Sexuality and the principle of polarity comprise fundamental tenets in shamanistic cosmology. The sexual energy is not only an engendering force, but a powerful mode of revitalization. Hence, its role becomes especially potent in an individual healing process that is transformative. By becoming an intermediary between the two polarities, the shaman is able to merge spiritually and even physically, sometimes both principles within his or her person. Transcendence is attained by abolishing the differentiating boundaries, or the unification of the opposites, and thus experiencing a primordial condition.
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"You [the author] are opening still more shamanic dimensions for me with 'Sexuality, Shamanism, and Transformation.' Brushed again by an epiphany! Your work is helping to reenchant the world; my admiration for your mind is boundless." Professor Daniel W. Gade, University of Vermont
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Dr. Michael Ripinsky-Naxon is a University Professor at the Pedagogical University in Kielce, Poland, and the Director of the Central American Institute of Prehistoric and Traditional Cultures at Belize, where he has been leading students through transformative seminars and workshops since 1991. A renowned anthropologist, archaeologist, and ethnobotanist, Ripinsky-Naxon began his studies as a research assistant to Dr. Margaret Mead at the American Museum of Natural History. The author of over thirty publications, he has devoted over twenty years to the research of shamanism, mystery cults, and consciousness studies. His work has led him to Lapland, Siberia, Egypt and the Near East, Greece, and Central and South America, where he has studied extensively with shamans and indigenous peoples.
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