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The Medicine Way: A Shamanic Path to Self Mastery
Presents a system of personal development and life enhancement based on the shamanic traditions of native Americans combined with Taoist wisdom and shamanic traditions from Northern Europe and Scandinavia
228 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
About the author
Kenneth Meadows
58 books26 followersKenneth Meadows (1925-2002) is internationally respected for his work in adapting shamanic wisdom to a contemporary context.
He was the author of a number of bestselling books, including Earth Medicine, The Medicine Way, Rune Power, and Where Eagles Fly, and was founder of the Faculty of Shamanics.
He was the author of a number of bestselling books, including Earth Medicine, The Medicine Way, Rune Power, and Where Eagles Fly, and was founder of the Faculty of Shamanics.
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August 29, 2008'The Medicine Way' is not reserved for those born into it. Read the book and give it a go - you may find a home there.
I met an old friend of mine at a Native American Powow. He is a member of the Black Thunder Singers who frequently attend many of these gatherings. I said 'Hello' as I had not seen him in many years. He said 'Hello ! What tribe are you from?' I said 'None' and he nodded to me and placed his fist over his heart and said 'Yes you are brother - you are native here'.
I met an old friend of mine at a Native American Powow. He is a member of the Black Thunder Singers who frequently attend many of these gatherings. I said 'Hello' as I had not seen him in many years. He said 'Hello ! What tribe are you from?' I said 'None' and he nodded to me and placed his fist over his heart and said 'Yes you are brother - you are native here'.
January 4, 2011
Excellent book on spirituality and shamanism. It includes easy-to-follow excersises to help you gain focus, insight, and to help you strengthen your spiritual ties with the Earth. It doesn't have any fluffy bunny, hippie crap...it's all straight forward and easy to understand, with each chapter building on the previous chapters. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in a shamanistic path...or anyone interested in understanding more about this type of spiritualism.
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January 6, 2008An ongoing occupation with this book, contains handy exercises to tune yourself with the earth, and with each other. It's a reference book to remember what goodness is, what the Light is all about.
January 12, 2011
One of the better shamanic books, worked with a lot a long time ago.
December 16, 2022
I came across this book by accident and read it as an agnostic, evolutionist with no belief in reincarnation. I thought it was time to find out a little bit about this lifestyle. I’m still an agnostic, evolutionist with no belief in reincarnation, but I am now much more aware of the natural world around me and the wonders that are there all around us. I take time to appreciate the green spaces around me and find myself observing the phases of the moon with more interest. The book was complex for a beginner but the layout was good and the various tasks and rites were clearly instructed. Not a lifestyle that I am likely to pursue but I’m happy to have taken a little meander along the path.
September 3, 2013
Kenneth Meadows reveals in the very beginning that the Amerindians believed that humans have been living on planet Earth for over 250,000 years. Having always wondered about civilizations from in between past ice ages, I read this excerpt and then sat in awe, just smiling at the sky. Such insight in this book! While usually a fast reader, I am admittedly taking this one slowly.
September 21, 2009
Very well written! The author uses examples and drawings to explain what everything means. Main teachings that of Love, Unity and Personal Transformation.
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