Healing States: A Journey Into the World of Spiritual Healing and Shamanism [Paperback]

Alberto Villoldo (Author), Ph.D. Stanley Krippner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 1987

A colorful and compelling examination of evidence for the mind's ability to heal, taking a step into the fascinating world of psychic healing and shamanism. 80 black-and-white photographs.

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From Publishers Weekly

Although the authors of this provocative exploration into the spiritual realms of healing are trained in the orthodoxies of Western medicine and psychology (both have doctorates and are researchers and scientists in San Francisco), their inquiries into "mind over matter" phenomena have led them to conclude that science alone is inadequate in treating human illness. (On this subject, they note the question put to them by a Peruvian shaman: "In the training of your healers, what steps do they take to attune Mother Earth and the Great Spirit?") By observing diverse parapsychological and metaphysical methods of mediums, spiritists and others following "indigenous" healing from ancient to contemporary societies, Villoldo and Krippner enhance our concept of health by incorporating ideas that are ignored by allopathic medicine, a process advocated by the World Health Organization. The freshness of their approach results in a steady level of stimulation.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone (June 15, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671632027
• ISBN-13: 978-0671632021
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #73 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Earth-Based Religions > Paganism
  • #85 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Earth-Based Religions > Shamanism

More About the Author

Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., a psychologist and medical anthropologist, has studied the healing practices of the Amazon and Inka shamans for more than 25 years. While at San Francisco State University, he founded the Biological Self-Regulation Laboratory to study how the mind creates psychosomatic health and disease. Dr. Villoldo directs The Four Winds Society, where he trains individuals in the U.S. and Europe in the practice of energy medicine and soul retrieval.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The trail starts here., February 16, 2008

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Carlisle Bergquist "Author of "The Coyote... (Salina, KS, USA) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book shortly after it was published and to this day, I still refer to it. A few years later I was privileged to study many of the healers discussed in these pages with Dr. Krippner in Brazil. It was every bit as amazing as reading about it for the first time. The accounts are factual, described in detail, and skillfully written with academic objectivity. If you are reading this you are probably open to the experiences described in the book but it may lead you as it did in my case, much deeper into the world of healing, alternative medicine, shamanism and good magic.
Carlisle Bergquist, Author of "The Coyote Oak: Burgeoning Wisdom"
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, March 14, 2009

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This review is from: Healing States: A Journey Into the World of Spiritual Healing and Shamanism (Paperback)

This book takes one deeper into the spiritual practice of mediumship and Shamanism. Mediumship and healing is not meant to be separate, and this book teaches that, and teaches the spiritual practice of the healer or true psychic. Much as many do not see or know it, truth this is what we are ment to use our abilities.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Healing States, April 25, 2009

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Awesome book and an easy read! I finished the book in one setting I got so enthralled with it. It is an excellent book discussing Villado's experiences with various healing traditions in particular shamanism.