Shamanic Book List

SHAMANIC BOOK LIST

Some book sources: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Dreamchange, and Inner Traditions.
This book list, perhaps bibliography, about shamanism includes works on neo-shamanism, critiques of neo-shamanism, shamanism in Japan, Nepal, Korea, and Judaism, native traditions in Africa, Siberia, Indonesia, Australia, Hawai'i, and the Americas, and several related topics. Cataloging is not yet in place, and I'm still thinking about how to categorize 500+ titles, but meanwhile you can do a text search on the topics that interest you, or else contact me by e-mail.
Note that the ISBNs and ASINs are for American publishers in almost all instances. Numbers often differ when you order from other countries.
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Last updated on October 4, 2006.

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ABELAR, Taisha. "The Sorcerer's Crossing: A Woman's Journey." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Penguin Books, reprint edition (November 1993). ISBN 0140193669.
Notes: The author belonged to the same circle as Carlos Castaneda, who references her in his own writings.

ABRAM, David. "The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World." Paperback, 326 pages. Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House (1996). ISBN 0679776397.
Notes: A tough one to categorize. A review ahd philosophy of human interaction with the natural world, and of human language across preagricultural, agricultural, and industrial ages, together with its increasing distance from the world of nature.

ACHTERBERG, Jeanne. "Imagery in Healing: Shamanism and Modern Medicine." Paperback, 253 pages. Publisher: Shambhala (January 2002, originally published 1985). ISBN 157062934X.

ALLI, Antero. "Angel Tech: A Modern Shaman's Guide to Reality Selection." Paperback, 251 pages. Publisher: New Falcon Publications, reprint edition (March 1991). ISBN 1561840092.

De ALVERGA, Alex Polari, edited by Stephen Larsen. "Forest of Visions: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Spirituality, and the Santo Daime Tradition." Paperback, 254 pages. Publisher: Park Street Press (February 1999). ISBN 089281716X.

ALVORD, Lori Arviso, and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt. "The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Bantam Books, reprint edition (June 2000). ISBN 0553378007. Hardcover, 224 pages. Publisher: Doubleday (June 1999). ISBN 0553100122.

AMOSS, Pamela. "Coast Salish Spirit Dancing: The Survival of an Ancestral Religion." Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1978. ASIN 0295955864.

ANDERSON, David G. "Identity and Ecology in Arctic Siberia: The Number One Reindeer Brigade." Hardcover, 269 pages. Publisher: Oxford University Press (May 2000). ISBN 019823385X.
Notes: On the Evenki and life in the Yenisei valley in Soviet and post-Soviet Siberia.

ANDREWS, Steve. "Herbs of the Northern Shaman: A Guide to Mind-Altering Plants of the Northern Hemisphere." Paperback, 116 pages. Publisher: Loompanics Unlimited (April 2000). ISBN 1559502118.

ANDREWS, Ted. "Animal-Speak: The Spiritual and Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small." Paperback, 383 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (October 1993). ISBN 0875420281.

ARANA, Esmeralda. "The Path: A Practical Approach to Sorcery." Paperback, 184 pages. Publisher: Writer's Showcase Press (March 2002). ISBN 0595212999.
Notes: Despite the title, the reviews unanimously indicate that she focuses on working with energy in the manner of most shamans.

ARDEN, Harvey. "Dreamkeepers: A Spirit-Journey into Aboriginal Ausralia." Paperback, 252 pages. Publisher: Harper Perennial, reprint edition (April 1995). ISBN 0060925809. Hardcover edition: New York: HarperCollins (1994). ISBN 0060169168.

ARDEN, Nicky. "African Spirits Speak: A White Woman's Journey into the Healing Tradition of the Sangoma." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (March 1999). ISBN 0892817526.

ARRIEN, Angeles. "The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary." Paperback, 203 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco (April 1993). ISBN 0062500597.

"Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead." Translated by Normandi Ellis. Paperback, 227 pages. Publisher: Phanes Press (November 1988). ISBN 0933999747.

AWIAKTA, Marilou, with an interview with Wilma Mankiller. "Selu: Seeking the Corn-Mother's Wisdom." Paperback, 352 pages. Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (September 1994). ISBN 1555912060.
Notes: Wilma Mankiller is Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

AZIZ, Peter. "Working with Tree Spirits in Shamanic Healing." Paperback, 139 pages (illustrated). Publisher: Points Press (1994). ISBN 0-9524358-0-2.

AZIZ, Peter. "Spiritual Allies from the Plant Kingdom." Paperback, 96 pages (illustrated). Publisher: Points Press (1997). ISBN 0-9524358-1-0.

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BAGGOTT, Andy, and Andrew Tressider. "The Encyclopedia of Energy Healing: A Complete Guide to Using the Major Forms of Healing for Body, Mind and Spirit." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Sterling Publishing (August 2000). ISBN 0806993286.

BAKER, Shiela. "Practical Shamanism: Bringing Spirit into Matter and Matter into Spirit." Paperback, 250 pages. Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (September 2005). ISBN 1419611143.

BALDICK, Julian. "Animal and Shaman: Ancient Religions of Central Asia." Hardcover, 206 pages. Publisher: New York University Press (September 2000). ISBN 0814798721.
Notes: Scholastic study in comparative religions and modern anthropology of the region.

BALDWIN, William J. "Healing Lost Souls: Releasing Unwanted Spirits from Your Energy Body." Paperback, 392 pages. Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing (June 2003). ISBN 1571743669.
Notes: On depossession, authored by a professional psychologist with several previous titles on the same subject.

BALIKCI, Asen. "The Netsilik Eskimo." Paperback, 264 pages. Publisher: Waveland Press, reprint edition (May 1989). ISBN 0881334359.
Notes: A classic ethnographical work, with many references to shamanic practice among the Netsilingmiut of Alaska, and updated with a 1989 preface and epilogue.

BALLARD, Arthur C. "Mythology of Southern Puget Sound: Legends Shared by Tribal Elders." 150 pages. Publisher: Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum, reprint of the 1929 edition (1999). ASIN B0006R5I4K.

BALZAR, Marjorie Mandelstam, editor. "Shamanic Worlds: Rituals and Lore of Siberia and Central Asia." Paperback, 292 pages. Publisher: M.E. Sharpe, New York (January 1997). ISBN 1563249731.

BARBEAU, Marius. "Medicine-Men on the North Pacific Coast." National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 152 (Anthropological Series No. 42). 95 pages. Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources (Ottawa: 1958). ASIN B0006AVST6.
Notes: Scholarly.

BEAN, Lowell John. "California Indian Shamanism." Paperback, 274 pages. Publisher: Ballena Press (April 1992). ISBN 0879191244.
Notes: Scholarly.

BEAR, Jaya. "Amazon Magic: The Life Story of Ayahuasquero and Shaman Don Agustin Rivas Vasquez." Paperback, 230 pages. Publisher: Colibri Publishing (January 2000). ISBN 0967425506.

BEAR HEART, and Molly Larkin. "The Wind Is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman." Paperback, 259 pages. Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group, reprint edition (1996, reprinted February 1998). ISBN 0425161609.

BEHRINGER, Wolfgang. "Shaman of Oberstdorf: Chonrad Stoeckhlin and the Phantoms of the Night." Translated by H. C. Erik Midelfort. Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: University of Virginia Press (September 1998). ISBN 0813918537.
Notes: Translation of the 1994 German text. The story of a peasant in late 16th-century Bavaria (shortly after Martin Luther's death, amid growing religious and military tensions across Europe), who received visits from a dead friend, and the scandal that resulted in several burnings at the stake, against a background of the non-Christian traditions still existent then in Germany.

BEND, Cynthia, et al. "Birth of a Modern Shaman: A Documented Journey and Guide to Personal Transformation" (Llewellyn's Spiritual Sciences Series). Paperback, 246 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (March 1988). ASIN: 0875420346.

BENNETT, Hal Zina. "Spirit Circle: A Story of Adventure and Shamanic Revelation." Paperback, 348 pages. Publisher: Tenacity Press (November 1998). ISBN 0965605639.
Notes: Fictionalized tale of modern American shamanism, but widely recommended.

BENNETT, Hal Zina. "Zuni Fetishes: Using Native American Sacred Objects for Meditation, Reflection, and Insight." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco (April 1993). ISBN 0062500694.

BERGGREN, Karen. "Circle of Shaman: Healing Through Ecstasy, Rhythm, and Myth." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Destiny Books (February 1998). ISBN 0-89281-622-8.

BERNDT, Ronald M., and Catherine H. Berndt. "The Speaking Land: Myth and Story in Aboriginal Australia." Paperback, 438 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (October 1994). ISBN 0892815183.
Notes: This is an anthology of nearly 200 aboriginal stories collected by anthropologists who spent their entire lives with these peoples.

BERNEY, Charlotte. "Fundamentals of Hawaiian Mysticism." Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: Crossing Press (April 2000). ISBN 1580910262.
Notes: An overview of the huna tradition, both in concepts and in practice.

BESTERMAN, Theodore. "Crystal-Gazing: A Study in the History, Distribution, Theory, and Practice of Scrying." Paperback, 196 pages. Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company (March 1997). ISBN 1564595420.
Notes: This appears to be a reprint of the 1965 edition from University Books.

BIJALWAN, C. D. "Hindu Omens." Publisher: Om Prakash Jain for Sanskriti (1970).

BISHOP, Ross. "Healing the Shadow." Paperback, 325 pages. Publisher: Blue Lotus Press (November 1998). ISBN 0966982207.

BISHOP, Ross. "Truth." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Blue Lotus Press (March 2004). ISBN 0966982215.

BLUESTONE, Sarvananda. "How to Read Signs and Omens in Everyday Life." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Destiny Books (November 2001). ISBN 0-89281-901-4.

BOGORAS, Waldemar. "The Chukchee." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 11 (Franz Boaz, editor). Reprints from Vol. 7 of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1904-1909. 733 pages. Publisher: Johnson Reprint Corporation (1966; reprint of original: Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1909). ASIN: B0007DMNN2.
Notes: Scholarly.

BOUCHARDON, Patrice. "The Healing Energies of Trees." Paperback, 128 pages. Publisher: Charles Tuttle (April 2000). ISBN 1885203713. Hardcover, 160 pages. Publisher: Gaia Books (March 1999). ASIN 1856750841.
Notes: Originally in French (1999), this title is also available in Spanish, German, Dutch, and Polish.

BOYD, Doug, "Rolling Thunder." Paperback. Publisher: Dell Publishing, reissue edition (November 2000, originally published 1974). ISBN 038528859X.
Notes: An account of Rolling Thunder (John Pope), a Cherokee medicine man.

BRAMLY, Serge. "Macumba: The Teachings of Maria Jose, Mother of the Gods." Paperback, 231 pages. Publisher: City Lights Books, reprint edition (May 1994, originally published 1979). ISBN 0872862860.
Notes: An introduction to this African-rooted tradition, kin to voudun/voodoo, santería, and other Brazilian practices such as Umbanda and Candomblé, religions which focus on a shamanic core.

BRAUD, William, and Rosemarie Anderson, editors. "Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences: Honoring Human Experience." Paperback, 354 pages. Publisher: Sage Publications (April 1998). ISBN 0761910131.

BRAUD, William. "Distant Mental Influence: Its Contributions to Science, Healing, and Human Interactions." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing (December 2003). ISBN 1571743545.

BRENNAN, Barbara Ann. "Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Bantam Books, reissue edition (November 1993). ISBN 0553345397.

BRENNAN, Barbara Ann, and Thomas J. Schneider. "Light Emerging: The Journey of Personal Healing." Paperback, 341 pages. Publisher: Bantam Books (December 1993). ISBN 0553354566.

BRENNAN, Martin. "The Hidden Maya: A New Understanding of Maya Glyphs." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Bear and Co. (June 1998). ISBN 187918124X.
Notes: A well-reviewed book, which addresses Mayan glyphs as handsigns, with integral relationships to spiritual and cosmological matters (rather than simply as a writing system).

BRENNAN, Martin. "The Stones of Time: Calendars, Sundials, and Stone Chambers of Ancient Ireland." Paperback, 216 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International, reprint edition (July 1994). ISBN 0892815094.

BREWER, Carolyn. "Shamanism, Catholicism and Gender Relations in Colonial Philippines 1521-1685." Hardcover, 240 pages. Publisher: Ashgate Publishing (September 2004). ISBN 075463437X.
Notes: A scholar examines the voyager Magellan and his heirs, interacting with the traditional societies and their spiritual leadership.

BROCK, Peggy, editor. "Women, Rites and Sites: Aboriginal Women's Cultural Knowledge." Paperback, 141 pages. Allen & Unwin, (1990). ISBN 0043701868.

BROWN, Joseph Epes, and Michael Steltenkamp, editors. "The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux: Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala." Hardcover, 211 pages. Publisher: Fine Communications (July 1997). ISBN 1567310885.

BRUCE, Eve. "Shaman, M.D.: A Plastic Surgeon's Remarkable Journey into the World of Shapeshifting." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Destiny Books (January 2002). ISBN 0892819766.
Notes: For the beginning practitioner. Dr. Eve Bruce, a licensed plastic surgeon from Baltimore, works with Dream Change Coalition. This is her first book on shamanism, primarily testimonial.

BRUCHAC, Joseph. "Return of the Sun: Native American Tales from the Northeast Woodlands." Paperback, 204 pages. Publisher: Crossing Press, reprint edition (October 1990). ISBN 0895943433.

BRYANT, Page. "Starwalking: Shamanic Practices for Traveling into the Night Sky." Paperback, 408 pages. Publisher: Bear and Co. (July 1997). ISBN 1879181363.

BUHNER, Stephen Harrod. "Sacred Plant Medicine: Explorations in the Practice of Indigenous Herbalism." Paperback. Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishing (July 1996). ASIN 1570980918.
Notes: An introduction to the use of plants for spirit healing among several traditions.

BUHNER, Stephen Harrod. "The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines for Life on Earth." Paperback, 325 pages. Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing (March 2002). ISBN 1890132888.
Notes: A shamanic critique of modern usage of medicines.

BUXTON, Simon. "The Shamanic Way of the Bee: Ancient Wisdom and Healing Practices of the Bee Masters." Hardcover, 206 pages. Publisher: Destiny Books (July 2004). ISBN 089281148X.

