Spirit Healing: Native American Magic & Medicine

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Summary: Pageturner
Review: I was looking for a book that would describe native american magical systems and healing practices. I find Atwood's work to be excellent and thurough. This book is excellent for a beginner's introduction to magical arts including crystals, aura/chakra, healing, and herbs. Each section is introduced with the story of a shaman in training. The stories provide examples and help to clarify the arts described. I really enjoyed this book and still enjoy it whenever i get it back from my friends. They insist on borrowing it. I highly reccomend this book and hope that its readers find it as useful as I do.

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Summary: fictional story of a shaman combined w/nonfictional info
Review: One chapter is the fictional story of a young Native American girl, who is learning to become a shaman; the next chapter gives you notes on the lessons being learned by the young girl. That's the format of this book, cover to cover. It's kind of a guide, to teach you what Native American shamanism was like historically, and how to apply some of that knowledge in your own life.

I enjoyed the book, overall, but I am willing to retain the information I find believable and useful, leaving behind any information that sounds sort of goofy. The fictional portion of the book was mildly entertaining, though a bit idealistic.

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Summary: Ridiculous
Review: Popular with New Age Pagans and Wiccans. She teaches you to find your power animal and advocates crystal healing and speaking to guardian angels. She claims to be able to teach readers to analyze auras from touch. Readers are taught how to make their own Medicine Bundles and are told how to determine to whom they can show the bundles. Most of the book is pure Nuage, but Christianity is included as well. The author states that if you come across road kill, it was meant for you to find.

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Summary: Pageturner
Review: Spirit Healing is a story and a guide. Alternate chapters tell the story of Native American girl's journey to womanhood and the status of shaman, and present Native symbols, ceremonies, and rituals, explained and adopted for use in the modern world. The book explains the incredible power of faith and ritual in the art of healing and obtaining the abilitiy to manfest a desired reality. The basis of this spiritul power is absolute simplicity--live in harmony with the Creator, the universe, and the Earth, respect all living things both plant and animal, and practice absolute faith. The results can be magical and even miraculous. It is a delightful read, a little book containing directions for obtaining tremendous spiritual power which can then be directed for the greater good of all. Highly recommended.

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Summary: The beauty of simplicity and absolute faith
Review: Spirit Healing is a story and a guide. Alternate chapters tell the story of Native American girl's journey to womanhood and the status of shaman, and present Native symbols, ceremonies, and rituals, explained and adopted for use in the modern world. The book explains the incredible power of faith and ritual in the art of healing and obtaining the abilitiy to manfest a desired reality. The basis of this spiritul power is absolute simplicity--live in harmony with the Creator, the universe, and the Earth, respect all living things both plant and animal, and practice absolute faith. The results can be magical and even miraculous. It is a delightful read, a little book containing directions for obtaining tremendous spiritual power which can then be directed for the greater good of all. Highly recommended.