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Christina Donnell, Ph.D.
Awakening into Transcendent Dreaming describes the author’s initiation into the shamanistic worlds of transpersonal dreamwork.
Steven Gray
Walking with Grandfather Peyote and Other Sacred Plants explores how certain ritual elements in Native American Church ceremonies can help potentiate deep spiritual experiences.
Michael D. Martin, Ph.D.
Spirit Tripping with a Shipibo Shaman relates the author’s spiritual awakening and visionary experiences during an ayahuasca ritual.
Luis Eduardo Luna, Ph.D.
Ritual Approaches to Working with Ayahuasca examines how ritual elements used in South American ayahuasca ceremonies can influence and enhance transformative healing journeys.
Ralph Metzner, Ph.D.
A Case of Ayahuasca Sorcery and Healing relates several of the author’s early encounters working with ayahuasca shamans.
Roberta Louis
Therapeutic Treatments Using Ibogaine: An Interview with Rocky Caravelli describes the innovative use of the entheogenic alkaloid ibogaine in addiction therapy and psychospiritual exploration.
ON THE FRONT COVER: “Puma Yachay (Wisdom of the Puma),” a painting by Pablo Amaringo, depicts a vision of ayahuasqueros studying with puma teachers who protect the esoteric strength of the ayahuasca vine.
ON THE BACK COVER: “Spiritual Temples,” also by Pablo Amaringo, shows three shamans (Shipibo, Asháninka, and Machiguenga) using plant medicines to stimulate their mental faculties and visit ethereal temples.
DEPARTMENTS
FROM THE EDITOR discusses the mix of articles in this issue and encourages editorial submissions.
OPEN DIALOGUE reviews some reports documenting research on the psychospiritual effects of psilocybin being conducted at Johns Hopkins University.
LETTERS
SHAMANISM NETWORK NEWS
EARTH CIRCLES reports how the sale of oil leases off the Alaska coast threatens the survival of already endangered polar bears.
REVIEWS offers critiques of El Canto del Tiempo: Ayahuasca Ikaros by don Evangelino Murayay, and Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and Power by Martin Gray.
RECEIVED & NOTED lists titles and brief information on new books and other media we have recently received from publishers.
UNCLASSIFIEDS
RESOURCES DIRECTORY
SHAMAN’S DRUM ARTS GALLERY (on the inside back cover) features an ayahuasca painting, “Allí Machashca,” by the Peruvian artist Pablo Amaringo.
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