Secrets of Shamanism

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Jose Stevens is an internationally known teacher, consultant in organizational effectiveness, and executive coach residing in Sa ...

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Contents ...

Preface Chapter 1—Shamans: An Overview Shaman Specialties Shamans and Society The Making of a Shaman What Shamans Know Benefits ...

Corrrwrrs xi Guarding and Monitoring the Tunnels 169 Healing Others Using the Tunnels 173 Chapter 9—The Sacred Marriage: Discove ...

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Preface This is a book about success, the success of the shaman over the ages and the success that you can achieve by follow- in ...

(^2) SECRETS OF SHAMANISM I learned in childhood that I had "eyesight" in the palms of my hands; that I could read energy with t ...

Jose ATID LENA STEVENS 3 During this time I met many others who were studying shamanism and applying it in their daily lives wit ...

(^4) SECRETS OF SHAMANISM rest of my childhood and adolescence. The magic and power of the Big Sur coast, an area where I spent ...

Jose ATID LENA STEVENS 5 Although both of us have encountered near-death experi- ences, neither of us has undergone severe initi ...

CHAPTER 1 Shamans: An Overview It was an opportunity of a lifetime, an offer seemingly just out of reach. For years Shawna had w ...

Jose ATID LENA STEVENS 7 school days; a prim, exacting woman whom Shawna had always found somewhat hard to please. Melanie also ...