Recommended Reading
Links lead to Amazon.com. Purchases assist in the development of the
Shamanic Passages programs.
Ted Andrews
• Animal-Speak:
The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures
Great & Small
• Animal-Wise
The Spirit Language and Signs of Nature
Belinda Gore and Felicitas Goodman
• Ecstatic
Body Postures
• Where
the Spirits Ride the Wind
Theun Mares
• Return
of the Warriors: Revealing the Ancient Mystery of
Atl, A Path of Freedom, Joy and Power (Toltec Teachings, Volume
One)
• Cry
of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings, Volume Two
• Mists
of Dragon Lore: The Toltec Teachings, Voume Three
Kenneth Meadows
• Earth Medicine: Revealing Hidden
Teachings of the Native American Medicine Wheel (currently out
of print)
• The
Medicine Way: How to Live the Teachings of the Native American Medicine
Wheel, A Shamanic Path to Self Mastery
• Shamanic
Experience
Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley
• Shamans
Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge
Daniel Pinchbeck
• Breaking
Open the Head
Martin Prechtel
• Secrets
of the Talking Jaguar
• Long
Life, Honey in the Heart
Chogyam Trungpa
• Shambhala:
The Sacred Path of the Warrior
Merilyn Tunneshende
• Don
Juan and the Power of Medicine Dreaming
• Don
Juan and the Art of Sexual Energy: The Rainbow Serpent of the Toltecs
• Twilight
Language of the Nagual: The Spiritual Power of Shamanic Dreaming |
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Musical Recommendations
These CDs provide source material for many TranceDances and other workshops
and presentations.
| Featured TranceDance |
Shaman's
Breath by Professor Trance
A fundamental trance dance CD created by Frank Natale, Wilbert Alix and other
key trance dance musicians. Just put this one on and dance away!
Medicine
Trance by Professor Trance
Medicine Trance
consists of two discs of very long trance
dance tracks created by Professor Trance.
They are based on healing and other ritual
dances of indigenous cultures worldwide.
These tracks of up to 30 minutes are used
sparingly behind the bandana. Very powerful.
Drummers
of Burundi
African drumming
experience recorded live at Real World. One
cut, about 30 minutes of "thunderous
power and precision. |
Peter
Buffet: Spirit Dance
Native American vocals to contemporary
sound and rhythm. Really good. An expanded live version
with more music is also avalable:
Spirit:
Live
Professor Trance & The Energizers
Shaman's
Breath
A fundamental trance dance CD created by Frank Natale, Wilbert Alix and
other key trance dance musicians. Just put this one on and dance away!
Medicine
Trance
Medicine Trance consists of two discs of very long trance dance tracks
created by Professor Trance. They are based on healing and other ritual
dances of indigenous cultures worldwide. These tracks of up to 30 minutes
are used sparingly behind the bandana. Very powerful.
Dance
Your Animal
The latest trance dance offering from Professor Trance. Dancing your animal
is a powerful shamanic healing ritual in which the dancer is free to explore
the inner landscape of their consciousness. Through TranceDancing your
animal dancers invite the spiritual power of the creature to visit and
guide their lives. Liner notes explain the Natale TranceDance technique
and our relationships with a variety of animals from alligators to whales.
Om -
Bilateral Alignment
Three cut CD based on the vibrant Om sound. It is used as the background
sound for Trance Dance.
The Shamanic Journey
Drumming
to Journey By
Dr. Kay Cordell Whitaker
An excellent drumming resource for journey practice: 10 to 71 minute
sessions with gentle callback.
Shamanic
Journey Drumming
Evelyn Rysdyk & C. Allie Knowlton
My favorite, since it best matches my rhythmic style and predilection
for the journey.
Power
Animal Journey
Guided journey with drumming. Also by Dr. Whitaker
James Asher
Shaman
Drums
Compilation of newer and earlier work, some remixed. Pretty exciting
resource material for TranceDances.
Also consider: Feet
In The Soil
Lisa Gerrard's Soundtrack Music
Whale
Rider
Gladiator (with
Hans Zimmer)
Black
Hawk Down (with Hans Zimmer)
Lisa Gerrard has the vocal depth and range to move the spirit in phenomenal
ways. As co-producer, writer and artist, she is among the most gifted
AND broadly talented vocalists of our time. While not all are appropriate,
key tracks on these CDs appear in many compilations created for TranceDance.
Also consider: Duality
Soul Food
Breathe
Wonderful music based on the
Seven Directions and Seven Chakras. Two-disc set.
Wingmakers
Based on the exploration of a series of seven caverns, in which a prehistoric
culture created amazing, iconic and colorful paintings. True or not,
it is a wondrous story described on the Wingmakers
Web Site. And the music is wonderous, as well.
Afrocelts (Afro Celtic Sound
System)
Seed
The fourth full-length offering by this amazing group that blends African
and Celtic sounds and rhythms. Personal opinion: This is the best, most
consistently even of them all. |
The
Four Insights 