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CALDECOTT, Moyra. "Myths of the Sacred Tree: Myths from Africa America, China, Sumeria, Russia, Greece, India, Scandinavia, Europe, Egypt, South America, Arabia." Paperback, 214 pages. Publisher: Destiny Books (September 1993). ISBN 0892814144.

CAMPBELL, Susan. "Called To Heal: African Shamanic Healers." Paperback, 169 pages. Publisher: Lotus Press (September 2000). ISBN 0914955918.

CAQUOT, André, and Marcel Leibovici, editors. "La Divination" (two volumes). Publisher: Presses Universitaires de France (1968).
Notes: Scholarly. Many of the articles are in English.

CAREY, Ken. "The Return of the Bird Tribes." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco, reprint edition (July 1991). ISBN 0062501887.
Notes: This is the second volume of the trilogy titled "Starseed."

CARMICHAEL, Alexander, compiler. "Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations Collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland in the Last Century." Paperback, 512 pages. Publisher: Lindisfarne Books (August 1992, some material originally published in 1900 and some after the author's death in 1912). ISBN 0940262509.
Notes: Folkloric material of Christian, pre-Christian, and mixed nature, all translated in to English.

CARR-GOMM, Philip, and Stephanie Carr-Gomm. "The Druid Animal Oracle: Working With the Sacred Animals of the Druid Tradition." Hardcover, 184 pages. Publisher: Fireside (February 1995). ISBN 0671503006.

CASTAÑEDA, Carlos. "The Art of Dreaming." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, reprint edition (July 1994). ISBN 006092554X.

CASTAÑEDA, Carlos. "Magical Passes: The Practical Wisdom of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Perennial Press (January 1999). ISBN 0060928824.

CASTAÑEDA, Carlos. "A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with don Juan." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Washington Square Press, reissue edition (August 1991). ISBN 0671732498.

CASTAÑEDA, Carlos. "Teachings Don Juan: A Yaqui Way Of Knowledge." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Washington Square Press, reissue edition (June 1985). ISBN 0671600419.

CAWTE, John. "Medicine is the Law: Studies in Psychiatric Anthropology in Australian Tribal Societies." Hardcover, 260 pages. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1974. ASIN 0824802519.

CHAMALÚ. "The Gate of Paradise: Secrets of Andean Shamanism." Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: Regnery Publishing (November 1999). ASIN: 185860043X.
Notes: See also under the channeling author named Luis ESPINOZA.

CHAPLIN, Annabel. "The Bright Light of Death." Paperback, 133 pages. Publisher: DeVorss and Company (June 1977). ISBN 0875162304.
Notes: A woman who undertakes to free people of the souls of the dead (ghosts) who have been possessing them. A useful first book on the topic of depossession, or soul release.

CHRIS, and Morris E. Opler. "Apache Odyssey: A Journey Between Two Worlds." Paperback, 319 pages. Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (May 2002). ISBN 0803286163. Reissue of the 1963 edition published by Rinehart and Winston.
Notes: Life story of Chris, an Apache elder.

CHRISTMAN, Brian. "Power Music: Music and Trance in the Shamanic Universe." Paperback. Publisher: Redwood City Seed Co (January 1993). ISBN 0933421389.

CLIFTON, Charles S. "Shamanism and Witchcraft (Witchcraft Today, Book 3)." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (July 1994). ASIN: 1567181503.

CLOTTES, Jean, and David Lewis-Williams. "The Shamans of Prehistory: Trance and Magic in the Painted Caves." Hardcover, 120 pages. New York: Harry N. Abrams. (October 1998). ISBN 0810941821.
Notes: Two leading scientists from France and South Africa summarize their earlier work, reinterpreting prehistoric cave art as being shamanic representations.

CLOUTIER, David. "Spirit Spirit: Shaman Songs." Paperback. Publisher: Copper Beech Press, revised edition (October 1980). ISBN 0914278304.
Notes: For all levels of shamanic practice. Translations and paraphrases of actual shamans' own songs, but text only (no music). A very good booklet, but therefore it's too short--it merely whets the appetite.

COELHO, Paul. "Diary of a Magus." Translated by Alan R. Clarke. Paperback, 226 pages. Publisher: HarperCollins (May 1992). ASIN: 0062501755.

CONNOR, Linda H., and Geoffrey Samuel. "Healing Powers and Modernity: Traditional Medicine, Shamanism, and Science in Asian Societies." Hardcover, 296 pages. Publisher: Bergin and Garvey (February 2001). ISBN 0897897153.

CONWAY, D. J. "By Oak, Ash & Thorn: Modern Celtic Shamanism." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (February 1995). ISBN 156718166X.

CONWAY, D. J. "A Little Book of Pendulum Magic." Paperback, 128 pages. Publisher: Crossing Press (May 2001). ISBN 1580910939.

CORDELL WHITAKER, Kay. "The Reluctant Shaman: A Woman's First Encounters With the Unseen Spirits of the Earth." Hardcover, 296 pages. Publisher: HarperCollins (January 1991). ASIN: 0062509535.
[Different ISBN, same title and publisher: WHITAKER, Kay C. (Kay Cordell Whitaker). "The Reluctant Shaman: A Woman's First Encounters with the Unseen Spirits of the Earth." Paperback, 304 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco, reprint edition (April 1992). ISBN 0062509438.]

CORNELIUS, Geoffrey, and Paul Devereux. "The Secret Language of the Stars and Planets: A Visual Key to the Heavens." Paperback, 176 pages. Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 1996). ASIN 0811812006.

LeCOUTEUX, Claude. "Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International (August 2003). ISBN 0892810963.

COVELL, Alan Carter. "Ecstasy: Shamanism in Korea." Hardcover. Publisher: Hollym International Corporation (December 1983). ISBN 0930878337.

COVELL, Alan Carter. "Folk Art and Magic: Shamanism in Korea." Hardcover, 216 pages. Publisher: Hollym International Corporation, 3rd edition (October 2000). ISBN 0930878574.
Notes: About half of the book is photography, and half is text.

COWAN, Eliot. "Plant Spirit Medicine: The Healing Power of Plants." Paperback, 188 pages. Publisher: Granite Publications (January 1991). ISBN 1893183114. Re-edition: Paperback, 175 pages. Publisher: Wild Flower Press (May 2000). ISBN 0926524097.
Notes: The shamanic use of plants, drawn from a variety of traditions.

COWAN, James. "Mysteries of the Dream-Time: The Spiritual Life of Australian Aborigines." Paperback. Publisher: Prism Press, revised edition (January 1994). ASIN 1853270776.

COWAN, Tom. "Shamanism as a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Crossing Press (September 1996). ISBN 0895948389.
Notes: For the beginning practitioner. A widely recommended book.

COWAN, Tom. "Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco (April 1993). ISBN 0062501747.

COWAN, Tom. "Yearning for the Wind: Celtic Reflections on Nature and the Soul." Paperback, 203 pages. Publisher: New World Library (May 2003). ISBN 1577314115.

COWAN, Tom. "Pocket Guide to Shamanism." Paperback, 128 pages. Publisher: Crossing Press (March 1997). ASIN 0895948451.

CREDO MUTWA, Vusamazulu, edited by Stephen Larsen. "Song of the Stars: The Lore of a Zulu Shaman." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Barrytown Ltd. (May 2000). ISBN 1886449015.
Notes: Known for "Indaba, My Children," his recounting of Zulu oral history and tales, this highly regarded African seer details his knowledge and visions.

CREDO MUTWA, Vusamazulu, edited by Stephen Larsen. "Zulu Shaman: Dreams, Prophecies, and Mysteries." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International (December 2003). ISBN 0892811293.

CROCKETT, Tom. "The Artist Inside: A Spiritual Guide to Cultivating Your Creative Self." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Broadway Books (March 2000). ISBN 0767903943.

CROCKETT, Tom. "Stone Age Wisdom: The Healing Principles of Shamanism." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Fair Winds Press (September 2003). ISBN 1592330142.

CROW, Tis Mal. "Native Plants Native Healing: Traditional Muskogee Way." Paperback, 144 pages. Publisher: Book Pub. Co. (January 2001). ISBN 1570671052.

CRUDEN, Loren. "Medicine Grove: A Shamanic Herbal." Paperback, 218 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (July 1997). ISBN 0892816473.

CRUDEN, Loren. "The Spirit of Place: A Workbook for Sacred Alignment: Ceremonies and Visualizations for Cultivating Your Relationship With the Earth." Paperback. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (October 1995). ISBN 0892815116.

CRUDEN, Loren, editor. "Coyote's Council Fire: Contemporary Shamans on Race, Gender and Community." Paperback, 164 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (November 1995). ISBN 0892815663.
Notes: Essays by many diverse modern shamanic practitioners, both from native traditions and from neo-shamanic movements.

CUNKLE, James R., and Markus A. Jacquemain. "Stone Magic of the Ancients: Petroglyphs, Shamanic Shrine Sites, and Ancient Rituals." Paperback, 188 pages. Publisher: Golden West Publishers (1996). ISBN 0-885590-04-0.
Notes: Archaeology and prehistoric artistry along the upper Little Colorado River.

CUNNINGHAM, Scott. "Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs." Paperback, 325 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn, 2nd edition (May 1985). ISBN 0875421229.
Notes: A well-reviewed volume in the Wicca tradition, covering 400 herbs.

CZAPLICKA, Marie Antoinette. "Shamanism In Siberia." Paperback, 168 pages. Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (June 2004). ISBN 1419146920.

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DEGENHART, Karen. "Medicine Journeys: A Shamanic Destiny." Paperback, 336 pages. Publisher: Thunderbird Publications (April 2001). ISBN 0916337081.

DEKORNE, Jim. "Psychedelic Shamanism: The Cultivation, Preparation & Shamanic Use of Psychoactive Plants." Paperback, 155 pages. Publisher: Loompanics Unlimited (December 1994). ASIN 1559501103.

DESJARLAIS, Robert R. "Body and Emotion: The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas." Paperback, 300 pages. Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (December 1992). ISBN 081221434X.
Notes: An anthropologist's account of his experiences as an shamanic apprentice among the Yolmo Sherpa in Nepal.

DEVEREUX, Paul. "Re-Visioning the Earth: A Guide to Opening the Healing Channels Between Mind and Nature." Paperback, 304 pages. Publisher: Fireside (October 1996). ISBN 0684800632.

DEVEREUX, Paul. "The Long Trip: A Prehistory of Psychedelia." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Penguin USA (August 1997). ASIN 0140195408.
Notes: Examines the shamanic use of entheogens in early traditional societies.

DEVEREUX, Paul. "Shamanism and the Mystery Lines: 'Ley Lines', Spirit Paths, Out-of-the-body Travel and Shape Shifting." Paperback, 238 pages. Publisher: Foulsham (October 2000). ISBN 0572026641.

DEVEREUX, Paul. "Stone Age Soundtracks: The Acoustic Archaeology of Ancient Sites." Paperback, 176 pages. Publisher: Sterling (March 2002). ISBN 184333447X.

DIÓSZEGI, Vilmos. "Religious Beliefs and Folklore of the Siberian Peoples" (Uralic and Altaic Series). Hardcover, 498 pages. Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon (July 1997). ISBN 070070857X.

DIÓSZEGI, Vilmos. "Tracing Shamans in Siberia: The Sstory of an Ethnographical Research Expedition." 328 pages. Publisher: Anthropological Publications (1968). ASIN B0006C1ABK.

DIÓSZEGI, Vilmos. "Popular Beliefs and Folklore Tradition in Siberia." Hardcover. Publisher: Walter De Gruyter (June 1968). ISBN 0686226216.

DOLFYN. "Shamanic Wisdom: Nature Spirituality, Sacred Power, and Earth Ecstasy." Paperback, 182 pages. Publisher: Earthspirit (January 1991). ISBN 0929268164.

DOLFYN. "Shamanic Wisdom II: The Way of the Animal Spirits." Paperback, 131 pages. Publisher: Earthspirit (December 1996). ISBN 0929268180.

DONNER, Florinda. "Being-in-Dreaming: An Initiation into the Sorcerer's World." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco, reprint edition (November 1992). ISBN 0062501925.
Notes: The author belonged to the same circle as Carlos Castaneda.

DONNER-GRAU, Florinda. "The Witch's Dream: A Healer's Way of Knowledge." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Penguin USA, reprint edition (January 1997). ISBN 0140195319.

DOOLING, D. M., editor. "The Sons of the Wind: The Sacred Stories of the Lakota." From the 19th-century James Walker collection. Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: Parabola Books (1985, reprint edition by University of Oklahoma Press, 2000). ISBN 0806132248.

DOORE, Gary, editor. "Shaman's Path: Healing, Personal Growth, and Empowerment." Paperback, 252 pages. Publisher: Shambhala Books (June 1988). ISBN 0877734321.
Notes: An anthology by leading figures in Western neo-shamanism.

DOW, JaneAnn. "Crystal Journey: Travel Guide for the New Shaman." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Journey Books (January 1996). ASIN: 0964238500.

DOWSON, Thomas, et al. "Rock Art and the Shaman." Hardcover, 242 pages. Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 2005). ISBN 0521829275. Paperback. ISBN 052153612X.
Notes: Scholarly.

DRAKE, Michael. "The Shamanic Drum: A Guide to Sacred Drumming." Paperback, 140 pages. Publisher: Booklocker.com (May 2002). ISBN 1591131642.

DRURY, Nevill. "The Elements of Shamanism." Paperback, 144 pages. Longmead: Element Books Ltd. (January 1997). ASIN: 1862040389.

DRURY, Nevill. "Sacred Encounters: Shamanism and Magical Journeys of the Spirit." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Watkins Publishing Ltd. (March 2003). ISBN 1842930559.

DRURY, Nevill. "New Perspectives: Shamanism." Paperback, 128 pages. Publisher: Harper Collins UK (2000). ASIN: 1862047618.

DUERR, Hans Peter. "Dreamtime: Concerning the Boundary Between Wilderness and Civilization." Translated by Felicitas Goodman. Hardcover, 462 pages. Publisher: Basil Blackwell (January 1985). ISBN 0631133755. Paperback, 478 pages. Publisher: Basil Blackwell (Marcy 1987). ISBN 0631155481.

DUSENBERRY, Verne. "The Montana Cree: A Study in Religious Persistence." Paperback, 280 pages. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (March 1998). ISBN 0806130253.
Notes: An ethnographic study of modern Cree practice of their traditional or "native" religion, including the Shaking Tent, the Ghost Dance, and the Sun Dance, written by an adoptive son of a Cree chief.

