An insider’s account of the journey to become an ayahuasquero, a shaman who heals with the visionary vine ayahuasca• Details the author’s training and life as a curandero using ayahuasca medicine, San Pedro cactus, tobacco purges, psychedelic mushrooms, and other visionary plants• Offers first-hand accounts of miraculous healing where ayahuasca revealed the cause of the illness, including how the author healed his mother from liver cancer• Shows how “ayahuasca touri...

A renowned medical anthropologist offers a practical and revolutionary program to alleviate the effects of disease, prevent illness, and revitalize relationships using traditional shamanic healing methods“At last, a deeply committed seeker, scholar, and teacher has brought the rich legacy of Native America forward to take its rightful place among the world’s great spiritual traditions.”—Rudolph Ballentine, M.D., author of Radical Healing

"I am the happiest man in the world because God entrusted me with this mission."In John of God: The Brazilian Healer Who's Touched the Lives of Millions, a seemingly average rancher from Abadiânia, Brazil, offers a powerful message of love, compassion, and hope for humanity. João Teixeira de Faria, the healer and medium known as John of God, allows "spirit doctors" to take over his body three times a week to miraculously treat the thousands of people from all over...

An intimate glimpse into the world of ancient Peruvian spiritual practice and cosmology• Reveals the mysteries of the world of living energy (kawsay pacha) through intensive in-depth interviews with six Q’ero mystics• Explores the energetics, spirits, tools, and practices of Andean mysticism--the real story behind the fictionalized accounts in The Celestine ProphecyKnown as the “keepers of the ancient knowledge,” the Q’ero Indians of Peru are the m...

**"**I highly recommended this book for anyone wishing to work with this plant in a safe and professional manner." - Noel Sweeney (5 star review)Ayahuasca is a traditional spiritual medicine used by the indigenous people in South America. While it is largely used during shamanistic or other religious ceremonies as a sacred substance; it can also be used for its medicinal purposes.More and more people from all walks of life and spiritual and religiou...

An in-depth look at the role of plant spirits in shamanic rituals from around the world• Shows how shamans heal using their knowledge of plant spirits as well as the plant’s “medical properties”• Explores the core methods of plant shamanism--soul retrieval, spirit extraction, and sin eating--and includes techniques for connecting with plant spirits• Includes extensive field interviews with master shamans of all traditionsIn Plant Spirit Shamanism, R...

The intimate and revealing memoir of the multi-award-winning telenovela and music superstar.In Growing Stronger, international superstar Thalia opens up for the first time about her rewarding and sometimes devastating life experiences. She reveals her most personal struggles-the loss of her father when she was just five years old, the shocking kidnapping of her sister, and her battle with a life-altering disease-and reflects on her greatest blessings, like...

After 'Hit Man'The New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man documents John Perkins’ extraordinary career as a globe-trotting economic hit man. Perkins’ insider’s view leads him to crisis of conscience--to the realization that he must devote himself to work which will foster a world-wide awareness of the sanctity of indigenous peoples, their cultures, and their environments. Perkins’ books demonstrate how the age-old shamanic techniques ...

R. Andrew Chesnut offers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees over the past decade. Although condemned by mainstream churches, this folk saint's supernatural powers appeal to millions of Latin Americans and immigrants in the U.S. Devotees believe the Bony Lady (as she is affectionately called) to be the fastest and most effective miracle worker, and as such, her statuettes and paraphernalia now outsell those of the Virgin o...

A comprehensive autobiographical account of the transforming experiences possible with ayahuasca• Reveals the protocols of a traditional ayahuasca retreat and the importance of its ritual diet, isolation, and sacred songs• Relates an extensive personal account of the traditional indigenous use of ayahuasca for healing and revelationAyahuasca: The Visionary and Healing Powers of the Vine of the Soul is an autobiographical account of the author’s work with ay...

This true spiritual adventure tells the story of spiritual teacher Carolyn Cobelo's communication with her husband's spirit just after he died and her subsequent reunion with him on the Other Side. Inspired by the work of transpersonal psychology pioneers, such as Raymond Moody, Carolyn offers readers a guide to discovering the world of ESP, spiritual telepathy and after death communication.

Agustín and Paloma, our tireless promoters of applied and practical spiritual ecology and their recently formed group "Don Uriel" join various groups of seasoned walkers in the sacred city of Teotihuacán to perform an important ritual-walk during the Autumn equinox. The solid group of walkers, candidates to become spiritual warriors would try to establish the necessary tuning with the pyramid of the Sun, which thanks to the recent work of a group of Tibetan spiritual warriors sent by his h...