaining. The theories he proposes on spiritual energy are derived from the shamanic training he has undertaken. Villoldo points out how the indigenous healing traditions refer to the same system of chakras paralleling eastern healing traditions an...
Favorite quote: I have grown to believe in the metaphor that we have nine lives, like cats. When we reach the end of one of these lifetimes (other people call them stages or phases in one's life), it is important to give the old self a decent burial, and then leap like a jaguar into who we are becoming. Otherwise, we can spend years patching and fixing an old self that we have outgrown.
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I borrowed it in the quest of shedding a bit of light on the chakra-system. I've always been a bit cynical to the concept of chakras since it is so widely availed by all these new ages hippies, who i will not comment further. Chakras is one of the book's central motifs. I have read 5-6 books on shamanism and never came across the term, but Villoldo claims that it is used by some shamanic tribes.The author studied anthropology and has subsequently
A technical book about shamanistic method and practice. Interestingly detailed in its recounting of process.Villoldo is a classically trained medical anthropologist and brings a detailed procedural eye to some very ephemeral concepts.The reader may not succeed in using the text as a guide to self-train as a Shaman but there are a number of detailed explanations of practices the reader could experiment with to see what happens at the basic foundation of these ideas.I have substantial skepticism c...
The first book I read by him. This book inspired me to leave my career and train with the Four Winds. I am now a Shamanic practitioner thanks to Alberto. His combination of practical psychology, historical anthropology and spiritual healing speaks to my soul...thank you!
It’s complicated for me. I believe that this is possible. I desperately want to believe that he can do these things, but simultaneously I scroll all the faces on the website of those that are trained and have been trained and it’s quite white. The training is expensive, and therefore exclusionary. Is energy healing only for rich people who can afford it? Is dismantling power and privilege not an important aspect of healing the spirit and healing spirits? Where is the out reach? Where is putting
I love this book. The teachings are profound and can be linked to all cultures. I am excited to practice the methods of self-healing and healing of others that are described in this book. Give it a try, read it and see if anything speaks to you.
This book for me, follows on from reading The Four Insights: Wisdom, Power, and Grace of the Earthkeepers, which really was an essential introduction to understanding the levels of perception of the shamanic view of reality.I bought the two books together, already familiar with Alberto Villoldo and looking at his various works, chose these two to read. You can read read my review of the EarthKeepers book here.Shaman, Healer, Sage begins in the first chapter with an extract from the Journals of t...
Profound and Important. For spirits having a "human experience" as they say. A slow read due to the amount of information being given. I would also recommend watching the movie "Thrive" as a complement .. It gives a visual to the torus, chakras and energy fields Villoldo speaks of. Just got his next 8 books from the library.
Very interesting read on how ancient traditions are able to treat certain phenomena that modern medicine struggles with! The book is very straightforward and requires an open mind to fully embrace all of the concepts. Each story was very poignant, but I think the best thing to do is find a local shaman to feel and practice these teachings.
I got bogged-down in the middle of the book when he goes into detail about his practice - so thick with information, every sentence caused my brain to go off on a tangent and I would forget I was reading a book. It's also discussion of a practice - I'm told this is a text book for his students in The Light Body School too - meaning you'll never fully understand it until you begin to *practice* it.But it's worth the read and I can't wait to read this book again! Based in Incan Shamanism, the simi...
Good overview of the author's experience in the mystic world and how they are validated through his training in anthropological psychology. Though the book can stand alone in its high-level instruction of some of the shamanic rites, the narrative piques curiosity into a fuller understanding of his exploration, discovery, and interpretation of events in his own biography. The combative marriage of his Western academic training with his exotic field experiences makes for an interesting read and en...
Everything by Alberto Villodo is perfect. As an author he stands back and allow the fabric to enter your blanket. You choose how to wrap yourself.
It is one of my favorite books on Shamanism.The book documents Dr. Alberto Villoldo's journey to locate the MIND. He first became a Brain Surgeon to look for the MIND. It was not until later that he turned to Shamanism in his search. He could not find the MIND anywhere in the physical body. In his search he finds a Peru Shaman that is willing to teach him but he had to find his teacher some decent new TEETH. It is a very human story with humor and serious life lessons. Where the teacher plays a
Well what can I say. I got half way through relatively happily. I did not feel it was teaching me particularly anything new but it was interesting in terms of the side stories and anecdotes.However then it lose me. When a book goes onto some form of visualising type exercises to increase insight and connection I get lost.....partly because I’ve tried similar to no avail and I switch off as it doesn’t resonate.It’s a shame because I was recommended this as part of my spiritual journey and of cour...
The first part of the book is fascinating. It's filled with ancient philosophies, personal stories of healing, and an introduction to shamanism. The second section is the 'how-to' section. I'm assuming that after reading this, some people will be inclined to try it and I'm also going to assume that the majority won't do it successfully. Therefore these chapters feel like a plug for his school, Healing the Light Body School, which the author mentions numerous times.
A must-read for those wish to go deeper in their spirituality, by practicing ancient energy healing techniques.
Still good 18 years laterI chose 5 stars to rate this book because it is true. The healing methods he describes are effective. The stories he tells are vivid, and the book is energetically active, you can feel him as well as the subjects of his stories transferring energy and love directly into you. I will now look up his more recent work. The only thing disappointing is that the training he offers so the West and the rest of the world can receive the teachings is cost prohibitive to many, as of...