2013, ISBN: 9781153789714

UK: Watkins Publishing, 2013 CONDITION: NEW 2013 Watkins (UK) large paperback, first printing. Beautifully produced book - paper glossy -loaded with color art reproductions, artifact pho… More...

UK: Watkins Publishing, 2013 CONDITION: NEW 2013 Watkins (UK) large paperback, first printing. Beautifully produced book - paper glossy -loaded with color art reproductions, artifact photos, & landscapes. Covers all aspects and geographic regions of Shaman's activities. Very nice. CONTENT: Drawing on traditional ethnic as well as contemporary Western practice, this beautifully illustrated book, with works by indigenous artists, reveals the ancient heart of shamanism and its relevance for our lives today. It contains practical exercises, explores sacred sites, examines healing plants, and looks at the role played by power animals as spirit guides. Learn from an international array of shamans about sacred dance, shape-shifting, drumming, and sacred objects, as well as soul retrieval, divination, and other powerful practices that aid our spiritual growth.Drawing on traditional ethnic as well as contemporary Western practice, this beautifully illustrated book, with works by indigenous artists, reveals the ancient heart of shamanism and its relevance for our lives today. It contains practical exercises, explores sacred sites, examines healing plants, and looks at the role played by power animals as spirit guides. Learn from an international array of shamans about sacred dance, shape-shifting, drumming, and sacred objects, as well as soul retrieval, divination, and other powerful practices that aid our spiritual growth., Watkins Publishing, 2013, Shambhala. Fine. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 1590300742 . Excellent condition - clean, tight and unmarked. Very light corner wear, a little scuffing to cover. Illustrated. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "Be gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong both mentally and physically. KEIKO FUKUDA, JUDO MASTER The Warriors Path is a collection of distilled wisdom from the worlds most revered living Japanese martial arts masters. James Sidney pays tribute to and records the words of a scattered generation, now in their 80s or 90s. They came to their art at a turning point in martial arts: as the Second World War came to an end, they were able to globalize their techniques and philosophy. As they confront their own mortality, The Warriors Path captures their poignant reflections on the development of their art and the underlying concepts that have guided them throughout their lives. Stories of intense hardship and discrimination are balanced with tales of the thrills of technical mastery and the joy of passing on knowledge...." [632] ., Shambhala, 2003, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 132 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: . . . nor of the diseased circumstances that had become encrusted around them. Such a pair would at once distinguish betvvctn art and nature. Their instincts and intuitions would immediately recognize the wisdom and simplicity of the latter, while the former, with its elaborate perversities, would offer them a continual succession of puzzles. Let us attempt, in a mood half-sportive and half-thoughtful, to track these imaginary heirs of our mortality through their first days experience. No longer ago than yesterday, the flame of human life was extinguished; there has been a breathless night; and now another morn approaches, expecting to find the earth no less desolate than at eventide. It is dawn. The east puts on its immemorial blush, although no human eye is gazing at it; for all the phenomena of the natural world renew themselves, in spite of the solitude that now broods around the globe. There is still beauty of earth, sea, and sky, for beautys sake. But soon there are to be spectators. Just when the earliest sunshine gilds earths mountain tops, two beings have come into life, not in such an Eden as bloomed to welcome our first parents, but in the heart of a modern city. They find themselves in existence, and gazing into one anothers eyes. Their emotion is not astonishment; nor do they perplex themselves with efforts to discover what, and whence, and why they are. Each is satisfied to be, because the other exists likewise; and their first consciousness is of calm and mutual enjoyment, which seema not to have been the birth of that very moment, but prolonged from a past eternity. Thus content with an inner sphere which they inhabit together, it is not immediately that the outward world can obtrude itself upon their notice. Soon, however, . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<