{"product_id":"where-the-spirits-ride-the-wind-9780253205667","title":"Where the Spirits Ride the Wind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...reexamines our notions of the nature of reality by studying the ritual postures of native art assumed by her subjects during trance states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is clearly written for the general reader and includes many descriptions of trance experiences. It may serve as a good introduction to the nature and appeal of the shamanic revival in modern Western cultures.\" - Theological Book Review \" ... a case study in experiential anthropology that offers a unique mix of autobiography, mythology, experiential research, and archaeological data to support a challenging thesis that certain body postures may help induce specific trance states.\" - Shaman's Drum \"This is a spellbinding and exceptionally readable book by an extraordinary woman.\" - Yoga Journal \"And suddenly the understanding of my own vision washed over me like a mighty wave ... For life or for death, I was committed to that mighty realm of which I was shown a brief reminder, the world where all was forever motion and emergence, that realm where the spirits ride the wind.\" --from the Prologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. The Search for the Spirits\u003cbr\u003eOne: The Call of the Old People\u003cbr\u003eTwo: Getting in Touch with the Spirits: The First Discoveries\u003cbr\u003eThree: The Old Ones Remember\u003cbr\u003eFour: A New Path Opens\u003cbr\u003eFive: The Way of the Spirits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. The Postures and What They Have to Offer\u003cbr\u003eSix: Going on a Spirit Journey\u003cbr\u003eSeven: The Many Faces of Divination\u003cbr\u003eEight: The Gift of Healing\u003cbr\u003eNine: Female Powers of Healing\u003cbr\u003eTen: Changing Shape-The Shimmering Game\u003cbr\u003eEleven: Celebrations\u003cbr\u003eTwelve: The Pit of Death and the Psychopomp\u003cbr\u003eThirteen: Life Everlasting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. Myths of the Eternal Present\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Emergence Story\u003cbr\u003eCoyote Comes Calling\u003cbr\u003eThe Man of Cuautla\u003cbr\u003eA Maya Whistle\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Kats and His Bear Wife\u003cbr\u003eThe Spirits and the Wounded Tree of Life\u003cbr\u003eIn the Land of Centaurs and Mermaids\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: THe Twlight of the Spirits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Some Practical Points\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400634278231,"sku":"9780253205667","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253205667.jpg?v=1730471168","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/where-the-spirits-ride-the-wind-9780253205667","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}