Hallucinogens and Shamanism by Michael Harner

Honoring the oral tradition of indigenous shamans, for the last quarter of a century Dr. The experiential methods are simple, safe, and have been used successfully by them with positive life-changing results. The applicability of this core shamanism to contemporary Westerners has been substantiated by the experiences of his thousands of students. In his half century of anthropological fieldwork, cross-cultural studies, experimental research, and firsthand experience, Michael Harner arrived at the core methods of shamans worldwide. Eliade himself wrote that Michael Harner’s works were stimulating and original. The internationally eminent Swedish anthropologist Åke Hultkrantz wrote that Mircea Eliade and Michael Harner were the two great authors on shamanism. Read Michael Harner's personal account: ' My Path in Shamanism.' Harner) pioneered the introduction of shamanism and the shamanic drum journey to contemporary life and is recognized as the world leader in this movement. The founder of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Dr.

Michael Harner is widely acknowledged as the world's foremost authority on shamanism and has had an enormous influence on both the academic and lay worlds,” say Roger Walsh and Charles S. Suzuki did for Zen, Michael Harner has done for shamanism, namely bring the tradition and its richness to Western awareness. “What Yogananda did for Hinduism and D.T. Michael Harner Biography Founder of The Foundation for Shamanic StudiesĪnthropologist and author of The Way of the Shaman and Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality

Hallucinogens and Shamanism by Michael Harner