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Index
Cover
Other Books By This Author
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Part One - Reclaiming History
Chapter One - Old Wisdom
Chapter Two - Healing and the Seekers of Knowledge: What Shamans Do
Chapter Three - Handprints on a Cave Wall: Women Shamans in Prehistory
Chapter Four - Summoning Whales, Serpents, and Bears: Women Shamans in History
Chapter Five - The Disappearing Act: How Female Shamanism Was Eclipsed
Part Two - Shamanic Traditions in Action
Chapter Six - The Mystical Union: Eroticism, Ecstasy, and Trance
Chapter Seven - Riding the Wind Horse: A Shamanic Performance
Chapter Eight - Crossroads Between Worlds: The Power of Dreaming
Chapter Nine - The Dolphin Wore Diamonds: Following the Path of Dreams
Chapter Ten - Song of the Coneflower: Herbalism and Plant Power
Chapter Eleven - The Flowery Dream: The Shamanic use of Psychedelics
Part Three - The Female Cycle: Menstruation, Birth, and Creation
Chapter Twelve - Butterflies in the Moonlight: Blood Magic
Chapter Thirteen - The Sacred, the Dangerous, and the Forbidden: Menstrual Taboos as Feminine Power
Chapter Fourteen - Calling Forth the Spirits: Birth, Ritual, and the Midwife’s Art
Chapter Fifteen - Tied to the Fabric of the Sky: Weavers and Celestial Goddesses
Chapter Sixteen - Lightning in the Shadows: A Midnight Healing Seance
Part Four - The Power of Gender and Shamanic Revitalization
Chapter Seventeen - Uniting Separate Realms: Gender Shifting in Shamanism
Chapter Eighteen - Brave Acts and Visions: Women Warriors and Prophets
Chapter Nineteen - Rekindling the Flame: Shamanic Revitalization and Reconstruction
Notes
Illustration Sources and Permissions
About the Author
Copyright
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