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EAGLE FEATHER, Ken. "Tracking Freedom: A Guide for Personal Evolution." Paperback, 277 pages. Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing (June 1998). ISBN 1571740937.
Notes: Personal awareness, traditional shamanic Toltec teachings, and modern science and technology.

EAGLE FEATHER, Ken. "Traveling with Power: The Exploration and Development of Perception." Paperback, 280 pages. Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing (August 1992). ISBN 1878901281.

EATON, Evelyn. "I Send a Voice." Paperback, 178 pages. Publisher: Theosophical Publishing House (September 1978). ASIN: 0835605116.
Notes: Eaton writes from her mixed white and Native American heritages.

EATON, Evelyn. "The Shaman and the Medicine Wheel." Paperback, 212 pages. Publisher: Theosophical Publishing House (July 1982). ISBN 0835605612.

EDEN, Donna, et al. "Energy Medicine." Paperback, 378 pages. Publisher: J. P. Tarcher (December 1999). ISBN 1585420212. Hardcover, 384 pages. Publisher: J. P. Tarcher (December 1998). ASIN 0874779456.
Notes: Well-reviewed title on self-healing using subtle energies.

EHRLICH, Gretel. "This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland." Paperback, 400 pages. Publisher: Vintage Books (January 2003). ISBN 0679758526.
Notes: A chronicle of life and travel among the native Inuit and their shamanic society.

ELIADE, Mircea. "Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy." Paperback, 630 pages. Publisher: Princeton University Press (May 1972). ISBN 0691017794.
Notes: Scholarly, an absolutely pivotal work -- and a very dense read.

ELKIN, A. P. "Aboriginal Men of High Degree: Initiation and Sorcery in the World's Oldest Tradition." Paperback, 195 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (September 1993). ISBN 0892814217.
Notes: This is a re-edition of the 1977 edition. The author was head of the anthropology department at the University of Sydney in Australia.

ELLIS, Normandi, translator. "Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead." Paperback, 227 pages. Publisher: Phanes Press (November 1988). ISBN 0933999747.

ELLIS DAVIDSON, Hilda, editor. "The Seer in Celtic and Other Traditions." Hardcover. Publisher: John Donald (May 1989). ASIN 0859762599.

ESPINOZA, Luis. "Chamalú: The Shamanic Way of the Heart: Traditional Teachings from the Andes." Paperback. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (July 1995). ISBN 0892815515.
Notes: See also under the channeled author named "Chamalú."

EVANS-PRITCHARD, Edward. "Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande." Hardcover. Publisher: Clarendon Press (1937). [Reprinted: Paperback. Publisher: Clarendon Press, abridged reprint edition (March 1992). ISBN 0198740298.]
Notes: Scholarly. The Azande are located in Sudan, south of Egypt.

EVANS-WENTZ, Walter Y. "Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries." Paperback, 572 pages. Publisher: Citadel Trade (May 1990). ISBN 0806511605.
Notes: Reprint of the 1890 edition, foundational to the later work of others.

EVANS-WENTZ, Walter Y., et al. "The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, the After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, According to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering." Paperback, 354 pages. Publisher: Oxford University Press, fourth edition (July 2000). ISBN 0195133129.
Notes: The classic work, originally published in 1927.

EWERS, John C. "Plains Indian History and Culture: Essays on Continuity and Change." Hardcover, 272 pages. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (January 1997). ISBN 0806128623.
Notes: The author is an emeritus ethnologist of the Smithsonian Institution and the first curator of the Museum of the Plains Indian, located on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana.

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FARMER, Steven D. "Power Animals: How to Connect With Your Animal Spirit Guide." Hardcover, 267 pages. Publisher: Hay House, book and CD edition (October 2004). ISBN 1401903320.

FARMER, Steven D. "Sacred Ceremony." Paperback. Publisher: Hay House (October 2002). ISBN 1561709816.

FIORE, Edith. "The Unquiet Dead: A Psychologist Treats Spirit Possession." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Ballantine Books (January 1995). ISBN 0345460871.
Notes: On depossession, authored by a professional psychologist.

FLAHERTY, Gloria. "Shamanism and the Eighteenth Century." Hardcover, 342 pages. Publisher: Princeton University Press (February 1992). ISBN 0691069239.

FLOWERS, Stephen E. "Runes and Magic: Magical Formulaic Elements in the Older Runic Tradition." Hardcover. Publisher: Peter Lang (April 1987). ASIN 0820403334.
Notes: Scholarly.

FORSYTH, James. "A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990." Paperback, 475 pages. Publisher: Cambridge University Press, reprint edition (September 1994). ISBN 0521477719.
Notes: Scholarly. Includes materials on indigenous Siberian shamanism.

FOSTER, Steven. "The Book of Vision Quest." Paperback. Publisher: Fireside, revised edition (January 1989). ISBN 0671761897.

FRANCFORT, Henri-Paul, and Roberte N. Hamayon. "The Concept of Shamanism: Uses and Abuses." Hardcover. Publisher: Akademiai Kiado (Budapest: February 2003). ISBN 9630578662.

FREIDEL, David, et al. "Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path." Paperback, 544 pages. Publisher: Quill, reissue edition (February 1995). ISBN 0688140696.

FREKE, Timothy, compiler. "Shamanic Wisdomkeepers: Shamanism in the Modern World." Paperback, 128 pages. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0806987995.
Notes: A collection of ten essays by traditional shamans and those also participating in "modern" religions such as Buddhism and Catholicism.

FRIES, Jan. "Seidways: Shaking, Swaying and Serpent Mysteries." Paperback, 350 pages. Publisher: Mandrake of Oxford (December 1997). ISBN 1869928369.

FRITZ, F. J. "Shamanic Psychopomp: Guide of Souls." Paperback, 180 pages. Publisher: 1stBooks Library (July 2003). ISBN 1410773523.

FURLONG, David. "Working With Earth Energies: How to Tap Into the Healing Powers of the Natural World." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Judy Piatkus Books (March 2004). ISBN 0749923679.
Notes: This title is already available directly from the publisher in Great Britain. Includes sections on sacred sites, communication with spirits of nature, clearing of unwanted presences, etc.

FURST, Peter T. "Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogens." Paperback, 304 pages. Publisher: Waveland Press (Illinois, reprint edition 1990, originally published 1972). ISBN 0881334774.
Notes: A series of scholarly lectures re-edited for publication. A reviewer at Amazon.com mentions that this book is listed in "Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy," a Web-based listing of useful entheogen titles available at http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy.

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GAGAN, Jeannette M. "Journeying: Where Shamanism and Psychology Meet." Paperback, 177 pages. Publisher: Rio Chama Publications (March 1998). ISBN 0964208806.

GARRETT, Michael Tlanusta. "Walking On The Wind: Cherokee Teachings for Healing through Harmony and Balance." Paperback, 193 pages. Publisher: Bear and Co. (May 1998). ISBN 1879181495.

GARRETT, J. T., and Michael Tlanusta Garrett. "Medicine of The Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationship." Paperback, 352 pages. Publisher: Bear and Co. (December 1996). ISBN 1879181371.

Georgia Writers' Project, Charles Joyner, editor, and Malcolm Bell, photographer. "Drums and Shadows: Survival Studies Among the Georgia Coastal Negroes." Paperback, 274 pages. Publisher: University of Georgia Press (June 1986). ISBN 082030851X.
Notes: The traditions of early African-Americans, from interviews with slaves and descendants of slaves.

GILLETTE, Douglas. "Shaman's Secret: The Lost Resurrection Teachings of the Ancient Maya." Paperback, 304 pages. Publisher: Bantam, reprint edition (November 1998). ISBN 0553377795.

GLASS-COFFIN, Bonnie. "The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru." Paperback, 246 pages. Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (May 1998). ISBN 0826318932. Hardcover edition: ISBN 0826318924.

GOLDMAN, Jonathan. "Shifting Frequencies." Paperback, 147 pages. Publisher: Light Technology Publications (December 1998). ISBN 189182404X.

GOODMAN, Felicitas D. "Where the Spirits Ride the Wind: Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences." Paperback, 242 pages. Publisher: Indiana University Press (August 1990). ISBN 0253205662.

GOODMAN, Felicitas D. "Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality: Religion in a Pluralistic World." Paperback. Publisher: Indiana University Press (March 1988). ISBN 0253207266.

GOODMAN, Felicitas D., and Nana Nauwald. "Ecstatic Trance: New Ritual Body Postures." Paperback, 178 pages. Publisher: Binkey Kok, workbook edition (October 2003). ISBN 9074597637.

GORE, Belinda. "Ecstatic Body Postures: An Alternate Reality Workbook." Paperback, 336 pages. Publisher: Bear and Company, workbook edition (August 1995). ISBN 1879181223.

GOULD, Richard A. "Yiwara: Foragers of the Australian Desert." Hardcover. New York: Scribner's, 1969. ASIN 0684310430.

GRAY, Miranda, and Richard Gray. "Beasts of Albion: Using Ancient British Animal Guides for Self-Development" (book and cards). Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: Thorsons Publishing (July 1994). ISBN 1855383187.

GREEN, Miranda Jane. "The Sun-Gods of Ancient Europe." Hardcover. London: Batsford/Hippocrene Books (May 1992). ASIN: 0870520989.
Notes: Scholarly.

GREEN, Miranda Jane. "Celtic Goddesses: Warriors, Virgins and Mothers." Hardcover. Publisher: British Museum Publications Ltd. (September 1995). ISBN 071412303X.

GREGG, Susan. "Finding the Sacred Self: A Shamanic Workbook." Paperback, 210 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (June 1995). ASIN 1567183344.

GRIAULE, Marcel. "Conversations with Ogotemmêli: An Introduction to Dogon Religious Ideas." Paperback, 248 pages. Publisher: Oxford University Press USA; reprint edition (November, 1975). ISBN 0195198212.

GRIM, John A. "The Shaman: Patterns of Religious Healing Among the Ojibway Indians." Paperback. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, reprint edition (March 1988). ISBN 0806121068.

GRIM, John A. "The Shaman: Patterns of Siberian and Ojibway Healing." Paperback, 258 pages. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (1983). ISBN 0806118091.

GRIM, John A. "Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community." Paperback, 754 pages. Publisher: Harvard University Press (July 2001). ISBN 0945454287.
Notes: A collection of over two dozen ethnographical essays on indigenous peoples and the modern world.

GROF, Stanilav. "Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research." Paperback, 345 pages. Publisher: State University of New York Press (July 2000). ISBN 0791446220.
Notes: A detailed introduction by the author into his own life's work in transpersonal psychology and psychotherapy, from a well-credentialed scholar.

GUEST, Matt. "The Face of Power." Paperback, 264 pages. Publisher: Matt Guest (October 2001). ISBN 1401025390.
Notes: This autobiography is not specifically about shamanic practice, although some reviews make that claim.

GUISSO, Richard W. I., and C. S. Yu. "Shamanism: The Spirit World of Korea." Paperback, 190 pages. Publisher: Jain Publishing (February 1988). ISBN 0895818868. Hardcover. Publisher: Asian Humanities Press (January 2003). ISBN 0895818752.
Notes: Psychological and anthropological studies.

GUSS, David M., editor. "The Language of the Birds: Tales, Texts, and Poems of Interspecies Communication." Paperback, 359 pages. Publisher: North Point Press (1985). ISBN 0865471061.

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HALIFAX, Joan. "Shaman: The Wounded Healer." Paperback. Publisher: Crossroads/Herder and Herder (May 1982). ASIN 0824500660. Hardcover, 96 pages (October 1983). ASIN 082450061X.

HALIFAX, Joan. "Shamanic Voices: A Survey of Visionary Narratives." Paperback. Publisher: Dutton Books (January 1979). ISBN 0525475257.

HALIFAX, Joan. "The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting with the Body of the Earth." Paperback. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco, reprint edition (May 1994). ASIN 0062503138.

HALL, James A. "Sangoma: My Odyssey into the Spirit World of Africa." Edited by Becky Cabaza. Paperback. Publisher: Touchstone Books, reprint edition (September 1995). ASIN: 0684815060.

HALLIDAY, William Reginald. "Greek Divination: A Study of Its Methods and Principles." Reprint: Paperback, 326 pages. Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (February 2003). ISBN 0766128830.
Notes: Scholarly. Originally published in 1913.

HAMMERSCHLAG, Carl A. "The Dancing Healers: A Doctor's Journey of Healing with Native Americans." Paperback, 176 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco, reprint edition (September 1989). ISBN 0062503952.

HAMMERSCHLAG, Carl. "Theft of the Spirit: A Journey to Spiritual Healing." Paperback, 176 pages. Publisher: Fireside, reprint edition (August 1994). ISBN 0671885537.

HARMER, Tom. "Going Native." Hardcover, 283 pages. Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (June 2001). ISBN 0826323170.
Notes: Autobiography of a man who abandoned mainstream America to live with the Okanogan Indians (Pacific Northwest) and adopt their traditional language, life, and spirituality.

HARMER, Tom. "What I've Always Known: Living in Full Awareness of the Earth." Hardcover, 305 pages. Publisher: Harmony Books (September 2003). ISBN 1400048559.
Notes: Continuing spiritual autobiography.

HARNER, Michael. "The Way of the Shaman." Paperback, 208 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco, 10th edition (October 1990). ISBN 0062503731.
Notes: For the beginning practitioner.

HARNER, Michael. "Hallucinogens and Shamanism." Paperback. Publisher: Oxford University Press (April 1973). ISBN 0195016491.

HARNER, Michael. "Jivaro." Paperback, 233 pages. Publisher: University of California Press (August 1984). ISBN 0520050657.

HARTMAN, Lew. "Wolf Song Deck and Book Set" (includes 60 cards). Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: United States Games Systems, Book and Cards edition (March 2003). ISBN 1572812583.

HARVEY, Clare G., and Amanda Cochrane. "The Healing Spirit of Plants: A Practical Guide to Plant Spirit Medicine." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Sterling Publishing (June 2001). ISBN 0806969016.
Notes: This appears to be a revised edition (with revised title) of the hardcover edition from 1999.

HARVEY, Clare G., and Amanda Cochrane. "The Healing Spirit of Plants: An Illustrated Guide to Plant Spirit Medicine." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Sterling Publishing (October 1999). ISBN 0806970723.

