By reading this text you will not become an adept at Celtic Shamanism. This text will provide you with decent information if you feel pulled to this path, as will texts by McKeowen, Cowan and Harner. Let us all remember that the word “shamanism” was unknown among the Celts. This word does describe in general terms some of the spiritual practises of the Celtic/Gaelic peoples. I am also including the present Gaelic peoples as well, for the tradtions of the file and senachie live on.
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Are you ready to give birth? I bet you did not even know you were in labor. Well, its time to wake up and take the test. What test you ask? The Bi-Polar Brain Test of course. Its not hard, and you cant fail either (or pass for that matter). Its a skill monitor and change and alter perceptions as you read on. What you will learn, and what I found most ingenius, is that you and I and everyone in the world are chemistry kits. We have built in pharmacies! Why go out and buy alcohol when we can produce it ourselves? Why pay lots of money for acid when your brain is primed for such a state of existence! It wants it! And so do you!! And Christopher Hyatt and Antero Alli are just the tour guides to get you to that state of consciousness. In a fun picture filled fashion reminescent of Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson with Alli and Hyatts own worldly wise witticisms that one can adore so easily. A book to run out and get at your local drugstore. Hurry,, before they sell out! Oh..I am sorry, they obviously did sell out since this book is now out of print. Well, seemingly like a lot of good books they are forgotten and the presses are held up until further notice. Check your usedbook.com store or one in your hometown, see if they got it. If they do, get it. And even more so, get Antero Alli’s Akashic Record Player which is a precursor to this marvelous book!! Love It!
I finished this book in 20 minutes flat. One point the book makes (made elsewhere) is that information content of something is the level of unpredictability. The info content of this book is zero. Everything they try to say has been said better elsewhere and without Hyatt’s trademark pathetic attempts to sound impressively self-deprecating and use of a variety of fonts and pictures which is apparently supposed to shock the reader out of their robot like existence. O, if only we could all be earth walking gods like hyatt.
The review title refers to Hyatt as he really is the biggest hack in the business. Fortunately this is the first book of his i’ve actually paid for and i should have known better than to get it, but alas, i was lured by antero alli’s name, whos book- angel tech, was actually a good read.
Don’t let hyatts style brow beat you into thinking he is something he’s not. Sure, if you look long enough you will find wisdom in his words and his “far out” pictures, just as you’d find it in any text if you tried hard enough. That is the nature of things. But hyatt is not someone to admire or seek guidance from regarding developing a greater affinity with life, the universe and everything and there are much better books to spend money on.
If anyone can locate mind altering northern hemisphere plants then it’s the bard of Ely (Cardiff) Steve Andrews. This easy to read, well illustrated and informative directory is about as comprehensive as you can get – how do you want your mind altered? How much do you want to pay? What risks do you run? is it illegal? Where do the plants grow? Can you nurture them yourself out the back? Steve does, shows how, explains and entertains. A must.
In Herbs Of The Northern Shaman, Steve Andres draws upon a lifelong student of plant culture to produce a comprehensive and unique guide to the mind-altering plants which grow in the Northern Hemisphere. From standard relatively well known hallucinogens as Cannabis, Datura, and Peyote, to such garden commonplace and unsuspected plants as the Buttercup, Sassafras, and the Water Lily, Andres provides a detailed and authoritative description of effects and consciousness expanding qualities that have historically been found useful in aboriginal ceremonial and medicinal ministries. Herbs Of The Northern Shaman is very strongly recommended reading for students of botany and natural hallucinogens, as well as personal and academic psychoactive plants reference collections.
I ordered this book based on the glowing reviews, here is a more honest review. As a reference material the book is sorley lacking and is nearly unusable. Most of the plants do not have so much as a sketch let alone a picture. The ones that do have drawings are poorly done and not very helpful. The very few that have photos are in black and white! There are so few plants described in this book it would have only taken a few short pages to include color plates of all the described plants. At the very least drawings should have accompanied EACH description, and included various parts, stages of growth etc.
Coupled with the fact that the suggested uses are very vauge makes this book nearly useless. Other than the very obvious well known plants (that recieve multiple pages), the more obscure plants get a very brief description with a short “guess” as to their properties and uses. The authors obviously intentional vaugeness leads one to be suspect of his sources not to mention his actual knowledge of what he is describing.
At best this book could be used to learn the scientific names of said plant so that one could do further research using better, more complete resources.
While I certainly wasn’t expecting a “how to” manual, I did at least hope for a more complete reference material in the spirit of other field guides. This book falls way short of being useful as anything much more than a cofee table curiosity.
