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Weather Shamanism: Harmonizing Our Connection with the Elements

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If you are like me and you are secretly or blatantly in love with the weather, then you will adore this book. Nan Moss writes with clarity and passion about her knowledge and experience of the various weather beings, angels, spirits and helpers. She brings you into intimate contact with them and then shows you how to go there for yourself. By the time you have finished reading this book, you will be asking yourself: How can I lightly touch, interact with and learn from these divine forces? And you will realize all the answers are in the book and inside you.

Here are some random chapter headings to show you what you have to look forward to:

"What is Weather? Emotion, Reciprocity and Change."
Nan Moss: "The climate and the weather have been master teachers of the principle of change in our world."

"The Sacred Nature of Storm."
Nan Moss: "We have it in our power to cultivate a perspective that is spacious."

"Healing With Weather."
Nan Moss: " . . honoring the weather brings balance and well-being."

Exciting and intriguing, don't you think?

This book is also filled with other people's stories and experiences. You will receive quite a variety of perspectives and methods, but in the end it will come down to your own perspective and method. However, I will bet that even if you are not on a shamanic path, the next time you are confronted with a graphic weather system, from achingly joyful blue skies to dense and determined pouring rain, you will find yourself out there dancing to it with your understanding, your acceptance and your love. Watch, now! See if you don't get a response back!

Who knew? A warning, if you read this book you will never look at the sky or a cloud in the same way again. Okay, I warned you. For those of you with a scientific bent this has scant pickings, though not completely dry bones. The authors are students of the Michael Harner school of core shamanism and they do great credit to their teacher. So instead of the usual foo foo approach so common in the quick feel good shamanistic style out there this tries to be more down to Earth and generally succeeds.

It is clear the authors have great experience teaching others about weather shamanism and share much that they have learned over the years. In contrast to many other books this is very inclusive of other peoples knowledge and experience and quotes are extensive and well placed.

If you are into shamanism this is an absolute must read. If you are a beginner in this field it may be a bit much, but still a worthy read.

This book is very down to earth and easy to understand with thought provocing facts about the spirits of weather and our connection to Nature. After reading this book, you will never look at a cloud or a storm in the same way.

This book is full of fascinating information, both for people who know about shamanism, and those who are just learning what it is. Gives a wonderful perspective on something we tend to take for granted (weather!), and opened my mind to a new way of thinking about our world, and how we might experience it. Very well written, too.

I just finished reading this book and already I am wishing for Volume II. I can't believe this is the only book out there covering this vital, fascinating subject! My quest now will be to look for more information. Everyone should read this book; not just shamanic practitioners, but anyone who is concerned about global warming and the extreme weather we've experienced. Anyone who gazes at clouds, loves thunderstorms, and feels alive and awake when the wind stirs, must buy a copy of this right away. I can promise you will never look at weather the same way again. Weather is beautiful, awesome, alive, to be respected, to be danced with.
Louisa StrongBear, author of Journey By Night: A Solitary Journey

Journey By Night: A Solitary Journey

This book is one of those gems that can shift the attitudes of a lifetime.
I have always loved storms and have felt some affinity with the elementals who create weather, but after reading this book I became aware of how limited my view of weather has been. The authors supply story after story from shamans all over the world to support their view that weather is alive and part of the divine awareness of the Universe.

I wish everyone on the planet could read Weather Shamanism, because I know it would bring about a major change on the planet if enough people realized that our attitudes about weather, and our neglect of the beings who create weather, are adding to the imbalance and chaos in the world today. Our collective belief in dominion over nature is so far off the mark, but we will only recognize this when we are humble enough to see the truth before our eyes (in the form of hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, floods, and droughts). We are not in charge here! But we can participate with the unfolding forces that bring balance and harmony to our planet. That is what this book teaches. It is a lesson we all need to learn, and soon.

This book was recommend to me by my teacher. It's an excellent book for anyone on the path. I've put it to good use and received some increadible answers from clouds, such as why it's so windy after a major rain storm - "To gather up as much water as possible to minimize flooding for people" hummmm. Thank you for this increcible knowledge.

Sadly, this book disappoints. The content of the book was very bland and of little substance. Every chapter seemed to be memoirs of people journeying to their underworld and upperworld spiritual guides, but with little explanation of what these journeys even mean or how one should go about connecting with, as the author claims, weather spirits. Having been very interested in learning about shamanism and indigenous-based spiritualities, and having a background in meteorology, I had hoped that this book would do better at blending these topics. I appreciate the author's passion for the subject, but will not be recommending this book to others.

There are some interesting stories and ideas, but overall anyone who has already read a book on shamanism or taken a decent workshop should already be in touch with the spirits of nature. If you are a total novice perhaps this will help your sense of connection to the spirit in nature, but it just didn't do anything for me. The description already says this, but I want to emphasize, this book is not about journeying to connect with the spirits. The feel the writing could also have been tighter and used some editing.

I have read a lot of books over the years, on various subjects concerning spirituality and the natural world, and this book is a waste of time. It's a lot of words that don't tell you anything! I learned absolutely nothing from reading this book. There are much better books out there...keep looking and don't waste your money.