A distinguished anthropologist-who is also an initiated
shaman-reveals the long-hidden female roots of the world's oldest
form of religion and medicine. Here is a fascinating expedition
into this ancient tradition, from its prehistoric beginnings to the
work of women shamans across the globe today.
Shamanism was not only humankind's first spiritual and healing
practice, it was originally the domain of women. This is the claim
of Barbara Tedlock's provocative and myth-shattering book.
Reinterpreting generations of scholarship, Tedlock-herself an
expert in dreamwork, divination, and healing-explains how and why
the role of women in shamanism was misinterpreted and suppressed,
and offers a dazzling array of evidence, from prehistoric African
rock art to modern Mongolian ceremonies, for women's shamanic
powers.
Tedlock combines firsthand accounts of her own training among the
Maya of Guatemala with the rich record of women warriors and
hunters, spiritual guides, and prophets from many cultures and
times. Probing the practices that distinguish female shamanism from
the much better known male traditions, she reveals:
- The key role of body wisdom and women's eroticism in shamanic
trance and ecstasy
- The female forms of dream witnessing, vision questing, and use of
hallucinogenic drugs
- Shamanic midwifery and the spiritual powers released in
childbirth and monthly female cycles
- Shamanic symbolism in weaving and other feminine arts
- Gender shifting and male-female partnership in shamanic practice
Filled with illuminating stories and illustrations, The Woman in
the Shaman's Body restores women to their essential place in the
history of spirituality and celebrates their continuing role in the
worldwide resurgence of shamanism today.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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