Circle of Shaman: Healing Through Ecstasy, Rhythm, and Myth
- ISBN-10
- 0892816228
- ISBN-13
- 9780892816224
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
- Author
- Karen Berggren
Description
A unique look at the healing and transformational powers that are at the heart of the shamanic ecstatic experience. Circle of Shaman focuses on the shamanic flight of ecstasy-- the core experience that distinguishes shamanism from other spiritual and healing practices--and how it enables the psyche to heal itself of dysfunctional patterns, allowing the Self to evolve. Based on her own experiences, Karen Berggren explores the development of rhythmic empathy to engage the ecstatic experience. Through this power the shaman seeks to maintain the community's connection between the ordinary world and the realm of the sacred. By healing themselves of dysfunctional, outworn, or egocentric patterns and beliefs shamans provide the model for the greater community to heal and transform itself. Integration of the ecstatic experience into modern culture is crucial to humanity's continued survival and unfolding destiny as partner with the earth.
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