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The Strong Eye of Shamanism: A Journey into the Caves of Consciousness

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Not since G.R. Levy's "Religious Conceptions of the Stone Age" and "The Sword from the Rock" has archeology revealed so much of man's spiritual origins. Well researched exposition revealing mankinds heritage; 30,000 years of insights into our relations with the transcendant Reality of all faiths. This may turn out to be one of the most controversial books published in recent times. Read it!

This is a decent book on the shamanic roots of Paleolithic cave paintings. But frankly, I've gotten a little tired of seeing so many praises of C.G. Jung's influence on art, folklore, literature, the occult, science, mathematics, mythology--and now shamanism. And you hear it every other page--Geez! Enough already! The book would have lost a quarter of its pages if he'd said it only once. The focus is also on most famous examples of European cave-art (largely to the exclusion of Australian Aboriginal cave-art, which may more concerned with hunting magic, btw). A book better than and foundational to this one is Gertrude Rachel Levy's superb "Religious Conceptions of the Stone Age" (which is absolutely priceless if out-of-print). Ryan's book is well worth reading but, to me, its like an updated appendix to Levy, with some important new information on the Mayans and other meso-American cultures. In fact, the most important thing about this book to me was the reference to Levy (for which I thank another reviewer).

This book is a History of Shamanism over the past 35,000 years.

If you are interested in practising Shamanism; this Book will not help you.

This book explains the role of the Shaman in his or her culture. acting as mediator between the spirit world and the physical plane, and as healer.

If you are interested in practising Shamanism; please skip over this book and view my Shamanism, listmania list.

Please E-Mail me if you have questions or comments; Two Bears.

Wah doh Ogedoda (We give thanks Great Spirit)