Table of Contents
Foreword Lynne Twist xiii
Introduction xvii
Part I Coming Down to Earth - Discovering the Path 1
Chapter 1 On the Road to a First Shattering 15
Chapter 2 A Portuguese Dream 21
Chapter 3 A Night on the Mountain of Fear 31
Chapter 4 Entering the Cave of Remembering 41
Chapter 5 A Dark Mirror 49
Part II Fire in the Belly - Commitment to the Path 57
Chapter 6 When the Student is Ready… 65
Chapter 7 Your Feet Always Know the Way Home 75
Chapter 8 To Your Own Heart Be True 85
Chapter 9 Me, Myself, My Royal I-Ness 95
Chapter 10 The Shaman's Door 103
Part III Waters of Life - Becoming Teachable 113
Chapter 11 Rebirth 123
Chapter 12 An Amazonian Dream Initiation 133
Chapter 13 Meetings with Death 145
Chapter 14 The Little Matter of Power and Responsibility 157
Chapter 15 Beyond Imagination 167
Part IV Winds of Change - The Initiation of an Everyday Shaman 177
Chapter 16 Out from the Ashes 187
Chapter 17 In Every Generation 195
Chapter 18 Call of the Hummingbird 203
Chapter 19 Hardcore Old School Pops the Bubble 213
Chapter 20 From Maestro to Novice - Dismembered, Disillusioned and Reborn 223
Chapter 21 Jaguar in the Body, Butterfly in the Heart 235
Epilogue: An Everyday Shaman 251
Acknowledgements 263
Resources 267
About the Author 269