HARVEY, Graham. "Shamanism: A Reader." Paperback, 192 pages, Publisher: Routledge (November 2002). ISBN 0415253306.
Notes: A collection of two dozen scholarly essays by such authors as Michael Harner, Ioan Lewis, John Grim, Barbara Tedlock, Mihály Hoppál, Marjorie Mandelbaum Balzer, Michael Taussig, Piers Vitebsky, Sandra Ingerman, and Terence McKenna.

HEAVEN, Ross. "The Journey to You: A Shaman's Path to Empowerment." Paperback, 419 pages. Publisher: Bantam Books (January 2001). ISBN 0553813234.
Notes: For the beginning and intermediate practitioner. A thorough book with useful exercises and lists of some Web resources for shamanic practice.

HEAVEN, Ross. "Vodou Shaman: The Haitian Way of Healing and Power." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (November 2003). ISBN 089281134X.

HEAVEN, Ross, and Howard G. Charing. "Plant Spirit Shamanism: Traditional Techniques for Healing the Soul." Paperback, 280 pages. Publisher: Destiny Books (August 2006). ISBN 1594771189.

HEINZE, Ruth-Inge. "Shamans of the 20th Century." Paperback. Publisher: Irvington (May 1991). ISBN 082902459X.

HEINZE, Ruth-Inge. "Trance and Healing in Southeast Asia Today." Paperback, ix + 366 pages. Publisher: White Lotus Co. (reprinted 1997): ISBN 9748496724. Hardcover, ix + 406 pages. ISBN 9748495183.

HICKMAN, Irene. "Remote Depossession." Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: Hickman Systems, second edition (March 1997). ISBN 0915689081.

HIFLER, Joyce Sequichie. "A Cherokee Feast of Days: Daily Meditations." Paperback, 412 pages. Publisher: Council Oak Distribution (June 2003). ISBN 0933031688.
Notes: This appears to be a reprint of a hardcover 1992 edition.

HIFLER, Joyce Sequichie. "Cherokee Feast of Days: Volume II." Paperback, 412 pages. Publisher: Council Oak Distribution (June 2003). ISBN 157178053X.

HIFLER, Joyce Sequichie. "A Cherokee Feast of Days: Many Moons." Paperback, 412 pages. Publisher: Council Oak Distribution (June 2002). ISBN 1571781129.
Notes: Reviewers treat this as Volume III of the series.

HILL, Gary Leon. "People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves To Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It." Paperback, 183 pages. Publisher: Weiser Books (June 2005). ISBN 1578632978.

HILL, Jonathan D. "Keepers of the Sacred Chants: The Poetics of Ritual Power in an Amazonian Society." Hardcover. Publisher: University of Arizona Press (October 1993). ISBN 0816511357.

HOBERMAN LEVINE, Barbara, et al. "Your Body Believes Every Word You Say: The Language of the Bodymind Connection." Paperback, 301 pages. Publisher: WordsWork Press second edition (October 2000). ISBN 0883312190.

HOGARTH, Hyun-Key Kim. "Syncretism of Buddhism and Shamanism in Korea." Hardcover, 432 pages. Publisher: Jimoondang International (May 2002). ISBN 193189700X.

HONKO, Lauri, Michael Branch, Keith Bosley, and Timonen Senni. "The Great Bear: A Thematic Anthology of Oral Poetry In The Finno-Ugrian Languages." Hardcover, 750 pages. Oxford: Oxford University Press/Finnish Literature Society (January 1993). ISBN 9517176317.
Notes: Scholarly.

HOPMAN, Ellen Evert. "A Druid's Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year." Paperback, 228 pages. Publisher: Destiny Books (October 1994). ISBN 0892815019.

HOPMAN, Ellen Evert. "Tree Medicine, Tree Magic." Paperback, 176 pages. Publisher: Phoenix Publishing (March 1992). ISBN 0919345557.

HOPPÁL, Mihály. "Studies on Mythology and Uralic Shamanism: Ethnologica Uralica 4." Hardcover, 185 pages. Publisher: Akademiai Kiado (Budapest: February 2001). ISBN 9630577410.

HOPPÁL, Mihály, and Gábor Kósa, editors. "Rediscovery Of Shamanic Heritage" (Bibliotheca Shamanistica). Hardcover, 360 pages. Publisher: Akademiai Kiado (Budapest: July 2004). ISBN 9630580853.

HOPPÁL, Mihály, and Keith D. Howard. "Shamans and Cultures." Hardcover, 301 pages. Publisher: Akademiai Kiado (Budapest: December 2000). ISBN 9630565900.

HOPPÁL, Mihály, editor. "Shamanism in Eurasia." Göttingen (Germany), 1984.

HORN, Maryphyllis. "Soul Integration: A Shamanic Path to Freedom and Wholeness." Paperback, 225 pages. Publisher: Living Light Publishers (February 2000). ISBN 0970916817.

HOUSTON, James A. "Songs of the Dream People: Chants and Images from the Indians and Eskimos of North America." Publisher: Atheneum (October 1972). ASIN 0689303068.

HOWITT, Alfred William. "The Native Tribes of South-East Australia." London: Macmillan, 1904. Reprint hardcover edition (June 1982): AMS Press. ISBN 0404160956. Reprint paperback edition (October 2000): 835 pages. ISBN 0855752750.

HUBERT, Jane, editor. "Madness, Disability, and Social Exclusion: The Archaeology and Anthropology of 'Difference'." Library Binding: 252 pages. Publisher: Routledge (March 2001). ISBN 0415230020.
Notes: A collection of scholarly essays on disability, including one by Sandra Blakely on shamanism in ancient Greece.

HUME, Lynne. "Ancestral Power: The Dreaming, Consciousness and Aboriginal Australians." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Melbourne University Press (August 2002). ISBN 052285012X.

HUNT, Norman Bancroft. "Shamanism in North America." Hardcover, 232 pages. Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd. (February 2003). ISBN 1552976785.
Notes: Includes 200 photographs.

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INGERMAN, Sandra. "Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self Through Shamanic Practice." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco (September 1991). ISBN 0062504061.
Notes: For the intermediate practitioner. A widely recommended book. Ingerman is affiliated with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.

INGERMAN, Sandra. "Welcome Home: Following Your Soul's Journey Home." Paperback, 208 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco (February 1994). ISBN 0062502670.
Notes: Further work on soul retrieval.

INGERMAN, Sandra. "A Fall to Grace." Paperback, 145 pages. Publisher: Moon Tree Rising Productions (February 1997). ISBN 0965503402.
Notes: Further work on soul retrieval.

INGERMAN, Sandra. "Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Three Rivers Press (January 2001). ISBN 0609805177.
Notes: A new territory for this author.

IRELAND-FREY, Louise. "Freeing the Captives: The Emerging Therapy of Treating Spirit Attachment." Paperback, 336 pages. Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing (August 1999). ISBN 1571741364.
Notes: On the medical/psychological practical of depossession.

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JAKOBSEN, Merete Demant. "Shamanism: Traditional and Contemporary Approaches to the Mastery of Spirits and Healing." Paperback. Publisher: Berghahn Books (February 1999). ISBN 1571811958.
Notes: Scholarly. Description of traditional shamanism among aboriginal peoples in Greenland, and a critique of neo-shamanism in the West.

JAMAL, Michele, editor. "Shape Shifters: Shaman Women in Contemporary Society." Paperback. Publisher: Viking Press (September 1989). ISBN 0140190570.
Notes: Fourteen women write about their shamanic quests, including such notables as Halifax, Ingerman, Starhawk, and Medicine Eagle.

JILEK, Wolfgang G. "Indian Healing: Shamanic Ceremonialism in the Pacific Northwest Today. " Paperback. Publisher: Hancock House Publishers (January 1982). ISBN 088839120X.

JILEK, Wolfgang G. "Salish Indian Mental Health and Culture Change: Psychohygienic and Therapeutic Aspects of the Guardian Spirit Ceremonial." Toronto and Montreal: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, 1974. 131 pages. ASIN 0039280381.

JOHNSON, Kenneth. "Witchcraft and the Shamanic Journey: Pagan Folkways from the Burning Times." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications, second edition (July 1998). ASIN: 1567183794.
Notes: One reviewer claims this is a renamed re-edition of the author's "North Star Road."

JOHNSON, Kenneth. "North Star Road: Shamanism, Witchcraft and the Otherworld Journey (Llewellyn's World Religion and Magic Series)." Paperback, 274 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (June 1996). ASIN: 1567183700.

JOHNSON, Kenneth. "Slavic Sorcery: Shamanic Journey of Initiation." Paperback, 224 pages. Llewellyn Publications, 1998. ASIN: 1567183743.

JOHNSON, Nathan J., and Robert J. Wallis. "Galdrbok: Practical Heathen Runecraft, Shamanism and Magic." Hardcover, 404 pages. Publisher: Wykeham Press (June 2005). ISBN 0954960912.

JONAITIS, Aldona. "Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch." Paperback, 300 pages. Publisher: University of Washington Press (January 1992). ISBN 0295971150.
Notes: Book was issued to accompany an exhibit of the art of the Kwakiutl Indians (Northern Vancouver Island and the mainland) at the American Museum of Natural History.

JONAITIS, Aldona. "From the Land of the Totem Poles: The Northwest Coast Indian Art Collection at the American Museum of National History." Paperback. Publisher: University of Washington Press (September 1991). ISBN 0295970227.

JONES, David E. "Sanapia: Comanche Medicine Woman." Paperback, 107 pages. Publisher: Waveland Press (January 1984). ISBN 0881330418.
Notes: Apparently a reprint of the 1972 edition.

JONES, Evan, and Charles S. Clifton. "Sacred Mask, Sacred Dance." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (March 1997). ISBN 1567183735.

JONES, Leslie Ellen. "Druid, Shaman, Priest: Metaphors of Celtic Paganism." Hardcover, 256 pages. Publisher: Hisarlik Press (July 1998). ISBN 1874312273.
Notes: Scholarly study of Celtic shamanism.

JONES, Noragh. "Power of Raven Wisdom of Serpent: Celtic Women's Spirituality." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Floris Books (January 1995). ISBN 0940262665.

JORALEMON, Donald, and Douglas Sharon. "Sorcery and Shamanism: Curanderos and Clients in Northern Peru." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: University of Utah Press (December 1993). ISBN 0874806402; hardcover, 306 pages (October 1993). ISBN 087480423X.

JURRIAANSE, D. "Practical Pendulum Book: With Instructions for Use and 38 Pendulum Charts." Paperback, 96 pages. Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser (January 2002). ISBN 157863248X.

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KAIPER, Dan, and Nan Kaiper. "Tlingit, Their Art, Culture, and Legends." Paperback, 95 pages. Publisher: Hancock House Publishing (May 1978). ISBN 0888390106.

KAKAR, Sudhir. "Shamans, Mystics and Doctors: A Psychological Inquiry into India and its Healing Traditions." Paperback, 306 pages. Publisher: University of Chicago Press, reprint edition (1991, originally published 1982). ISBN 0226422798.
Notes: Scholarly. A psychoanalyst reviews the Eastern healing traditions of his homeland.

KALWEIT, Holger. "Dreamtime and Innerspace: The World of the Shaman." Paperback, 297 pages. Publisher: Shambhala Publications (April 1988). ISBN 0877734062.
Notes: Scholarly, including first-person shamanic accounts from traditional societies across the globe.

KALWEIT, Holger. "Shamans, Healers, and Medicine Men." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Shambhala Publications (November 2000). German original published in 1987. ISBN 1570627126.
Notes: Scholarly.

KAMARINO. "Xingu: Land of the Last Magicians--A Trying Road to Shamanism." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: In Print Publishing (May 2005). ISBN 1886966257.

Van KAMPENHOUT, Daan. "Images of the Soul: The Workings of the Soul in Shamanic Rituals and Family Constellations." Paperback, 156 pages. Publisher: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen (January 2003). ISBN 1891944878.

KATZ, Richard. "The Straight Path of the Spirit: Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji." Paperback, 432 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (March, 1999). ISBN 0892817674.

KATZ, Richard. "Boiling Energy: Community Healing Among the Kalahari Kung." Paperback. Publisher: Harvard University Press, reprint edition (1984, originally published 1981). ISBN 0674077369.

KATZ, Richard, et al. "Healing Makes Our Hearts Happy: Spirituality & Cultural Transformation Among the Kalahari Ju/'Hoansi." Paperback, 212 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International (October 1997). ISBN 0892815574.
Notes: Traditional healing practices among the indigenous Ju/'Hoansi (so-called Bushmen) of the Kalahari region.

KEAR, Katherine. "Flower Wisdom." Paperback, 336 pages. Publisher: Thorsons Pub. (January 2001). ASIN 0722539967.

KEENEY, Bradford P. "Bushman Shaman: Awakening The Spirit Through Ecstatic Dance." Paperback, 231 pages. Publisher: Destiny Books (January 2005). ISBN 0892816988.

KEENEY, Bradford, editor. "Kalahari Bushmen Healers." Hardcover. Publisher: Leete's Island Books, book-plus-CD edition (March 2000). ISBN 0918172233. Paperback, 112 pages. Publisher: Leete's Island Books (April 2000). ISBN 0918172241.
Notes: Personal narratives of twenty traditional Bushmen healers about their arts.

KEENEY, Bradford P. "Crazy Wisdom Tales for Deadheads: A Shamanic Companion to the Grateful Dead." Paperback. Publisher: Barrytown Ltd. (February 1996). ISBN 1886449023.

KEENEY, Bradford P. "Shaking Out the Spirits: A Psychotherapist's Entry into the Healing Mysteries of Global Shamanism." Paperback, 179 pages. Publisher: Barrytown/Station Hill Press (June 1994). ISBN 0882681648.

KEHOE, Alice. "Shamans and Religion: An Anthropological Exploration in Critical Thinking." Paperback, 125 pages. Publisher: Waveland Press (September 2000). ISBN 1577661621.

KENDALL, Laurel. "Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits: Women in Korean Ritual Life." Paperback, 248 pages. Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (November 1987). ISBN 0824811429. Hardcover, 234 pages. Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (June 1985). ASIN 0824809742.
Notes: An overview of modern Korean shamanism, primarily a female practice there, authored by a well-known specialist in Korean anthropology.

KENDALL, Laurel. "The Life and Hard Times of a Korean Shaman: Of Tales and the Telling of Tales." Paperback, 168 pages. Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (December 1988). ISBN 0824811453. Hardcover. Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (April 1988). ASIN 0824811364.
Notes: The anthropologist documents the experiences and tales of a single senior shaman.