Steve Andrews has been famous for guitar playing, folksinging, dwelling in strange places, transcending belief, druidism, getting drunk, singing hare krishna, advertising Ely and so on. One startling side to the multifaceted, whiningly persistent personality is a deep seated love of nature’s creations, an articulate Latinism and a mature wisdom concerning the potency of eccentric natural phenomena. This book carries some ancient and modern wisdom with a healthy pagan respect to the powers of the herbal. From mushrooms to peyote, from digitalis to rhododendron, all is here in a new exciting readable format that makes you want to forgo that expensive Red Bull and put it toward a down payment on this work of eminence. Whether you are a retired hippy now paying rent on a residential caravan, a beach bum with a time share in Ibiza or simply a traveller seeking to catalogue the wonders of this ephemeral planet, take a look inside Steve’s magic collection to expand your awareness of what is out there. (Have I done enough to get a free book yet Steve?)Rob Parker-Munn
Steve Andrews has been famous for guitar playing, folksinging, dwelling in strange places, transcending belief, druidism, getting drunk, singing hare krishna, advertising Ely and so on. One startling side to the multifaceted, whiningly persistent personality is a deep seated love of nature’s creations, an articulate Latinism and a mature wisdom concerning the potency of eccentric natural phenomena. This book carries some ancient and modern wisdom with a healthy pagan respect to the powers of the herbal. From mushrooms to peyote, from digitalis to rhododendron, all is here in a new exciting readable format that makes you want to forgo that expensive Red Bull and put it toward a down payment on this work of eminence. Whether you are a retired hippy now paying rent on a residential caravan, a beach bum with a time share in Ibiza or simply a traveller seeking to catalogue the wonders of this ephemeral planet, take a look inside Steve’s magic collection to expand your awareness of what is out there. (Have I done enough to get a free book yet Steve?)Rob Parker-Munn
I bought this book with high hopes about learning genuine Celtic shamanism. However, I quickly realized that the Celtic connection was tenuous at best. The author pulls out bits of Celtic myth and draws parallels with what we know of different types of shamanism or shamanistic experience, but for actual practice the author pulls from other sources such as Michael Harner and then gives the practices a Celtic gloss to create “Celtic shamanism.”
I still give the book 4 stars out of respect for the authors effort at synthesizing Celtic mythology and shamanistic practice into a workable system that may inspire or aid spiritual seekers on their quest.
By reading this text you will not become an adept at Celtic Shamanism. This text will provide you with decent information if you feel pulled to this path, as will texts by McKeowen, Cowan and Harner. Let us all remember that the word “shamanism” was unknown among the Celts. This word does describe in general terms some of the spiritual practises of the Celtic/Gaelic peoples. I am also including the present Gaelic peoples as well, for the tradtions of the file and senachie live on.
One of my Shaman students presented this book to me and as I read it, I became very excited to find a book that can help those students studying to become Celtic Shamans. The meditation techniuqes are a big help.This book is on the top of my list of guides to Celtic Shamanism.
In 28-years, I have not encounter a more easily read, used and real world book. Truly, this book WILL take an individual from determined, but raw, to adept.
Buy this book to safely step from one to infinity; a new Shaman wanna-be, towards a SHAMAN. You will understand EVERYTHING that you are doing, and the order of the practices are placed perfectly.
If I could give this book a 25 out of a 5-highest possible, I would!
Karen Sawyers,Soul Companions,filled in so many blank spaces, that i felt,in my journey. And i thank her and all the other individuals in the book. It was very enlightening. It answered so many questions.I now have a direction for my journey.
This book sounded very interesting, but reading it, it was like reading of every person who ever wanted to feel super special, and make a career out of it, creating a bunch of spirit guides that they talk about in a warm fuzzy and humorous kind of way (for the most part), and later make a job out of. It wasn’t as much about connecting oneself, or the deeper meaning except in perhaps 2 or 3 cases. It was new agey and disappointing, and I fear even dropping this book off in a donation pile, it’s that bad. I feel very sorry for three of the people who had sincerely shamanistic experiences, mixed in with this bunch – the only three that had any ring of sincerity to their writing were Michael Dunning, Jornmunder Ingi and Uncle Angaangag. When 3 contributors out of 45 seem authentic, that’s somewhat problematic. About 75% of the remaining 42 seemed more invested in themselves and their specialness related to these spirit helpers than in something spiritual or meaningful itself.
I’d love to know what mind-melting drugs that ‘anonymous’ was on when he/she/’it’ bashed the wonderful ‘Soul Companions’ written, edited, and compiled by Karen Sawyer. I could not disagree more vehemently with the sad conclusions drawn by this seemingly sad naysayer. Three worthwhile interviews? Ha! Too ‘new age?’ Wow…get the coffee brewing, Anonymous–and check your pulse while you’re at it!
For the sake of discussion I will mention just one of the dozens of beautiful and insightful interviews NOT mentioned by dear Anonymous. The first is with Tiokasin Ghosthorse, a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation, who disclaims any titles like ‘Medicine Man’ or ‘Spiritual Guru,’ but whose words are certainly equivalent to some of the great thinkers of our time. I found it fascinating how Ghosthorse spoke of the graphic nature of the Lakota language–and how 25% of the Lakota language cannot be translated into other languages. It’s a spiritual language from a people whose essence is BASED on spiritual ways. It is their BEING, and it is why when the US military outlawed the Ghost Dance and many other great spiritual ways, the Lakota almost suffocated.
No, I’m quite sorry, Anonymous, but your shallow ways betray you. If you don’t like the book, fine. Donate it to a library…but don’t criticize a book rich with thoughtful interviews ANONYMOUSLY and then expect us to believe that you should be taken sincerely. If you can’t show diversity of understanding — and you dismissively characterize the entire book of interviews as “new age,” or worse, well, shame on you. Ms. Sawyer has done a wonderful job of capturing the essence of deep spiritual thinkers from many differing religions, practices, and philosophical viewpoints…and I pick up the book often during the course of every month to re-read many of the interviews.
For those who have the courage to explore with an open mind, SOUL COMPANIONS is rich with provocative wisdom. You will love this book.