Evelyn C. Rysdyk

The Nepalese Shamanic Path

Practices for Negotiating the Spirit World

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Produktbeschreibung

An experiential guide to the shamanic spiritual practices of the Himalayas shared by a 27th-generation Nepalese shaman

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 588g
• ISBN-13: 9781620557945
• ISBN-10: 1620557940
• Artikelnr.: 52211650

Autorenporträt

Evelyn C. Rysdyk is an internationally recognized shamanic healer, teacher, speaker, and author of several books, including The Norse Shaman and A Spirit Walker’s Guide to Shamanic Tools. Teaching advanced experiential shamanism through her organization, Spirit Passages, she finds creative inspiration and renewal on the coast of Maine. Bhola Nath Banstola is a 27th-generation Nepalese shaman, or jhankri. With his wife, he teaches traditional Himalayan shamanic practices in Europe and North America and leads groups on shamanic tours of Nepal. He divides his time between Italy and Nepal.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Sandra Ingerman
Our Prefaces
INTRODUCTION
The Shamanic State of Consciousness
Journeying Basics for Beginners: The Shamanic Bridge between Worlds
PART 1
Awakening
1 Everything Has a Beginning
Journey to Meet Banjhankri and Banjhankrini
2 Shamanic Awakening Is a Continual Process
Journey to Meet a Shamanic Ancestor to Ask for Empowerment
3 Dedicating Yourself to the Spirits
Journey to Experience a Personal Dedication Ceremony
4 The Four Aspects of the Human Soul
Journey to Have a Nepalese Shamanic Experience of Your Soul
PART 2
Flowering
5 Shamanic Sacred Tools and Ritual Objects
6 The Khurpa/Phurba
Journey to Clear and Empower Your Khurpa
7 Using Your Khurpa
Khurpa Mudras
8 The Dhyangro
Journey to Clear and Empower Your Dhyangro and Gajo
9 Aina: The Shaman’s Mirror
Journey to Clear and Empower Your Aina
10 The Mala
Journey to Clear and Empower Your Mala
11 The Trishula or Trident
Journey to Clear and Empower Your Trishula
12 Consecrating Shamanic Tools and Creating the Dhami/Jhankri Altar
Awakening and Consecrating Your Shamanic Altar
13 The Dhami/Jhankri’s Costume
Journey to Receive a Vision of Ceremonial Attire
14 Working within the Nepalese Cosmology
Honoring the Elementals with Drumming and Dance
15 Ritual of Spring and Renewal
Creating a Renewal Ceremony
16 Using Your Voice as a Shamanic Tool
Giving Voice to Your Shamanic Practice
PART 3
Bountiful Harvest
17 The Cosmic Plan
The Mansaune Ceremony
18 Primary Feminine Deities
Journey to Meet Aspects of the Divine Mother Durga
Journey to Meet Kali
Journey to Meet the Divine Mother as Our Earth
19 Primary Masculine Deities
Journey to Meet Gannyap
Journey to Meet Shiva
Journey to Meet Vajrakilaya
20 Hanuman the Monkey God
Journey to Meet Hanuman
21 The Nagas
Journey to Meet the Nagas
Journey to Meet Nagakanya
22 Garuda
Journey to Meet Garuda
23 Local Deities, Protectors, Ancestral Guardians
Journey to Meet the Spirit of a Local Landscape Feature
Journey to Meet Your Protective Spirits
PART 4
Healing through Our Connections to All That Is
24 The Eight Fetters
25 Healing and Empowerment through Ceremony
The Khardga Puja Ceremony
26 Other Purifying Rituals
27 The Shamanic Ransom Ritual
The Kalchakra Katne Ceremony
28 Honoring Our Relationship with the Cosmos
The Graha Sarne Ceremony
CONCLUSION
Spiritual and Emotional Unification
Acknowledgments
APPENDIX
Celebrating Durga and the Customs of Dashain
Glossary
Index
About the Authors