KENIN-LOPSAN, Mongush B. "Shamanic Songs and Myths of Tuva." Hardcover, 145 pages. Publisher: Akademiai Kiado (Budapest: December 1997). ISBN 9630574012.

KENNEDY, Alexandra. "Losing a Parent: Passage to a New Way of Living." Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco (June 1991). ISBN 0062504983.

KENNEDY, Alexandra. "Your Loved One Lives On Within You." Paperback, 179 pages. Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group (January 1997). ISBN 042515453X.

KENTON, Leslie. "Journey to Freedom." Hardcover, 360 pages. Publisher: Thorsons Publishing (September 2000). ISBN 0722537220.

KEYTE, Geoffrey. "The Healing Crystal." Paperback, 144 pages. Publisher: Blandford Press (August 1989). ASIN 0713720999.

KEYTE, Geoffrey. "The Mystical Crystal: Expanding Your Crystal Consciousness." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: The C.W. Daniel Company Ltd. (May 1994). ISBN 0852072694.

KHARITIDI, Olga. "Entering the Circle: Ancient Secrets of Siberian Wisdom Discovered by a Russian Psychiatrist". Paperback, 240 pages. San Francisco: Harper, 1997. ISBN 0062514172.

KILPATRICK, Alan. "The Night Has a Naked Soul: Witchcraft and Sorcery among the Western Cherokee." 224 pages. Syracuse University Press (trade paperback), 1998. ISBN 0815605390.

KILPATRICK, Jack F. "Run Toward The Nightland: Magic of the Oklahoma Cherokees." Southern Methodist University Press (paperback), 1977. ASIN: 0870741659.

KILPATRICK, Jack F., and Anna Gritts Kilpatrick. "Notebook of a Cherokee Shaman." 1970.

KIM, Chongho. "Korean Shamanism: The Cultural Paradox." Paperback, 276 pages. Publisher: Ashgate Publishing (May 2003). ISBN 0754631850.

KING, Serge Kahili. "Instant Healing: Mastering the Way of the Hawaiian Shaman Using Words, Images, Touch, and Energy." Hardcover, 224 pages. Publisher: Renaissance Books (October 2000). ISBN 1580631592.

KING, Serge Kahili. "Urban Shaman." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Fireside (November 1990). ISBN 0671683071.
Notes: King writes of his native Hawai'ian heritage.

KING, Serge Kahili. "Earth Energies: A Quest for the Hidden Power of the Planet." Paperback, 243 pages. Publisher: Quest Books (September 1992). ISBN 0835606821.

KONDRATIEV, Alexei. "Celtic Rituals: An Authentic Guide to Ancient Celtic Spirituality." Paperback, 254 pages. Publisher: Collins Pr (2000? 2001?). ASIN: 1902012186.

KONDRATIEV, Alexei. "The Apple Branch: A Path to Celtic Ritual." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Citadel Pr (July 2003). ISBN 0806525029.
Notes: One reviewer claims this is a renamed re-edition of the author's "Celtic Rituals: An Authentic Guide to Ancient Celtic Spirituality."

KOTTLER, Jeffrey A., and Jon Carlson. "American Shaman: An Odyssey of Global Healing Traditions." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Brunner-Routledge (March 2004). ISBN 0415948223.
Notes: Two leading professors of psychology and counseling present the story and work of the American shaman, Bradford Keeney.

KRAUSE, Aurel. "Tlingit Indians: Results of a Trip to the Northwest Coast of America and the Bering Straits." Translated by Erna Gunther. Paperback. Publisher: University of Washington Press (April 1989). ISBN 0295950757.
Notes: The scholarly research conducted during the 1881-1882 Krause expedition.

KRAUSE, Aurel, and Arthur Krause. "To the Chukchi Peninsula and to the Tlingit Indians, 1881/1882: Journals and Letters by Aurel and Arthur Krause" (The Rasmuson Library Historical , V). Translated from the German. Paperback, 230 pages. Publisher: University of Alaska Press (February 1993). ISBN 0912006668.
Notes: The more casual commentary from the 1881-1882 Krause expedition.

KRIPPNER, Stanley, and Patrick Welch. "Spiritual Dimensions of Healing: from Native Shamanism to Contemporary Health Care." Hardcover. Publisher: Irvington (1992). ISBN 0829031626.

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LADERMAN, Carol, and Marina Roseman. "The Performance of Healing." Paperback, 330 pages. Publisher: Routledge (December 1995). ISBN 0415912008.
Notes: An anthology of scholarly essays on the interplay of shamanic healing with drama, sound, and related items.

LAKE-THOM, Bobby. "Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear." Paperback, 244 pages. Publisher: Bear and Company (December 2001). ISBN 1879181665.

LAMB, F. Bruce. "Wizard of the Upper Amazon: The Story of Manuel Córdova-Rios." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: North Atlantic Books (1971, reprint edition 1985). ISBN 0938190806.
Notes: The copyright page lists the dates of Manuel Córdova-Rios as 1887-1978 and describes this title as being the sequel to "Rio Tigre and Beyond."

LAMB, F. Bruce. "Rio Tigre and Beyond: The Amazon Jungle of Manuel Córdova." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: North Atlantic Books (1985). ISBN 0938190598. Hardcover. Publisher: North Atlantic Books (1985). ISBN 0938190560X.

LAME DEER, John (Fire), and Richard Erdoes. "Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions." Paperback, 352 pages. Publisher: Washington Square Press/Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster Inc.) (1972, reprint edition October, 1994). ISBN 0671888021.
Notes: Lame Deer (ca. 1900-1976) was a Lakota holy man.

LANGEVIN, Michael Peter. "Secrets of the Ancient Incas: A Modern Approach to Ancient Ritual and Practice." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: New Page Books (May 2002). ISBN 1564146022.

LANGLOH PARKER, K., compiler, and edited by Joanna Lambert. "Wise Women of the Dreamtime: Aboriginal Tales of the Ancestral Powers." Paperback, 144 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (August 1993). ISBN 0892814772.
Notes: Walking in both Western and aboriginal Australian societies, she compiled these 14 stories early in the 20th century.

LARSEN, Stephen, and Joan Halifax. "The Shaman's Doorway." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (April 1998). ISBN 0892816724.

LAWLOR, Robert. "Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime." Paperback, 412 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (November 1991). ISBN 0892813555.
Notes: An overview of the "archaic consciousness" of Australian aboriginal society.

LAWSON, David. "So You Want to Be a Shaman: The Mystic Crafts." Hardcover, 64 pages. Publisher: Conari Press (April 1996). ASIN 1573240311.

LEE, Jung Young. "Korean Shamanistic Rituals." Hardcover. Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter (September 1981). ISBN 9027933782.
Notes: Scholarly.

LEEMING, David, and Jake Page. "The Mythology of Native North America." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (February 2000). ISBN 0806132396.
Notes: By a noted scholar of world mythologies, the table of contents indicates a traditional Western approach to mythology, divided into three parts: deities/pantheons, cosmology, and heroes/heroines. It also includes material on shamanic spirit journeying.

LEETE, Art R., and R. Paul Firnhaber, editors. "Shamanism in the Interdisciplinary Context." Paperback, 308 pages. Publisher: Brown Walker Press (July 2004). ISBN 1581124031.
Notes: A collections of papers presented in 2001 at the Sixth Conference of the International Society for Shamanistic Research, held at the Viljandi Kultuurikolledz in Viljandi, Estonia.

LEWIS, Ioan M. "Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Routledge, 2nd edition (December 1988). ISBN 0415007992.
Notes: Scholarly. The first edition appeared in 1971.

LEWIS, Thomas H. "The Medicine Men: Oglala Sioux Ceremony and Healing." Paperback. Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, reprint edition (April 1992, originally published in 1990). ISBN 0803279396.
Notes: A psychiatrist working as an anthropologist documents traditional healing methods in use on the Pine Ridge Reservation (in South Dakota) during the 1960's and 1970's.

LINDQUIST, Galina. "Shamanic Performances on the Urban Scene: Neoshamanism in Contemporary Sweden" (Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology). Paperback, 325 pages. Publisher: Coronet Books (December 1997). ISBN 9171536914.

LINDSAY, Charles. "Mentawai Shaman: Keepers of the Rain Forest." Hardcover, 120 pages. Publisher: Aperture (October 1992). ISBN 0893815209.
Notes: Eighty photographs documenting a remote traditional shaman living on an island in Indonesia.

LOEWE, Michael, and Carmen Blacker, editors. "Oracles and Divination." Paperback. Publisher: Shambala (November 1981). ISBN 0394748808.
Notes: Overview of divination in cultures across the globe and throughout history.

LONG, Max Freedom. "Secret Science at Work." Paperback. Publisher: DeVorss and Co. (October 1983). ISBN 0875160468.
Notes: One of a series of well-reviewed books on the Hawai'ian huna tradition by this author, who incidentally espouses an unusual theory: that huna is the ancient basis for Christianity and other religions.

LONG, Max Freedom. "Secret Science Behind Miracles." Paperback. Publisher: DeVorss and Co. (December 1948). ISBN 0875160476.

LOWIE, Robert Harry. "The Crow Indians." Paperback, 350 pages. Publisher: Irvington Publishers, reissue edition (June 1992). ISBN 0829004092. Originally published in 1935 by Farrar and Rinehart.

LUM, Kenneth Anthony. "Praising His Name In The Dance: Spirit Possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work in Trinidad, West Indies." Hardcover, 292 pages. Publisher: Routledge (February 2000). ISBN 9057026104.
Notes: Scholarly look at African Diaspora traditions on Trinidad, including the Spiritual Baptists, a.k.a. the Converted, who practice journeying in the spirit world.

LÜBECK, Walter. "Pendulum Healing Handbook." Paperback, 208 pages. Publisher: Lotus Press (January 1999). ISBN 0914955543.

LUNA, Luis Eduardo, et al. "Ayahuasca Visions." Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: North Atlantic Books (April 1999). ISBN 1556433115.

LUNA, Luis Eduardo, and Steven F. White, editors. "Ayahuasca Reader: Encounters with the Amazon's Sacred Vine." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Synergetic Press (May 2000). ISBN 0907791328.
Notes: The multiple contributors include Francoise Freedman, Wade Davis, Philippe Descola, Allen Ginsberg, Jean Langdon, Peter Matthiessen, Dennis McKenna, W. S. Merwin, Richard Spruce, and Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff.

LYON, William S. "Encyclopedia of Native American Healing." Hardcover, 373 pages. Publisher: ABC-CLIO (December 1996). ASIN 0874368529.
Notes: Scholarly, focusing on shamanic practices but rather de-emphasizing herbal healing.

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MACEOWEN, Frank. "The Mist-Filled Path: Celtic Wisdom for Exiles, Wanderers, and Seekers." Paperback, 269 pages. Publisher: New World Library (July 2002). ISBN 1577312112.

MACEOWEN, Frank. "The Spiral of Memory and Belonging: A Celtic Path of Soul and Kinship." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: New World Library (April 2004). ISBN 1577314239.

MACLELLAN, Gordon. "Shamanism: A Piatkus Guide." Paperback, 144 pages. Publisher: London Bridge Trade (May 2000). ISBN 0749920238.

MADDEN, Kristin. "The Book of Shamanic Healing." Paperback, 264 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (December 2002). ISBN 0738702714.
Notes: For the intermediate practitioner. A thorough book with a superlative introduction.

MADDEN, Kristin. "Shamanic Guide to Death and Dying." Paperback, 264 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (December 1999). ISBN 1567184944.

MAILS, Thomas E. "Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Council Oak Distribution, tenth edition (June 2003). ISBN 1571781048.
Notes: An account of the work of Frank Fools Crow, a shaman and leader among the Lakhota (Teton Sioux).

MALLORY, J. P. "In Search of The Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth." Paperback. London: Thames and Hudson. reprint edition (April 1991). ISBN 0500276161.
Notes: Scholarly.

MALOTKI, Ekkehart, and Ken Gary. "Hopi Stories of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Magic." Hardcover, 290 pages. Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (March 2001). ASIN: 0803232179. Paperback, 290 pages. Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (February 2006). ISBN 0803283180.

MANNE, Joy. "Conscious Breathing: How Shamanic Breathwork Can Transform Your Life." Paperback, 175 pages. Publisher: North Atlantic Books (September 2004). ISBN 1556435320.

MARKALE, Jean. "Merlin: Priest of Nature." Translated by Belle N. Burke from the original French, "Merlin L'Enchanteur" (1981). Paperback, 230 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd (November 1995). ISBN 0892815175.
Notes: Introduction to the ancient texts about Merlin/Myrddin and his original functions as a shamanic sage.

MARSHALL-STONEKING, Billy. "Singing the Snake: Poems from the Western Desert, 1979-1988." (Title refers to western Australia.) 97 pages. Publisher: Angus & Robertson (1990). ISBN: 0207163219.

MASKARINEC, Gregory G. "The Rulings of the Night: An Ethnography of Nepalese Shaman Oral Texts." Hardcover. Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press (May 1995). ASIN 0299144909.
Notes: Scholarly.

MASKARINEC, Gregory G., editor. "Nepalese Shaman Oral Texts." Hardcover, 707 pages. Publisher: Harvard Univ Press (June 1999). ISBN 0674607953.
Notes: Scholarly. About 250 texts memorized and used by Nepalese shamans, in the original language (Nepalese) and in English translation.

MASON, Bernard. "How to Make Drums, Tom-Toms and Rattles: Primitive Percussion Instruments for Modern Use." Paperback, 208 pages. Publisher: Peter Smith Publishing (August 1974). ISBN 0486218899.
Notes: Reprint of 1938 edition--the reviews note that the racist attitudes of the early 20th century are not edited out.

MASTERS, Robert E. L., and Stanley Krippner. "Swimming Where Madmen Drown: Travelers' Tales from Inner Space." Hardcover, 190 pages. Publisher: Inner Ocean Publishing (August 2002). ISBN 1930722079.

MATTHEWS, Caitlin. "Singing the Soul Back Home: Shamanism in Daily Life." Paperback. Publisher: Harper Collins--UK (March 1995). ASIN: 1852306165.

MATTHEWS, John, editor. "World Atlas of Divination: The Systems, Where They Originate, How They Work." Hardcover, 224 pages. Publisher: Little, Brown (also listed as Bulfinch) (November 1992). ASIN 0821219502.

