Shaman's Drum Issue 78

Doug Alderson
Bear Heart: Muskogee Creek Medicine Man recounts some of the author’s experiences with Muskogee elder Bear Heart Marcellus Williams, highlighting the recently departed medicine man’s shamanistic and healing gifts.

April Thompson
The Psychology of Shamanic Healing: An Interview with Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., explores the insights of this well-known psychologist who has made a life’s work of studying altered states of consciousness, dream telepathy, psychic healing, and indigenous shamanism.

Annelise Schinzinger
Enlightened by Hoasca: Enchanted Journeys with the Sacred Tea relates a young American woman’s experiences drinking Hoasca, or ayahuasca, in Brazil, beginning in the 1970s, and discusses the teachings and insights it has brought her over the years.

Tom Ireland
No Half Way on the Peyote Road shares teachings of some old-time Taos peyote men, as it recounts the engaging story of three young, white members of the Native American Church looking for peyote buttons in South Texas in 1971.

ON THE FRONT COVER: “Peyotes Under a Full Moon,” a painting by Jaime Blanco, offers a stylized rendition of a peyote vision of two deer spirits emerging from a nierika, or magic portalway.

ON THE BACK COVER: “Luz Encantadora (Enchanted Light),” a painting by Brazilian artist Alexandre Segrégio, depicts a luminous spiritual being watching over a young indigenous ayahuasquero.

FROM THE EDITOR discusses our efforts to get back on schedule and gives advance notice of our upcoming online auctions.

OPEN DIALOGUE offers a physicist’s insights into the indigenous spiritual technologies taught by Dagara elder Malidoma Somé.

LETTERS

EARTH CIRCLES reports on a current Supreme Court case centered on Navy sonar operations that endanger the lives of whales.

REVIEWS offers a critique of The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe by Lynne McTaggart.

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 two visionary paintings by Brazilian artist Alexandre Segrégio.

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			FEATURES Doug Alderson *Bear Heart: Muskogee Creek Medicine Man* recounts some of the author’s experiences with Muskogee elder Bear Heart Marcellus Williams, highlighting the recently departed medicine man’s shamanistic and healing gifts. April Thompson The Psychology of Shamanic Healing: An Interview with Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., explores the insights of this well-known psychologist who has made a life’s work of studying altered states of consciousness, dream telepathy, psychic healing, and indigenous shamanism. Annelise Schinzinger Enlightened by Hoasca: Enchanted Journeys with the Sacred Tea relates a young American woman’s experiences drinking Hoasca, or ayahuasca, in Brazil, beginning in the 1970s, and discusses the teachings and insights it has brought her over the years. Tom Ireland No Half Way on the Peyote Road shares teachings of some old-time Taos peyote men, as it recounts the engaging story of three young, white members of the Native American Church looking for peyote buttons in South Texas in 1971. ON THE FRONT COVER: “Peyotes Under a Full Moon,” a painting by Jaime Blanco, offers a stylized rendition of a peyote vision of two deer spirits emerging from a nierika, or magic portalway. ON THE BACK COVER: “Luz Encantadora (Enchanted Light),” a painting by Brazilian artist Alexandre Segrégio, depicts a luminous spiritual being watching over a young indigenous ayahuasquero. DEPARTMENTS FROM THE EDITOR discusses our efforts to get back on schedule and gives advance notice of our upcoming online auctions. OPEN DIALOGUE offers a physicist’s insights into the indigenous spiritual technologies taught by Dagara elder Malidoma Somé. LETTERS EARTH CIRCLES reports on a current Supreme Court case centered on Navy sonar operations that endanger the lives of whales. REVIEWS offers a critique of The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe by Lynne McTaggart. 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 two visionary paintings by Brazilian artist Alexandre Segrégio. Shaman's Drum back issues page Shaman's Drum home page Published by Shaman's Drum and the Cross-Cultural Shamanism Network, copyright 2008. The above content is intended for the noncommercial use of shamansdrum.org users, and it may not be reproduced or sold without the written permission of the publishers: Shaman's Drum, P.O. Box 270, Williams, OR 97544 ~ 1-541-846-1313