Book Description
Gathering Medicine Angeles Arrien What lessons can the modern seeker of truth gain from the shamans’ way? Join this respected anthropologist and folklorist as she bridges the past with the present to find powerful methods for gaining clarity and direction in your life – methods based on the shamanic tradition. The shamans’ way, offers Angeles Arrien, is to "gather medicine" by reconnecting with yourself on the deepest internal level. This "soul work" utilizes imagery, reflective questioning, dream work, and storytelling to help you integrate inner and outer experiences. Thus you travel the "fourfold path" of the ancients to find your personal truth – the way back home. With many stories, spiritual teachings, and ideas for using shamanic principles in your own life. "Angeles Arrien calls up the wisdom of the ancient warriors, healers, visionaries, and teachers to show us how to restore the balance in ourselves and in our environment." – June Singer, Jungian analyst. Topics: Your body’s inner wisdom; the shape! -shifter; the four rivers (inspiration, challenge, surprise, and love); three types of vocal energy; Rainbow Hoop and Medicine Wheel meditations; much more.
About the author
Angeles Arrien is a teacher, author, and cultural anthropologist. Dr. Arrien’s teachings bridge the disciplines of anthropology, psychology, and comparative religions, while focusing on universal beliefs shared by humanity. She is the author of The Tarot Handbook, The Four-Fold Way, and Signs of Life.