MATTHEWS, John, with Caitlin Matthews. "Taliesin: Shamanism and the Bardic Mysteries in Britain and Ireland." Paperback, 357 pages. Publisher: Thorsons (June 1991). ISBN 0892818697.
Notes: Includes English translations of Taliesin's poetry, said to have been the bard of King Arthur, by a prolific author and student of ancient Celtic literature.

MCGAA, Ed. "Mother Earth Spirituality: Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our World." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco (May 1990). ISBN 0062505963.
Notes: The author is an Oglala Sioux.

MCGUIRE, Meredith B. "Ritual Healing in Suburban America." Paperback, 324 pages. Publisher: Rutgers University Press (September 1988). ISBN 0813513138. Hardcover. Publisher: Rutgers University Press (August 1988). ISBN 081351312X.
Notes: Scholarly: an anthropological study of late 20th-century New Jersey.

MCKENNA, Terence. "Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge: A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution." Paperback. Publisher: Bantam Books, reprint edition (February 1993). ISBN 0553371304.
Notes: Promotes entheogens as being the earliest human incentive to spiritual journeying.

MCKENNA, Terence. "The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco, reprint edition (April 1994). ISBN 0062506358.
Notes: Rather than a "reprint," this is a thorough revision of the 1976 work of the same name.

MCNELEY, James Kale. "Holy Wind in Navajo Philosophy." Paperback, 115 pages. Publisher: University of Arizona Press (May 1981). ISBN 0816507244.

MEADOWS, Kenneth. "Shamanic Spirit: A Practical Guide to Personal Fulfillment." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Bear & Company, book and 60-minute CD (April 2004). ISBN 1591430313.

MEADOWS, Kenneth. "Shamanic Experience: A Practical Guide to Psychic Powers." Paperback, 208 pages. Publisher: Bear & Company, 2nd edition with 47-minute CD (March 2003). ISBN 159143002X.

MEDICINE EAGLE, Brooke. "Buffalo Woman Comes Singing: The Spirit Song of a Rainbow Medicine Woman." Paperback, 512 pages. Publisher: Ballantine Books, Trade Paperback (December 1991). ISBN 0345361431.

MEHL-MADRONA, Lewis, and Andrew Weil. "Coyote Medicine: Lessons From Native American Healing." Paperback, 304 pages. Publisher: Fireside (August 1998). ISBN 0684839970.
Notes: Both listed authors are M.D.'s and graduates of leading American medical schools.

METZNER, Ralph. "The Well of Remembrance: Rediscovering the Earth Wisdom Myths of Northern Europe." Paperback, 364 pages. Publisher: Shambhala (May 2001). ISBN 1570626286.
Notes: A re-examination of northern European myths and traditions, including material on shamanism, berserkers, sacral use of plants, runes, etc.

METZNER, Ralph, et al., editors. "Ayahuasca: Human Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press (April 1999). ISBN 1560251603.

MINDELL, Arnold. "The Shaman's Body: A New Shamanism for Transforming Health, Relationships, and the Community." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco (November 1993). ISBN 0062506552.

MODI, Shakuntala. "Remarkable Healings: A Psychiatrist Discovers Unsuspected Roots of Mental and Physical Illness." Paperback, 631 pages. Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing (April 1998). ISBN 1571740791.

MOONDANCE, Wolf. "Wolf Medicine: A Native American Shamanic Journey into the Mind." Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: Sterling Publishing (June 2001). ISBN 0806936436.

MOONDANCE, Wolf. "Rainbow Medicine: A Visionary Guide to Native American Shamanism." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Sterling Publishing (June 1994). ISBN 0806903643.

MOONEY, James. "James Mooney's History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees: Containing the Full Texts of Myths of the Cherokee (1900 And the Sacred Formula)." Paperback, 768 pages. Publisher: Bright Mountain Books, Inc. (August 1992). ISBN 0914875191.
Notes: Three separate volumes written by Mooney in the late 19th century, combined into one.

MOONEY, James. "The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890." Edited by Raymond J. DeMallie. Paperback. Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (November 1991). ISBN 0803281773.
Notes: Cover claims this is the first-ever complete reprint of the original 1896 edition.

MOONEY, James. "The Ghost-Dance Religion and Wounded Knee." Paperback, 1136 pages. Publisher: Dover Publications (May 1991). ISBN 0486267598.
Notes: This is apparently a reprint of Part Two of Mooney's original 1896 work.

MORRELL, Rima A. "The Sacred Power of Huna: Spirituality and Shamanism in Hawaii." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions (September 2005). ISBN 1594770093.

MOSS, Robert. "Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life." Paperback, 384 pages. Publisher: Crown Publishing (May 1996). ISBN 051788710X.

MOSS, Robert. "Dreamgates: An Explorer's Guide to the Worlds of Soul, Imagination, and Life Beyond Death." Paperback, 368 pages. Publisher: Three Rivers Press (May 1998). ISBN 060980216X.

MOSS, Robert. "The Dreamer's Book of the Dead: A Soul Traveler's Guide to Death, Dying, and the Other Side." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Destiny Books (October 2005). ISBN 1594770379.

MÜLLER-EBELING, Claudia, et al. "Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International (September 2003). ISBN 0892819715.

MÜLLER-EBELING, Claudia, et al. "Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas." Hardcover, 320 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (September 2002). ISBN 0892819138.
Notes: Specifically on Nepalese shamanism.

MYERHOFF, Barbara G. "Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians." Paperback. Publisher: Cornell University Press (December 1976). ISBN 0801491371.

MYERSON, John G., and Robert K. Greenebaum. "Riding the Spirit Wind: Stories in Shamanic Healing." Paperback, 176 pages. Publisher: Life Arts Press (September 2003). ISBN 0974441406.

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NADEL, Siegfried Frederick. "Nupe Religion." Publisher: Routledge and Paul (1954).
Notes: Scholarly. The Nupe are located in Nigeria.

NARBY, Jeremy. "Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge." Paperback, 257 pages. Publisher: J. P. Tarcher (April 1999). ISBN 0874779642.
Notes: An anthropologist's account of his investigations of shamanism in the Amazon.

NARBY, Jeremy, and Francis Huxley, editors. "Shamans through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge." Hardcover, 352 pages. Publisher: J. P. Tarcher (April 2001). ISBN 1585420913.
Notes: Excerpts from 60 authors, from the 16th century to the present day, writing on the topics we now categorize as "shamanism."

NAYDLER, Jeremy. "Shamanic Wisdom In The Pyramid Texts: The Mystical Tradition Of Ancient Egypt." Paperback, 466 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International (January 2005). ISBN 0892817550.

NEIHARDT, John G., et al., editors. "Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux." Paperback, 298 pages. Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (September 1988). ASIN: 0803283598.
Notes: A work of deepest sadness, spirit walking, and very graphic warfare.

NELSON, Richard K. "Make Prayers To the Raven: A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest." Paperback. Publisher: University of Chicago Press, reprint edition (May 1986). ISBN 0-226-57163-7.
Notes: Scholarly, including mentions of shamanic weatherworking.

NEUMANN FRIDMAN, Eva Jane. "Sacred Geography: Shamanism Among The Buddhist Peoples Of Russia." Hardcover, 324 pages. Publisher: Akademiai Kiado (January 2005). ISBN 9630581140.

NEWELL, J. Philip. "Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality." Paperback, 112 pages. Publisher: Paulist Press (January 1998). ISBN 0809137593.
Notes: Overview includes possible pre-Christian influences, the mysticism in the Carmina Gadelica, and several Celtic Christian mystics.

NICHOLSON, Shirley, compiler. "Shamanism: An Expanded View of Reality." Paperback, 295 pages. Publisher: Quest Books (May 1987). ISBN 0835606171.
Notes: A set of essays from many notables in the field, including: Harner, Eliade, Noll, Schmidt, Hoppál, Achterberg, Krippner, Rogo, Swan, Peters, Gershom, King, Freesoul, Halifax, Thero, Metzner, Ellwood, Feinstein, Medicine Eagle, and Lyon.

NIELSEN, Greg, and Joseph Polansky. "Pendulum Power." Paperback. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (March 1987). ISBN 0892811579.
Notes: Originally published in 1977.

NOEL, Daniel C. "The Soul of Shamanism: Western Fantasies, Imaginal Realities." Paperback, 252 pages. Publisher: Continuum (May 1999). ISBN 0826410812. Hardcover, 176 pages. Publisher: Continuum (February 1997). ISBN 0826409326.
Notes: Scholarly. A critique of Western neo-shamanism, which has received mixed reviews.

NOWAK, Margaret, and Stephen Durrant, 1977. "The Tale of the Nisan Shamaness: The Manchu Folk Epic." Seattle: The University of Washington Press. ASIN 0295955481.

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OAKES, Jill, et al. "Spirit of Siberia: Traditional Native Life, Clothing, and Footwear." Hardcover, 224 pages. Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press (November 1998). ISBN 1560988010.
Notes: Despite the threadbare title, an anthropological record of the spiritual beliefs and practices associated with the making and wearing of clothing.

OGDEN, Daniel. "Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook." Paperback, 353 pages. Publisher: Oxford University Press (October 2002). ISBN 0195151232.
Notes: A scholarly "reader" -- an English translation of a a wide range of ancient texts on these practices and beliefs, from several dozen authors, along with inscriptions, amulets, cursing tablets, and papyri, along with some commentary/explanatory material, notes, and indices.

OLSON, Dale W. "The Pendulum: Bridge to Infinite Knowing." Paperback. Publisher: Crystalline Publishing (June 1997). ISBN 1879246082.

OLSON, Dale W. "Pendulum Charts." Paperback. Publisher: Crystalline Publication, spiral edition (September 2003). ISBN 1879246023.

OSUMI, Ikuko, and Malcolm Ritchie. "The Shamanic Healer: The Healing World of Ikuko Osumi and the Traditional Art of Seiki-Jutsu." Paperback, 100 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (April 1988). ASIN: 0892812044.
Notes: A Japanese traditional healer and her now-rare practice.

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PADILLA, Stan. "Chants and Prayer." Paperback, 112 pages. Publisher: Book Pub. Co. (April 1996). ISBN 157067020X.
Notes: Native American traditions.

PALMER, Jessica Dawn. "Animal Wisdom." Paperback, 368 pages. Publisher: Thorsons Publishing (July 2001). ISBN 0007102186.

PATERSON, Jacqueline Memory. "Tree Wisdom." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Thorsons Publishing (March 1997). ISBN 0722534086.

PEARSON, James L. "Shamanism and the Ancient Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Archaeology." Paperback, 208 pages. Publisher: Altamira Press (April 2002). ISBN 0759101566.

PENCZAK, Christopher. "City Magick." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser (June 2001). ISBN 1578632064.
Notes: Addresses the practice of magick, Wicca, and shamanism comfortably and at home within the urban environment.

PENCZAK, Christopher. "Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft." Paperback, 457 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (July 2005). ISBN 0738707678.

PENNICK, Nigel. "The Sacred World of the Celts: An Illustrated Guide to Celtic Spirituality and Mythology." Paperback, 144 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions (2000). ISBN 0892817011; hardcover, 144 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions (November 1997). ISBN 0892816546.

PERKINS, John M. "The World Is As You Dream It: Shamanic Teachings from the Amazon and Andes." Paperback, 139 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (April 1994). ISBN 0892814594.
Notes: John M. Perkins is the founder of Dream Change Coalition.

PERKINS, John M. "Shapeshifting: Shamanic Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation." Paperback, 176 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (October 1997). ISBN 0892816635.

PERKINS, John M. "Psychonavigation: Techniques for Travel Beyond Time." Paperback, 123 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (April 2000). ISBN 0892813008.
Notes: For the beginning practitioner. This is his first book on shamanism, now re-edited, primarily testimonial.

PETERS, Larry. "Ecstasy and Healing in Nepal: An Ethnopsychiatric Study of Tamang Shamanism." Paperback. Publisher: Undena Publications (December 1981). ASIN 0890030944.

PETERS, Larry. "Tamang Shamans: An Ethnopsychiatric Study of Ecstasy and Healing In Nepal." Hardcover, 185 pages. Publisher: South Asia Books (February 1998). ISBN 818569365X.
Notes: A psychological and anthropological (scholarly) study.

PETERS, Larry. "Trance, Initiation and Psychotherapy in Nepalese Shamanism." Hardcover, 432 pages. Publisher: Nirala Publications (November 2004). ISBN 818569379X.

PFLÜG, Melissa A. "Ritual and Myth in Odawa Revitalization: Reclaiming a Sovereign Place." Hardcover, 280 pages. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (March 1998). ISBN 0806130075.
Notes: An ethnological review of the Odawa (Ottawa) peoples of today in the Great Lakes region of North America, in their attempt to follow ancestral paths in contemporary society.

PINCHBECK, Daniel. "Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism." Paperback, 336 pages. Publisher: Broadway Books (August 2003). ISBN 0767907434.

PINKSON, Tom Soloway. "The Flowers of Wiricuta: A Journey to Shamanic Power With the Huichol Indians of Mexico." Paperback, 287 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (October 1997). ISBN 0892816597.

PLOTKIN, Mark. "Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest." Paperback. Publisher: Penguin USA, reprint edition (August 1994). ISBN 014012991X.

POGACNIK, Marko. "Nature Spirits and Elemental Beings: Working with the Intelligence of Nature." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Findhorn Press, Inc. (May 1997). ISBN 1899171665.
Notes: A Slovenian author

PRECHTEL, Martín, and Robert W. Bly. "Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: A Mayan Shaman's Journey to the Heart of the Indigenous Soul." Hardcover, 283 pages. Publisher: J. P. Tarcher (August 1998). ISBN 0874779006.

PRECHTEL, Martín, and Robert W. Bly. "Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: Memoirs from the Living Heart of a Mayan Village." Paperback, 283 pages. Publisher: J. P. Tarcher (August 1999). ISBN 0874779707.
Notes: This is apparently a paperback version of the hardcover with the same title, but sporting an altered subtitle.

PRICE, Neil S. "The Archaeology of Shamanism." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Routledge (December 2001). ISBN 0415252555.

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RAFTERY, Barry. "Pagan Celtic Ireland: The Enigma of The Irish Iron Age." Paperback, 240 pages. London, England, Thames and Hudson Publishing (March 1998). ISBN 0500279837.
Notes: Scholarly.

RAHESHA, Namua. "The Serpent and the Circle: A Practical Guide to Shamanism." Hardcover, 192 pages. Publisher: Judy Piatkus Publishers (October 1994). ASIN 0749913886.

