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Book SynopsisA detailed guide to advanced shamanic techniques reveals authentic wisdom to help the practitioner reach increased levels of awareness
Endredy offers hands-on instructions for sacred Fire ceremonies, direct shamanic viewing, experiencing shamanic death and rebirth, working with and acquiring healing stones, shamanic lucid dreaming, shamanic healing, and advanced methods for acquiring an animal spirit guide, including how to properly retain its spirit in a sacred bundle or altar and how to use its power responsibly for healing. He provides a meticulous step-by-step approach to working with the five points of attention, a Huichol teaching on sacred awareness and shamanic levels of attention. He also examines the many ways that Psi phenomena and shamanism are linked and their relationship to the scientific concept of quantum entanglement. Showing how quantum physics is the scientific expression of shamanism, the author also explores the biological foundations of spiritual experiences, including the roles of serotonin, dopamine, and opioid transmitters, and the connections between altered consciousness and shamanic states. Integrating modern research with ancient knowledge to provide an enlightened view of shamanism that marries science and spirit, this guide offers authentic shamanic wisdom and techniques to help the solitary practitioner move forward on their shamanic path.
Trade Review“With competence and authority James Endredy has written a powerful book with clear and precise instructions on advanced shamanic techniques learned directly from indigenous shamans. This is a wonderful contribution to shamanic literature. By bridging quantum physics with ancient shamanic practices, he immeasurably expands our access to the strange and wonderful world of the age-old shamanic path. This is the real deal.” * José Luis Stevens, Ph.D., author of Awaken the Inner Shaman and Encounters with Power *
“. . . a rich and fascinating journey intended to culminate in increasing levels of shamanic mastery. As the title implies, this is not a book for dabblers but is for advanced practitioners who have the grounding and patience necessary to work through and digest these exercises and resulting experiences over a period of months, even years.” * Hillary S. Webb, Ph.D., author of Traveling between the Worlds *
“James Endredy births another book that provides theory, personal background, and teaching stories that illuminate shamanic practices and exercises that can produce a meaningful path in life. It makes for ‘powerful medicine,’ if you use what he offers in a respectful and humble way. He expands our notions of ‘self ’ and what is possible at a time of cultural crisis that calls for us to meet the challenges of today’s world with expanded vision and empowerment to create life-affirming ways of living with all our relations.” * Tom Pinkson, Ph.D., author of The Shamanic Wisdom of the Huichol and Fruitful Aging *
“This remarkable book provides readers already proficient in basic shamanism a rare glimpse into the deeper universe of traditional healers and their most powerful practices. With precision and integrity Endredy provides step-by-step guidance for learning the advanced healing arts of world shamanism, such as interacting with Sacred Fire, recapitulating energy drains, creating animal-spirit jicara bowls, a personal death/rebirth ceremony, lucid-shamanic dreaming, and “quantum” healing through direct shamanic viewing. If you are ready to fully step through the portal of conscious transformation, this book will be your treasured companion and guide.” * Jeff Nixa, J.D., M.Div., and author of The Lost Art of Heart Navigation *
“James Endredy’s
Advanced Shamanism weaves together practices he has learned and used over many years, and his transparency about their origins adds to their validity. There are skills for improving your ability to practice shamanism as well as valuable tools for benefiting your community. A must-have for any shamanic practitioner seeking a solid practical text to learn from.” * Lupa, author of Nature Spirituality from the Ground Up *
Table of ContentsPREFACE
Why Advanced Shamanism?
PART ONE The Phenomena of Shamanism
1 The Shamanic Worldview
2 States of Consciousness
3 Psi and Shamanism
4 Hyperspace, Holographic Fields, and Phase-Conjugate Mirrors
PART TWO
Primal Practices for Advanced Shamanism
5 Fundamental Practices: Part 1
Practice 1: Bringing Forth the Sacred Fire with Intention
Practice 2: Fire Ceremony--Reclaiming Lost Energy by Healing Energetic Drains
Practice 3: The Three Points of Attention
6 Fundamental Practices: Part 2
Practice 4: Acquiring Spirit Animal Guides--The Jicara
Practice 5: Shamanic Death and Rebirth
Practice 6: Healing Stones--Acquiring Te’ka
PART THREE The Shamanic Dreamscape
7 Lucid Dreaming
Practice 7: Cleansing Your Day in Preparation for Lucid Dreaming Practice 8: Importance of a Dream Journal
Practice 9: Creating Lucid Goals
Practice 10: Enhancing Prospective Memory--Reality Checks
8 Mastering Dream Cycles for Lucid Dreaming
Practice 11: Waking during Dreaming
Practice 12: Urination-Induced Lucid Dreaming
Practice 13: The Sleep Rhythm Adjustment Technique
9 Autogenic Training and Lucid Dreaming
Practice 14: The “I Breathe Me” Experience
Practice 15: The Heaviness Experience
Practice 16: Vascular Dilation
Practice 17: Regulation of the Heart
Practice 18: Warmth in the Abdomen
Practice 19: Cooling the Forehead for Advanced Practice
10 Visualization for Advanced Lucid Dreaming
Practice 20: The Spontaneous Evocation of Colors Practice 21: Colors on Demand Practice 22: Developing a Lucid Dreaming Practice--A Two-Week Intensive
11 Three Bridges to Shamanic Dreaming Practice 23: First Bridge--Dream Reentry Practice 24: Second Bridge--Dreaming Reality Check Practice 25: Third Bridge--Changing the Dream
12 Sentient Beings in the Dreamscape Practice 26: Feeling the Dream Landscape Practice 27: Animal Totems Practice 28: Interacting with Spirit Animals Practice 29: Human Spirit Guides
PART FOUR
Shamanic Practices for Quantum Healing
13 Shamanic Viewing
Practice 30: Phase-Conjugate Mirrors of the Mind
Practice 31: Targets Other Than People
Practice 32: Direct Viewing of Random People
Practice 33: Direct Viewing of a Client or Person You Are Helping
14 Advanced Shamanic Healing
Practice 34: Cleaning the Holographic Field
Practice 35: Extraction of the Holographic Field and Phase-Conjugate Mirrors
Practice 36: Energetic Infusion of the Holographic Field and Decoding Client Ailments
Practice 37: Making the Energetic Patch Permanent
15 The Five Points of Attention
Practice 38: The Five Points of Attention
EPILOGUE What’s Next?
APPENDIX Ethics and Shamanic Practitioners
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
