Illumination: The Shaman's Way of Healing Book

Contents

Preface: A Taste of Infinity....................ix
Chapter 1: Initiation as Illumination....................1
Chapter 2: The Hunter and the Hunted....................25
Chapter 3: Taming the Prehistoric Brain....................43
Chapter 4: Archetypal Death and the Great Awakening....................61
Chapter 5: The Stages of Initiation....................83
Chapter 6: Seven Demons and Seven Angels....................101
Chapter 7: Vanquishing the Demons of Youth....................111
Chapter 8: Vanquishing the Demons of Maturity....................125
Chapter 9: The Initiations of Youth....................143
Chapter 10: The Initiations of Maturity....................157
Chapter 11: The Shaman's Gifts: Building Personal Power....................175
Conclusion....................183
Endnotes....................191
Acknowledgments....................193
About the Author....................195