RAPHAEL, Kalyn. "Shamanic Egg Cleansings." Paperback, 132 pages. Publisher: Lightwurks, LLC (September 2003). ISBN 0972295615.

RATSCH, Christian, editor. "Gateway to Inner Space: Sacred Plants Mysticism and Psychotherapy." Paperback. Publisher: Prism Press Ltd. (April 1990). ASIN 1853270377.
Notes: A reviewer at Amazon.com mentions that this book is listed in "Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy," a Web-based listing of useful entheogen titles available at http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy.

REAGAN, Harley Swiftdeer. "Shamanic Wheels and Keys: 'The Green Manual,' An Introduction to Ancient Wisdom." Publisher: Deer Tribe Metis Medicine Society, revised edition (1994). ASIN B0006FBALW.

REDMOND, Layne. "When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (June 1997). ISBN 0609801287.

REID, Anna. "The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia." Hardcover, 224 pages. Publisher: Walker and Company (September 2002). ISBN 0802713998.
Notes: The author is a journalist and offers introductions to and histories of the two dozen indigenous peoples of Siberia.

Van RENTERGHEM, Tony. "When Santa Was a Shaman: The Ancient Origins of Santa Claus and the Christmas Tree." Paperback, 184 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn (1995). ISBN 156718765X.

RIPINSKY-NAXON, Michael. "The Nature of Shamanism: Substance and Function of a Religious Metaphor." Paperback, 289 pages. Publisher: State University of New York Press (May 1993). ISBN 0791413861.

RITCHIE, Mark Andrew. "Spirit of the Rainforest: A Yanomano Shaman's Story." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Island Lake Press, second edition (January 2000). ISBN 0964695235.

ROADS, Michael J. "Talking with Nature/Journey into Nature." Paperback, 384 pages. Publisher: H. J. Kramer (August 2003). ISBN 1932073051.
Notes: This volume is a re-edition of this Australian author's 1985 title "Talking with Nature" and his 1990 title "Journey into Nature."

ROSCOE, Will. "Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love." Paperback, 232 pages. Publisher: Suspect Thoughts Press (December 2004). ISBN 0974638838.

ROTHENBERG, Jerome, editor. "Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania." Second edition, revised and expanded. Paperback, 636 pages. Publisher: University of California Press, second, revised and expanded edition (May, 1985). ISBN 0520049128.

RUDGLEY, Richard. "The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback. ASIN 0312263171. Hardcover, 320 pages. Publisher: St. Martin's Press (April 1999). ASIN 031219868X.
Notes: Coverage of over 100 substances.

RUIZ, Don Miguel. "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom a Toltec Wisdom Book." Paperback, 138 pages. Publisher: Amber-Allen Publishing (November 1997). ISBN 1878424319.

RUIZ, Don Miguel, edited by Mary Carroll Nelson. "Beyond Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy." Paperback, 208 pages. Publisher: Council Oak Distribution (September 2000). ISBN 1571780386.

RUTHERFORD, Leo. "Your Shamanic Path." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Piatkus Books (October 2001). ISBN 0749922087.

RUTHERFORD, Leo. "Principles of Shamanism." Paperback, 144 pages. Publisher: Thorsons Publishing (June 1997). ISBN 0722533217.

RYAN, Robert E. "The Strong Eye of Shamanism: A Journey into the Caves of Consciousness." Paperback, 308 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (January 1999). ISBN 0892817097.

RYSDYK, Evelyn C. "Modern Shamanic Living: New Explorations of an Ancient Path." Paperback, 128 pages. Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser (September 1999). ISBN 1578631254.

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SAGAN, Samuel. "Entity Possession: Freeing the Energy Body of Negative Influences." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International/Destiny Books (June 1997). ISBN 0892816120.

ST. PIERRE, Mark, and Tilda Long Soldier. "Walking in the Sacred Manner: Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers--Medicine Women of the Plains Indians." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Touchstone Books (May 1995). ISBN 0684802007.

SALOMON, Frank, and George L. Urioste, editors and translators. "The Huarochiri Manuscript: A Testament of Ancient and Colonial Andean Religion." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: University of Texas Press (1991). ISBN 0292730535.
Notes: An English-language translation, transcription, and commentary for the Huarochirí Manuscript, originally written in the first decade or so of the 17th century, in Quechua, by an indigenous convert to Christianity. Includes descriptions of indigenous Incan myths and rituals.

SAMUEL, Geoffrey. "Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies." Paperback, 640 pages. Publisher: Smithsonian Books (September 1995). ISBN 1560986204; Hardcover, 640 pages. Publisher: Smithsonian Books (May 1993). ISBN 1560982314.

SAMUELS, Michael, and Mary Rockwood Lane. "Shaman Wisdom, Shaman Healing: The Secrets of Deepening Your Ability to Heal With Visionary and Spiritual Tools and Practices." Hardcover, 272 pages. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (April 2003). ISBN 047141820X.

SANCHEZ, Victor. "The Toltec Path of Recapitulation: Healing Your Past to Free Your Soul." Paperback, 208 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (July 2001). ISBN 1879181606.

SANDNER, Donald F., and Stephen H. Wong, editors. "The Sacred Heritage: The Influence of Shamanism on Analytical Psychology." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Routledge (December 1996). ISBN 0415915163.

SANSONESE, J. Nigro. "The Body of Myth: Mythology, Shamanic Trance, and the Sacred Geography of the Body." Paperback, 369 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (June 1994). ISBN 0892814098.

SANTORO, Franco. "Astroshamanism (Book 1): A Journey Into the Inner Universe." Paperback, 193 pages. Publisher: Findhorn Press (March 2003). ISBN 1-84409-009-4.

SANTORO, Franco. "Astroshamanism (Book 2): The Voyage through the Zodiac." Paperback, 254 pages. Publisher: Findhorn Press (October 2003). ISBN 1844090132.

SARANGEREL. "Chosen by the Spirits: Following Your Shamanic Calling." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions International Ltd. (May 2001). ISBN 0892818611.
Notes: The author writes from her native Mongolian shamanic traditions.

SCHAEFER, Stacy B., and Peter T. Furst, editors. "People of the Peyote: Huichol Indian History, Religion, and Survival." Paperback, 560 pages. Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (January 1998). ISBN 082631905X; hardcover (September 1996). ISBN 0826316840.
Notes: Ethnographical essays by scholars and indigenous peoples on multiple topics, including shamanism.

SCHNEIDER, Margaret M. "Inner Shaman: Journey Through Darkness Into Light." Publisher: Mind Rivers Publishing. December 1998. ISBN 0966569148.

SCHULTES, Richard Evans, et al. "Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers." Paperback, 208 pages. Publisher: Healing Arts Press, 2nd edition (February 2002). ISBN 0892819790.

SCHWARTZ, Gary E. R., and Linda G. S. Russek. "The Living Energy Universe." Hardcover, 289 pages. Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing (October 1999). ISBN 1571741704.

SCOTT, Gini Graham, and Stanley Krippner. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shamanism." Paperback, 336 pages. Publisher: Alpha Books (June 2002). ISBN 002864364X.

SCOTT, Gini Graham. "Shaman Warrior." Paperback. Publisher: New Falcon Publications (June 1988). ASIN: 0941404676.

SCOTT, Gini Graham. "Shamanism and Personal Mastery: Using Symbols, Rituals, and Talismans to Activate the Powers Within You." Paperback, 284 pages. Publisher: Paragon House (August 1991). ISBN 1557783810.

SCOTT, Gini Graham. "Shamanism for Everyone." Edited by Camilla Ayers and Skye Alexander. Paperback, 211 pages. Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (March 1997). ISBN 0914918869.

SCULLY, Nicki. "Power Animal Meditations: Shamanic Journeys with Your Spirit Allies." Paperback, 280 pages. Publisher: Bear & Company (December 2001). ISBN 1-879181-71-1.

SCULLY, Nicki. "The Golden Cauldron: Shamanic Journeys on the Path to Wisdom." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Bear & Company (August 1991). ISBN 1-879181-78-5 or 0939680785.

SHANON, Benny. "The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience." Paperback, 480 pages. Publisher: Oxford University Press (January 2003). ISBN 0199252939. Hardcover, 480 pages. Publisher: Oxford University Press (January 2003). ISBN 0199252920.
Notes: Scholarly.

SHELDRAKE, Rupert. "Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals." Paperback, 368 pages. Publisher: Three Rivers Press (September 2000). ISBN 0609805339.
Notes: With degrees from Cambridge University and Harvard University, this scientist presents sober and substantial evidence for animal communication.

SIFERS, Sarah Cruse. "The Use of Shamanic Counseling By Counselors and Clients: An Exploration of a Spiritual Movement" (doctoral dissertation). University of Utah, 1998.

SIIKALA, Anna-Leena. "The rite technique of the Siberian shaman." 385 pages. Publisher: Suomalainen tiedeakatemia: Akateeminen kitjakauppa [jakaja] (1978). ISBN 9514103211.

SIIKALA, Anna-Leena, and Mihály Hoppál. "Studies on Shamanism," vol. 2. Hardcover, 230 pages. Publisher: Akademiai Kiado (Budapest: March 1998). ISBN 9630574896.
Notes: Author's name is sometimes misspelled "Sikala". Scholarly essays on historical Finnish, Hungarian, and Siberian shamanism.

SILVERMAN, Maida. "A City Herbal: A Guide to the Lore, Legend, and Usefulness of 34 Plants That Grow Wild in the Cities, Suburbs and Country Places." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Ash Tree Publishing, third edition (December 1997). ISBN 1888123001.

SIMPSON, Elizabeth. "The Healing Energies of the Earth." Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle (April 2000). ISBN 1582900132.

SINCLAIR, Upton. "Mental Radio." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing (March 2001). ISBN 1571742352.
Notes: The famed novelist's documentation of his wife's telepathic abilities.

SLEZKINE, Yuri. "Arctic Mirrors: Russia and the Small Peoples of the North." Paperback, 456 pages. Publisher: Cornell University Press (October 1996). ISBN 0801481783.
Notes: Scholarly. Covers 26 indigenous ethnic groups in Siberia, including Russian interaction with and battles against shamanic practices.

SMITH, C. Michael. "Jung and Shamanism in Dialogue: Retrieving the Soul/Retrieving the Sacred (Jung and Consciousness)." Paperback, 274 pages. Publisher: Paulist Press (October 1997). ISBN 0809136678.

SMITH, Penelope. "Animal Talk: Interspecies Telepathic Communication." Paperback, 150 pages. Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing, second edition (January 1999). ISBN 158270001X.

SMITH, Penelope. "When Animals Speak: Advanced Interspecies Communication." Paperback, 200 pages. Publisher: Publishers Group West, second edition (April 1999). ASIN 1582700095.

SMITH, Richard J. "Fortune-Tellers and Philosophers: Divination in Traditional Chinese Society." Paperback. Publisher: Westview Press, reissue edition (January 1994).
Notes: Scholarly.

SMOLEY, Richard, and Jay Kinney. "Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions." Paperback, 389 pages. Publisher: Penguin USA (May 1999). ISBN 0140195823.

SOLISTI-MATTELON, Kate. "Conversations with Horse: An Uncommon Dialog of Equine Wisdom." Paperback, 160 pages. Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing (April 2003). ISBN 1582700974.

SOMÉ, Malidoma Patrice. "Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman." Publisher: Penguin USA (paperback), reprint edition (May 1995). ISBN 0140194967.

SPECK, Frank Gouldsmith. "Naskapi: The Savage Hunters of the Labrador Peninsula." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (March 1935). ASIN 0806114185.
Notes: Includes 45 pages on shamanic divination among the Naskapi.

SPIER, Leslie. "Klamath Ethnography." Publisher: University of California (1930).

STAFFORD, Peter, et al., editors. "Psychedelics Encyclopedia." Paperback, 512 pages. Publisher: Ronin Publishing, 3rd edition (August 1992). ISBN 0914171518.

STARR, Ivan. "Rituals of the Diviner." Hardcover. Publisher: Undena (1983). ASIN 0890030634.
Notes: Scholarly, by an author specializing in ancient Mesopotamia.

STATNEKOV, Daniel K. "Animated Earth: A Story of Peruvian Whistles and Transformation." Paperback, 202 pages. Publisher: North Atlantic Press, second edition (August 2003). ISBN 1556434634.

STEIGER, Brad. "Totems: The Transformative Power of Your Personal Animal Totem." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco (February 1997). ISBN 0062514253.

STEMMAN, Roy. "Healers and Healing: Amazing Cases from the World's Best-Known Healers." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: Judy Piatkus Publishers (April 2000). ISBN 0749919426.

STEVENS, Jose, and Lena S. Stevens. "Secrets of Shamanism: Tapping the Spirit Power Within You." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: Avon, reissue edition (August 1988). ISBN 0380756072.

STEVENS, Jose, and Lena S. Stevens. "The Power Path: The Shaman's Way to Success in Business and Life." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: New World Library (June 2002). ISBN 1577312171.

STOLLER, Paul. "Stranger in the Village of the Sick: A Memoir of Cancer, Sorcery, and Healing." Hardcover, 240 pages. Publisher: Beacon Press (April 2004). ISBN 0807072605.
Notes: From an anthropologist and shamanic apprentice among the Songhay of Niger, a memoir of his own recent encounter with cancer, divergent healing traditions, and meaning.

STOLLER, Paul, and Cheryl Olkes. "In Sorcery's Shadow: A Memoir of Apprenticeship Among the Songhay of Niger." Paperback, 252 pages. Publisher: University of Chicago Press, reprint edition (February 1989). ISBN 0226775437.

SULLIVAN, Danny. "Ley Lines: A Comprehensive Guide to Alignments." Hardcover, 224 pages. Publisher: Judy Piatkus Publishers (October 1999). ASIN 0749920173.
Notes: Focuses on the British Isles.

SULLIVAN, Danny. "Leys." Hardcover, 58 pages. Publisher: Wooden Books (May 2000). ISBN 1902418204.

SUN BEAR, et al. "Dancing with the Wheel." Paperback, 233 pages. Publisher: Fireside (November 1991). ISBN 0671767321.

SUN BEAR, et al. "Dreaming with the Wheel: How to Interpret Your Dreams Using the Medicine Wheel." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Fireside (March 1994). ISBN 0671784161.

