Shamanism: Personal Journey To Healing & Self-Discovery

Shamanism: Your Personal Journey to Healing and Self-Discovery, by Mark Nelson 

Shamanism has a reputation for feeling either intimidatingly ancient or vaguely appropriated — Mark Nelson's guide skips both problems by sharing transversal beliefs and practices not tied to any specific culture or religion, making the whole thing genuinely accessible instead of gatekept. And this isn't armchair theorizing: Nelson is a resident shamanic practitioner at Shakti Healing Circle in Hong Kong, trained through the Foundation for Shamanic Studies' three-year program, and has worked with practitioners across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia.

The book moves from real foundations — shamanic journeying, ritual, divination — into deeper territory: shadow work, soul retrieval, psychopomp, ancestral healing, and eventually intermediate skills like long-distance healing and dream work. Whether you're brand new to altered states or looking to deepen an existing practice, this one is built to actually be used, not just read once and shelved — connect to spirit, find your way to wholeness, and bring some real structure to what's often treated as pure mysticism.

Details:

• Paperback
• Published by Llewellyn Worldwide, October 2022