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A
Light in the Forest:
notes on
spiritwork |
The only
difference between a seiðman and an ordinary man is that the
seiðman
operates in a world
with all the doors and windows open, and the ordinary man doesn't know
that the windows and doors even exist.*
Notes on the Use of
Entheogens
Will Spiritwork Destroy Your
Life?
The Purpose of Taboos
One World Rides
Another: Pathwalking and Horsing
When Worlds Collide: manifestations of the spirits in the material
world
Don't Slam the Door Shut: how to embrace openness
Hellenic Spiritwork: past and present
Recommended Resources
- Raven
Kaldera's Northern Tradition Shamanism, including:
- Neurophysiological
and Psychological Approaches to Spirit Possession in Haiti
- The
Seiðhman Rants, including: Where
Does a Seiðhman Go?
- Chosen
by the Spirits by Sarangerel
- On
the Edge of the Village - a blog post by another spiritworker
- A
Saora Shamanin - a tradition that mirrors my own experience
in many ways
- Disadvantages
of Shamanism by Jenny Blain
- Circle
of Tengerism (Siberian and Mongolian Shamanism)
- The
Greeks and the Irrational by E.R. Dodds
- Caves and the Ancient Greek Mind
by Yulia Ustinova
- The Seer in Ancient Greece
by Michael Flower
- In the Dark Places of Wisdom by Peter Kingsley
- The
Shaman Sickness
- Shamanism
FAQ
- The
Preserving Shrine (Filidecht)
- Journeying
and Fairytales
- Nine
Worlds of Seid-Magic by Jenny Blain
- Firefly
Pages: A Collection of Northern Tradition Spirit Work (focus
on sacred plants)
- Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits
by Emma Wilby (also related: Witches, Werewolves and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages by Claude Lecouteux, The Shaman of Oberstdorf: Conrad Stoeckhlin and the Phantoms of the Night by Wolfgang Behringer)
- "The Making
of a Shaman: Calling, Training, and Culmination" by Roger Walsh
(PDF)
- Walking the Heartroad
by Silence Maestas (incredible book on devotion for
spirit-workers)
- Wildspeak
(shamanism, animism), also great articles by same author, "So what
can you do in the otherworlds, anyway?" and "Without
the spirits in my life..."
- Portals:
Opening Doorways to Other Realities Through the Senses by
Lynne Hume
- Ecstatic Religion: A Study of
Shamanism and Spirit Possession by I.M. Lewis
- Music and Trance
by Gilbert Rouget
- Walking Through Walls
by Philip Smith - an odd but worthwhile memoir about the author's
father, who was a spiritual healer and psychic living in Miami several
decades ago, which is a fascinating read for those on strange spiritual
paths
- Also see the list of Spiritual Blogs on my own blog, A Forest Door
*Quote from Bil
Linzie
Contact: dver@winterscapes.com
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