SURYANI, Luh Ketut. "Trance and Possession in Bali: A Window on Western Multiple Personality, Possession Disorder, and Suicide." Paperback, 270 pages. Publisher: Oxford Univ Press; New Ed edition (February 1996). ISBN 9676531146.
Notes: Addresses trance-possession states during traditional healing, religious ceremonials, dance, and drama in Bali, comparing them to multiple-personality disorder in Western psychology.

SWAN, James A. "Nature As Teacher and Healer: How to Reawaken Your Connection with Nature." Paperback, 420 pages. Publisher: iUniverse.com, revised edition (July 2001). ISBN 0595131220.

SWIFTDEER REAGAN, Harley. "Shamanic Wheels and Keys: 'The Green Manual,' An Introduction to Ancient Wisdom." Publisher: Deer Tribe Metis Medicine Society, revised edition (1994). ASIN B0006FBALW.

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TAAGEPERA, Rein. "The Finno-Ugric Republics and the Russian State." Hardcover, 449 pages. Publisher: Routledge (January 1999). ISBN 0415919770.
Notes: Scholarly. A survey of the Finno-Ugric indigenous peoples of northwestern Russia (rather than the Turkic and Mongolian peoples of Siberia), including Karelia, Moksherzia, Mariel, Udmurtia, Komimu, Hanit-Mansia, and Nenetsia, with frequent references to shamans and shamanic practices.

TAUSSIG, Michael. "Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing." Paperback. Publisher: University of Chicago Press, reprint edition (November 1991). ISBN 0226790134.
Notes: Scholarly.

TAYLOR, Jeremy. "Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill: Using Dreams to Tap the Wisdom of the Unconscious." Paperback. Publisher: Warner Books, reprint edition (February 1993). ISBN 0446394629.

TAYLOR, Steve. "The Fall: The Evidence for a Golden Age, 6,000 years of Insanity and the Dawning of a New Era." Paperback, 352 pages. Publisher: O Books (October 2005). ISBN 1905047207.
Notes: A sweeping overview of anthropology's information about the life of primeval human beings across the globe and its remarkable contrasts with modern ills.

TEDLOCK, Barbara. "Time and the Highland Maya." Paperback, 309 pages. Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, revised edition (March 1992). ISBN 0826313582.

TEDLOCK, Barbara. "The Woman in the Shaman's Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine." Hardcover, 368 pages. Publisher: Bantam (March 2005). ISBN 0553108530.

TEDLOCK, Dennis. "Breath on the Mirror: Mythic Voices and Visions of the Living Maya." Paperback, 272 pages. Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (September 1997). ISBN 0826318231.
Notes: English translations of recordings made on location by this Mayan anthropologist.

TEDLOCK, Dennis. "Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings." Paperback, 384 pages. Publisher: Touchstone Books, revised edition (January, 1996). ISBN 0684818450.
Notes: English translation by a noted Mayan anthropologist.

THOMAS, Nicholas, and Caroline Humphrey, editors. "Shamanism, History, and the State." Paperback, 240 pages. Publisher: University of Michigan Press (July 1996). ISBN 0472084011.
Notes: Nine scholarly essays and an introduction by the editors, touching on state/shaman relationships in Oceania, Siberia, western Amazonia, southern India, Antananarivo, and ancient Rome.

THORSSON, Edred. "Northern Magic: Rune Mysteries & Shamanism." Paperback, 264 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications, 2nd edition (August 1998). ISBN 1567187099.

TKACZ, Virlana, et al. "Shanar: Dedication Ritual of a Buryat Shaman in Siberia." Hardcover, 192 pages. Publisher: Parabola Books (November 2002). ISBN 0930407571.

TUNNESHENDE, Merilyn. "Twilight Language Of The Nagual: The Spiritual Power Of Shamanic Dreaming." Paperback, 179 pages. Publisher: Bear & Company (August 2004). ISBN 1591430410.

TUNNESHENDE, Merilyn. "Don Juan and the Power of Medicine Dreaming: A Nagual Woman's Journey of Healing." Paperback, 232 pages. Publisher: Inner Traditions, revised paperback edition of "Medicine Dreaming" (2002). ISBN 1879181932.

TURNER, Edith. "The Hands Feel It: Healing and Spirit Presence Among a Northern Alaskan People." Paperback, 288 pages. Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press (September 1996). ISBN 0875805736.

TURNER, Edith. "Spirit and the Drum: A Memoir of Africa." Hardcover, 165 pages. Publisher: University of Arizona Press (May 1987). ISBN 0816510091.

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Van RENTERGHEM, Tony. "When Santa Was a Shaman: The Ancient Origins of Santa Claus and the Christmas Tree." Paperback, 184 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn (1995). ISBN 156718765X.

VAUGHAN, Frances, Roger Walsh, et al., editors. "Paths Beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision (A New Consciousness Reader)." Paperback, 293 pages. Publisher: J. P. Tarcher (September 1993). ISBN 0874776783.

VERSLUIS, Arthur. "Way of Native American Traditions." Paperback, 192 pages. Publisher: Thorsons, new edition (April 2002). ISBN 0007130252.

VILLOLDO, Alberto. "Shaman, Healer, Sage: How to Heal Yourself and Others with the Energy Medicine of the Americas." Hardcover, 256 pages. Publisher: Harmony Books (December 2000). ISBN 0609605445.

VITEBSKY, Piers. "The Shaman." Paperback, 128 pages. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (March 2001). ISBN 0806133287.
Notes: Scholarly.

VITEBSKY, Piers. "Shaman: An Illustrated Guide." Paperback, 184 pages. Publisher: Little Brown and Co. ASIN 0316903043.

VIZENOR, Gerald. "Everlasting Sky: Voices of the Anishinabe People." Paperback, 140 pages. Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press (March 2001). ISBN: 0873514009.
Notes: The Anishinabe live in the areas of the upper Great Lakes of North America.

VOGEL, Virgil J. "American Indian Medicine." Paperback. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, reprint edition (September 1990). ISBN 0806122935. Hardcover, 583 pages. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (June 1973). ASIN 0806108630.
Notes: Scholarly, having started as a doctoral dissertation. Includes descriptions of several shamanic practices.

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WAFER, James William. "The Taste of Blood: Spirit Possession in Brazilian Candomble." Paperback, 219 pages. Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (June 1991). ISBN 0812213416.
Notes: Scholarly overview of Candomblé.

WALDRAM, James B. "The Way of the Pipe: Aboriginal Spirituality and Symbolic Healing in Canadian Prisons." Paperback, 224 pages. Publisher: Broadview Press (December 1997). ISBN 1551111594.

WALKER, Barbara G. "The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets." Paperback, 1136 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco (November 1983). ISBN 006250925X.

WALKER, Sheila S. "Ceremonial Spirit Possession in Africa and Afro-America: Forms, Meaning and Functional Significance for Individual Social Group." Hardcover, 179 pages. Publisher: E. J. Brill Academic Publishing (Leiden: June 1972). ISBN 9004035842.

WALLIS, Robert J. "Shamans/Neo-Shamans: Ecstasies, Alternative Archaeologies and Contemporary Pagans." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Routledge (March 2003). ISBN 041530203X.

WALRAVEN, Boudewijn. "Songs of the Shaman: The Ritual Chants of the Korean Mudang." Hardcover. Publisher: Kegan Paul (April 1994). ISBN 071030403X.
Notes: English translations of Korean shamanic songs; original version was in Dutch with Dutch translations.

WALSH, Roger N. "The Spirit of Shamanism." Paperback, Publisher: J. P. Tarcher, reprint edition (June 1991). ASIN: 0874776260.

WALTER, Mariko, and Eva Fridman. "Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture." Hardcover, 1055 pages. Publisher: ABC-CLIO (December 2004). ISBN 1576076458.

WANGYAL, Tenzin, and Mark Dahlby. "Healing with Form, Energy and Light: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen." Paperback, 176 pages. Publisher: Snow Lion Publications (May 2002). ISBN 1559391766.
Notes: The primary author is from the Tibetan shamanic Bön tradition.

WARTER, Carlos. "Recovery of the Sacred: Lessons in Soul Awareness." Paperback, 234 pages. Publisher: HCI (September 1995). ISBN 1558743138.
Notes: An American physician writes of his encounters with shamanism and other non-Western approaches to spirituality and healing.

WASSON, Robert Gordon. "Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality." Paperback. Publisher: Harcourt (April 1972). ASIN 0156838001.

WATSON, Lyall. "Gifts of Unknown Things: A True Story of Nature, Healing, and Initiation from Indonesia's Dancing Island." Paperback: 256 pages. Publisher: Destiny Books, reprint of 1976 edition (1991). ISBN 0892813539.

WEBB, Hillary S. "Traveling Between the Worlds: Conversations With Contemporary Shamans." Paperback, 247 pages. Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing (September 2004). ISBN 1571744037.
Notes: Interviews with two dozen contemporary shamans, both traditional and "Western."

WEBB, Hillary S. "Exploring Shamanism: Using Ancient Rites to Discover the Unlimited Healing Powers of Cosmos and Consciousness." Paperback, 256 pages. Publisher: New Page Books (August 2003). ISBN 1564146634.

WEBSTER, Richard. "Pendulum Magic for Beginners: Power to Achieve All Goals." Paperback, 218 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (February 2002). ISBN 0738701920.

WEBSTER, Richard. "Dowsing for Beginners: The Art of Discovering: Water, Treasure, Gold, Oil, Artifacts." Paperback, 208 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (June 2003). ISBN 1567188028.

WESSELMAN, Henry Barnard "Hank". "The Journey to the Sacred Garden: A Guide to Traveling in the Spiritual Realms." Hardcover, 160 pages. Publisher: Hay House; book with CD edition (January 2003). ISBN 1401901115.

WESSELMAN, Henry Barnard "Hank". "Medicinemaker: Mystic Encounters of the Shaman." Paperback, 336 pages. Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell, reprint edition (December 1999). ISBN 0553379321.

WESSELMAN, Henry Barnard "Hank". "Spiritwalker: Messages from the Future." Paperback, 400 pages. Publisher: Bantam Books, reprint edition (July 1996). ISBN 0553378376.

WHITAKER, Kay Cordell (a.k.a., CORDELL WHITAKER, Kay). "The Reluctant Shaman: A Woman's First Encounters With the Unseen Spirits of the Earth." Hardcover, 296 pages. Publisher: HarperCollins (January 1991). ASIN: 0062509535. Paperback, 304 pages. Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco, reprint edition (April 1992). ISBN 0062509438.

WHITEHEAD, Neil. "Dark Shamans." Paperback, 320 pages. Publisher: Duke University Press (October 2002). ISBN 0822329883.

WHITELEY, Richard. "The Corporate Shaman." Hardcover, 160 pages. Publisher: HarperCollins (February 2002). ISBN 0060008393.

WILBERT, Johannes. "Mindful of Famine: Religious Climatology of the Warao Indians." Paperback, 363 pages. Publisher: Harvard University Press (June 1996). ISBN 0945454112.
Notes: Scholarly, by an emeritus Professor of Anthropology at UCLA, on such topics as shamanic weatherworking.

WILBERT, Johannes. "Tobacco and Shamanism in South America." Paperback. Publisher: Yale University Press, reissue edition (August 1993). ISBN 0300057903.
Notes: Scholarly, within the tradition of research on entheogens.

WILCOX, Joan Parisi. "Keepers of the Ancient Knowledge: The Mystical World of the Q'ero Indians of Peru." Hardcover, 352 pages. Publisher: Sterling Publications (March 2002). ISBN 184333125X.

WINKELMAN, Michael James. "Shamans, Priests and Witches: A Cross-Cultural Study of Magico-Religious Practitioners" (Anthropological Research Papers, Vol. 44). Paperback. Publisher: Arizona State University Dept. (August 1992). ISBN 0936249102.
Notes: Scholarly.

WINKELMAN, Michael James. "Shamanism: The Neural Ecology of Consciousness and Healing." Hardcover, 336 pages. Westport, Connecticut: Bergin and Garvey (2000). ISBN 0897897048.

WINKLER, Gershon, et al. "Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism." Paperback, 238 pages. Publisher: North Atlantic Books (January 2003). ISBN 1556434448.
Notes: Winkler is an Orthodox rabbi who has studied with Native American healers.

WINNER, Ellen. "World Shaman: Encountering Ancient Himalayan Spirits in Our Time." Paperback, 254 pages. Publisher: iUniverse (November 2003). ISBN 0595288367.
Notes: The story of Mohan Rai, based on his letters from prison.

WOLFE, Amber. "In the Shadow of the Shaman: Connecting with Self, Nature, and Spirit." Paperback, 384 pages. Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (December 1988). ISBN 0875428886.
Notes: Draws from multiple traditions ranging well beyond traditional types of shamanism.

WOOD, Nicholas. "The Book of the Shaman: Walk the Ancient Path of the Shaman and Find Inner Peace." Hardcover, 128 pages. Publisher: Barrons Educational Series (March 2001). ASIN 0764153676.

WOODMAN, Marion, and Elinor Dickson, eds. "Dancing In The Flames: The Dark Goddess In The Transformation of Consciousness." Paperback, 256 pages. Boston: Shambhala Publications, reprint edition (May 1997). ISBN 1570623139.

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YARDLEY, Laura Kealoha. "The Heart of the Huna." Paperback, 128 pages. Publisher: Advanced Neurodynamics (February 1991). ISBN 0962327212.
Notes: An overview of the Hawai'ian huna tradition.

ZANE, Wallace W. "Journeys to the Spiritual Lands: The Natural History of a West Indian Religion." Hardcover, 256 pages. Publisher: Oxford University Press (June 1999). ISBN 0195128451.
Notes: Anthropological overview of the African Diaspora religion on St. Vincent and in Brooklyn, New York, the Spiritual Baptists, a.k.a. the Converted, who practice journeying in the spirit world.

ZNAMENSKI, Andrei A. "Shamanism in Siberia: Russian Records of Indigenous Spirituality." Hardcover, 374 pages. Publisher: Springer (December 2003). ISBN 1402017405.
Notes: Materials covering nearly 300 years of scholarly work as found in numerous books and articles, originally in Russian, here gathered and translated into English.

ZNAMENSKI, Andrei A. "Shamanism and Christianity: Native Encounters with Russian Orthodox Missions in Siberia and Alaska, 1820-1917." Hardcover, 320 pages. Publisher: Greenwood Press (September 1999). ISBN 0313309604.

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