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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Park Street Pr
Publication date
November 20, 2012
Pages
212
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781594773969
ISBN-10
1594773963
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.78 lbs.
Original list price
$16.95
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Classical Mythology | Weather Shamanism | The Jaguar that Roams the Mind | The Shamanic Wisdom of the Huichol | Experiencing the World's Religions | Darwin's Pharmacy | The Soul Speaks
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Reveals the striking parallels between indigenous cultures of the Americas and the ancient Homeric world as well as Tolkienâs Middle Earth
⢠Explores the shamanic use of healing songs, psychoactive plants, and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey and the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien
⢠Examines Odysseusâs encounters with plant divinities, altered consciousness, animal shapeshifting, and sacred topography--all concepts vital to shamanism
⢠Reveals how the Odyssey emerged precisely at the rupture between modern and primal consciousness
Indigenous, shamanic ways of healing and prophecy are not foreign to the West. The native way of viewing the world--that is, understanding our cosmos as living, sentient, and interconnected--can be found hidden throughout Western literature, beginning with the very origin of the European literary tradition: Homerâs Odyssey.
Weaving together the narrative traditions of the ancient Greeks and Celts, the mythopoetic work of J. R. R. Tolkien, and the voices of plant medicine healers in North and South America, the authors explore the use of healing songs, psychoactive plants, and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Tolkienâs final novella, Smith of Wootton Major. The authors examine Odysseusâs encounters with plant divinities, altered consciousness, animal shapeshifting, and sacred topography--all concepts vital to shamanism. They show the deep affinities between the healing powers of ancient bardic song and the icaros of the shamans of the Amazon rain forest, how Odysseusâs battle with Circe--wielder of narcotic plants and Mistress of Animals--follows the traditional method of negotiating with a plant ally, and how Odysseusâs journey to the land of the dead signifies the universal practice of the vision quest, a key part of shamanic initiation.
Emerging precisely at the rupture between modern and primal consciousness, Homerâs work represents a window into the lost native mind of the Western world. In this way, the Odyssey as well as Tolkienâs work can be seen as an awakening and healing song to return us to our native minds and bring our disconnected souls back into harmony with the living cosmos.
⢠Explores the shamanic use of healing songs, psychoactive plants, and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey and the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien
⢠Examines Odysseusâs encounters with plant divinities, altered consciousness, animal shapeshifting, and sacred topography--all concepts vital to shamanism
⢠Reveals how the Odyssey emerged precisely at the rupture between modern and primal consciousness
Indigenous, shamanic ways of healing and prophecy are not foreign to the West. The native way of viewing the world--that is, understanding our cosmos as living, sentient, and interconnected--can be found hidden throughout Western literature, beginning with the very origin of the European literary tradition: Homerâs Odyssey.
Weaving together the narrative traditions of the ancient Greeks and Celts, the mythopoetic work of J. R. R. Tolkien, and the voices of plant medicine healers in North and South America, the authors explore the use of healing songs, psychoactive plants, and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Tolkienâs final novella, Smith of Wootton Major. The authors examine Odysseusâs encounters with plant divinities, altered consciousness, animal shapeshifting, and sacred topography--all concepts vital to shamanism. They show the deep affinities between the healing powers of ancient bardic song and the icaros of the shamans of the Amazon rain forest, how Odysseusâs battle with Circe--wielder of narcotic plants and Mistress of Animals--follows the traditional method of negotiating with a plant ally, and how Odysseusâs journey to the land of the dead signifies the universal practice of the vision quest, a key part of shamanic initiation.
Emerging precisely at the rupture between modern and primal consciousness, Homerâs work represents a window into the lost native mind of the Western world. In this way, the Odyssey as well as Tolkienâs work can be seen as an awakening and healing song to return us to our native minds and bring our disconnected souls back into harmony with the living cosmos.
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9781594773969 | details & prices | 212 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.78 lbs | List price $16.95
About: Reveals the striking parallels between indigenous cultures of the Americas and the ancient Homeric world as well as Tolkienâs Middle Earth ⢠Explores the shamanic use of healing songs, psychoactive plants, and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey and the fantasy works of J.
About: Reveals the striking parallels between indigenous cultures of the Americas and the ancient Homeric world as well as Tolkienâs Middle Earth ⢠Explores the shamanic use of healing songs, psychoactive plants, and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey and the fantasy works of J.
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