Back in 2000, at the very beginning of my studies of the shamanic worldview, I experienced some serious burnout and doubt regarding its relevance. I found myself wondering: “What do all these teachings add up to, anyway? What does shamanism have to offer those of us living in the ‘modern’ world?”

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These questions and others led to what would become a three-year research project in which I interviewed twenty-four writers and teachers of shamanism. As I met and spoke with these stewards of shamanic traditions around the world, their words revitalized my enthusiasm for the subject.

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Two decades later, I’m still digesting many of the ideas that came out of these conversations.

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Traveling Between the Worlds includes conversations with:

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• Author-environmentalist John Perkins, who brings corporate executives to the Amazon to teach them the value of merging business and eco-philosophy.

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• Sandra Ingerman, teacher and practitioner of “Core” shamanism, who responded poignantly to the question: “What is gained and what is lost when we strip shamanic practice down to its bare bones in order to make it more accessible to Westerners?”

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• Gabrielle Roth, creator of the 5Rhythms approach to movement, who urges us to dance our way back into our bodies in order to heal the dissociation of spirit and flesh.

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• Rabbi Gershon Winkler, who uses the beliefs and techniques of the Jewish shamanic tradition to bring Israelis and Palestinians together on common, and more peaceful, ground—their indigenous roots.

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• Oscar Miro-Quesada, of the Peruvian mesa tradition, whose ideas on life and death shook my view of reality itself.

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… And more.

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From the Press

“Hillary S. Webb has collected a series of interviews that is as provocative as it is fascinating, and she mirrors the shamanic devotion to service by sharing these stories with her readers.”

— Stanley Krippner, PhD author, Spiritual Dimensions of Healing

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“A quest of questions and a precious harvest of answers concerning the under-studied, multi-faceted phenomenon of neo-shamanism.”

— Jeremy Narby, PhD, author, Shamans throughout Time

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“Traveling Between the Worlds is a remarkable opportunity to 'sit with' modern teachers and healers walking the path of shamanism, and learn from them to awaken those same innate abilities within you.”

— Brooke Medicine Eagle, author, Buffalo Woman Comes Singing